Author: Jean
Published:
06
Feb
2012
Forty foreign NGO workers to be charged and 19 banned from leaving the country.
ACJR News
Author: Jean
Published:
01
Jan
2012
The Minister of Youth and Civic Education in Republic of the Congo, Anatole Collinet Makosso, spent New Year's day with young offenders in Brazzaville prison and delivered civic education materials to the prison.
Republic of the Congo
ACJR News
News
Author: Berber
Published:
15
Dec
2011
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 Initiative aims to support African institutions to improve domestic compliance with international law obligations, norms and procedures under the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT) and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR).
ACJR News
News
Author: Jill
Published:
01
Dec
2011
On 30 November 2011, CSPRI’s Project Coordinator Lukas Muntingh presented a submission on the prevention and eradication of torture in South African prisons to the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services (PCCS).
Torture
ACJR News
Parliament
News
Author: Jean
Published:
29
Nov
2011
The "Clean hands in prison" campaign is focused on raising awareness on the importance of washing hands, reducing the prevalence and transmission rates of diseases brought about by a lack of hygiene and sanitation in jails.
ACJR News
News
Burkina Faso
Author: Jean
Published:
28
Nov
2011
Up to 32 million Congolese are due to head to the polls on Monday 28 November after a weekend marked by deadly street clashes and allegations of cheating
ACJR News
News
Democratic Republic of Congo
Author: Jean
Published:
25
Nov
2011
Human Rights Watch calls on Moroccan authorities to stop harassing those campaigning for a boycott of elections.
Morocco
News
Author: Jean
Published:
16
Nov
2011
Top judge condemns the practice of filing holding charges against accused persons and “trial by public parade of suspects on pages of newspapers and on the television” and blames the practice for congestion in prisons.
News
Nigeria
Congo Minister spends New Year with young inmates
Article 5 Initiative launched at old Breakwater Prison
Submission by CSPRI on torture in prisons to the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services
WaterAid launches handwashing project in Burkina prisons
Chief Justice of Nigeria criticises use of holding charges
