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The aim of the fourth workshop in South Africa was to consult on the draft Plan of Action developed during the third consultations, and obtain buy-in from key ...

African Correctional Services Conference opens in Kampala

The second biennial conference of the African Correctional Services Association opened on 2 October 2012 at the Speke Resort Hotel, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda. ...

ANSAmed reports on the strategies of the Algerian Penitentiary Administration in seeking to educate its youthful detainees.

On 8 October 2012 Amnesty International released a report entitled "Shrouded in Secrecy: Illegal Detention and torture by Military Intelligence". The report ...

Amnesty report cites abuse of criminal justice in Cameroon

A new report by Amnesty claims the Cameroon authorities have engaged in unlawful killings and torture as the authorities seek to use the criminal justice ...

Angolan police target newspaper and 'break up demonstrations'

On 12 March 2012 Angolan police seized 20 computers from the offices of the publication 'Folha 8' and questioned its editor two days after attempts to stage ...

Gwenaelle Dereymaeker presented a paper entitled "When civil damages replace prosecutions for violence committed by law enforcement officials: effective ...

The organisation Front Line Defenders reported on 8 May 2012 that radio journalist and human rights defender Eric Topona was arrested and taken to prison after ...

Article 5 Initiative launched at old Breakwater Prison

On 13 December, following International Human Rights Day, the Article 5 Initiative (A5I) was launched at the Breakwater Lodge in Cape Town. The Article 5 ...

Bangui prison destroyed; detainees escape

Among those no longer held in the prison include Briton and his colleagues charged with ritual killing of thirteen people held since April 2012