Burundi: Account for Dead in Gitega Prison Fire
Download logoBurundian authorities should credibly investigate and provide a transparent and reliable account of the December 7, 2021, fire at Gitega’s
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Download logoBurundian authorities should credibly investigate and provide a transparent and reliable account of the December 7, 2021, fire at Gitega’s
Burundian authorities should credibly investigate and provide a transparent and reliable account of the December 7, 2021, fire at Gitega’s central
The images are simultaneously striking and terrifying. A raging grassfire that is shooting flames into the sky and destroying nature around it and lapping perilously close to the fences around Central NSW’s Lithgow Correctional Centre. As local residents were evacuated and highways were closed to protect public safety when the fire raged out of control just before Christmas in 2019, 400 prisoners remained detained. By Julie Edwards
Officials are harassing an 18-year-old Muslim from Tashkent who wears the hijab. The family complained to the President and others about her being added to the Preventative Register. Police told neighbours that the authorities do not like her and warned them not to associate with her. Muslim men who have had their beards forcibly shaved have also been added to the Preventative Register. "Muslims are indignant that the state is attacking their beards and hijab, which is a very private matter for each individual," one Muslim told Forum 18. After anti-beard and –hijab talks in col...
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on December 28 inaugurated a youth rehabilitation centre that can accommodate up to 1,400 juvenile offenders, with the first inmates arriving through transfer from other prisons. The centre is located in Barkou commune of Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district.