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Thirty-nine still detained under oppressive decree

    ABIDJAN

    Thirty-nine Nigerians are still detained under a controversial decree that permits indefinite detention on unspecified security grounds, a local rights group said today in Lagos.

    AFP quotes the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) as saying that 12 of the 39 persons being held under Decree 2 of 1984 were suspected of involvement in various coup plots. The remainder were bankers imprisoned under the military administration of the late General Sani Abacha.

    Nigeria has still not repealed measures suspending constitutional guarantees of human rights, allowing the existence of special tribunals and barring courts from considering executive actions.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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