Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Prisoners in Benin were subjected to filthy, overcrowded cells and denied clean water and medical treatment last year Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation and Acting Minister of the Civil Service, Ali al-Abed, on Tuesday discussed with the Head of the Judicial Police, Sabri Mohamed Hadiya, the establishment of training and rehabilitation centres for prisoners and detainees Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Justice in the Government of National Unity, Halima Ibrahim Abderrahman, has urged the head of the main reform and rehabilitation institution (prison) in Tripoli and its employees to fully comply with legal controls and circulars issued in this regard by the Ministry Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The Deputy Interior Minister for General Affairs of the National Unity Government, Major General Mahmoud Saied, during a visit to Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday discussed with Turk,sh authorities the case of two Libyan detainees and problems faced by Libyan students and community in Turkey Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Abu Janah, has affirmed that the ministry will do its utmost to improve health services for detainees and raise the level of services provided, in cooperation with relevant partners and institutions Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern at "alarming" reports that more than 70 detainees in Maitigua Central Prison, an eastern suburb of Tripoli, are on hunger strike Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Interior Ministry of the Interim National Unity Government Tuesday announced the reception of a Libyan prisoner handed over to it by Ukrainian authorities across the Polish border, in accordance with the prisoner exchange agreement signed between the two countries Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan delegation has inspected conditions under which its prisoners in Algeria are detained, a statement issued Tuesday by the Libyan Foreign Ministry said Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Tuesday met with the First Deputy Prime Minister, Hussein al-Gatrani, and the Minister of Justice, Halima Ibrahim al-Boussifi, to dscuss the conditions of detainees and the rights of prisoners Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow, on Friday pardoned 21 prisoners in exercise of his powers of prerogative of mercy vested upon him by the constitution Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Wednesday granted a remission of sentences to 874 prisoners, 313 of whom were granted outright pardon and 561 with partial remission of sentences ranging from 3 to 12 months, the government spokesman, Alkassoum Maiga, announced at the end of the council of ministers Full text...

Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - Eritrean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 21 journalists and politicians arrested in a sweeping crackdown on dissent 20 years ago, Amnesty International said as it launched a new campaign on Friday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - General Naji Harir, the commander of the Mohammad Al-Megaryef battalion, a dignitary of the former regime, has been released from prison, the Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, announced on Tuesday as part of the national reconciliation steps Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) says it has noted the release on Sunday of Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Ahmed Ramadan, a former Gaddafi aide, and six other former regime officials detained for seven years or more Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The spokesperson for the Libyan Presidential Council, Najwa Wahiba, has announced that more prisoners will be released in the coming days as part of the national reconciliation in the country Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma is urging ordinary compatriots to dig into their pockets to help fund his many legal battles Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 84 former fighters of the Islamic State (Daech) who were detained in Libya, have been deported with their families to Niger, the Ministry of Justice has announced Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a new study published on Friday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the recent release of dozens of detainees by the command of the Libyan National Army (LNA), stating that it was encouraged by their commitment to new releases during Ramadan fasting for Muslims Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five people were injured on Tuesday during an attempted escape in a prison in Ouagadougou, in the capital of Burkina Faso Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the release of more than 100 fighters of the Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army (LNA) in Zawiya, 55 km west of Tripoli Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the exchange of 35 prisoners between forces of the government of national accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar, in the framework of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Saturday welcomed the exchange of detainees between the Government of National Accord and forces of Marshal Khalifa Haftar under the supervision of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Governors of the civil prisons of Akpro-Missérété, about 40 km from the capital, have been arrested following the escape late October of two inmates from Akpro-Missérété prison, a high-security prison, judicial sources reported here Sunday Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -   The trial of former Rwandan presidential guard commander, Col Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe High Court Judge, Esther Muremba, has ordered the immediate release of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance youth leader and legislator for the Harare West constituency, Joana Mamombe, from the Chikurubi Maximum Prison Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Former United States Secretary of State and 2016 Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, has called on the Zimbabwe government to “release all political prisoners”, in a tweet that has been retweeted more than 15,000 times Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As senior UN officials spread the alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) through prisons – where physical distancing is nigh on impossible, and hygiene is often inadequate – UN Corrections, Justice and Human Rights teams are working to protect prison staff and detainees from the ravages of the virus Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - Some 401 detainees in the prison of Sorman (West), including 384 men and nine women, escaped Monday during a mutineer that broke out during the liberation of the city and its recapture by the army loyal to the government of national accord (GNA), the Libyan ministry of Justice said here Wednesday Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi is to pardon scores of prisoners during the country’s state of emergency lockdown Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eritrean-American Ciham Ali Ahmed, a prisoner of conscience, turned 23 years old on Friday in an unknown prison in Eritrea, Amnesty International said Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - Mahamat Nouri, president of the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD), a Chadian politico-military movement opposed to President Deby detained since June in France, was released on Friday , his organisation said in a statement Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 82 detainees in the new penitentiary and rehabilitation centre at Tripoli central prison have been released, the city's chief of police, Col Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has agreed to sign the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on the Inter-State Transfer of prisoners, official sources told PANA Friday in the Mauritian capital, following the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The man responsible for nearly sparking a full-blown race war ahead of South Africa’s historic first democratic elections in 1994 by killing a high profile politician has denied allegations that he is campaigning with right-wingers to cause further instability Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli on Monday pardoned 5,533 prisoners on the occasion of celebrating the country’s 58th Independence anniversary Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Wednesday categorised three Nigerians as prisoners of conscience, declaring that their continued incarceration are politically motivated and demanded their immediate release Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 460 young Malians, imprisoned in Guinea in the "so-called QNET" case, have just returned home on buses chartered by the Ministry of Malians Abroad, PANA learned on Thursday at the High Council for Malians Living Abroad (HCME) Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local human rights and governance think tank, Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), has said that the health situation in Zimbabwe’s prisons remains critical and poses a threat to inmates Full text...

Melrose, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius Prison Service and SME Mauritius Ltd on Thursday launched a business plan for inmates, in line with the Social Entrepreneurship Programme, to equip them with the knowledge and know-how to set up their own businesses on completion of their sentences Full text...

Port Louis Maurice (PANA) - About 144 detainees received a month's reduction from their sentences from the 1,300 names submitted to the acting president, Barlene Vyapoury Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  Senegalese minister of Justice Malick Sall on Friday announced the possibility to introduce shortly the wearing of electronic bracelet into the judicial system, saying this will need a revision of the criminal code Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco King Mohammed VI granted pardon to 4,764 people, some in prison and others on bail on the occasion of the Throne Day celebrated on Tuesday in Morocco Full text...