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Pakistan
A joint report by Amnesty International and the Justice Project Pakistan, Prisoners of the Pandemic─ The Right To Health, notes that the reduction of overcrowding in prisons during the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic was not undertaken, even the second wave was now upon us, and there was a r…
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India
In several states, prison manuals still dictate that labour within the prison should be assigned on the basis of caste.
Space — 12/12
Inside Outside
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South America
Women
Asia
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Coronavirus
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India
Additional solicitor general Chetan Sharma told the Delhi HC that the NCRB will include transgender in the gender classification of prisoners in their annual publication of prison statistics 2020.
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Sri Lanka
Authorities must work to release hundreds of detainees to ease overcrowding.
China: cien días después, se deben respetar los derechos de los jóvenes de Hong Kong detenidos
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China
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Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison
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Russia
Hearings have begun in occupied Crimea into the lawsuit brought by Kazim Ametov against Russia’s penitentiary service and police over the inhuman conditions he was held prisoner in for over two years. The chances of a Russian-controlled “court” finding in favour of the former political prisoner are…
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Thailand
On 5 November, a group of activists who have formerly been detained at the Central Women Correctional Institution gathered to protest against human rights violations inside the women’s prison.
Smell — 11/12
Inside Outside
North America
South America
Women
Asia
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Tailandia: deben retirarse los cargos injustificados y poner en libertad a personas que se manifestaron pacíficamente
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Thailand
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Taste — 10/12
Inside Outside
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South America
Women
Asia
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Bangladesh: hay que liberar a cientos de trabajadores y trabajadoras migrantes en detención arbitraria
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Bangladesh
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Mapping the 'Blind Spots'
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What are maps for? How are they produced?
Cambodia: ONG exigen que cumpla su promesa de liberar a 10.000 presos
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Cambodia
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Kirghizistan: Azimjan Askarov, défenseur des droits humains, meurt en prison
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Asia
Torture
Kyrgyzstan
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À Hong Kong, la nouvelle loi sécuritaire prévoit la prison à vie
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Justice
China
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Global Prison Trends 2020
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Overcrowding
Over 11 million people are held in prisons worldwide. Many face substandard detention conditions. Sentences keep getting longer, in underfunded justice systems. PRI has published its annual report on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment: Global Prison Trends 2020.
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Azerbaijan
Former detainees face routine threats and intimidation
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Taiwan
A Taiwanese technical mission to the Pacific island nation of Nauru is helping a penal facility improve food self-reliance and is teaching inmates skills they can use after their release, the team said yesterday.
“The project, with the goal of minimizing waste, officially started in January, with a…