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On 1 August 2012 Somalia's 825-member National Constituent Assembly (NCA) approved a new constitution for the country by a large majority. Traditional elders, ...

Officers of Western Cape’s anticrime programme work closely with police and they often have joint operations

NGO asks Inspecting Judge to investigate illegal treatment of Pretoria escapees

Constitutional and legislative protocols breached during press conference held after recapture of three prisoners attempting to escape by climbing over a wall ...

Nigerian prisons filled with awaiting trial detainees

Over-population in the Nigerian prison system has been identified as the challenge to prison reform. More than 70 per cent of over 50,000 inmates across the ...

No Sábado dia 20 de Junho, os Serviços de Investigação Criminal (SIC) e a Polícia Nacional prenderam e encarceraram treze jovens activistas políticos e ...

"Prisoners subject to physical and moral violence of an inhuman and degrading nature" finds Togo's national human rights commission.

A report by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) on Liberia's justice system has revealed that only 3 per cent of cases docketed in the Circuit Courts ...

Outdated offence used to arrest Zambian activist

An activist has been arrested in Zambia for "inciting the public to take part in indecent activities" authorities have said. This offence was adopted in Zambia ...