Civil society:¶

• African Assembly for the Defence of Human Rights (Réunion africaine pour la défense des droits humains) (RADDHO): RADDHO, founded in 1990, promotes respect for human rights and provides legal assistance to victims of human rights violations.

• The “Y’en à marre (We’ve had enough) Movement”: non-violent protest movement, founded in 2011 by a collective of rappers and journalists.

• Amnesty International/Senegalese section: the Senegalese section of Amnesty International takes action concerning the issues of torture in detention and arbitrary detention.

• Senegalese Human Rights League (Ligue sénégalaise des droits de l’homme) (LSDH): the LSDH keeps a watchful eye on the respect for human life and dignity and promotes the full exercise of citizenship.

• Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (Actions des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture) (ACAT): ACAT’s Senegalese section takes action on the issue of torture and publishes reports in partnership with FIACAT.

Reports:¶

• FIACAT and ACAT Sénégal, Rapport alternatif en réponse au rapport périodique du gouvernement sénégalais sur la mise en ouvre de la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples (Alternative report in response to the government’s periodic report on the implementation of the African Charter of Human and People’s Rights), 56th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 7 May 2015 (only in French)

• West Africa Regional Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (HCDH) and the Association of Senegalese Women Lawyers(AJS), Rapport sur la situation des droits des femmes dans les lieux de détention au Sénégal (Report on the situation of women’s rights in places of detention in Senegal), March 2015 (only in French)

Press articles:¶

• Aida Grovestins, “Long Pre-Trial Detention Overcrowds Senegal Prisons” on Voa News, 11/11/2016

• Mehdi Ba, “Sénégal : l’escrime pour les juveniles en prison, une réinsertion à fleurets mouchetés (Senegal: fencing for juveniles in prison, reinsertion by rubber-tipped foils)” in Jeune Afrique, 30/11/2015 (only in French)

Documentaries:¶

Nils Tavernier, La liberté en prime (Freedom as a bonus), 2015 (only in French)