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May 4, 2019

Ghana: local company donates electrical cables to Kumasi Prison

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Africa Ghana

A local manufacturer of electrical cables, Tropical Cable and Conductors Limited, has donated assorted electrical cables to the Kumasi Central Prison.

April 29, 2019

Nigeria: children and women raped and abused in prison

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Africa Women Nigeria

Harrowing investigation details instances of rape and abuse against children unlawfully detained in a maximum-security prison.

April 23, 2019

Nigeria: stringent bail conditions responsible for prison congestion

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Africa Material conditions Nigeria

Some lawyers in Lagos on Tuesday attributed prison congestion in the country to the inability of defendants to perfect stringent bail conditions.

April 18, 2019

Swaziland: “a day in prison feels like many”

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Africa Eswatini

As a 27-years-old political activist fighting for democracy, B. was arrested, beaten, tortured and imprisoned. He tells his story.

April 16, 2019

Ghana: dans les prisons à ciel ouvert pour "sorcières"

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Africa Ghana

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April 16, 2019

Equatorial Guinea: Teodoro Obiang lance le processus pour abolir la peine de mort

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Africa Death penalty Violence Guinea

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April 15, 2019

Zimbabwe: call to commit all women inmates to open prison

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Africa Women Facilities Zimbabwe

THE Zimbabwe Prison Correctional Services (ZPCS) has called on government to commit all women inmates to the open prison system. ZPCS’s assistant commissioner, Christmas Tarwira said this development will greatly assist mothers incarcerated and living with their minors. “We want the government to b…

March 29, 2019

Mauritania: la esclavitud pervive en Mauritania

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Africa Mauritania

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March 14, 2019

Mauritania: sentenced to death then pardoned

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Africa Death penalty Violence Mauritania

Fatimata was sentenced to death. Pardoned in 2016, she tells her story.

March 13, 2019

Swaziland: up to 1,000 prisoners could be freed from jail early

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Africa Eswatini

As many as 1,000 prisoners in Swaziland / eSwatini could be released from jail before the end of their sentences because the government cannot afford to keep them locked up. The move follows reports that His Majesty’s Correctional Services that run jails in the kingdom could not afford to feed all…

March 5, 2019

Kenya: Kodiaga prison sewage flows into River Saka

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Africa Kenya

Kenya Prisons Commissioner-General Isaiah Osugo has admitted that the main correctional facility in Kisumu has been emitting raw sewage into a river from which residents fetch drinking water. Mr Osugo toured Kodiaga Maximum Security Prison on Tuesday alongside prisons bosses in Nyanza region. He ad…

February 18, 2019

Un avocat égyptien jeté en prison pour un gilet jaune

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Africa Middle East Egypt

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January 31, 2019

Togo: repressed political commitment

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Africa Justice Torture Violence Togo

Togo is experiencing a serious socio-political crisis. Mistreatment and arbitrary arrests are on the rise. Here is the current situation.

January 28, 2019

Mali: conditions de vie exécrables des surveillants de prison

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Africa Material conditions Mali

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December 31, 2018

Egypt: une femme en prison pour avoir dénoncé le harcèlement sexuel

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Africa Middle East Egypt

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December 18, 2018

Comores: nouvelles peines de prison infligées à des membres de l'opposition

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Africa Comoros

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December 12, 2018

Togo: les visiteuses sont victimes d'attouchements dans une prison

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Africa Social ties Togo

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December 4, 2018

Guinea: total darkness

Testimonial

Africa Guinea

Isiaka was held in a police station for one week. Lack of privacy, light, food, and information. Here is his story.

November 11, 2018

Angola : plus de 600 guinéens détenus à la prison de Trinta… [audio]

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Africa Angola

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November 11, 2018

Morocco & Western Sahara: la huelga de hambre, única opción de los presos políticos

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Africa Morocco

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October 21, 2018

Sierra Leone : doing time in "Hell"

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Africa Sierra Leone

A shaft of light penetrates the foul air through a fist-sized vent. It reveals naked, sweating bodies packed side-by-side like sardines, lying in darkness on a greasy concrete floor. The stench of urine and excreta from a brimming plastic bucket – just one for a cell containing perhaps 20 people –…

October 10, 2018

Cameroun : "nous avons des condamnés dans le couloir de la mort depuis plus de 36 ans"

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Africa Death penalty Violence Cameroon

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October 8, 2018

South Sudan: impressionnante mutinerie dans une prison

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Africa Protest Violence South Sudan

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October 4, 2018

South Sudan: des prisonniers de guerre et des détenus qui tardent à être libéré

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Africa South Sudan

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