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Indonésie : l’enfer du feu dans une prison

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Asia Drugs Material conditions Facilities Indonesia

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

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Asia Justice Protest China

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

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Asia Access to legal rights Justice Myanmar (Burma)
Since March, the junta has set up temporary courts inside prisons in Yangon and elsewhere in the country to hear the cases of political prisoners, most of whom are charged with incitement under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code. “The trials were suspended as of Tuesday. There are around 13,000 peopl…

Source — The Irrawaddy

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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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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)
Family members of seven detainees in Yangon’s notorious Insein Prison say that they are being mistreated by prison authorities for not complying with orders. The seven prisoners—five student activists and two freelance journalists—had been locked up together since their arrest in late February and…

Source — Myanmar now

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Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform

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Africa Coronavirus Elderly prisoners Asia Europe Long-term prisoners Oceania Justice Health Mental health Drugs Overcrowding
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… Read more
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Myanmar : Aung San Suu Kyi inculpée pour corruption

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Pre-trial detention Asia Protest Myanmar (Burma)

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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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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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Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in ten countries

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Africa Pre-trial detention Elderly prisoners Asia Europe Access to legal rights Health Mental health Drugs Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties
The Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) partnered with Prison Insider to share the results of one of its most extensive research projects. We invite you to learn about it below. The world has seen unprecedented growth in prison populations in recent decades and today well ove… Read more
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Géorgie : tuberculose, les prisons, viviers pour les souches multirésistantes

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Asia Europe Health Overcrowding Georgia

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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
More than 100,000 Hongkongers have signed a petition urging prison authorities to roll out special measures such as the provision of cold water for inmates, as the city swelters under exceptionally hot weather. The “very hot weather” alert issued by the Observatory – which warns the public of heats…

Source — South China Morning Post

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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
The protest in the prison in western Russia involved three people from the Russian republic of Daghestan and an Azerbaijani native. Their relatives told Caucasian Knot that inmates were confined to punishment cells without justification and even threatened with torture for expressing dissatisfactio…

Source — OC media

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

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Coronavirus Asia Material conditions Overcrowding India
Even as the Bombay High Court has suggested shifting undertrial prisoners from crowded jails to other jails for an “equitable distribution” in light of an alarming rise in Covid-19 case, data from the prison department shows that nearly all prisons in the state are filled to capacity or are overcro…

Source — The indian express

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