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March 18, 2021

Thailand: managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Thai authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 17, 2021

Rusia: denuncian el traslado de Navalny de la cárcel a un paradero desconocido

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March 1, 2021

China: Tibetan tour guide dies from prison injuries

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Sentenced to 21 years for providing information to foreign media.

March 1, 2021

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

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February 24, 2021

Malaysia: stop sending MCO offenders to prison, consider other alternative measures

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With Malaysia already facing an impending prison overcrowding issue where close to 70,000 are currently serving jail terms for various offences across the country, lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo urged the government to stop sending movement control order (MCO) offenders to prison as it will only worsen th…

February 24, 2021

North Korea: orders expansion of political prison camp system

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North Korea recently enacted an “anti-reactionary thought law” and is punishing violators with heavy sentences such as hard labor and the death penalty.

February 24, 2021

India: misgendering, sexual violence, what it is to be a transgender in a prison

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The Wire’s Sukanya finds how the transgender community faced physical and sexual violence in Indian prisons, and their complaints overlooked by the authorities.

February 15, 2021

India: after 70 years, Rajasthan amends prison manual that sanctioned caste-based labour

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The move comes nearly two months after The Wire’s report had exposed conditions of institutionalised casteism in prisons of Rajasthan and several other states in India.

February 15, 2021

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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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…

February 15, 2021

Pakistán: una sentencia del Tribunal Supremo prohíbe las ejecuciones de personas con discapacidad mental

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February 15, 2021

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

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February 12, 2021

Russia: number of inmates decreases

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The number of convicts held in correctional system facilities has decreased in Russia up to 482,000 people by the beginning of 2021, the Supreme Court’s head Vyacheslav Lebedev announced Tuesday. According to the highest instance’s Chairman, the number of detainees continues to decline. Last year,…

February 10, 2021

Singapore: recidivism rate at all-time low, more inmates serving part of jail term in community

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The recidivism rate in Singapore has dipped to an all-time low and more inmates are serving part of their jail term in the community, the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said on Wednesday (Feb 3).

February 3, 2021

Hong Kong: la detención masiva de figuras de la oposición pone de relieve la capacidad represiva de la ley de seguridad nacional

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February 3, 2021

Rusia: detenciones de personas que protestaban pacíficamente

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February 3, 2021

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi y otras personas, detenidas en el golpe militar en curso

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February 3, 2021

Rusia: Navalny condenado a prisión mientras la detención masiva de sus simpatizantes deriva en hacinamiento grave y condiciones de reclusión crueles

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February 2, 2021

Nepal: prison infrastructure construction gains pace

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The construction of buildings for the Central Jail in Nuwakot is picking pace, says the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to the MoHA annual report of fiscal 2019- 20, approximately 65 per cent work on construction of prison infrastructure has been completed. It informed that the construction wor…

February 2, 2021

India: "they don’t even look at us as humans. How can we expect them to protect us from the virus?"

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As Covid paroles end, convicts returning to complete life sentences in the same barrack recount six months of horror, delayed testing, overcrowded living conditions and degrading treatment by jail staff. Karan Tripathi reports.

February 1, 2021

Kazakhstan : abolition de la peine de mort

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January 4, 2021

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

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January 4, 2021

Chine : jusqu'à trois ans de prison pour les HongKongais arrêtés en mer

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January 4, 2021

Chine : l’UE demande la libération "immédiate" de la "journaliste citoyenne" Zhang Zhan

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January 4, 2021

Chine : les autorités confirment la détention de Gulshan Abbas, femme médecin ouïghoure, pour "terrorisme"

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