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‘Mentally ill people being mistreated in Nigeria’

The campaign group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), says thousands of mentally ill people in Nigeria are being abused and kept in chains in care facilities.

Its researchers visited nearly 30 private and state-run centres across the country.

Read:The mentally ill 29-year-old helped to die by Dutch doctors

In all but one, they found patients were being chained up.

Staff at the facilities said the practice stops the patients from leaving or harming others.

Read:Cultists kill 13 university students in Nigeria

In recent months, the Nigerian authorities have carried out a series of raids on private religious centres, freeing more than 1,000 people who had been kept in shackles.

HRW is calling for those rescued to be given proper support by the government.

Source: bbc.com

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