Middle East
Middle East
Violence
Iran
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Source — Ouest France
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Middle East
Iran
Trio face lengthy terms for opposing the ruling system amid accusations of ‘propaganda’.
Source — The Guardian
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Europe
Middle East
Torture
Turkey
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Source — Le Monde
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Middle East
Israel
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Source — Times of Israel
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Women
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
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Source — Paris Match
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Middle East
Torture
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has tortured and sexually harassed women’s rights activists detained in prison, a new report alleges.
Source — Telegraph
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Europe
Middle East
Torture
Turkey
More than 150,000 civil servants were purged after Turkey’s 2016 failed coup. Officers at NATO bases were ordered back and many were jailed.
Source — Euronews
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Africa
Middle East
Egypt
A total of 710 prisoners were released on Wednesday per a presidential pardon.
The Prisons Authority continues to select the prisoners who qualify for conditional release, and those who served half of their sentences and were not involved in criminal cases.
Source — Egypt Today
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Global prison trends 2018
Analysis
Report
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
Pre-trial detention
South America
Women
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Overcrowding
Penal Reform International and the Thailand Institute of Justice co-published their 2018 annual report aiming to provide a global account on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment throughout the world.
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Europe
Middle East
Torture
Turkey
“Alleged torture of detainees in official custody, allegations of forced disappearance; arbitrary arrest and detention under the state of emergency of tens of thousands” are among the most significant human rights abuses of Turkey, the U.S. State Department noted in its annual Human Rights Practices…
Source — Ahval
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Middle East
Israel
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Source — Mundo Obrero
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Europe
Middle East
Turkey
On Valentine’s Day 2017, a journalist from Germany’s Die Welt reported to Turkish police for questioning. Things unraveled quickly: Deniz Yücel has been imprisoned ever since.
Source — Deutsche Welle
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Europe
LGBTI
Middle East
Turkey
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Source — Kedistan
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Middle East
Syria
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Source — La Croix
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