# Niger guards accused of 'cruel, inhuman' treatment after 33 die in detention

https://mins.news/en/video/120827

- France 24 English, 2026-10-29 13:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRP8Hdh2qmA

> Thirty-three detainees died last month in a cell in Niger. Reports say 72 people were crowded into a poorly ventilated, 20-square-metre room, where dozens slowly suffocated over 11 hours. The cell may have been cleaned and disinfected before investigators could examine it.

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