280 Rwandan soldiers who were accused of desertion being held on Lake Kivu island were recently revealed. The soldiers who were being held there were moved from a military prison in 2012. The troops were moved because the Red Cross was planning to visit that particular prison. A leader of the prison claimed to have been "re-educating" them. They were accused of deserting their jobs and they needed to be taught how to "behave themselves again." One of the deserters said that many of them had been held for several years without a trial or visitors.
I find it disturbing that someone can take it upon themselves to force people onto an island to "re-educate" them. It was obvious that they were not supposed to be held in prison because of their fear of being caught by the Red Cross.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21537102
I guess "re-educate" means punish.
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