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Demand for release of Mauritanian political detainees

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    A Senegalese human rights group has called for the release of five political detainees in Mauritania, where tension has escalated since the banning of a popular opposition party in October. The Rencontre africaine pour la defense des droits de l’Homme (RADDHO) said since the government had banned the Union des forces democratiques - Ere nouvelle (UFD-EN), Mauritanians had been suffering “savage repression”. [For full story see item entitled ‘SENEGAL: Demand for release of Mauritanian political detainees’]

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