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March 18, 2021

South Africa: managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the South African authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 18, 2021

Thailand: managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Thai authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 18, 2021

Brazil: managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Brazilian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 18, 2021

Ireland: managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Irish authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 18, 2021

Norway: managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Norwegian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 17, 2021

Dubai: temor por la seguridad de Sheikha Latifa tras los mensajes que revelan su situación de “rehén”

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March 17, 2021

Argelia: tácticas represivas contra activistas de Hirak dos años después

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March 17, 2021

España: décadas sin respuesta a miles de denuncias de desaparición forzada, apropiación y/o sustitución de identidad de niños y niñas

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March 17, 2021

Arabia Saudí: la sentencia que confirma la declaración de culpabilidad de Loujain al Hathloul, una terrible injusticia

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March 17, 2021

Polonia: la absolución de las mujeres del halo arcoíris pone en evidencia tácticas de intimidación contra activistas

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March 17, 2021

Rusia: denuncian el traslado de Navalny de la cárcel a un paradero desconocido

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March 17, 2021

Haití: sangrienta fuga de una cárcel, se escaparon 400 presos y hay 25 muertos

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March 1, 2021

China: Tibetan tour guide dies from prison injuries

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Sentenced to 21 years for providing information to foreign media.

March 1, 2021

South Africa: investigating prison for profit

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Violence has deep roots in South Africa, going back to colonial conquest and the apartheid state. Which is why those who end up in prison receive very little sympathy, and even less coverage in the national press.

March 1, 2021

Syria: the greater jail, the politics of prison

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In a talk co-organized by the assassinated activist Lokman Slim, former Syrian political prisoner Yassin al-Haj Saleh argues that “the politics of prison” are central to understanding the “politicide” of the Syrian people at the Assad regime’s hands.

March 1, 2021

Prisons and jails should be prioritized for the coronavirus vaccine

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The combination of massive need and short supply of COVID-19 vaccines requires authorities to define priorities. Whether prisoners should be considered a priority group becomes an urgent question.

March 1, 2021

Ecuador: prison riots leave 79 dead, including 34 in Cuenca. Gang wars result in beheadings, dismemberments

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“This is a human slaughterhouse,” is how a national police captain described the scene as he entered a high security area of Cuenca’s Turi prison following tuesday’s riot. “It is the most terrible thing I have ever witnessed as a police officer.”

March 1, 2021

Ecuador: President declares state of emergency following deadly prison riots

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Officials in Ecuador say order has been restored at prisons in three cities, where authorities said at least 75 inmates died in riots between rival gangs. President Lenín Moreno declared the national prison system in a state of emergency and ordered stepped-up security measures.    Officials say au…

March 1, 2021

Argentina: en cumplimiento de un fallo de la CorteIDH, el SPF aprueba un nuevo protocolo de traslados de personas privadas de libertad

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March 1, 2021

Venezuela: detenidos de Policarirubana piden descongestionamiento

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March 1, 2021

Venezuela: familiares de presos de Polimiranda deben llevar agua a diario para aseo y consumo

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March 1, 2021

Irán: recluso sometido a 60 azotes y en riesgo de amputación tras intento de suicidio

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March 1, 2021

Bielorrusia: las autoridades atacan a menores de edad para reprimir la disidencia

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March 1, 2021

Rusia: las cárceles de Moscú, colmadas de seguidores de Navalny

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