Pre-trial detention
Africa
Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Access to legal rights
Health
Material conditions
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Togo
What is the response to offences committed by minors? In many cases, it is detention. Civil society actors express concern over the situation of minors in conflict with the law. Three key questions shed light on this issue.
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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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Pre-trial detention
Asia
Middle East
Overcrowding
Death penalty
Human rights organisations in the region feel like they are fighting alone against capital punishment. People are still sentenced to death and executed regularly. What is the situation in Palestine?
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Haïti : "Les droits des détenus ne sont pas respectés" estime l'OCNH
News
Pre-trial detention
Central America and the Caribbean
Material conditions
Haiti
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Lebanon’s prisons
Portfolio
Pre-trial detention
Middle East
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Lebanon
In 2011, Lebanon had 24 prisons and Haitham Moussawi was the only Lebanese photographer to visit all of them.
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Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Mental health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
France
The Controller-General for Places of Deprivation of Liberty feels ‘useful everywhere’. One year after taking office, Dominique Simonnot responds to our questions in a candid interview.
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Rejection of LGBTQI+ people in Burkina Faso
Testimonial
Africa
Pre-trial detention
LGBTI
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Violence
Burkina Faso
Karel tells us about detention conditions in Ouagadougou’s central police station and the treatment of incarcerated LGBTQI+ individuals.
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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 ar…
Source — Amnesty international
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Pre-trial detention
Middle East
Access to legal rights
Health
Torture
Violence
Iraq
Torture and ill treatment are prohibited under international law. Iraq ratified the international convention against Torture in 2011 and since has enacted national laws criminalizing torture.
The problem is the government has not implemented the procedural safeguards to prevent torture, and so the…
Source — VOA news
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Pre-trial detention
Asia
Torture
Violence
Myanmar (Burma)
On June 26, CNN reported the story of American-Burmese journalist Nathan Maung, who was released by the Myanmar military after three months of detention, during which time he experienced severe torture. On June 22, Human Rights Watch published the account of a 17-year-old boy, who endured repeated…
Source — The Diplomat
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Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Access to legal rights
Justice
Myanmar (Burma)
Since March, the junta has set up temporary courts inside prisons in Yangon and elsewhere in the country to hear the cases of political prisoners, most of whom are charged with incitement under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code.
“The trials were suspended as of Tuesday. There are around 13,000 peopl…
Source — The Irrawaddy
Read more Nicaragua: El deterioro de los derechos humanos dificulta la celebración de comicios libres en Nicaragua, alerta Michelle Bachelet
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Pre-trial detention
South America
Justice
Protest
Violence
Nicaragua
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Chine : au sein du Parti communiste chinois, des pouvoirs de police discrétionnaires
News
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Access to legal rights
Justice
China
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North America
Pre-trial detention
Foreign prisoners
Access to legal rights
Justice
Violence
Canada
Canada incarcerates thousands of people, including those with disabilities, on immigration-related grounds every year in often abusive conditions, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today in a joint report ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20.
The 100-page report, “I Didn’t Feel Lik…
Source — Human rights watch
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Africa
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Activities
Rehabilitation
South Africa
The Judicial Inspectorate Correctional Services (Jics) issued statistics stating that as of May 31, there were 55 children in remand detention, 3 105 juveniles awaiting trial, 42 children sentenced and 1 503 juveniles sentenced. Jics spokesperson Emerantia Cupido said between 2019 and 2020 there we…
Source — IOL
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Pre-trial detention
Asia
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Protest
Torture
Myanmar (Burma)
Family members of seven detainees in Yangon’s notorious Insein Prison say that they are being mistreated by prison authorities for not complying with orders. The seven prisoners—five student activists and two freelance journalists—had been locked up together since their arrest in late February and…
Source — Myanmar now
Read more Myanmar : Aung San Suu Kyi inculpée pour corruption
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Pre-trial detention
Asia
Protest
Myanmar (Burma)
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Africa
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
Niger
On April 6, members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) embarked on an indefinite strike over some states’ refusal to grant judiciary autonomy and financial independence.
This has led to a nationwide shut down of courts in Nigeria which stalled criminal and civil trials across the count…
Source — Politics
Read more Rusia: justicia rusa decreta prisión preventiva para Pivovarov a la espera de que se celebre el juicio en su contra
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Pre-trial detention
Asia
Europe
Access to legal rights
Russia
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Chile: un tribunal dicta prisión contra un teniente del Ejército chileno por torturas
News
Pre-trial detention
South America
Torture
Chile
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Yemen: detainees tortured and arbitrarily detained for years then forced into exile upon release
News
Pre-trial detention
Foreign prisoners
Middle East
Access to legal rights
Torture
Violence
Yemen
The report, Released and Exiled: Torture, unfair trials and forcible exile of Yemenis under Huthi rule, is an in-depth investigation into the experiences of a minority of non-fighters, including journalists, political opponents and Baha’i religious minority members, who were released as part of pol…
Source — Amnesty International
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Pre-trial detention
Middle East
Torture
Qatar
In a phone call to his mother on May 20, Mr. Bidali said he was being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day and that he had no access to a lawyer.
Migrant-Rights.org, FairSquare, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre are urging the…
Source — Amesty International
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Europe: the long road to human dignity
Analysis
Opinion
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Justice
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Activities
Social ties
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Here, Maïté de Rue discusses the overuse of pre-trial detention in Europe and its consequences.
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