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Tag: prison
DRC: at least 129 dead in botched escape attempt from country’s largest prison
At least 129 people were reportedly killed while trying to escape from the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) largest and chronically overcrowded prison in the ... Read More
Cairo criminal appeal court acquits Uber driver of attempted kidnap of Habiba Al-Shamaa
On August 22, 2024, a Cairo criminal appeal court acquitted an Uber driver of attempting to kidnap 24-year-old Habiba Al-Shamaa, who tragically died after jumping ... Read More
Historic conviction: German court sentences Gambian death squad driver to life in prison
A German regional court on Thursday (30 November) handed down a historic sentence when it sent a former member of a Gambian death squad to ... Read More
Tunisian court condemns cleric to four years in prison for calling for jihad
The Court of First Instance of Tunis sentenced a Muslim cleric to four years in prison for calling youth to jihad during his preaches, “Tunisie ... Read More
U.S takes stock of political situation in Senegal in phone conversation
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held a phone conversation with Senegal’s leader Macky Sall to discuss the political situation in the West African ... Read More
Benin sentences Dutch man to 15 years in prison for possession of “high risk” drug
Benin’s Court of Economic Crimes and Terrorism Repression (CRIET) pressed Tuesday 15 years in prison sentence against a Dutch man for possession and sale of ... Read More
Egypt sets journalists free from pretrial detention
Egyptian authorities released Monday Al-Jazeera journalist, Hesham Abdel Aziz, and journalist Raouf Ebeid from pretrial detention, reports say. Abdel Aziz, a journalist at Al Jazeera ... Read More
Tunisian court hands one-year prison sentence to journalist for disclosing data on terrorism
Tunis Court of First Instance Tuesday sentenced a local journalist to one year in prison on charges of disclosing data on a counter-terrorism operation in ... Read More
Ex-Tunisian leader Moncef Marzouki handed four-year prison sentence for treason
A court in Tunisia sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki to four years in prison in absentia for working against the interests of the North African ... Read More
Tunisia sentences four youth to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking
The Tunis court of first instance sentenced Tuesday four young men to 20 years in prison for forming a drug trafficking network in the capital, ... Read More