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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

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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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September 26, 2018

Côte d'Ivoire: grogne de l'administration pénitentiaire

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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September 17, 2018

RDC : Evasion à la prison de Kabare (Sud-Kivu)

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Africa Protest Congo - Kinshasa

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September 5, 2018

Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée : Bomana, la prison tropicale réinventée

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Africa Papua New Guinea

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July 19, 2018

Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée : prison de Romana, une lueur d'espoir en enfer

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Africa Papua New Guinea

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July 19, 2018

Morocco: one year after, the Saharawi Gdeim Izik political prisoners are still subject to inhuman treatments

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Africa Morocco

19 of the original 24 Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik Group remain in prison, with sentences that range from 20 years to life imprisonment and continue to be victims of torture, ill treatment and intentional medical neglect by the Moroccan authorities.

July 17, 2018

Burundi : plus de 9 mille détenus dans 11 prisons

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Africa Burundi

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July 16, 2018

Tanzania president says prisoners should be kicked and made to work 'day and night'

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Africa Work Tanzania

Souce - The Guardian John Magufuli says underemployment of inmates leads to drug use and homosexuality

July 11, 2018

Egypt: 710 prisoners released per presidential pardon

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Africa Middle East Egypt

A total of 710 prisoners were released on Wednesday per a presidential pardon. The Prisons Authority continues to select the prisoners who qualify for conditional release, and those who served half of their sentences and were not involved in criminal cases.