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Suspected dissidents say they were tortured

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    Nine suspected dissidents recently released by the security authorities in Bong County, north-central Liberia, have complained that they were tortured.

    Independent Star Radio quotes James Saybay, spokesman of the Forum for Restoration of Democracy, which negotiated the release of the suspects, as saying that many of them had lacerations and cuts on their bodies.

    The men had been detained at the training base of the Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU) in Gbartala, Bong County. Bong is just southeast of Lofa County, the scene of fighting in August and September between the security forces and armed dissidents.

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