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Pre-trial detention
South America
Protest
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Colombia
The city of Cali, capital of the department of Valle del Cauca, is in one of the regions hardest hit by the internal armed conflict and where various armed groups have proliferated and continue to operate, resulting in thousands of people being displaced and killed.
Source: Amnesty international
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Africa
Death penalty
Sierra Leone
Parliament voted on 23 July to abolish the death penalty in Sierra Leone
Source: Amnesty international
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Pre-trial detention
Middle East
Access to legal rights
Health
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Iraq
The United Nations accused the government of Iraq of the widespread torture of detainees held in the country’s detention centers. A U.N. report covers conditions in the centers from July 1, 2019 to April 30, 2021.
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
Despite minor improvements including the renovation of one wing of the remand section of Skopje Prison and the closure of three problematic wings of Idrizovo Prison, most longstanding concerns with respect to living conditions in prisons persist, concludes the latest report on North Macedonia publi…
Source: Council of Europe
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Middle East
Torture
Violence
Syria
The US Treasury Department said on Wednesday it had imposed sanctions on eight Syrian prisons run by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s intelligence apparatus and five senior officials who control the sites, where human rights abuses have taken place.
Source: Times of India
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