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BBC: Almost 100 prisoners have died in US custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since August 2002, according to US group Human Rights First.

The details were first aired on BBC television’s Newsnight programme. Of the 98 deaths, at least 34 were suspected or confirmed homicides, the programme said.

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