Prisoners

Prisoners were tortured at Leeuwkop prison, court finds

Illustration: Lisa Nelson By Tania Broughton GroundUp Prisoners were tortured by guards at Leeuwkop prison, the Johannesburg High Court... Read more

31 Aug, 2023

Caracas — Amnesty International called on Tuesday for the release of about 300 people being held in Venezuela for... Read more

29 Aug, 2023

Pretoria – South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma reported back to jail on Friday only to be swiftly released,... Read more

11 Aug, 2023

Harare – About a fifth of all prisoners in Zimbabwe were released on Thursday under a presidential amnesty a... Read more

19 May, 2023

Cairo – Former Egyptian anti-corruption chief Hisham Geneina was released after completing a five-year prison sentence and charged under... Read more

15 Feb, 2023

Cairo – Egypt has extended the pre-trial detention of three TikTok comedians after their online sketch about a prison... Read more

7 Feb, 2023

Washington – A US citizen jailed in Iran announced a seven-day hunger strike starting Monday as he implored President... Read more

16 Jan, 2023

Dakar – A Senegalese journalist and prominent anti-government critic is “extremely strained” after a two-week hunger strike he launched... Read more

3 Jan, 2023

Tripoli – Libya’s unity government has carried out a prisoner exchange with rival eastern forces, releasing a pilot captured... Read more

27 Dec, 2022

Abuja – West African leaders on Sunday told Mali’s ruling junta to release 46 Ivorian troops taken prisoner in... Read more

5 Dec, 2022