Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

May 27, 2019

Ethiopie: l'ancien directeur d'une prison arrêté pour torture

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Africa Torture Ethiopia

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May 10, 2019

Venezuela : situation inhumaine pour les personnes arrêtées arbitrairement

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South America Torture Venezuela

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April 25, 2019

Venezuela: testimonio del horror, habla un torturado en una cárcel militar chavista

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South America Torture Venezuela

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April 22, 2019

Mexico: denuncias por tortura sexual contra reclusas serán llevadas ante la ONU

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Central America and the Caribbean Torture Mexico

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April 20, 2019

Bolivia: subcomité ONU denuncia impunidad en torturas hechas en cárceles por policías y penitenciarios

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South America Torture Bolivia

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April 10, 2019

Bolivia: tortura y tratos crueles por policías son frecuentes en cárceles

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South America Torture Bolivia

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March 13, 2019

Uruguay: cárceles “pobres” e “inhumanas”

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South America Torture New Zealand

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March 11, 2019

Russia: allegations of torture in the Northern Caucasian region

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has today issued a public statement on the Russian Federation urging the Russian authorities to take decisive action to eradicate the phenomenon of ill-treatment by law enforcement…

March 4, 2019

Costa Rica: el subcomité prevención de tortura inspeccionará cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Torture Costa Rica

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January 31, 2019

Togo: repressed political commitment

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Africa Justice Torture Violence Togo

Togo is experiencing a serious socio-political crisis. Mistreatment and arbitrary arrests are on the rise. Here is the current situation.

December 11, 2018

Turkey: dans l’archipel de la torture

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Europe Torture Turkey

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December 9, 2018

Russia: prison torture victim 'brought back to life four times'

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Former inmate Yevgeny Makarov describes how guards choked him with a towel and poured water into his mouth to suffocate him.

November 21, 2018

Saudi Arabia accused of torturing women's right-to-drive activists in prison

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Middle East Torture Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has tortured and sexually harassed women’s rights activists detained in prison, a new report alleges.

November 18, 2018

Nicaragua: CIDH pide investigar torturas en las cárceles del país

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Central America and the Caribbean Torture Nicaragua

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August 27, 2018

Turkey: former NATO officer speaks of torture after failed coup

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Europe Torture Turkey

More than 150,000 civil servants were purged after Turkey’s 2016 failed coup. Officers at NATO bases were ordered back and many were jailed.

August 13, 2018

Beaten, not broken: the Russian ex-inmate covering the torture trial of former jailers

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Ruslan Vakhapov says ‘desire for revenge in a legal way’ led him to expose brutality in prison system. He recognised all the prison guards on trial last month for the brutal torture of an inmate in a Yaroslavl prison. They used to be his jailers too.

August 11, 2018

En Argentina, se registraron 16 mil denuncias de torturas y 45 mil presos viven hacinados

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South America Torture Argentina

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August 7, 2018

Russia: widespread torture, extortion detailed in St. Petersburg prisons

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Asia Europe Torture Violence Russia

Allegations of torture in correctional facilities across Russia have gained national attention after a leaked video showed the violent beating of an inmate at a prison in Yaroslavl. A number of prison guards and wardens have since been detained and some convicted, while the Federal Prison Service v…

August 3, 2018

Russian ex-prisoners speak out over torture after leaked video

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Alexander Zarechnev is one of a growing number of Russians to break their silence over violence and torture in Russian prisons after a widely shared video of guards beating an inmate shocked the country.

July 29, 2018

Uruguay: palo, tortura y hambre en la "cárcel modelo"

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South America Torture Uruguay

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July 23, 2018

Six arrested in wake of leaked Russian prison torture video

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Six prison employees have been arrested and at least 17 fired following the release of a 2017 video showing a detainee being tortured at a prison outside Moscow.

June 26, 2018

Turkey: torture has increased, prisons are at capacity

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Europe Middle East Torture Turkey

NGOs in Amed have issued a statement saying that with the State of Emergency in Turkey,, torture has increased, prisons have reached capacity and people have been abducted, and pointed out the importance of solidarity.

June 21, 2018

Torture committee tells Serbia to curb police violence

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Europe Torture Violence Serbia

The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee has called on Serbia to stop its police from habitually using violence to force suspects to confess to crimes.

June 1, 2018

Moldova: guilty of inhuman conditions in the Transnistrian prison

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Europe Material conditions Torture Moldova

Inappropriate conditions in a Moldovan prison from Transnistria, the reason for a new condemnation of our country to the ECHR. The state will have to pay 6300 euros to 2 people who have claimed justice before the European Court.