In the months following the coup and its strictly enforced 8 p.m. nightly curfew, fieldwork was more challenging, as were many other aspects of life.

He will be released from a closed jail within weeks and will go to a probation hostel where he will be subject to 'stringent' conditions, including a nightly curfew.

A nightly curfew was required to combat the looting and maintain order in the community.

Onerous regulations, strict censorship, incessant propaganda and nightly curfews all played a role in establishing an atmosphere of fear and repression.

Every day activity was highly controlled by administrators including nightly curfews and the vetting of mail.