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UN Drugs and Crime Office spotlights prison overcrowding epidemic

April 17, 2015 11:41:45 AM

At the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on Thursday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced that prison overcrowding has reached "epidemic proportions" worldwide. "Prison overcrowding can...

January 30, 2015 12:28:59 PM

A group of three UN special rapporteurs urged the international community on Friday to provide humanitarian aid and funding to Malawi after it experienced the worst flooding in recent history. Malawi habitually experiences varying degrees of flooding...

January 18, 2015 12:01:59 PM

The Indonesian government on Saturday executed six people convicted of drug trafficking. Ignoring last minute diplomatic pleas by foreign leaders, the six drug smugglers, including five foreigners, were executed by firing squad shortly after midnight. The foreign convicts were...

July 18, 2014 09:29:22 AM

The French Senate adopted a law Thursday calling for increased use of probation and other measures to reduce prison overcrowding. France's prison system has become increasingly overcrowded in past years, and it...

May 24, 2014 08:44:39 PM

Malawi President Joyce Banda announced Saturday that, due to extreme irregularities in the voting process, she is nullifying the national tripartite results for the presidential, parliamentary and local elections. President Banda cited as her authority...

March 7, 2014 10:52:32 AM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Malawi to put an end to the practice of child and forced marriage in a report released on Thursday. The report was compiled based on interviews with 80 girls...

January 21, 2014 11:20:20 AM

Malawi's high court began hearing a petition on Monday by human rights group Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) challenging the jail sentences of three convicted gays and seeking to overturn laws that criminalize...

January 15, 2014 08:34:45 AM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday criticized Nigeria's new law on the prohibition of same-sex marriage, calling the legislation a direct violation of basic, universal human rights. Earlier this month Nigerian...

January 13, 2014 02:21:35 PM

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act into law on Monday, prompting condemnation throughout the international community. The law bans same-sex marriage and criminalizes homosexual associations, societies and meetings and carries...

September 11, 2013 10:00:00 AM

Drew F. Cohen, Constitutional Court of South Africa

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