January 2016
Central America and the Caribbean
Women
Haiti
Thursday, January 28, Ambassador of the United States in Haiti, Peter F. Mulrean, along with several civil, political, religious and local and of the Minustah, proceeded to the inauguration of the new civilian women’s prison located in Cabaret near Ti Tanyenclose to the road leading to Saut d’Eau o…
Source — Haïti Libre
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Africa
Côte d’Ivoire
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Monde
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Africa
Tunisia
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version or the Arabic version.
Source — Inkyfada
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Africa
Sierra Leone
Prisoners in Sierra Leone have received Christ, been baptized and even been released thanks to a thriving United Methodist prison ministry.
Source — The People of The United Methodist Church
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South Africa
In December 2015 the UN General Assembly adopted without voting the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners now known as the Nelson Mandela Rules “to honour the legacy of the late president of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison in the cour…
Source — Thought Leader
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Africa
Gabon
Des prisonniers enchaînés, des cellules encrassées où s’entassent des dizaines de détenus ou encore des pénuries d’eau qui durent des jours : un Observateur nous raconte, photos à l’appui, le quotidien des détenus de la prison centrale de Libreville au Gabon.
Ce n’est pas la première fois que la pr…
Source — France 24
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