
May 2017
Asia
Violence
India
The death penalty is a distraction from the real measures that India needs to take to protect women’s rights to safety, writes Gopika Bashi of Amnesty International.
Earlier this month in the Rohtak district of India’s northern state of Haryana, two men were arrested after the body of a young Dalit…
Source — BBC
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Africa
Violence
Côte d’Ivoire
Le lundi 22 mai 2017, toute la Côte d’Ivoire s’est réveillée, triste de constater le décès, enchaîné sur un lit d’hôpital, du Maréchal des logis ASSI KOUATCHI, prisonnier politique incarcéré et détenu à la Maison d’Arrêt et de Correction d’Abidjan (MACA), depuis 2012, pour « atteinte à la sure…
Source — Le Débat Ivoirien
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South America
Protest
Brazil
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Monde
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South America
Venezuela
The Helicoide was going to be the world’s first drive-through mall. Now it is a prison that former inmates describe as hellish.
Source — Citylab
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South America
Venezuela
The Helicoide was going to be the world’s first drive-through mall. Now it is a prison that former inmates describe as hellish.
Source — Citylab
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Africa
Access to legal rights
Burkina Faso
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Pays
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Middle East
Overcrowding
Iran
Iran’s penitentiary chief refers to a 333 percentage increase in prisoner figures between 1985 and 2017. Accordingto Tasnim agency, Asghar Jahangiri said on Monday that Iran holds the second place for prison population among Islamic countries and 6th among Asian countries. Saying that Iran’s world…
Source — Iran Focus
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Women
United States
My experience in women’s prisons has led me to question this dynamic for imprisoned women: does security create safety?
Source — Penal Reform International
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Hungary
“I have spent three months stateside in the past year. The rest of my time has been split between Greece and Serbia where I have been volunteering with refugees. During this time, I have had the privilege of meeting some of the strongest, most resilient people I have ever met. The friends and conne…
Source — Medium
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Asia
Justice
Philippines
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Courrier International
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Asia
India
The Law Commission is ready to submit to the Centre a set of recommendations intended to bring in revolutionary changes in bail jurisprudence which, if implemented, would help the release of the poor among the over 2.38 lakh undertrial prisoners languishing in jails for years.
Source — The Times of India
Read moreSuisse : prison à vie, internement à vie, internement ordinaire, quelles sont les différences ?
News
Europe
Justice
Switzerland
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Tribune de Genève
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