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South Africa: UN Experts Urge Govt to Comply With Torture Prevention Measures
allAfrica, 15 March 2023
United Nations torture prevention experts have called on South Africa to speed up the establishment of a national torture prevention watchdog to regularly examine prisons,… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa's Prisons Are a Breeding Ground for the Spread of TB. Our Model Shows How
The Conversation Africa, 29 November 2022
South African prisons are famously overcrowded. Prison populations are believed to exceed capacity by an overall 33%, although that number jumps to over 200% at some facilities,… Read more »
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South Africa: Peter Hain - Neil Aggett Died Fighting Apartheid - South Africa's Rulers Have Betrayed the Struggle
The Conversation Africa, 10 March 2023
Neil Aggett, the trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist who died in detention at the hands of police 41 years ago, was one of very few white South Africans who actively fought… Read more »
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South Africa: UN Experts Call On South Africa to Create Torture Prevention Body
UN News, 13 March 2023
South Africa must swiftly set up a watchdog mechanism to examine prisons, detention centres, and other facilities, UN independent experts on torture prevention said on Monday,… Read more »