Reference :
V-P-LR-E-00543
Date :
01/02/2012
Caption :
Bong county, Wainsue internment camp. An ICRC employee distributes Red Cross messages to internees.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, Photo gallery, 24-04-2012
Liberia: from internment to release
On 13 March 2012, the Liberian authorities released 69 Côte d’Ivoire nationals from an internment camp in Liberia and the ICRC transported them to a refugee camp near the Ivorian border. After the post-electoral violence in Côte d'Ivoire, thousands of Ivorians took refuge in Liberia. Some of them were detained by the Liberian authorities under a special regime: internment. An ICRC delegate, an internee and the manager of the camp tell their stories.
Internment, or administrative detention, is an exceptional measure that allows national authorities to deprive people of their freedom who have not committed any crime, but are nevertheless seen as posing a threat to state security or public order.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4256x2832
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
