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21/05/2012 - On-the-spot France

Justice Minister Taubira attends prison basketball match

France's new justice minister, Christiane Taubira, is keen to put her mark on the ministry.

20/05/2012 - Analysis: France's new president

France’s new justice minister commits to prison reform

Christiane Taubira has been appointed justice minister in the new French government.

02/05/2012 - Report: Palestinian territories

Over 30 injured at rally for hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners

A protest to celebrate May Day and in support of the 2,000 Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike in Israeli jails resulted in 31 injuries on Tuesday, some of them serious.

28/04/2012 - Report: Rwanda

Rwandan opposition leader loses appeal against four-year prison sentence

Rwanda's Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by opposition politician, Bernard Ntaganda, against a four-year prison sentence

27/04/2012 - Report: Israel

Palestinian hunger strikers grow to 2,000

The number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails has risen to 2,000 according to human rights group Addameer. And, it says, the punishment of those on the strike is ...

18/04/2012 - Report: Palestinian territories

Palestinians rally to back Prisoners' Day hunger strike

As over 1,000 Palestianian prisoners started a hunger strike Tuesday, Palestinians joined of rallies across the West Bank. In Ramallah 500 marked what they have declared to be Prisoners' Day ...

17/04/2012 - Report: Israel/Palestinian territories

Palestinian prisoners start hunger strike in Israeli jails

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails were to begin a hunger strike Tuesday in a protest at the increasingly harsh treatment they say they are receiving in custody.

12/04/2012 - France

Prison wardens blockade France's overcrowded jails

A woman prison warden was hospitalised in clashes with police outside a prison in eastern France on Thursday, trade unionists said.

07/04/2012 - France - Morocco

French man serves five months in Moroccan jail for having the wrong name

A Frenchman has been freed after spending nearly five months in a Moroccan jail for having the wrong name.

07/03/2012 - France

Founder of faulty breast implant company jailed in Marseille

French businessman, Jean-Claude Mas, at the centre of a worldwide breast implant health scare, headed to prison in Marseille on Tuesday night for failing to pay his bail.