"You have the unique ability to grant him clemency and rectify this grave injustice," reads a letter from U.S. senators and ...

In the statement released, the trustees said the prison's management, including their appointed spokesperson, had attended a media launch in May where the auction of Mandela's cell was outlined in a ...

Comrade Madikizela-Mandela dedicated her life to the betterment of ... She was detained for 18 months in solitary confinement in a condemned cell at Pretoria Central Prison before being charged under ...

Gen X is still too young to be losing their memory, but there are some things most of them seem to remember wrong.

At the country’s most notorious prison, Syrians confront their worst fears: that they will never know what happened to the ...

Mafuneka was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for robbery with aggravating circumstances, 10 years imprisonment for each ...

Mandela decided to work within the ANC and helped build a new ANC Youth League. From the Defiance Campaign onward, going to prison became a badge of honour among Africans. There had been racial ...

Visiting sites associated with tragedy as a tourist raises uncomfortable questions. Here are the things to consider when ...

Syrians searching for missing loved ones are scouring the country’s most notorious prison for information and anyone still ...

Survivors said guards enforced a rule of absolute silence within the prison. If the detainees could not speak, they could at least write. Cell walls were covered in scrawled, handwritten messages.

The little boy was seen emerging from an unlocked prison cell and appearing confused as rebels charged through the corridors freeing hundreds of detainees, including women and children.

Thomas van Linge, a freelance journalist, published a video on X that shows the moment the prison cells were opened. #Syria: incredible scenes from the moment the prison cells were opened at the ...