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December 1, 2017

Brazil: video shows prison torture

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America South America Torture Violence Brazil

Shocking footage of Brazil prison guards torturing inmates has sparked an investigation, and serves as a stark reminder of the poor prison conditions that strengthen the country’s powerful prison gangs.

November 17, 2017

Australie : les enfants aborigènes victimes d'abus inhumains en prison

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November 8, 2017

Tunisie : torture - l'impunité des forces armées

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October 30, 2017

"Surviving hell" in Eastern Ukraine

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A wide network of places of illegal detention in Donbass.

October 10, 2017

USA : violence and humiliation in Alaska

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Torture Violence United States

On September 19, 2017, the Office of the Ombudsman of Alaska (United States) released a report on a complaint filed about a 2013 incident.

September 14, 2017

Nepal: the challenges of achieving justice

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Asia Justice Torture Nepal

Advocacy Forum’s report is now available. The organization collected data and run interviews in several places of detention.

September 9, 2017

Argentina : denunciaron al menos 343 maltratos y torturas en cárceles federales en el primer semestre de 2017

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July 21, 2017

Cameroun : Amnesty International dénonce le recours à la torture dans la lutte contre Boko Haram

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July 6, 2017

Uruguay : la ONU enviará expertos en prevención de tortura a Uruguay para analizar la situación de reclusos

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July 3, 2017

Political police torture in Caracas (Venezuela)

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America South America Torture Violence Venezuela

Electric shocks, beatings, waterboarding, asphyxiation with chemicals… A report denounces these practices.

June 28, 2017

Thailand : New anti-torture committee greeted with skepticism, criticism

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As Thailand has delayed passage of legislation to criminalize torture and enforced disappearances, a committee created by the junta leader to investigate the matter met for the first time Monday. The committee, chaired by Justice Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana, was set up under Gen. Prayuth Chan-o…

June 27, 2017

Argentina : hubo 673 casos de torturas en cárceles y comisarías bonaerenses durante 2016

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June 27, 2017

India : Police torture reportedly leads to couple attempting self-immolation

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Tension prevailed at the district collectorate here today when a couple attempted to self-immolate accusing an police inspector and a retired Assistant Commissioner of police (ACP) of giving torture over a financial transaction with a private lender.

June 26, 2017

Moldova : Training of trainers course on prevention and combatting of torture, ill-treatment and impunity

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The objective of the ToT course is to prepare a group of trainers from the staff members of the People’s Advocate Office and members of the NPM, approximately 20 persons, for delivering further trainings to their peers on the topics covered by the TOT.

June 20, 2017

China: police-run detention centres are a 'human rights disaster': rights lawyers

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Recent proposals to reform China’s police-run detention centers are unlikely to do much to address a nationwide “human rights disaster” for police suspects in detention, human rights lawyers told RFA. The country’s Ministry of Public Security issued a call for consultation this week on a replacemen…

June 20, 2017

China : Draft law on detention centers won’t help reduce police torture, critics say

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Source - Caixin Global A draft of China’s first-ever law on criminal detention centers calls for better access to bail and medical care for detainees, but legal experts say it will have a limited impact on reducing police torture.

June 19, 2017

Ukraine: anti-torture committee concerned about police ill-treatment and poor conditions of detention of remand and life-sentenced prisoners

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In the report on its November 2016 visit to Ukraine, published today, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) expresses serious concern about the frequency of allegations of ill-treatment by police officers (such as slap…

June 15, 2017

Pakistan : Bilawal condemns police torture on young docs

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KARACHI - The Chairman, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned brutal police torture against young doctors in Peshawar.

June 5, 2017

Russia : Russian Interior Ministry ordered to pay $1,200 to man tortured by police

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The Supreme Court of Tatarstan has ordered Russia’s Interior Ministry to pay 70,000 rubles ($1,200) to a man tortured in a police office, lawyer Andrey Suchkov told RAPSI on Monday.

June 1, 2017

Venezuela : detainees say they’re being beaten, tortured in police custody

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After enduring several minutes of beatings with fists and clubs, Erick Izaguirri, 27, was expecting the worst when he was dragged into an outpost of Venezuela’s National Guard.　 “They started to say, ‘Take his pants off, let’s stick the rifle in him,’ ” the anti-government protester recounted durin…

May 22, 2017

Swaziland: probe into 'inhumane' jail conditions

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A United Nations group is investigating prison conditions in Swaziland amid reports of inhumane conditions.

May 16, 2017

Bolivia: improve monitoring and tackle high rate of pre-trial detention, UN torture prevention body urges

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Overcrowding Torture Bolivia

The UN torture prevention body urged Bolivia to focus more on making the body that monitors places of detention fully independent, effective and in line with the country’s international obligations.

May 11, 2017

La torture en Tunisie, une "culture" qui ne veut pas mourir

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May 3, 2017

Sierra Leone: "I came away convinced that many of them know that they will die in the most inhumane prison in the world, despite their young age"

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Alberto López is a Spanish journalist at the Department of Communication of the Salesian Missions Office in Madrid. A few days ago he visited one of the most inhumane prisons in the world in order to prepare for a documentary on the work of the Salesians with the most disadvantaged young people of…