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*The French used concentration camps in Algeria, both in the period of colonization and during the [[Algerian War|war of independence]]. | *The French used concentration camps in Algeria, both in the period of colonization and during the [[Algerian War|war of independence]]. | ||
*The [[Enver Hoxha]] regime in Albania made use of forced labor camps. At one point, every third Albanian had either been interrogated by the [[Sigurimi]] or incarcerated in labour camps. To eliminate dissent, the government imprisoned thousands in these camps or executed them for crimes such as alleged treachery or for disrupting the proletarian dictatorship. | *The [[Enver Hoxha]] regime in Albania made use of forced labor camps. At one point, every third Albanian had either been interrogated by the [[Sigurimi]] or incarcerated in labour camps. To eliminate dissent, the government imprisoned thousands in these camps or executed them for crimes such as alleged treachery or for disrupting the proletarian dictatorship. | ||
*[[Ahmed Sékou Touré]] ran a concentration camp during his rule of Guinea. Known as Camp Boiro, thousands of political opponents were imprisoned at the camp. It has been estimated that almost 5,000 people were executed or died from torture or starvation at the camp. According to other estimates, the number of victims was ten times higher: 50,000. | |||
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