Children detained in Botswana Police cells are subjected to harrowing torture, an investigation commissioned by the Ministry of Justice has revealed.
The investigation report citing interviews with the under age victims of police brutality reveals how police shackle the minors, use fist blows to the body, slaps to the face and beat the with electric cables on the soles of their feet in a bid to torture confessions out of them.
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