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España: La única cárcel para curas del mundo estaba en Zamora: celdas de 5m², torturas y el método del gusano

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Europe Material conditions Torture Religion Spain

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Malta: inmate claims solitary confinement retribution after speaking out on ‘campaign of terror’ in prison

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Europe Long-term prisoners Justice Material conditions Torture Violence Malta
A prisoner who initiated judicial proceedings over what he describes as systematic terror inside the Corradino Correctional Facility, now claims to have been placed in solitary confinement in a fresh court application. Brian Vella, 41, said in a court application filed on Monday that he has been banned…

Source — Malta today

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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 dissatisfaction…

Source — OC media

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Russie : Alexeï Navalny entame une grève de la faim pour protester contre l’absence d’accès à des soins

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Asia Europe Health Torture Russia

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Líbano: torturas a personas refugiadas sirias detenidas arbitrariamente por cargos antiterroristas

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Middle East Material conditions Torture Violence Lebanon

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Saudi Arabia: human rights activist Mohammed al-Rabiah brutally tortured and at risk of lengthy prison sentence

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Middle East Long-term prisoners Torture Violence Saudi Arabia
ALQST has learned that human rights activist Mohammed al-Rabiah was subjected to brutal torture in detention, including beatings, electric shocks, and being hung upside down. He currently faces trial before the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC), where the Public Prosecution is calling for a 25-year prison…

Source — ALQST for Human Rights

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

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Women Middle East Torture Violence United Arab Emirates

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Argelia: tácticas represivas contra activistas de Hirak dos años después

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

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South Africa: investigating prison for profit

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Africa Material conditions Facilities Torture Violence South Africa
Violence has deep roots in South Africa, going back to colonial conquest and the apartheid state, which ruled by the gun and the whip. Its citizens continue to live in fear of violent crime at home and on the streets. Which is why the perpetrators of crime in the country — and particularly those who…

Source — Global Investigative Journalism Network

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

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Middle East Health Mental health Torture Violence Iran

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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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Rusia: liberen a Aleksei Navalny, envenenado, detenido y condenado injustamente

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Torture Violence Russia

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Arabia Saudí: la liberación de la defensora de los derechos de las mujeres Loujain al Hathloul llega con mucho retraso

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Torture Violence Saudi Arabia

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Chile: interno de cárcel de La Serena se suicida tras acosos de gendarmes por su orientación sexual

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South America LGBTI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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Chile: siguen los abusos en gendarmería, ahora torturan a interna trans en cárcel de Arica

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South America LGBTI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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Iran : huit prisonniers baloutches et arabes ahwazis sont en danger, dans un contexte de hausse inquiétante des exécutions

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Middle East Death penalty Torture Violence Religion Iran

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Afghanistan : selon l’ONU, les tortures continuent dans les prisons

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Middle East Access to legal rights Torture Violence Afghanistan

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Egypt: abused and denied heath care, prisoners’ lives at risk

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Africa Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Overcrowding Torture Violence Egypt
Prison officials in Egypt are subjecting prisoners of conscience and others held for political reasons to torture, cruel and inhuman conditions of detention and are deliberately denying them health care to punish dissent. The report, “What do I care if you die?” Negligence and denial of health care in…

Source — Amnesty International

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Irán: detengan la ejecución de un joven arrestado a los 16 años y obligado a “confesar” bajo tortura

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Minors Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Protest Death penalty Torture Violence Iran

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Arabia Saudí: la sentencia de Loujain al-Hathloul, parcialmente suspendida, sigue siendo cruel

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

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China: jóvenes de Hong Kong en peligro de tortura tras su sentencia condenatoria en un juicio injusto

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Asia Minors Access to legal rights Justice Protest Torture Violence China

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