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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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Nigeria: tension in Kano prison as death row inmates protest confiscation of mobile phones, marijuana

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Africa Drugs Protest Death penalty Violence Social ties Niger
Spokesman for the Kano State Correctional Center, DSC Musbahu Kofar-Nassarawa said the authorities discovered that some illegal items, such as marijuana and mobile phones were smuggled into the prison. He said upon discovery of the items, the officials swiftly confiscated them, prompting the inmate…

Source — Daily nigerian

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Russia: human rights crisis deepens as Navalny supporters arrested en masse

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Pre-trial detention Asia Europe Health Protest Violence Russia
Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of all those who have been detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and for the immediate release of Aleksei Navalny who is being arbitrarily detained and denied access to independent healthcare. “On Wednesday,…

Source — Amnistía internacional

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Venezuela: tragedia de Policarabobo, tres años de retardo procesal, frustración, dolor y sed de justicia

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South America Access to legal rights Material conditions Facilities Protest Venezuela

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Haïti: un rapport évoque la complicité et le manque de gardiens dans l’évasion sanglante de février

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Protest Violence Haiti

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

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Overcrowding Violence Haiti

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

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South America Drugs Protest Violence Ecuador
According to Ecuador’s interior ministry, the number of inmates killed in gang warfare in Cuenca, Guayaquil and Latacunga prisons was at least 79. Earlier Tuesday, the ministry said that 62 had died but said later that it had discovered additional bodies and body parts. The death count early, by pr…

Source — Cuenca high life

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

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Pre-trial detention Minors Europe Protest Violence Belarus

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

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Pre-trial detention Asia Access to legal rights Material conditions Protest Russia

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Ecuador: violentos motines dejan más de 75 muertos en tres cárceles

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South America Protest Overcrowding Violence Ecuador

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Équateur : des mutineries dans trois prisons font 79 morts

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South America Protest Violence Ecuador

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Russia: human rights activists have spent 30 years fighting for better privacy and cleaner facilities, but ‘holes in the floor’ persist

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Asia Access to legal rights Material conditions Protest Russia
In recent weeks, the Russian authorities arrested thousands of demonstrators at protests across the country, sentencing hundreds to several days or weeks in jail. For many of these people, behind bars for the first time in their lives, state custody was a uniquely upsetting experience — particularl…

Source — Meduza

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Algérie : des ONG se mobilisent contre la torture et les conditions de détention

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Africa Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Justice Protest Torture Violence Algeria

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Italie: en prison avec des djihadistes, Cesare Battisti démarre une grève de la faim

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Europe Discipline Material conditions Protest Italy

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