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Sudan: on the run
Testimonial
Africa
Testimonial
The Journey of Hafiz El Sudani is the story of a Sudanese refugee, Hafiz Adem, recounting his escape from En Nahud prison in Kordofan until his arrival in France. Extracts.
News
Africa
Coronavirus
Protest
Sudan: riot in Darfur prison amid pandemic
Prison authorities gradually release prisoners to stem coronavirus transmission
KHARTOUM, SudanAt least
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Africa
Material conditions
Members of the regime of ousted president Omar Bashir who have been jailed in the Koper Prison in Khartoum since their removal from power in April, are protesting against their prison conditions.
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Africa
Protest
Violence
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News
Material conditions
Inmates of the Korea Prison, south of Nyala, capital of South Darfur, reportedly suffer from thirst and poor services, especially meals, during the fasting month of Ramadan.
News
Material conditions
Inmates of the Korea Prison, south of Nyala, capital of South Darfur, reportedly suffer from thirst and poor services, especially meals, during the fasting month of Ramadan.
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Africa
Health
Material conditions
South Sudan: unknown skin disease strikes Wau central prison
Dozens of inmates at the Wau Central Prison in Western Bahr el Ghazal State
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Africa
Justice
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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Africa
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Death penalty
Violence
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.
Death penalty: global trends
Analysis Report
Africa
Analysis
North America
Report
Asia
Death penalty
Violence
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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Death penalty
están rompiendo la tendencia. Irak, Arabia Saudí, Sudán del Sur y Yemen aumentaron significativamente el número de ejecuciones en 2019 respecto a 2018
Analysis
Opinion
Death penalty
Violence
Mauritania, Pakistan, Qatar, Sudan, and Yemen, in addition to some provinces in Nigeria and Somalia. ↩
In many contexts, persons awaiting trial and who