Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

August 27, 2019

Mauritania: ordinary detention

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Africa Mauritania

Mohamed faces a police check. He is arrested and placed in custody for lack of proper documentation. He spends one week there. He tells his story.

August 23, 2019

Egypt: urgent investigation needed after death in notorious Al-Aqrab prison

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Africa Middle East Violence Egypt

Egyptian authorities must urgently carry out an independent and impartial investigation into the death of Hossam Hamed, a 30-year-old prisoner being held at al-Aqrab prison, amid allegations that he was tortured.

August 23, 2019

Guinea: intimidation by imprisonment

Testimonial

Africa Guinea

Barry was a member of the main opposition party to President Alpha Condé. He was incarcerated for over four years.

August 20, 2019

Cameroon: Human Rights Watch dénonce la torture de détenus

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Africa Torture Cameroon

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August 12, 2019

Zimbabwe: 19 – 25 August 2019 set aside as Prison family Week 2019

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Africa Social ties Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe every year sets aside the Prison family Week and this year it has been set for 19 – 25 August. During this time visitors can go visit their incarcerated relatives and get to interact with them freely as family and friends. The Prison will be open from 8AM to 4PM.

August 9, 2019

Uganda: tortured in prison, Bizimana narrates his ordeal

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Africa Torture Uganda

Frank Bizimana was deported on Tuesday having spent more than a year in a jail in Ntungamo where he was physically and physiologically tortured.

August 6, 2019

Egypt: el agujero negro de la cárcel de Al Aqrab

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Africa Middle East Egypt

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July 31, 2019

Egypt: mass hunger strike at Al-Aqrab prison over denial of family visits and dire conditions

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Africa Middle East Social ties Egypt

The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security prison in Tora where approximately 130 detainees have gone on a mass hunger strike for more than six weeks, said Amnesty International today.

July 31, 2019

Egypt: mass hunger strike in prison

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Africa Middle East Egypt

About 130 inmates have been on hunger strike in an Egyptian prison for more than six weeks in protest at inhumane conditions and denial of family visits, according to Amnesty International.

July 26, 2019

Kenya: la malagueña que enseña meditación en las cárceles

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Africa Kenya

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July 25, 2019

Cameroon : 45 blessés dans la prison de Buea

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Africa Violence Cameroon

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July 24, 2019

Cameroon: des opposants politiques «enlevés» de la prison

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Africa Cameroon

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July 24, 2019

Cameroon: gunshots amid prison riot must be investigated

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Africa Protest Violence Cameroon

Yesterday a riot was reported in Kondengui prison in Yaoundé the Cameroonian capital. According to reports, detained armed separatists from the Anglophone regions and opposition members took possession of the prison yard to denounce overcrowding, judicial delays and deplorable conditions.

July 21, 2019

Mauritania: Nouakchott: mutinerie à la prison pour femmes

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Africa Women Protest Violence Mauritania

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July 18, 2019

Liberia: prisoners, officers complain of overcrowded conditions

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Africa Material conditions Overcrowding Liberia

Inmates are often crammed into cells, lack access to regular meals, clean drinking water and medicine, and often rely on family members to bring food on visits.

July 11, 2019

Morocco: la triste situation des prisons marocaines

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Africa Material conditions Morocco

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July 10, 2019

Taking equitable health to prisons the Malawian way

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Africa Health Malawi

The late founding president of democratic South Africa, Nelson Mandela, once famously said: “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”

July 10, 2019

Egypt: when doctors don't help: "medical negligence" in prison

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Africa Middle East Egypt

Deliberately withholding medical treatment in Egyptian prisons and elsewhere amounts to torture, according to experts.

July 10, 2019

Moroccan: plus de 100% de taux d’occupation dans 12 des 15 prisons marocaines

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Africa Morocco

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July 10, 2019

Egypt: detainees trapped in ‘revolving doors’ of prison system as authorities bypass release orders

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Africa Middle East Egypt

The Egyptian authorities’ growing trend of re-imprisoning people who have been arbitrarily detained, instead of complying with court orders to release them is an alarming signal of how decayed the country’s justice system has become, said Amnesty International.

July 9, 2019

Gabon: les atroces prisons d’Ali Bongo

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Africa Gabon

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July 6, 2019

Algeria: mutinerie à la prison de Laghouat

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Africa Protest Violence Algeria

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July 6, 2019

Mauritanie: rapport sur la peine de mort, "un bagne au pays des sables"

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Africa Death penalty Violence Mauritania

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July 5, 2019

Zimbabwe: MDC statement on Chamisa’s visit to Chikurubi maximum prison

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Africa Zimbabwe

Today President Nelson Chamisa visited MDC members who are incarcerated for political reasons.