Congo
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
DRC: psychologically, I am no longer human’ – life after 20 years on death row
I was locked up in a cell with no windows, so I didn’t see the light of day for 20 years. If I wanted to use the toilet, I had to ask, but the guards would sometimes refuse. I didn’t receive any food—I only ate thanks to my friends and family who came to drop off meals for me. Prison here is not li…Source — OMCT
DRC: "psychologically, I am no longer human’ – life after 20 years on death row"
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Congo : conditions de vie terribles dans la prison de Mbujimayl
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Congo : des activistes s'insurgent contre le traitement des prisonniers au Nord-Kivu
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Congo kinshasa : Nord-Kivu, 17 détenus libérés de la prison centrale de Butembo
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République démocratique du Congo : comment lutter contre la malnutrition et les maladies dans les prisons ?
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République démocratique du Congo : des femmes détenues violées lors des émeutes à la prison de Lubumbashi
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DRC: les prisons considérées comme des mouroirs
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Democratic Republic of Congo: dans les prisons surpeuplées, un risque de contaminations en chaîne
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Democratic Republic of Congo: 11 morts en une semaine dans la plus grande prison de Kinshasa
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Democratic Republic of Congo: l’évasion presque ordinaire de 105 détenus d’une prison dans le centre du pays
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Democratic Republic of Congo: à Kinshasa, onze morts dans l’enfer de la prison de Makala
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DRC : grève suspendue à la prison centrale de Bukavu
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RDC : le personnel de la prison de Bukavu dénonce les conditions de détention
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Kinshasa, la prison centrale de Makala en pleine modernisation
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Democratic Republic of Congo: la prison de Kananga évacuée le temps des travaux de réhabilitation
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RDC : Evasion à la prison de Kabare (Sud-Kivu)
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Actualités.cd
RDC : 8 prisonniers meurent de faim en un mois à la prison centrale de Tshikapa
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Radio Okapi
RDC : évasion à la prison de Beni, une quarantaine d’évadés récupérés
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Radio Okapi
Democratic Republic of Congo: 11 dead and 900 escape in jail attack
Eleven people were killed and more than 900 inmates have escaped after unidentified assailants attacked a jail in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s restive east, an official said. “The Kangwayi prison in Beni was attacked at 3:30 pm by assailants whose identity is not yet known,” Julien Paluku, go…Source — Aljazeera
Prison attack in Eastern Congo kills 11, frees 900 prisoners
A Congo official says armed men have attacked a prison in the eastern city of Beni, killing at least 11 and freeing more than 900 prisoners.Source — RFI
RDC : conditions difficiles des détenus de la prison centrale de Kongolo
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Radio Okapi
RDC: témoignage de Jean Louis Kyaviro sur la prison d'Alcatraz-Makala
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Mediapart
RDC: la plupart des détenus s’évadent d’une autre prison au Kongo-Central
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — RFI