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Cameroon: President Orders De-Crowding of Prisons to Combat COVID-19
VOA, 17 April 2020
Cameroon's president has announced steps that will lead to the release of thousands of prisoners due to concerns about the coronavirus spreading in overcrowded facilities. … Read more »
African Countries De-crowding Prisons in COVID-19 Fight
While the Covid-19 pandemic is now hitting Africa with full force, some countries are decogesting their prisons as a means to curb the spread.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Prisons Face Covid-19 Catastrophe
HRW, 17 April 2020
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s overcrowded and unsanitary prisons are at grave risk of Covid-19 outbreaks that threaten the health and lives of detainees, guards, and the… Read more »
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Zambia: Rustling Convict Makes COVID-19 Plea
Times of Zambia, 6 April 2020
A Kapiri Mposhi rustler convicted on his admission has pleaded with a court not to send him to jail fearing that he will end up dying of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more »
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Mozambique: Assembly Approves Pardon and Amnesty
AIM, 7 April 2020
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Monday approved a bill submitted by President Filipe Nyusi granting a pardon to all those in Mozambican jails serving… Read more »
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Chad: Ex-Chad Leader Temporarily Released from Jail Due to Coronavirus Quarantine
VOA, 7 April 2020
Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre has been granted a two months reprieve from his life sentence by a judge in Senegal, where he was convicted of crimes against humanity. Read more »
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RSF, 6 April 2020
While the Covid-19 pandemic is now hitting Africa with full force, with more than 10,000 cases and nearly 500 deaths, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 80 rights and press… Read more »
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The Mozambican government has ordered the closure of all "recreational, sporting, cultural and leisure activities held in public places", as it attempts to enforce social ... Read more »
