Highlights PRAWA Calls on Nigeria Government to Integrate Specialised and Holistic Rehabilitation of Torture Victims into Nigeria’s Public Health System Prison Official Describes Inmates Performance in 2014 UTME Excellent Moro,
Read ContinueHighlights PRAWA—Legal Aid Council Donor Partnership Roundtable on Providing National Coordination and Improved Legal Aid Services in Nigeria Ogun State Governor Call for Better Prison Welfare Highlights of PRAWA Legal
Read ContinueWhen I was still young, my parents used to tell us how our family had been deported by the government from Ruhengeri to Nyamata in 1959, when massacres based on
Read Continue“Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy” Aristotle Torture has been referred to as one of the hidden crimes of the world, not because people are unaware of its
Read ContinueBurundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Monday pardoned 3,000 convicts on the occasion of the country’s independence anniversary. “We seize the opportunity of the celebration of Burundi‟s 52nd anniversary to pardon
Read ContinueRape is routinely used by state officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to torture politically active women, according to a new report from IRCT member Freedom from Torture.
Read ContinueThe IRCT and several other justice and human rights organisations submitted comments suggesting amendments to General Comment No. 35 on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Read ContinueA Witness Support Unit (WSU) was on Wednesday 25 June, 2014, commissioned at the Enugu State High Court by Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) in partnership with Enugu State
Read ContinueAs part of activities to mark its 20th anniversary, PRAWA on June 25, 2014, organised an Award / Fundraising Dinner in Enugu, where stakeholders gathered to celebrate with the organisation.
Read ContinueR –L: Prosecutor, Nigeria Prison Official, Toyosi Bello , Barr. Uchendu (PRAWA), Ago Iwoye D.P.O., and Community Lawyer Dr. Uju Agomoh, Executive Director PRAWA, in one of her visits to the Nigeria
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