Makala prison, Congo’s largest penitentiary with a capacity for 1,500 people, holds more than 12,000 inmates, most of whom are awaiting trial, Amnesty International said in its latest country ...

Makala prison, Congo’s largest penitentiary with a capacity for 1,500 people, holds more than 12,000 inmates, most of whom are awaiting trial, Amnesty International said in its latest country ...

Amnesty International has issued a damning report accusing the M23 rebel group of grave human rights abuses, including torture, killings, ... Kinshasa, 1,600 kilometers away. ...

Agreement missed an opportunity to decisively tackle a long-standing driver of the conflict, says Agnes Callamard, Amnesty ...

Makala, Congo's largest penitentiary with a capacity for 1,500 people, holds over 12,000 inmates, most of whom are awaiting trial, Amnesty International said in its latest country report.

More than 100 killed in failed Congo jail break at overcrowded prison. The prison in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, was notorious for its overcrowding, with conditions described by Amnesty ...

KINSHASA, Congo — An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison in the capital left at least 129 people dead, ... Amnesty International said in its latest country report.

It now houses some 12,000, according to an Amnesty International report from last year. ... the executive director of Kinshasa-based think tank Ebuteli - who has himself been jailed in Makala ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Prominent human rights group Amnesty International accused Congo's army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war crimes.

The prison in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, was notorious for its overcrowding, with conditions described by Amnesty International as “appalling.” ...