The reason for its nickname is due to the fact that it was the site of a political prison, which was in use ... stand as a visual reminder of the island’s dark past. In the summer season ...

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The witnesses remembered the victim holding his back where he was hit before he sank to the floor. East German border ...

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THE metal bunch of keys rattled together as the huge, concrete door behind her banged shut.  Having given birth just 12 weeks ...

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By Babafemi Ojudu I know all too well the cost of standing up for justice under a dictatorship. In 1997, I was arrested by ...

Unfavourable jail treatment stemming from colonial days such as toilet cleaning and cleaning septic tanks for those at bottom ...