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 ...

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International Democratic Republic of Congo: No peace without an end to impunity for human rights abuses AI Index: AFR 62/047/2003 ...

Amnesty International today launched a new campaign for the release of Congolese youth human rights activists held incommunicado in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 15 days. The ...

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

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. ...

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.

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

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.

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.

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 ...