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December 12, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : Palestinian teenager sentenced to 13 years in prison

News

Middle East Israel

Palestinian teenager Nurhan Awad was sentenced on Wednesday to 13-and-a-half years in prison for allegedly stabbing an Israeli man in Jerusalem last year.

December 12, 2016

Different detention conditions for Palestinian prisoners

Investigations

Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Torture Violence Israel

Nearly 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are incarcerated in Israeli prisons, under the military regime. The facilities are located outside of the occupied territories, in total violation of international law. Arrested for political reasons, the detainees are particularly prone to arbitrary detention, to…

December 5, 2016

Syrie : la machine à tuer des prisons de Bachar el Assad.

News

Middle East Syria

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December 5, 2016

Egypte : Les peines de prison alourdies pour lutter contre l'excision

News

Africa Middle East Egypt

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November 30, 2016

Syria: the unspeakable prisons

Investigations

Middle East Syria

November 30, 2016

Raed Al Nakshbandi, Syria

Testimonial

Middle East Torture Violence Syria

“I spent 45 days in an individual underground cell under drastic conditions and was subjected to other violent and humiliating interrogations.”

November 30, 2016

Hend Alkahwaji, Syria

Testimonial

Women Middle East Syria

“Sometimes, I sang in my cell to break the silence, not to go mad.”

November 21, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : Israël prolonge la détention sans procès d'un journaliste palestinien

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Middle East Israel

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November 19, 2016

Liban : un concert pour les jeunes détenus illumine les murs de la prison de Roumieh

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Middle East Lebanon

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November 17, 2016

Liban : à la prison de Roumieh, la nouvelle approche de sœurs libanaises, à l’écoute des combattants

News

Middle East Lebanon

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November 2, 2016

Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories : Israel seeks greater use of detention without trial

News

Middle East Israel

Israel’s government is seeking greater use of detention without charge or trial, at a time when at least three Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strike against the practice.

October 30, 2016

Yemen: death toll from Saudi-led airstrike on prisons rises to 58

News

Middle East Yemen

Security chief says most of those killed were inmates, but Saudi-led coalition says building was command centre for rebel Houthis. The number dead from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a prison complex in western Yemen has risen to 58, security officials have said. Abdel-Rahman al-Mansab, a secur…

October 24, 2016

Israel and Palestinian occupied territories : four hunger strikers face deterioration in their health as they continue strike for freedom

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Middle East Health Israel

Four Palestinian prisoners continue on hunger strike to demand their freedom from administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial, with two strikers reaching the 30-day mark without food and facing serious deterioration to their health.

October 6, 2016

Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories : when hunger is the only option

News

Middle East Israel

Mariam al-Hih received a distressing phone call from her son Omar last month. Omar was going on hunger strike to protest how Israel had locked him up without charge or trial. As many other parents have done in similar situations, Mariam pleaded with Omar not to proceed with his hunger strike. “I to…

September 30, 2016

Liban : d’ex-détenues évoquent leurs difficultés à se réinsérer dans la société

News

Middle East Lebanon

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September 28, 2016

Egypt : abuses in Scorpion Prison

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Africa Middle East Egypt

A report, based on 23 interviews with relatives of inmates, lawyers, and a former prisoner, documents abusive conditions in Scorpion. Authorities there have banned inmates from contacting their families or lawyers for months at a time, held them in degrading conditions without beds, mattresses, or…

September 11, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : la Cour suprême autorise l'alimentation de force des prisonniers grévistes de la faim

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Middle East Israel

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September 6, 2016

Israël : de nombreux innocents sont probablement détenus dans les prisons du pays

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Middle East Justice Israel

Dans son rapport annuel publié dimanche, le Bureau du Défenseur des droits a dénoncé des problèmes systémiques qui empêchent d’exposer officiellement des condamnations injustifiées. Le rapport a noté le refus régulier de l’État de procéder à de nouveaux tests scientifiques pour apporter des preuves…

August 18, 2016

Iran: Qarchak prison, women attempt self-harm due to horrid conditions

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Women Middle East Material conditions Suicide Iran

Around 200 female prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison near Tehran detailed the horrid conditions of the prison in a letter to Tehran’s Director-General of Prisons.

August 3, 2016

Israël : l'âge minimum de détention pour terrorisme abaissé à 12 ans

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Minors Middle East Justice Israel

Le Parlement israélien a abaissé de 14 à 12 ans l’âge minimal pour être jugé et condamné à un emprisonnement pour les actes terroristes, face à une série d’attentats commis par de très jeunes Palestiniens.

July 24, 2016

Turkey : independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations

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Asia Europe Middle East Torture Violence Turkey

Amnesty International has gathered credible evidence that detainees in Turkey are being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, in official and unofficial detention centres in the country.

July 22, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : la torture d’enfants hante toujours Israël

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Middle East Torture Israel

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July 21, 2016

Iran : ten prisoners executed at Rajai Shahr prison in one day

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Middle East Death penalty Iran

The execution spree of the Iranian authorities continues with ten executions carried out on Wednesday July 20 at Rajai Shahr Prison. About 38 executions have been reported in Iran in the past week.

June 6, 2016

Syrie : au moins 60 000 prisonniers sont morts depuis 2011

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Middle East Violence Syria

Plus de 60 000 personnes ont perdu la vie dans les prisons syriennes depuis 2011, après avoir été torturées ou par manque de nourriture ou d’assistance médiale, selon le groupe de veille de l’Observatoire syrien des droits humains.