The rise of Boko Haram
The History Hour
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The Prisoner's Trial
Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, prison clothes and a smock or cotton dress with no underpants and ankle chains. The guards had uniforms, truncheons and reflective sun glasses. Prisoners were forced to do press ups while ta guard stood on their backs, cleaned the toilets with their bare hands. In an interview with b b c, hardtalk in two thousand and eight, professor zimbado acknowledged he had made a mistake.
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