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Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

Africa Coronavirus North America Central America and the Caribbean South America Asia Elderly prisoners Europe Middle East Oceania Health Mental health Material conditions Activities Social ties
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 29/03/2021 Read more
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Egypte : 16 personnes, dont au moins trois femmes, exécutés pour des faits de droit commun

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Middle East Death penalty Violence Egypt

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Venezuela: tragedia de Policarabobo, tres años de retardo procesal, frustración, dolor y sed de justicia

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South America Access to legal rights Material conditions Facilities Protest Venezuela

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Venezuela: se filtra video de agresiones a reclusos del Rodeo III por parte de custodios

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South America Violence Venezuela

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Brasil: Xuxa propuso que se prueben vacunas y medicamentos en presos “que al menos sirvan para algo”

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Coronavirus South America Health Brazil

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Venezuela: limitaciones de movilidad durante cuarentena radical impiden que familiares lleven alimentos a sus detenidos

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Coronavirus South America Health Material conditions Social ties Venezuela

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Líbano: torturas a personas refugiadas sirias detenidas arbitrariamente por cargos antiterroristas

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Middle East Material conditions Torture Violence Lebanon

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Inde : Covid et prison, la vie carcérale pour ces femmes oubliées de la pandémie

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Coronavirus Women Asia Material conditions India

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Suisse : la justice restaurative pourrait faire son entrée dans le Code de procédure pénale

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Europe Justice Switzerland

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Saudi Arabia: human rights activist Mohammed al-Rabiah brutally tortured and at risk of lengthy prison sentence

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Middle East Long-term prisoners Torture Violence Saudi Arabia
ALQST has learned that human rights activist Mohammed al-Rabiah was subjected to brutal torture in detention, including beatings, electric shocks, and being hung upside down. He currently faces trial before the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC), where the Public Prosecution is calling for a 25-year prison…

Source — ALQST for Human Rights

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COVID-19 pandemic exposes how little we know about prison conditions globally

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And yet most of us know very little about prisons. In fact, gaining entry or even insight into prisons as an outsider is quite rare. In Canada, only parliamentarians and judges cannot be denied access to federal prisons. If the measure of civil society is based on how it treats its most vulnerable members,…

Source — The Conversation

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Haïti: un rapport évoque la complicité et le manque de gardiens dans l’évasion sanglante de février

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Protest Violence Haiti

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Dubai: temor por la seguridad de Sheikha Latifa tras los mensajes que revelan su situación de “rehén”

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Women Middle East Torture Violence United Arab Emirates

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Argelia: tácticas represivas contra activistas de Hirak dos años después

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Africa Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Torture Violence Algeria

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España: décadas sin respuesta a miles de denuncias de desaparición forzada, apropiación y/o sustitución de identidad de niños y niñas

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Women Europe Access to legal rights Violence Spain

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Arabia Saudí: la sentencia que confirma la declaración de culpabilidad de Loujain al Hathloul, una terrible injusticia

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Saudi Arabia

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Polonia: la absolución de las mujeres del halo arcoíris pone en evidencia tácticas de intimidación contra activistas

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Pre-trial detention Women Europe LGBTI Access to legal rights Poland

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

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Asia Access to legal rights Violence Russia

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Haití: sangrienta fuga de una cárcel, se escaparon 400 presos y hay 25 muertos

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Overcrowding Violence Haiti

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South Africa: investigating prison for profit

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Africa Material conditions Facilities Torture Violence South Africa
Violence has deep roots in South Africa, going back to colonial conquest and the apartheid state, which ruled by the gun and the whip. Its citizens continue to live in fear of violent crime at home and on the streets. Which is why the perpetrators of crime in the country — and particularly those who…

Source — Global Investigative Journalism Network

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