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Hundreds of political prisoners locked in a Myanmar police compound are facing squalid living conditions following a massive government crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations staged in late September, a political activist leader hiding in Yangon told CNN by phone.

Nilar Thein -- a key leader in the Myanmar-based group '88 Generation -- reported at least 900 detainees are being held in Mohbyee police compound in the country's biggest city, Yangon.

Myanmar's secretive military government has placed restricted access on journalists and CNN cannot independently verify the report. Read full article »

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