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

©- - 20 march 2024 - 16:00:31 - thread (130 words)


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

©- - 15 april 2023 - 14:43:40 - thread (371 words)


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

©- - 08 december 2022 - 15:24:00 - thread (289 words)


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

©- - 23 november 2022 - 13:26:22 - thread (198 words)


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

©- - 20 september 2022 - 19:47:11 - thread (202 words)


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

©- - 09 february 2022 - 13:12:45 - thread (213 words)


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

©- - 31 december 2021 - 16:22:39 - thread (142 words)


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

©- - 29 december 2021 - 17:46:52 - thread (163 words)


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

©- - 07 september 2021 - 17:25:14 - thread (192 words)


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

©- - 06 september 2021 - 20:43:58 - thread (211 words)


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

©- - 14 august 2021 - 12:05:32 - thread (350 words)


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

©- - 07 may 2021 - 15:32:37 - thread (213 words)


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

©- - 01 april 2021 - 10:00:47 - thread (171 words)


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)

©- - 07 january 2021 - 15:55:20 - thread (207 words)


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

©- - 22 november 2020 - 11:13:26 - thread (133 words)


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

©- - 20 august 2020 - 16:24:06 - thread (454 words)


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

©- - 06 may 2020 - 06:42:59 - thread (979 words)


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

©- - 15 april 2020 - 21:55:07 - thread (282 words)


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

©- - 28 march 2020 - 18:01:12 - thread (247 words)


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

©- - 28 february 2020 - 16:44:53 - thread (119 words)


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

©- - 23 december 2019 - 08:46:58 - thread (281 words)


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)

©- - 14 november 2019 - 17:39:01 - thread (371 words)


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

©- - 19 september 2019 - 13:43:29 - thread (239 words)


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

©- - 30 july 2019 - 09:30:01 - thread (204 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - In a rare gesture by a sitting president,  Dr John Pombe Magufuli, on Tuesday visited inmates at the Tanzanian maximum security prison of Butimba in the north-western city of Mwanza to listen to their grievances

©- - 16 july 2019 - 19:13:34 - thread (255 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese military Council on Wednesday issued a decree ordering the release of over 230 prisoners of war (POWs) affiliated to the Darfur rebel Sudan Liberation Army/Movement

©- - 03 july 2019 - 18:12:13 - thread (411 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwandan President Paul Kagame has granted amnesty to 788 prisoners jailed for various crimes, according to a resolution passed at the Cabinet meeting chaired by the president

©- - 08 june 2019 - 18:31:37 - thread (124 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  At least 47 prison warders in Rwanda have been sacked for misconduct in the course of their duty, according to a statement issued after the Rwanda Cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame

©- - 08 june 2019 - 15:02:37 - thread (173 words)


Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togolese authorities have said they have blocked an attempted jail break in Tsévié prison, a town some 35 km north of Lome, official sources told PANA on Tuesday in the Togolese capital

©- - 04 june 2019 - 18:18:45 - thread (217 words)