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Torture
China
Chinese human rights activist Lin Mingjie, who is serving a five-year jail term reportedly on fabricated charges, has been subjected to brutal torture in prison, his family members alleged. Lin Mingjie is jailed in Shenyang, the capital city of northeastern Liaoning province. He was subjected to to…
Source — Ucanews
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Health
Bangladesh
Since the beginning of 2022, the ICRC’s Health Care in Detention team in Bangladesh has been training health staff, prison guards and detainees to raise awareness about scabies at the central prisons in Keraniganj, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban and Jessore districts. Posters explaining symptom…
Source — ICRC
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Asia
Facilities
North Korea
North Korea has recently been working to reorganize the Yodok concentration camp for political prisoners (also known as Camp 15) and rebuild and repair its facilities with the goal of housing more inmates there, Daily NK has learned.
“North Korea recently eliminated a zone at Camp 15 and repaired a…
Source — Daily NK
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India: Delhi HC says undertrial prisoners can’t be detained in custody for an indefinite period
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Justice
India
While hearing a bail plea of a man incarcerated for two years in a cheating case, the Delhi High Court recently held that in cases where speedy trial does not seem like a possibility, “undertrial prisoners cannot be detained in custody for an indefinite period”.
A single-judge bench of Justice Amit…
Source — The Indian Express
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Asia
Violence
Russia
Long days are spent in forced labor, working at sewing machines, with only a short break for lunch. By nightfall, prisoners are fed dinner and allowed an hour or less of free time before going to sleep in dormitories crowded with scores of bunk beds. The routine reportedly can stretch for weeks on…
Source — Los Angeles Times
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Asia
Death penalty
Japan
Japan is one of the few economically developed countries to still have the death penalty, and hanging has been its sole execution method for around 150 years.
The trio at the Osaka detention centre, whose identities have not been revealed, are “seeking an injunction” against death by hanging, lawye…
Source — RTE
Read more Russia: Navalni denuncia un endurecimiento de las condiciones de detención
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Asia
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Russia
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Russia
“Strapped down, had genitals shoved in their faces”. How a prison hospital in Krasnoyarsk became a torture dungeon
Source — The Insider
Read more Russie : Des prisonniers russes envoyés par dizaines de milliers sur le front ukrainien
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Russia
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Material conditions
Cambodia
Theary Seng’s stand comes ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Cambodia for this week’s ASEAN summits.
Source — The Diplomat
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Material conditions
Social ties
Vietnam
Trinh Ba Tu’s father was turned back this week after two unsuccessful trips to the prison last month.
Source — Radio Free Asia
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Asia
Mental health
India
Taking into account the plight of a condemned prisoner who became mentally-ill after being kept in the solitary confinement for more than 10 years, the Supreme Court on Friday commuted his sentence to 30 years’ jail term without remission.
Source — The Times of India
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Rehabilitation
Dr. Dreisinger is the founder of the Incarceration Nations Network (INN), an international community that works to support, instigate and popularize prison reform efforts around the world. Prison Insider met her in Lyon during a joint screening of the docuseries. We asked her three questions in a v…
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Pakistan: submerged and forgotten
Interview
Asia
Access to legal rights
Health
Material conditions
Pakistan
Pakistan experienced torrential rains between June and September 2022. The floods submerged a third of the country. What about prisons? Zainab Mahboob and Fakhra Irshad from Justice Project Pakistan shared with us what they know about the current situation. Interview.
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Asia
Foreign prisoners
Torture
Violence
Russia
Hostage Shaun Pinner was electrocuted, stabbed, subjected to a mock execution and forced to listen to ABBA during his time in captivity.The ex-British Army soldier had to endure Mamma Mia over and over during 24-hour music torture sessions.
Source — The Sun
Read more Ukraine : battu, poignardé, un Britannique capturé par l'armée russe raconte son calvaire
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Ukraine
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Justice
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Torture
Russia
Les conditions dans lesquelles est détenu le militant politique russe Alexeï Navalny semblent empirer, selon des informations et des photos publiées récemment.
Source — Amnesty International
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Pre-trial detention
Asia
Violence
Russia
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre (HRDC Memorial) strongly condemn the crackdown following nationwide protests across Russia on 21 September to oppose “partial mobilisation” announced by Vladimir Putin. Mass arbitrary arrests of peaceful d…
Source — FIDH
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Asia
Torture
Myanmar (Burma)
Myanmar’s military and police are responsible for scores of deaths in custody since the February 1, 2021 military coup, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch documented the deaths of six detained activists that involved apparent torture or the denial of adequate medical care. The junta…
Source — Human Rights Watch
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Torture
China
The Chinese government has used its justice system to sentence and imprison an estimated half-million people during the brutal crackdown in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. While not all convicted prisoners faced political charges, the available figures indicate that the total number of peo…
Source — Human Rights Watch
Read more Singapour : les condamnés à mort sont priés de sourire avant leur exécution
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Justice
Death penalty
Singapore
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Material conditions
Vietnam
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is dismayed to learn that Do Cong Duong, a jailed independent journalist who had been extremely ill for months, died in detention last week, and calls on the international community to take action to ensure the survival of other journalists held in Vietnam’s prisons.
Source — Reporter without borders
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Material conditions
Nepal
The prison is accommodating inmates more than three times its capacity.
Source — The Kathmandu Post
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