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France : indignité des conditions de détention et pressions subies par un détenu de la prison de Nanterre. Le Conseil d'Etat tacle l'administration.

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: A3D

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Egipto: estremecedor aumento de las ejecuciones revela profunda crisis de derechos humanos

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Africa Access to legal rights Justice Health Death penalty Torture Violence Egypt

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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France : en Bretagne, des protections gratuites dans les prisons contre la précarité menstruelle

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Culture Women Europe Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Ouest France

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Belgique : "on est revenu en pleine seconde vague à un taux de surpopulation assez élevé"

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Coronavirus Culture Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Justice Health Mental health Overcrowding Activities Social ties Belgium

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Alter Échos

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United States: reproductive justice prison system

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North America Women Access to legal rights Health Mental health Material conditions Violence Social ties United States
The United States imprisons the most women in the world. Across the United States, approximately 200,000 women are incarcerated—nearly an 800 percent increase since 1980. Women of color are disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system. In 2017, twice as many Black women and 1.3 times…

Source: New Security Beat

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République démocratique du Congo : des femmes détenues violées lors des émeutes à la prison de Lubumbashi

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Africa Women Justice Health Mental health Violence Congo - Kinshasa

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le Figaro

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Cuba: Amnistía Internacional pide la liberación de dos presos de conciencia de San Isidro

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Central America and the Caribbean Access to legal rights Justice Health Cuba

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Arabia Saudí: Loujain al-Hathloul debe ser liberada sin condiciones

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Protest Saudi Arabia

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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France: l’épidémie de Covid est entrée en prison

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Coronavirus Europe Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Charlie Hebdo

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Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Torture Violence Russia
Hearings have begun in occupied Crimea into the lawsuit brought by Kazim Ametov against Russia’s penitentiary service and police over the inhuman conditions he was held prisoner in for over two years. The chances of a Russian-controlled “court” finding in favour of the former political prisoner are…

Source: The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

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Belgique : une délégation profite de la visite du roi Philippe pour dénoncer des "conditions indignes"

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Coronavirus Europe Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Protest Social ties Belgium

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: L'avenir

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Arabia Saudí: líderes del G20, no se dejen engañar. Las verdaderas agentes del cambio están en la cárcel

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Health Protest Torture Violence Saudi Arabia

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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United States: the role of plant-based food in the prison system

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North America Access to legal rights Health Mental health Material conditions United States
British prisons and jails must provide for vegan inmates by law; as of January this year, veganism is an explicitly protected belief under the Equality Act 2010, the same as religious beliefs. This protection is not absolute, nor does veganism have legal protection everywhere in the world. In the U…

Source: Sentient Media

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United States: California law is step forward but fails to guarantee safety for trans prisoners

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North America Women Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
Syiaah Skylit has been imprisoned in California since 2015. Despite multiple requests to be placed in a women’s prison, Skylit, a Black trans woman, has always been incarcerated in the state’s men’s prisons. There, she has faced attacks by incarcerated men as well as sexual abuse and retaliation by…

Source: Truthout

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Colombia : las cuentas del Inpec tras ocho meses de pandemia en las cárceles

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Coronavirus South America Health Overcrowding Colombia

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: El Espectador

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Tchad : prison secrète de l’ANS, des détenus racontent les sévices subis

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Africa Access to legal rights Justice Health Torture Violence Chad

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: RFI

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Belgique : prison et Covid, la double peine

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Coronavirus Europe Health Mental health Social ties Belgium

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: La Libre