Tag Archives: Prison
by Sadik When the dictators incarcerate valued and exceptional leaders without justice, it is not only to bar them from their followers, but to break their soul in irreversible manner. Today our brave Ethiopians broke the passion of the oppressor … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, Journalist, Prison, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Twenty years after its independence, Eritrea’s prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners, locked up without ever being charged with a crime, many of whom are never heard from again, Amnesty International said in a report released today. Twenty … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, Arbitrary arrest and detention, Claire Beston, Eritrea, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Political prisoner, Prison
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ADDIS ABABA — The family of Reeyot Alemu, this year’s winner of the World Press Freedom Prize, says her situation in an Ethiopian prison is worsening by the day. Reeyot Alemu and Eskinder Nega are two of the best-known Ethiopian … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amnesty International, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Prison, Reeyot, Reeyot Alemu, UNESCO
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Getahune Bekele Although the word “hard labour” sounds brutal and primitive, Zambian magistrate Shadreck Chanda was merciless in passing judgment when he sent 50 destitute Ethiopians to jail for entering the landlocked nation illegally on 29 March 2013. The Ethiopians … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Boeing, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopians, ethiopians news, Nairobi, Prison, UNESCO, United States
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US State Department EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The government of the State of Eritrea is a highly centralized, authoritarian regime under the control of President Isaias Afwerki. The People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), headed by President Isaias, is the sole … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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Tagged Asmara, Crime and Justice, detention, guantanamo bay, IndepthAfrica, Prison, Reporters Without Borders, United States, United States Department of State
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(AFP) ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court on Monday delayed again the appeal of blogger Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage, who were jailed last year for terror-related offences. Eskinder and Andualem were among 24 people jailed in July … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-terrorism legislation, eskindernega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Freedom Now, Ginbot 7, IndepthAfrica, Prison, United Nations
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ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court on Wednesday delayed again the appeal of blogger Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage, who were jailed last year for terror-related offences. Eskinder and Andualem were among 24 people jailed in July 2012 … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-terrorism legislation, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ginbot 7, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Prison, Wednesday
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Denmark(RBC Radio) A court a Denmark has sentenced two Somali citizens to prison, the two were accused of being members of Al-shabaab group. Guled Mohamed Warsame and Noor Mohamed Warsame who are brothers were both charged on different accounts. Guled … read more »
Yosief Ghebrehiwet (II) Discontent at the Top: How Indispensable Is the Prison System to the Eritrean Defense Forces? Four brothers fight over a bicycle. One takes one wheel; the second, the other wheel; the third, half of the frame; and … read more »
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Tagged Asmara, EDF, Électricité de France, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Prison
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(AFP) KANO, Nigeria — Twenty-five people were killed in eastern Nigeria when attackers blasted a jail, a police station and a bank with bombs, machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades, police said Saturday. “We have 25 dead from yesterday’s attacks in Ganye, … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Adamawa State, Agence France-Presse, Boko Haram, Chief of police, Ganye, Kano, Nigeria, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, Police station, Prison
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Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim speaks out about experience in jail where he was lodged for interviewing alleged rape victim. Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim set free after Somalia’s attorney general says the original investigation misled the court. ( 17-Mar-2013 ) Somalia’s Supreme Court … read more »
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Tagged Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, Aljazeera, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Prison, Rape, Somalia, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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SUSPECTED members of the Boko Haram sect on Friday blew up the prison in Gwoza Local Government, setting free all the prisoners. Saturday Tribune learnt that a civilian around the emir’s palace, where the prison is located, was killed by … read more »
A group of 30 believers from Philadelphia Church in the suburbs of Asmara known as Mai- Temenai were taken to prison after their respective houses were raided and some were found to be praying together. These arrests follow an earlier … read more »
Posted in Comoros, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea
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Tagged about eritrea, Asmara, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea-Ethiopia, eritrean, God, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Information Ministry, Isaias Afewerki, Prison
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One in every five military prison inmates is of Ethiopian descent. A new Israeli military unit will work on integrating Ethiopian recruits, who account for 50 percent of all army prison inmates. Army Radio reported that Brig.-Gen. Eli Shermeister, who … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Ogaden, Prison, Soviet Union, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, United States
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ABUJA, Nigeria – A court in Nigeria has sentenced a man who once helped oversee the nation’s police pension to two years in prison over the theft of $145 million from the fund. However, he has avoided serving any time … read more »
