The comptroller-general of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Mr. Zakari Ohinoyi Ibrahim, told the House of Representatives Committee on Interior led by Umar Bature recently that congestion has become the
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Read ContinueNo fewer than 70 Nigerians currently serving in various prisons across Thailand, will soon be repatriated to the country to complete their prison terms, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Thailand, Mr. Chudi
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Read ContinuePRAWA Executive Director, Dr. Uju Agomoh presented a paper on ‘Treatment of female prisoners / offenders: Implementation of the Bangkok rules’ at the third Biennial Conference of Africa Correctional Services
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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
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