detention

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Left-wing Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane has died in detention, five weeks after he was arrested, his lawyers and party have announced.

From BBC

At the detention center, he said, agents have told him they’ll still find a way to deport him — if not to Cuba, then maybe Panama or Costa Rica.

From Los Angeles Times

Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane on Monday morning died in detention in Yaounde, the vice president of his party told AFP.

From Barron's

Aid agencies believe many people did not get very far - unable to escape because of danger, or detention, or the cost of buying their way out.

From BBC

But it is the reported conditions in detention which make the grimmest reading in the committee's conclusions, published today.

From BBC