Author: Jean
Published:
02
May
2012
Family of the dead detainee demand a probe into his death amid allegations that Police Commander Harry Bai runs the police station in which the death occurred like a private home.
Liberia
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Author: Jean
Published:
01
May
2012
The police "do not obey any judge", but follow their own internal regulations when it comes to detentions of police officers, General Commander of the Mozambican police, Jorge Khalau said in the northern city of Nampula about the detention of the Nacala district police commander, Adriano Muianga.
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Mozambique
Author: Jean
Published:
01
May
2012
UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice adopts Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems in April 2012.
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Author: calitz
Published:
30
Apr
2012
The Project's new co-ordinator, Mr. Edmund Folley, writes the feature article on improving children’s access to justice in the Gambia.
Author: Jean
Published:
23
Apr
2012
A 48-year-old man arrested for being drunk in public was beaten to death in a Durbanville, Cape Town, police cell in the early hours of Saturday 21 April 2012.
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South Africa
Author: calitz
Published:
20
Apr
2012
At the 51st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Centre's statement focussed on the link between poverty and human rights, paying attention to issues such as access to water and sanitation, criminalisation of poverty and children and poverty.
Author: Berber
Published:
18
Apr
2012
On 18 April 2012, the Community Law Centre delivered a submission to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The submission dealt with three issues, namely compliance with the Robben Island Guidelines, domestic oversight over places of detention and limiting the use of pre-trial detention.
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Author: Jean
Published:
18
Apr
2012
At the 51st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, Promoting Pre-trial Justice in Africa (PPJA) is launching a campaign for the repeal of outdated offences.
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Civil debt detainee dies in police detention in Liberia
