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Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

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The virus has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? Here is an overview. — Update 09/09/2021 Read more
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España : el último insumiso civil entra en prisión

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Europe Spain

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Argentina: "Tu vida vale dos pastillas": amenazaron a una funcionaria que investiga a agentes del SPB

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South America Argentina

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Colombia: cárcel de Bouwer, adjudicaron obra de ampliación en $ 563 millones

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South America Facilities Colombia

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Israël : fin de cavale pour quatre des six Palestiniens évadés d'une prison israélienne

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Middle East Israel

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Indonésie : l’enfer du feu dans une prison

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Asia Drugs Material conditions Facilities Indonesia

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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 Syrian…

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 are…

Source — Amnesty international

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Iran: Human Rights Watch calls for release of Iranian prisoners as COVID-19 crisis worsens

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Overcrowding Iran
Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Tuesday of the dangerous situation faced by prisoners in Iran as the COVID-19 crisis deepens in the country, calling on authorities in the Islamic Republic to “unconditionally” release prisoners detained for peaceful dissent. “Iran’s prison authorities should unconditionally…

Source — Rudaw

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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, the…

Source — Council of Europe

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Equateur : le pays déclare "l'état d'urgence" dans ses prisons

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South America Protest Overcrowding Violence Ecuador

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República Dominicana: prisiones afirma recintos están abiertos para supervisión de legisladores

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Facilities Dominican Republic

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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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Chile: radiografía de la visita conyugal

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South America Women Access to legal rights Social ties Chile

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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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Ecuador: Guillermo Lasso decreta cuatro medidas urgentes para combatir la violencia en las cárceles

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South America Discipline Violence Ecuador

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Ecuador: beneficios de prelibertad a favor de los presos tardan en otorgarse

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South America Access to legal rights Justice Alternatives Ecuador

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