Torture
Asia
Europe
Torture
Russia
At the end of a lengthy trial, 17 participants in a protest that took place in the Kopeysk penal colony (Ural Region) in November 2012 in response to systematic torture practices were sentenced to up to 5 years of prison by the Chelyabinsk Regional Court for “mass riots.”
Source — European prison litigation network
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Pre-trial detention
Asia
Torture
Vietnam
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — ACAT
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Torture
United States
An update on conditions in prisons in Florida from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson.
Source — It's going down
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Torture
Violence
Portugal
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — El Mundo
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Europe
Torture
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Romania from 7 to 19 February 2018. It was the Committee’s eleventh visit to the country.
Source — Council of Europe
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South America
Health
Torture
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Uruguay
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In Russia, the prisoners are dragged around
Analysis
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Asia
Europe
Overcrowding
Torture
Violence
Russia
— Published 13 December 2017.
“The prisoner becomes a package that is sent from a point A to a point B along some cunning logistical route” – Ivan Pavlov, human rights lawyer
A 3.5 square meter train wagon shared by 20 prisoners for journeys going up to a month: welcome to the reality of prisoners who…
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South America
Torture
Violence
Brazil
Shocking footage of Brazil prison guards torturing inmates has sparked an investigation, and serves as a stark reminder of the poor prison conditions that strengthen the country’s powerful prison gangs.
Source — InSight Crime
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Oceania
Torture
Australia
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Source — France tv info
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Africa
Torture
Tunisia
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Source — Inkyfada
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"Surviving hell" in Eastern Ukraine
Analysis
Report
Europe
Justice
Torture
Violence
Ukraine
Prison Insider’s correspondents in Ukraine shared several materials describing the conditions of detention in the Donbas region, in the East of the country. It is composed of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Due to the crisis which started in 2014, Ukraine is divided between the so-called pro Europeans…
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Nepal: the challenges of achieving justice
Analysis
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Asia
Justice
Torture
Nepal
For the first time in more than ten years, our correspondent in Nepal, Advocacy Forum (AF), is not in a position to conduct an assessment of whether the overall situation in regard of torture in police custody, during the last year, has improved or deteriorated.
This is due to a lack of cooperation from…
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South America
Torture
Argentina
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Source — mdz
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Cameroun : Amnesty International dénonce le recours à la torture dans la lutte contre Boko Haram
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Africa
Torture
Cameroon
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Jeune Afrique
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South America
Torture
Uruguay
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Source — Montevideo
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Political police torture in Caracas (Venezuela)
Analysis
Report
South America
Torture
Violence
Venezuela
Electric shocks, beatings, waterboarding, asphyxiation with chemicals… The Venezuelan government, engulfed in an endless political crisis, reacts to protest movements with torture and arbitrary detentions. The Venezuelan NGO “A Window to Freedom” denounces these practices in its latest report (in Spanish).
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Asia
Torture
Thailand
As Thailand has delayed passage of legislation to criminalize torture and enforced disappearances, a committee created by the junta leader to investigate the matter met for the first time Monday.
The committee, chaired by Justice Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana, was set up under Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha’s…
Source — Khaosod English
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South America
Torture
Argentina
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — Infocielo
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Asia
Torture
India
Tension prevailed at the district collectorate here today when a couple attempted to self-immolate accusing an police inspector and a retired Assistant Commissioner of police (ACP) of giving torture over a financial transaction with a private lender.
Source — The Covai Post
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Europe
Torture
Moldova
The objective of the ToT course is to prepare a group of trainers from the staff members of the People’s Advocate Office and members of the NPM, approximately 20 persons, for delivering further trainings to their peers on the topics covered by the TOT.
Source — Council of Europe
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Asia
Justice
Torture
China
Recent proposals to reform China’s police-run detention centers are unlikely to do much to address a nationwide “human rights disaster” for police suspects in detention, human rights lawyers told RFA.
The country’s Ministry of Public Security issued a call for consultation this week on a replacement…
Source — Radio Free Asia
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