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When some researchers' quest for the release of Britain's classified colonial records yielded, the details contained in some of the documents were horrific.
Desperate to extract confessions of suspected Mau Mau freedom fighters and cripple the unconventional army, their interrogators used crude extra judicial methods.
In one hair-raising example of the methods used on detainees, a special branch officer pushed pins into their sides, buttocks, fingers and, on at least one occasion, the head.
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