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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Zimbabwe prison called 'death camp'

Images have been released of Zimbabwean prisoners who are said to be starving and dying of disease, due to meagre supplies and appalling conditions.Male prisoners are seen to be emaciated and too weak to stand in the documentary Hell Hole, shown by the South African Broadcasting Association (SABC) on Tuesday.Inmates covertly took the footage after being instructed by Godknows Nare, an SABC producer, over a four-month period.Many people in the jail at Beitbridge, close to the South African border, are ravaged by diseases such as tuberculosis, and some have lost control of their bodily functions.Zimbabwe is undergoing an humanitarian crisis, with a dearth of food for the majority of the country's population, a collapsed economy and uncontrolled inflation.

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