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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

Benin follows recommendations of Committee Against Torture and passes new Code of Criminal Procedure

Cameroon - slowest justice system in the world?

Overworked investigating judges and a lack of lawyers leads to inordinate delays in Bafang, Cameroon.

Campaign to repeal outdated offences launched

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 ...

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.

Challenging disadvantage in Zambia: Groundbreaking report released

A groundbreaking report providing an in-depth understanding of the challenges faced by people with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities in Zambia's ...

Justice Ayotunde Phillips said it is her statutory duty to reduce overcrowding.

Chief Justice of Nigeria criticises use of holding charges

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 ...

Civil debt detainee dies in police detention in Liberia

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 ...

CLC senior researcher presents at Public Interest Law Gathering

On 12 July 2013, Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative’s Clare Ballard from the Community Law Centre delivered a presentation at the Public Interest Law ...