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Tagged 000 fine to avoid jail, Abuja, Chief who stole $145M pays $14, Indepth Africa Magazine, Islamabad High Court, Monday, Nigeria, Nigeria police pension Chief, Nigerian who stole $145M pays $14, Plea, Prison, Yakubu Aiyegbeni
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Addis Ababa – An Ethiopian court handed down heavy jail terms to 10 people convicted of having links to al-Qaeda, a judge said on Tuesday. The sentences ranged from three years to 20 years, and several of the convicted also … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Agence France-Presse, Al-Qaeda, Anti-terrorism legislation, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Kenya, latest ethiopian news, life imprisonment, news ethiopia indepthafrica, news ethiopian, Prison
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by Betre Yacob Independent human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty international, and the Anti-Torture Committee of the United Nations have several times reported of systematic persecution as well as use of violence and torture against Ethiopian journalists, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amnesty International, Donald Yamamoto, Embassy, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, Prison, United States, Wikileaks
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An Ethiopian journalist lost an appeal on Tuesday against a five-year prison sentence for her role in promoting subversive plots by a rebel group. Reyot Alemu, a columnist at the now-defunct Feteh newspaper, and fellow journalist Woubishet Taye were found … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ginbot 7, Horn, human right, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Prison, Reyot Alemu, terrorism
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The Comptroller General of Nigeria Prisons Services; Mr Zakari Ibrahim has confirmed that 20 prisoners escaped in a jail break that occurred in Sagamu Prison on January 2. The incident was said to have occurred around 4am when some of … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged crime, Crime and Justice, Indepth Africa Magazine, Nigeria, nigeria jail break, Nigerian news, Ogun State, Prison, Sagamu, Zakari Ibrahim
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On Friday, November 2, 2012, Assia El Ouadie Known as Mama Assia passed away. A date that the Moroccan and even Arab human rights activists will remember for ever. Everybody will continue to commemorate this exceptional and unique Moroccan lady who … read more »
Posted in Article, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Fellow, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, King Mohammed, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Morocco, Mother Teresa, Prison, Washington DC
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It’s normal for human beings to have sexual desires and since the prisoners cannot get women, they turn to each other for sexual satisfaction. In former VP, Moody Awori’s days as Minister of Home Affairs, he introduced reforms to Prison … read more »
SHOOTINGS and explosions reportedly rocked the medium security prisons at Oko, a suburb of Benin City, the Edo State capital, in the early hours of Sunday, in what appeared to be a jail-break operation. The attack was said to have … read more »
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Johannesburg – Forty-three of the offenders who were granted special remission of sentence by President Jacob Zuma are back in jail, the department of correctional services said on Tuesday. President Jacob Zuma announced on April 27 – Freedom Day – … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa new, African news, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Minister (government), Nathi Mthethwa, Nelson Mandela, Parole, Prison, Sex offender, South Africa
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South African authorities say they are releasing up to 35,000 offenders to ease overcrowding in the nation’s prisons. Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said Saturday some 14,600 prison inmates will be released “conditionally or unconditionally,” along with more than 20,000 offenders … read more »
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The case of Blessing Effiong, a 20-year-old inmate awaiting trial at the female section of Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, perhaps typifies the injustice suffered by the poor in the Nigerian society. The Akwa-Ibom indigene, who was interviewed by the Attorney-General of … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bannu, Crime and Justice, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Prison, Taliban, Thursday
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CAIRO: Dubai police arrested an African witch who tried to sell medical herbs to an undercover policemen, newspapers said on Thursday. The woman, who had eluded a previous court jail and deportation sentence, had already extorted large sums of money … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Dubai, Health, Herb, Incense, IndepthAfrica, Prison, Shopping, United Arab Emirates, Woman
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By Teodros Kiros Few are genuinely brave. Brave are those who are made out of moral discipline and still disposition. Such rare individuals blend in one whole -compassion and firmness. Such was Fisseha Abraha, the gallant man from the north. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Abraha, Africa news, African, African news, Derg, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, family, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, oromo, Prison, United States
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Kano – Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamists Friday launched simultaneous gun and bomb attacks on a prison and a police station in the northern city of Gombe, a jail guard and a resident said. The attackers staged what … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, African news, Agence France-Presse, Boko Haram, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Police station, Prison
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At least 44 people have died in a fight between rival gangs at a prison on the outskirts of the northern Mexican city of Monterrey. Victims were beaten, stabbed and stoned when a fight broke out on Sunday. Inmates at … read more »
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Tagged Felipe Calderón, Gang, Gulf Cartel, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mexico, Monterrey, Prison, Tamaulipas, texas
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Tripoli – Libya’s deputy justice minister says his government has begun taking control of makeshift prisons in the country after human rights organisations complained of rampant torture of inmates. Minister Khalifa Ashour said on Sunday that judicial police are now … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Justice Ministry, Libya, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Misrata, Muammar Gaddafi, Prison, United Nations
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