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Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison

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Hearings have begun in occupied Crimea into the lawsuit brought by Kazim Ametov against Russia’s penitentiary service and police over the inhuman conditions he was held prisoner in for over two years. The chances of a Russian-controlled “court” finding in favour of the former political prisoner are remote,…

Source — The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

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United States: 2,258 N.J. prisoners will be released in a single day

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In a sweeping acknowledgment of the risks of the coronavirus in cramped prisons, New Jersey will release more than 2,000 inmates on Wednesday as part of one of the largest-ever single-day reductions of any state’s prison population. More than 1,000 additional prisoners will be released in the coming…

Source — The New York Times

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Arabia Saudí: líderes del G20, no se dejen engañar. Las verdaderas agentes del cambio están en la cárcel

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United States: California law is step forward but fails to guarantee safety for trans prisoners

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Syiaah Skylit has been imprisoned in California since 2015. Despite multiple requests to be placed in a women’s prison, Skylit, a Black trans woman, has always been incarcerated in the state’s men’s prisons. There, she has faced attacks by incarcerated men as well as sexual abuse and retaliation by prison…

Source — Truthout

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France : "des risques de contamination par les prisonniers comme par les surveillants", l’alerte de la contrôleuse générale

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France : "ils sont surveillés de près"

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Belgique: près de deux tiers des détenus vont à fond de peine

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Tchad : prison secrète de l’ANS, des détenus racontent les sévices subis

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France: à la prison de la Santé, les murs ont été poussés pour isoler tous les détenus arrivants

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France: dans les prisons, le défi de la prise en charge des détenus radicalisés

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Philippines: Supreme Court must "get real" about prison conditions

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In a rebuke of the Supreme Court’s decision on prisoners’ plea for release during the pandemic, experts said the High Court must “get real” and see prison conditions in the Philippines for what it is – dire, and in need of judicial intervention. “We should persevere in challenging our Supreme Court…

Source — Rappler

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Argentina: crisis carcelaria. Una olla a presión que siempre está a punto de explotar

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Tailandia: deben retirarse los cargos injustificados y poner en libertad a personas que se manifestaron pacíficamente

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Bielorrusia: mas autoridades impulsan actuaciones penales masivas contra cientos de manifestantes pacíficos

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France: en pleine crise sanitaire, le ministre de la Justice s’inquiète de la remontée de la population carcérale

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Europe Justice Overcrowding Alternatives France

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France: l’indignité des conditions de détention provisoire comme motif de mise en liberté

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France: "il y avait 33 clusters en prison au 15 octobre" contre "trois en juin", s’inquiète la nouvelle Contrôleuse générale des prisons

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Argentina: ¿constitucional o no?

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Egipto: cientos de legisladores y legisladoras de la UE y EE. UU. instan al presidente Abdel Fattah al Sisi a que excarcele a presos y presas de conciencia en Egipto

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Arabia Saudí: el Women20 debe exigir la liberación de las activistas saudíes encarceladas

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United States: advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions

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Detainees in Texas’ juvenile prisons suffer from frequent physical and sexual abuse, inadequate mental healthcare and high rates of staff turnover, two youth advocacy groups wrote in a federal complaint Wednesday. The rights of the hundreds of youths detained in five secure facilities around the state…

Source — San Francisco Chronicle

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