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PRAWA’s Statement on the Celebration of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – June 26 (2013)

Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) in commemoration of this year’s UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture hereby declares that: Victims of torture and other cruel, inhuman

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Breaking News: The establishment of the International corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Africa Chapter

The International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Africa Chapter has been established. This took place during the course of Prisons Reform Intervention regional workshop in Africa on Prison Health and

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A Joint Implementation Team Meeting on Enhancing Coordination and Monitoring Within the Justice Sector

A total of 10 persons representing PRAWA and other Criminal Justice Institutions were present in the Joint implementation meeting on enhancing coordination and monitoring within the justice sector held in

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State of Nebraska Ensures Children are Sentenced Fairly and in their Status as Children

The State of Nebraska is at it again with further positive development on the issues of fair sentencing of children and teenagers. This time Nebraska has taken an important first

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Overview of Security and Governance Challenges in the South East: A Case for Abia State by Dr. Ukoha Ukiwo, Department of Political Science University of Port Harcourt

Mr. Clement Nwankwo, Chairman Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre Abuja chaired the first session of presentations of commissioned studies of security and governance challenges in South East Nigeria during the

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Security and Governance Challenges in Anambra State by Chijioke Kelechi Iwuamadi, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus UNEC

Mr. Iwuamadi began his research presentation with background information about politics in Anambra State. According to him, research has revealed that since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999,

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Security and Governance Challenges in Imo State by Dr. Chukwunenye Okereke, Department of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt

The findings of the study of Imo State were not drastically different from that of other state of the South East region. The mechanisms employed in the study were all

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Security and Governance Challenges in Ebonyi State by Dr. Smart Otu, Department of Sociology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki

At the recently organized Summit by CLEEN Foundation Nigeria, the security and governance challenges of the five states of South East Nigeria were examined. In this piece, the security and

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Security and Governance Challenges in Enugu State by Dr. Nwachukwu Orji, Institute of Development Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka

The Study of governance and security challenges of Enugu employed same mechanism as earlier studies. The following key issues were studied as having direct link to security and governance in

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PRAWA Engages Nigerian Police Force on Witness Counseling and New Witness Tracking

The efforts of the justice sector institutions in Nigeria to enhance attendance of witnesses to courts and revive the moribund laws relating to witness support and protection has received a

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