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Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

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Russia: human rights activists have spent 30 years fighting for better privacy and cleaner facilities, but ‘holes in the floor’ persist

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Asia Access to legal rights Material conditions Protest Russia
In recent weeks, the Russian authorities arrested thousands of demonstrators at protests across the country, sentencing hundreds to several days or weeks in jail. For many of these people, behind bars for the first time in their lives, state custody was a uniquely upsetting experience — particularly…

Source — Meduza

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Rusia: liberen a Aleksei Navalny, envenenado, detenido y condenado injustamente

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Torture Violence Russia

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Guinée : "décédé de mort naturelle" un constat qui se multiplie à la prison de Conakry en Guinée

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Africa Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Guinea

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Italie: en prison avec des djihadistes, Cesare Battisti démarre une grève de la faim

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Europe Discipline Material conditions Protest Italy

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Rusia: Navalny condenado a prisión mientras la detención masiva de sus simpatizantes deriva en hacinamiento grave y condiciones de reclusión crueles

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Pre-trial detention Asia Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Protest Russia

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Luxembourg : "la prison reste le reflet de la société"

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Europe Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties Alternatives Luxembourg

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Guinea: deaths in detention and prison sentence for opposition members

Africa Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Protest Guinea
In the past two months, four people, including three supporters of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) have died in pre-trial detention in Conakry’s main prison. They were arrested in connection with protests in March 2020 against a referendum to change the constitution, and in…

Source — Amnesty International

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India: "they don’t even look at us as humans. How can we expect them to protect us from the virus?"

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Coronavirus Asia Health Material conditions India
Inmates from Jail Number 14 described the conditions in the jail as bheed-bichham (stuffed), jaanvaron jaisa vyavhar (animalistic behaviour), and insaan bhi nahi samajhte (inhumane). They felt the inmates who tested positive for the virus were kept in even more deplorable conditions, evoking pity and…

Source — The Justice Gap

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Egypt: abused and denied heath care, prisoners’ lives at risk

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Africa Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Overcrowding Torture Violence Egypt
Prison officials in Egypt are subjecting prisoners of conscience and others held for political reasons to torture, cruel and inhuman conditions of detention and are deliberately denying them health care to punish dissent. The report, “What do I care if you die?” Negligence and denial of health care in…

Source — Amnesty International

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Europe: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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Coronavirus Europe Health Material conditions Protest

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Americas: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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Coronavirus North America Central America and the Caribbean South America Health Material conditions Protest

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Middle East: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Protest

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Africa: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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Africa Coronavirus Health Material conditions Protest

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France: mon Noël en prison, au temps de la Covid-19

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Coronavirus Culture Women Europe Material conditions Social ties France

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France: les détenus étrangers sous-protégés, notamment dans les Outre-mer, selon l’Observatoire international des prisons

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Foreign prisoners Europe Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Overcrowding France

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Nouvelle-Zélande: une prison entièrement détruite après six jours d’émeutes

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Access to legal rights Oceania Material conditions Protest Violence New Zealand

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