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République démocratique du Congo : des femmes détenues violées lors des émeutes à la prison de Lubumbashi

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Africa Women Justice Health Mental health Violence Congo - Kinshasa

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Arabia Saudí: las auténticas reformistas están entre rejas

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Protest Saudi Arabia

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China: cien días después, se deben respetar los derechos de los jóvenes de Hong Kong detenidos

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Asia Minors Access to legal rights Justice China

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Cuba: Amnistía Internacional pide la liberación de dos presos de conciencia de San Isidro

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Central America and the Caribbean Access to legal rights Justice Health Cuba

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Irán: deben detener la ejecución inminente del académico irano-sueco Ahmadreza Djalali

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Grecia: deben retirarse los cargos contra activistas de los derechos de las mujeres, entre quienes hay personal de Amnistía

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Women Europe Access to legal rights Justice Protest Greece
En respuesta a la detención de nueve activistas de los derechos de las mujeres, contra las que se han presentado cargos por participar en acciones pacíficas organizadas con ocasión del Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer, Nils Muižnieks, director regional de Amnistía Internacional…

Source — Amnistía Internacional

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Arabia Saudí: Loujain al-Hathloul debe ser liberada sin condiciones

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France : covid-19 dans les prisons, la Contrôleure générale alerte sur les conditions sanitaires

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Coronavirus Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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France : pas de congés payés pour les détenus qui travaillent, tranche le Conseil d'État

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Más de 2.300 localidades de todo el mundo participan en Ciudades por la Vida contra la pena de muerte

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France : la fin annoncée des CRP pour les auteurs de violences contre les policiers

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Violence Rehabilitation France

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France : journées nationales prison 2020

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Culture Europe Alternatives France

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France: l’épidémie de Covid est entrée en prison

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Coronavirus Europe Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties France

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Etats-Unis: peine de mort, l’administration Trump poursuit les exécutions malgré sa défaite

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North America Access to legal rights Justice Death penalty United States

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Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Torture Violence 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 remote,…

Source — The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

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United States: can correctional facilities negotiate phone contracts that prohibit deposit fees ?

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North America Material conditions Social ties United States
The high cost of calling home from prisons and jails rightly gets a lot of attention in the press, but the industry’s practice of tacking on hidden fees is getting an increasing amount of attention from regulators and the savviest correctional facilities. These fees can be called by a variety of different…

Source — Prison policy initiative

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Ireland: prison service to spend €1.6m on bras, underwear for inmates

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Women Europe Access to legal rights Material conditions Ireland
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is set to spend more than €1.6m on bras, underwear, anoraks, and other items of clothing for inmates over the next three years. Nighties, dressing gowns, and tracksuits are among 30 categories of clothing sought by the IPS in an invitation for tenders. The successful supplier…

Source — Irish examiner

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Canada: why Covid-19 shows it’s time to consider prison abolition

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Coronavirus North America Women Health Mental health Social ties Alternatives Rehabilitation Canada
There are five federal prisons for women in Canada, none of which are in Newfoundland. For women from the province facing a federal sentence, this usually means they will serve their time in the Nova Institution for Women (Nova) in Truro, Nova Scotia. Being a province away from their communities means… Read more
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United States: 2,258 N.J. prisoners will be released in a single day

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In a sweeping acknowledgment of the risks of the coronavirus in cramped prisons, New Jersey will release more than 2,000 inmates on Wednesday as part of one of the largest-ever single-day reductions of any state’s prison population. More than 1,000 additional prisoners will be released in the coming…

Source — The New York Times

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Belgique : "on a tous droit à un peu d'affection"

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Coronavirus Europe Mental health Protest Social ties Belgium

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Belgique : une délégation profite de la visite du roi Philippe pour dénoncer des "conditions indignes"

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Coronavirus Europe Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Protest Social ties Belgium

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Argentina: cárceles solidarias, presas hicieron y donaron 180 pelucas para pacientes oncológicos

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South America Women Mental health Activities Rehabilitation Work Argentina

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