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Uruguay: Secuestro, torturas y abusos sexuales: escándalo por el caso de un recluso que denunció las terribles vejaciones que padeció en una cárcel

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South America Torture Violence Uruguay

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Russie : un lanceur d’alerte dénonce un système de viols organisés en prison

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Europe Torture Violence Russia

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Libye : des crimes contre l’humanité auraient été commis dans les prisons et contre des migrants

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Middle East Torture Violence Libya

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Uruguay: escándalo por reo que denunció tortura y abuso sexual en cárcel de Montevideo

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South America Torture Violence Uruguay

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Venezuela : L’ONU accuse le système judiciaire de violations des droits de l’homme

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South America Justice Torture Violence Venezuela

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Syria: young man from eastern Ghouta dies in regime prison, after three years of detention

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Middle East Material conditions Torture Violence Syria
SOHR has documented the death of 47,496 civilians under torture in regime’s prisons since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, all documented by names: 47,094 men and young men, 339 children under the age of eighteen, and 64 women over the age of eighteen. Reliable sources have informed the Syr…

Source — Syriahr

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Colombia: violent repression, paramilitarism, illegal detention and torture of peaceful protesters in Cali

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Pre-trial detention South America Protest Torture Violence Colombia
Since 28 April, mass demonstrations have taken place in Cali, in the framework of the “National Strike”. It was the city that saw the greatest concentration of the most serious reports of violent repression of young protesters by the security forces and armed civilian groups, and the authorities ar…

Source — Amnesty international

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North Macedonia: cramped prison conditions, detainee ill treatment and opaque prison management among longstanding concerns for anti-torture committee

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Europe Torture Violence North Macedonia
The CPT noted cramped, unhygienic and decrepit conditions of detention in the so called ‘ambulanta’ unit, the closed-regime wings of Idrizovo Prison and the unrenovated wings of Skopje Prison, based on an “ad hoc visit” to the country from 7-9 December 2020. Published with the Government response,…

Source — Council of Europe

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Argentina: ratas, comida podrida y heridos de “guerra”: las imágenes del abandono en las cárceles de la provincia de Buenos Aires

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South America Health Material conditions Overcrowding Torture Violence Argentina

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Marruecos: presos saharauis denuncian "deplorable" situación en cárceles marroquíes

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Africa Foreign prisoners Long-term prisoners Torture Violence Morocco

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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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Italia: Italia investigará sus cárceles tras la difusión de un vídeo que exhibe las palizas de oficiales a los presos

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Europe Torture Violence Italy

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Syrie : les prisonniers du régime, un business juteux pour les escrocs, face à des familles désespérées

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Middle East Health Death penalty Torture Violence Syria

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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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Chile: un tribunal dicta prisión contra un teniente del Ejército chileno por torturas

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Pre-trial detention South America Torture Chile

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Yemen: detainees tortured and arbitrarily detained for years then forced into exile upon release

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Pre-trial detention Foreign prisoners Middle East Access to legal rights Torture Violence Yemen
The report, Released and Exiled: Torture, unfair trials and forcible exile of Yemenis under Huthi rule, is an in-depth investigation into the experiences of a minority of non-fighters, including journalists, political opponents and Baha’i religious minority members, who were released as part of pol…

Source — Amnesty International

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