Pre-trial detention
Caught in the spiral
Thematic paper
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Access to legal rights
Justice
Drugs
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
What are the human and social costs of the recourse to imprisonment? This series explores the experiences of various civil society organisations, formerly incarcerated people, researchers and policy makers challenging the criminalisation of poverty, status or activism.
Africa
Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Access to legal rights
Health
Material conditions
Social ties
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.
Pre-trial detention
South America
Justice
Brazil
Brazil, 2022, electoral year. The law provides that prisoners in pre-trial detention are allowed to vote. There is an ongoing legal battle for the right to vote for people in pre-trial detention.
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…
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?
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.
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.
Rejection of LGBTQI+ people in Burkina Faso
Testimonial
Africa
Pre-trial detention
LGBTQI
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.
Pre-trial detention
Central America and the Caribbean
Women
South America
Access to legal rights
Justice
A discussion about rights under threat and the consequences for women, people of colour, and marginalised groups, with Isabel Roby, legal and policy officer, Fair Trials (Latin America) and Hugo Leonardo, president of the Brazilian defence lawyers’ network.
Pre-trial detention
South America
Protest
Torture
Violence
Colombia
The city of Cali, capital of the department of Valle del Cauca, is in one of the regions hardest hit by the internal armed conflict and where various armed groups have proliferated and continue to operate, resulting in thousands of people being displaced and killed.
Pre-trial detention
Middle East
Access to legal rights
Health
Torture
Violence
Iraq
The United Nations accused the government of Iraq of the widespread torture of detainees held in the country’s detention centers. A U.N. report covers conditions in the centers from July 1, 2019 to April 30, 2021.
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Torture
Violence
Myanmar (Burma)
Torture – and the fear that it engenders – has been central to the military junta’s efforts to quell popular resistance.
Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Access to legal rights
Justice
Myanmar (Burma)
The military regime has suspended trials inside Insein Prison in Yangon due to rising COVID-19 infections in the commercial capital, according to defense lawyers.
Nicaragua: El deterioro de los derechos humanos dificulta la celebración de comicios libres en Nicaragua, alerta Michelle Bachelet
News
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
Thousands held, systemic change needed.
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Activities
Rehabilitation
South Africa
While South Africans commemorated the youth of 1976 which sparked a revolution, many youngsters charged with violent crimes are still incarcerated in government facilities.
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Material conditions
Protest
Torture
Myanmar (Burma)
Relatives of seven young detainees say they are at risk since being separated and placed in cells with hardened criminals.
Myanmar : Aung San Suu Kyi inculpée pour corruption
News
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Protest
Myanmar (Burma)
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Africa
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
Niger
Some civil society organizations (CSOs) in Enugu State have decried the deplorable condition of awaiting trial inmates in correctional centers and police custody following the judicial workers strike.
Rusia: justicia rusa decreta prisión preventiva para Pivovarov a la espera de que se celebre el juicio en su contra
News
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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