DRC: UN mission decries poor conditions of detention

Conditions of detention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are such that a prison term of one to five years is tantamount to a death sentence, according to the Human Rights Section of the UN Mission in the DRC, known as MONUC. In a 44-page report titled "Rapport sur la detention en RDC avril 2004", made available to IRIN last Thursday, the human rights section denounced as unacceptable the conditions of detention.