August 2021
Pre-trial detention
South America
Protest
Torture
Violence
Colombia
Since 28 April, mass demonstrations have taken place in Cali, in the framework of the “National Strike”. It was the city that saw the greatest concentration of the most serious reports of violent repression of young protesters by the security forces and armed civilian groups, and the authorities ar…
Source — Amnesty international
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Africa
Death penalty
Sierra Leone
On 23 July 2021, the Parliament of Sierra Leone voted in favour of a Bill abolishing the death penalty. The Bill is required to receive the assent of President Julius Maada Bio before it becomes law.
In February, President Bio officially gave the directives for the death penalty to be abolished fro…
Source — Amnesty international
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Pre-trial detention
Middle East
Access to legal rights
Health
Torture
Violence
Iraq
Torture and ill treatment are prohibited under international law. Iraq ratified the international convention against Torture in 2011 and since has enacted national laws criminalizing torture.
The problem is the government has not implemented the procedural safeguards to prevent torture, and so the…
Source — VOA news
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Coronavirus
Middle East
Health
Overcrowding
Iran
Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Tuesday of the dangerous situation faced by prisoners in Iran as the COVID-19 crisis deepens in the country, calling on authorities in the Islamic Republic to “unconditionally” release prisoners detained for peaceful dissent.
“Iran’s prison authorities should unco…
Source — Rudaw
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Europe
Torture
Violence
North Macedonia
The CPT noted cramped, unhygienic and decrepit conditions of detention in the so called ‘ambulanta’ unit, the closed-regime wings of Idrizovo Prison and the unrenovated wings of Skopje Prison, based on an “ad hoc visit” to the country from 7-9 December 2020.
Published with the Government response,…
Source — Council of Europe
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Middle East
Torture
Violence
Syria
The Treasury Department also put sanctions on Syrian armed group Ahrar al-Sharqiya, which operates in northern Syria, for abuses against civilians, as well as on two of the group’s leaders, it said in a statement. “Today’s designations promote accountability for abuses commiitted against the Syrian…
Source — Times of India
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