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January 3, 2018

Ethiopia frees all political prisoners and closes notorious Maekelawi jail in surprise decision

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Africa Ethiopia

Ethiopians were quick to respond, even with social media sites currently blocked.

January 3, 2018

L'enfer des prisons égyptiennes pour les détenus gays et trans

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Africa Middle East LGBTQI Violence Egypt

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November 20, 2017

Alarming prison conditions of political prisoners in Morocco

Analysis Report

Africa Health Violence Morocco

Sahrawi prisoners’ health put at risk

November 9, 2017

Libye : VIDEO - des images des prisons clandestines où sont séquestrés les migrants kidnappés

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Africa Libya

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November 8, 2017

Tunisie : torture - l'impunité des forces armées

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Africa Torture Tunisia

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November 4, 2017

Maroc : suicide d'un détenu à la prison locale El Arjat 2

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Africa Suicide Morocco

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October 18, 2017

Cinema in prison

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Africa Culture Tunisia

Four Tunisian prisons host screenings at a film festival. Augustin Le Gall, a photojournalist, brings back a sample of the wind of freedom that blew into Borj Erroumi prison.

October 16, 2017

Liberia : special judiciary task force to review cases of pre-trial detainees

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Africa Justice Liberia

Monrovia – Pre-trial detainees in detention centers in Montserrado and Margibi Counties are to have their cases reviewed.

October 9, 2017

Emprisonnés en Tunisie pour un baiser : "On ne nous laisse même pas l'amour et l'eau fraîche"

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Africa Material conditions Tunisia

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October 3, 2017

Togo: protesters abused in police custody

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Africa Togo

The group of Associations against impunity in Togo (CACIT) denounces police brutality and the human-rights abuses of protesters

October 2, 2017

Kenya: gender-sensitive approach to non-custodial sentences

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Africa Kenya

“Going to prison would have been a big problem as I have lots of people who depend on me.”

September 29, 2017

Sierra Leone: "I didn't mean to plead guilty"

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Africa Sierra Leone

“Miriam” grew up in Sierra Leone and didn’t go to school. As an adult, she struggled to read and write. When she was arrested for loitering, she misunderstood the offence and found herself in prison.

September 28, 2017

Madagascar : pour la première fois en quarante ans, un journaliste condamné à Madagascar

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Africa South Africa

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September 25, 2017

“In prison in Mali, we survived.”

Testimonial

Africa Mali

Arnaud, was taken in for questioning by Interpol France in Bamako. He described the conditions in which he was held in detention in Mali after he was transfered in France.

September 24, 2017

Zimbabwe prisoners deprived of ARVs

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Africa Zimbabwe

Pre-trial detainees claim an acute shortage of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) has hit the country’s prisons and correctional facilities, and is now threatening their survival.

September 20, 2017

Cameroun : "J’ai vécu l’enfer en prison, mais je continuerai à me battre pour mes frères anglophones"

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Africa Cameroon

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September 20, 2017

Cameroun : "J’ai vécu l’enfer en prison, mais je continuerai à me battre pour mes frères anglophones."

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Africa Cameroon

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September 4, 2017

Côte d'Ivoire : que se passe-t-il avec les prisons ?

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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August 30, 2017

Malawi: seeking justice for helpless inmates

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Africa Malawi

Young inmates are locked away without any trial in Malawi’s prison cells. Some of them are even unaware of their right to a lawyer. Two legal activists from PASI do their best to secure justice.

August 14, 2017

Nigeria: Lagos CJ frees 62 juvenile offenders, 67 inmates with disabilities from prison

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Africa Nigeria

No fewer than 62 juvenile offenders, 67 inmates with disabilities held at Kirikiri Female prisons and Kirikiri Medium Prisons, Lagos, were on Monday released on the orders of the State Chief Judge, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade.

August 6, 2017

RDC : 8 prisonniers meurent de faim en un mois à la prison centrale de Tshikapa

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Africa Congo - Kinshasa

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July 21, 2017

Cameroun : Amnesty International dénonce le recours à la torture dans la lutte contre Boko Haram

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Africa Torture Cameroon

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July 20, 2017

Kenya: why a gender-sensitive approach is needed, a probation director’s perspective

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Africa Kenya

PRI talked to Paul King’e, County Probation Director in Nakuru, Kenya, to find out how a gender-sensitive approach to community-based programmes can help female offenders in Kenya.

July 17, 2017

Kenya: eight things to remember when implementing a gender-sensitive approach to probation

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Africa Kenya

Throughout the world, probation systems and community-based sentences have been designed for men and by men.