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South Sudan: incarcerated person succumbs to cholera, 5 in critical condition in Wau Prison
National Prison Service of South Sudan (NPSSS) and health
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Sudan: two women from El Gedaref and Blue Nile face death by stoning
The women are reportedly without legal representation amid the collapse
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The inmates are said to have been jailed for petty crimes including failure to pay debts and court fines. Their release was concluded during Eid-el Fitr celebrations.
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South Sudan: more than 50 incarcerated people infected in Wau prison skin disease outbreak
More than 50 incarcerated people at Wau Central Prison
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Global executions fell by almost one-third last year to the lowest figure in at least a decade, Amnesty International said in its 2018 global review of the death penalty published today. The statistics assess known executions worldwide except in China, where figures thought to be in their thousands…
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More than 1,000 Nigerians languish on death row.
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa sentenced at least 1,083 people to death in 2016 - more than double the 443 people condemned to die in 2015, according to a recent report by international human rights organisation Amnesty International.
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Reduction of 30% in the number of executions, decrease in the number of countries having recourse to the executions: human rights organisation Amnesty international publishes its 2018 report on recourse to the death penalty.
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están rompiendo la tendencia. Irak, Arabia Saudí, Sudán del Sur y Yemen aumentaron significativamente el número de ejecuciones en 2019 respecto a 2018
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Mauritania, Pakistan, Qatar, Sudan, and Yemen, in addition to some provinces in Nigeria and Somalia. ↩
In many contexts, persons awaiting trial and who