Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

July 27, 2021

Hong Kong : premier suspect reconnu coupable en vertu de la loi sur la sécurité

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July 22, 2021

Myanmar : les tribunaux de la junte ont prononcé 65 condamnations à mort

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Women Asia Minors Protest Death penalty Torture Myanmar (Burma)

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July 21, 2021

Myanmar: don’t let the junta normalize cruelty

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Pre-trial detention Asia Torture Violence Myanmar (Burma)

Torture – and the fear that it engenders – has been central to the military junta’s efforts to quell popular resistance.

July 13, 2021

Myanmar: junta suspends trials inside Insein prison due to COVID-19

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The military regime has suspended trials inside Insein Prison in Yangon due to rising COVID-19 infections in the commercial capital, according to defense lawyers.

July 1, 2021

Chine : au sein du Parti communiste chinois, des pouvoirs de police discrétionnaires

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Pre-trial detention Asia Access to legal rights Justice China

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June 17, 2021

Myanmar: student activists, journalists being mistreated in Insein prison, say family members

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Pre-trial detention Asia Material conditions Protest Torture Myanmar (Burma)

Relatives of seven young detainees say they are at risk since being separated and placed in cells with hardened criminals.

June 17, 2021

China: chinese journalist Lü Gengsong’s health deteriorating in prison

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Asia Health Material conditions Torture China

The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for the immediate release of journalist Lü Gengsong, whose health is reportedly deteriorating in prison.

June 17, 2021

Thailand: the overcriminalization of meth, a failed moral crusade

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Asia Long-term prisoners Drugs Overcrowding Thailand

ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Pascal Tanguay discusses the overcriminalization of meth-related crimes in Thailand and its consequences.

June 14, 2021

Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform

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ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. In this piece, Olivia Rope, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI), discusses life sentences, a key p…

June 10, 2021

Myanmar : Aung San Suu Kyi inculpée pour corruption

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Pre-trial detention Asia Protest Myanmar (Burma)

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June 10, 2021

Myanmar: condenan a dos años de prisión a uno de los líderes de la Liga nacional para la democracia de Suu Kyi

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Asia Justice Protest Myanmar (Burma)

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June 10, 2021

Rusia: justicia rusa decreta prisión preventiva para Pivovarov a la espera de que se celebre el juicio en su contra

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Pre-trial detention Asia Europe Access to legal rights Russia

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June 8, 2021

India: remote hearings and the rights of accused persons

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Coronavirus Asia Access to legal rights India

ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Madhurima Dhanuka discusses the impact of remote hearings on fair trials.

June 2, 2021

Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in ten countries

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An international research and policy project carried out by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University of London

May 27, 2021

Géorgie : tuberculose, les prisons, viviers pour les souches multirésistantes

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Asia Europe Health Overcrowding Georgia

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May 26, 2021

China: welfare petition with 100,000 signatures pours heat on Hong Kong prison bosses to protect inmates from sweltering weather

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Asia Health Material conditions Overcrowding China

The drive, initiated by rights group Wall-fare which was set up by former opposition lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun, urges measures such as cold water, improved ventilation and extra showers.

May 26, 2021

Thailand: prison overcrowding crisis exacerbated by COVID-19

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Coronavirus Asia Health Overcrowding Thailand

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, prisons in Thailand were already in a state of crisis. Reform is long overdue.

May 25, 2021

Cambodia: UN offers Covid assistance at Preah Sihanouk prison

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Coronavirus Asia Health Material conditions Cambodia

The UN in Cambodia will provide material to Preah Sihanouk provincial prison to help prevent Covid-19 transmission after 34 cases were found among detainees on May 8.

May 4, 2021

Russia: Daghestani and Azerbaijani inmates sew mouths shut in Russia prison hunger strike

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Asia Health Material conditions Protest Torture Violence Russia

Nine inmates of a prison colony in Smolensk sew their lips shut as part of a hunger strike over “inhuman treatment” at the hands of prison guards.

May 4, 2021

Kazakhstan: two inmates in Kazakh prison swallow spoons to protest conditions

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Asia Material conditions Suicide Violence Kazakhstan

Two inmates in a prison in Kazakhstan’s western region of Manghystau have swallowed spoons to protest against prison conditions, prompting an inspection of the facility by representatives of the Public Monitoring Commission and the National Preventive Mechanism – groups created to prevent torture a…

May 3, 2021

India: almost all jails in Maharashtra overcrowded, prison officials struggle to enforce ‘equitable distribution’

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Coronavirus Asia Material conditions Overcrowding India

In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, all jails, including Mumbai Central, Thane, Taloja, Kalyan, Byculla and Byculla women’s jail, are overcrowded.

April 28, 2021

Russia: human rights crisis deepens as Navalny supporters arrested en masse

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Russian authorities unleashed a crackdown on peaceful protesters demanding the release of Aleksei Navalny, arresting at least 1,700 and using excessive force, including tasers, at demonstrations around the country.

April 7, 2021

Thailand: Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

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Asia Health Material conditions Thailand

One of the leaders of Thailand’s pro-democracy movement was being administered an intravenous fluid drip in prison on Friday after officers said they found him weakened because of a hunger strike that has lasted longer than two weeks.

April 7, 2021

Russie : Alexeï Navalny entame une grève de la faim pour protester contre l’absence d’accès à des soins

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Asia Europe Health Torture Russia

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