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- Saturday 18 May 2013
May 17, 2013 (JUBA) - A murder suspect who escaped from Rumbek’s main prison over a month ago was shot in the Malual-Kodi area of Lakes state on Thursday by wardens from South Sudan Prison Services.
A senior security official in Rumbek (...)
- Tuesday 14 May 2013
May 13, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Amnesty International has called for the release of Sudanese lawyer and human rights activist Asma Ahmed, who has been detained incommunicado by security services since 4 May, warning she is at risk of torture (...)
- Sunday 21 April 2013
April 20, 2013 (RUMBEK) – At least 12 youth, who were arrested on suspicion of involvement in inter-clan violence and detained Langcok military prison in South Sudan’s Lakes state, have escaped, officials told Sudan Tribune on Thursday. (...)
- Monday 18 February 2013
February 17, 2013 (RUMBEK) - A 28-year old woman, previously held in Rumbek Central Prison in South Sudan’s Lakes state, has died after a member of the state’s auxiliary force allegedly raped her. Inmates attend classes in Malakal (...)
- Thursday 2 May 2013
May 1, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Nine young men who have been detained since February in a secret Lakes state military prison were released last weekend after being forced to pay a fine.
Their release comes after 20 young men were also released (...)
- Tuesday 12 March 2013
March 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United Kingdom’s Ambassador in Khartoum and Sudan’s interior minister met on Monday to discuss projects to improve policing and prison services which are being funded by the British government.
As well as (...)
- Sunday 2 September 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
September 1, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – Three Eritrean journalists who have been detained for over a decade in Eritrea have died, the Paris-based media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) claimed in a report (...)
- Monday 11 March 2013
March 10, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The chairman of the Rumbek Youth Union in Australia, Magang Chol Mathei, has appeal to Lakes state’s leadership to release an Australian citizen who has been arrested and allegedly "tortured" in connection with (...)
- Friday 22 March 2013
March 21, 2013 (JUBA) – More than 20 inmates died due to poor conditions in South Sudan’s Warrap state prison last year, authorities and family members have informed Sudan Tribune. Inmates at Unity state’s Bentiu Prison sitting in the (...)
- Wednesday 24 April 2013
April 23, 2013 (NAIROBI) – Human rights groups have called on the Sudanese government to honour its pledge to free all political prisoners and release at least 100 still in detention.
The remaining political prisoners come mostly from (...)
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