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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 29/03/2021 Read more
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Russia: human rights crisis deepens as Navalny supporters arrested en masse

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Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of all those who have been detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and for the immediate release of Aleksei Navalny who is being arbitrarily detained and denied access to independent healthcare. “On Wednesday, in…

Source — Amnistía internacional

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Russie : Alexeï Navalny entame une grève de la faim pour protester contre l’absence d’accès à des soins

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

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

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

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

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Rusia: las cárceles de Moscú, colmadas de seguidores de Navalny

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India: after 70 years, Rajasthan amends prison manual that sanctioned caste-based labour

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For over 70- years, the Rajasthan state had followed an unconstitutional and violative prison manual that allowed assignment of labour on the basis of a prisoner’s caste. This institutionalised caste practice had continued unchallenged until The Wire’s report exposed the conditions in prisons of Rajasthan…

Source — The Wire Impact

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Russia: human rights activists have spent 30 years fighting for better privacy and cleaner facilities, but ‘holes in the floor’ persist

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In recent weeks, the Russian authorities arrested thousands of demonstrators at protests across the country, sentencing hundreds to several days or weeks in jail. For many of these people, behind bars for the first time in their lives, state custody was a uniquely upsetting experience — particularly…

Source — Meduza

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Pakistán: una sentencia del Tribunal Supremo prohíbe las ejecuciones de personas con discapacidad mental

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Rusia: liberen a Aleksei Navalny, envenenado, detenido y condenado injustamente

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Torture Violence Russia

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Singapore: recidivism rate at all-time low, more inmates serving part of jail term in community

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According to the latest annual statistics released by SPS, the overall recidivism rate for the 2018 release cohort was 22.1 per cent, down from 24 per cent in 2017 and 23.7 per cent in 2016. This is the lowest it has been since the 1990 release cohort, SPS said. Before this, the lowest rate was 23.6…

Source — Channel news Asia

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Hong Kong: la detención masiva de figuras de la oposición pone de relieve la capacidad represiva de la ley de seguridad nacional

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Rusia: detenciones de personas que protestaban pacíficamente

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Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi y otras personas, detenidas en el golpe militar en curso

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Pre-trial detention Asia Access to legal rights Violence Myanmar (Burma)

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