Tanzania’s police are torturing refugees from Burundi
People fleeing repression at home also face it in refugee camps
EVEN AFTER Tanzanian policemen had hung him from the ceiling and beaten him with sticks, Crispin (not his real name) would not confess to being a rebel leader with plans to overthrow the government of neighbouring Burundi. It was only when they injected a liquid into his testicles that he caved in and said he was plotting a coup.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “No haven”
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