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The report, a collaboration between Amnesty International and the Mozambique Human Rights League, describes how people from poor social groups are particularly ...

Torture continues for Libyan detainees

A report released by Amnesty International in February 2012 says that a year after the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's militias are "largely out of ...

For most development issues, indicators are adopted both to measure progress and to galvanise action. For example, the eight Millennium Development Goals ...

Training of members of organisations working with victims of torture in Mozambique

This took place at the office of the Human Rights League, on 1 August 2014, at the the Hotel Afrin on 6 and 7 August 2014.

Training of Officials of Mozambique's National Correctional Service

This took place on 29 July 2014, at the Penitenciaria Provincial Sul de Machava, which is the old Central Prison. Officials from the Correctional Services were ...

The UN Human Rights Committee published its concluding observations following South Africa's review in March 2016. Key points raised in the Alternate Report ...

The Government of South Africa is hosting the fourth expert group meeting for the revision of these rules from 2-5 March 2015. Lukas Muntingh of CSPRI is ...

Jean Redpath gave evidence at the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Police Inefficiency and a Breakdown in Relations between the South ...

Volcano threatens Goma prison

Africa's most active volcano, Nyamuragira, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, began erupting on the night of 6 November 2011.

WaterAid launches handwashing project in Burkina prisons

The "Clean hands in prison" campaign is focused on raising awareness on the importance of washing hands, reducing the prevalence and transmission rates of ...