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Gendarmes Club Suspect To Death While Trying To Extract Confession

  • Date of Occurrence
    July 11, 2017
  • State/Country
    Port-Novo, Benin Republic
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Five gendarmes (a sergeant chief and four cadets) clubbed to death a suspect to extract a confession. The suspect was arrested in the village of Akpro-Misserete, in the southeast, on suspicion he stole a motorbike. An investigation of the National Gendarmerie determined that the gendarmes used torture to force the suspect’s confession.

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An investigation of the National Gendarmerie determined that the gendarmes used torture to force the suspect’s confession. The court judgment stated, “No one shall be subjected to torture, punishments or cruel, inhumane or degrading treatments.” No further judicial action was taken. Unspecified disciplinary action, however, was taken against the sergeant chief and the four cadets.

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  • Date of Occurrence
    2017-07-11
  • State/Country
    Port-Novo
  • Perpetrator
    National Gendarmerie
  • Legal Foundation
    Article 18 of the Constitution of the Republic of Benin
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Port-Novo, Benin Republic

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  • Benin Republic
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male
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