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Venezuela : L’ONU accuse le système judiciaire de violations des droits de l’homme
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South America
Justice
Torture
Violence
Venezuela
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Asia
Justice
Material conditions
Rehabilitation
Pakistan
Kazi Nazir Ahmed passed the Sindh Public Service Commission Examination for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Prison and joined the service on 3rd March 1997. Since then, he has worked in several prisons (Central Prisons, District Prisons, and Women and Juvenile prisons) in the capacity of Deputy…
Source — Daily Times
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France: a deceptive protection
Interview
Women
Europe
Justice
Violence
France
The proliferation of surveillance systems and an increased reliance on incarceration are meant to curb violence. But what are the implications of this kind of security? Françoise Vergès is a feminist, anti-racist author. Her most recent work, entitled Une théorie féministe de la violence. Pour une politique…
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Ecuador: beneficios de prelibertad a favor de los presos tardan en otorgarse
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South America
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Justice
Alternatives
Ecuador
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Hong Kong : premier suspect reconnu coupable en vertu de la loi sur la sécurité
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Asia
Justice
Protest
China
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Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Asia
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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 people…
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
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Violence
Nicaragua
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Chine : au sein du Parti communiste chinois, des pouvoirs de police discrétionnaires
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Pre-trial detention
Asia
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China
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Côte d'Ivoire : l'ancien-Premier ministre Guillaume Soro condamné à la perpétuité
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Africa
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Côte d’Ivoire
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North America
Pre-trial detention
Foreign prisoners
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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 Like…
Source — Human rights watch
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Culture
Justice
Mental health
Material conditions
Netherlands
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’. Michiel van de Wolf discusses the Dutch approach for dealing with those considered as mentally disordered offenders.
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United States: surge in life sentences
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Opinion
North America
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Death penalty
United States
Ashley Nellis, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Analyst at the Washington DC-based NGO, The Sentencing Project, which has been active in the struggle to reform American law and practice on life sentences. Here, Ashley discusses America’s now commonplace use of life sentences and calls for bolder approaches…
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Europe
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Overcrowding
Social ties
Rehabilitation
United Kingdom
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’. Helen Mills discusses the vexed problem of short prison sentences.
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Africa: a regional campaign to decriminalise petty offences
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Access to legal rights
Justice
Overcrowding
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’. Louise Edwards reflects on the works and challenges of the regional campaign to decriminalise petty offences.
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Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform
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Opinion
Africa
Coronavirus
Elderly prisoners
Asia
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Oceania
Justice
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Overcrowding
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’. In this piece, Olivia Rope, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI), discusses life sentences, a key priority…
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Considering penal abolitionism
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North America
Europe
Discipline
Justice
Alternatives
The abolitionist movement is not well-known in France. Three texts, recently translated into French, have been assembled into one book on the subject.
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Africa
Pre-trial detention
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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 country.
Some…
Source — Politics
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North America
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United States
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a 66-year-old former journalist incarcerated in a Pennsylvania state prison for the 1981 shooting death of Officer Daniel Faulkner.
“We’re not asking for no apologies. We’re not asking for no investigation, because neither one will mean anything,” said Janine Africa during an April…
Source — Billy Penn
Read more Myanmar: condenan a dos años de prisión a uno de los líderes de la Liga nacional para la democracia de Suu Kyi
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Asia
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Myanmar (Burma)
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Europe: towards a binding legal framework for places of detention
Analysis
Opinion
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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Kenya: finding Kafka in the criminal justice system
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
Kenya
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’. Gilbert M. Omware, Defence lawyer and criminal justice researcher, discusses the injustices faced by vulnerable groups…
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Cameroun : deux personnes transgenres condamnées à de la prison ferme
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Africa
LGBTI
Justice
Cameroon
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