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Ecuador: beneficios de prelibertad a favor de los presos tardan en otorgarse

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South America Access to legal rights 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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Myanmar: junta suspends trials inside Insein prison due to COVID-19

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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 people…

Source — The Irrawaddy

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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

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Pre-trial detention Asia Access to legal rights Justice 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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Canada: abuse, discrimination in immigration detention

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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 Like…

Source — Human rights watch

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Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform

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Africa Coronavirus Asia Elderly prisoners 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… Read more
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Nigeria: JUSUN strike: prison inmates, suspects in deplorable conditions

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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 country. Some…

Source — Politics

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United States: Mumia Abu-Jamal, how he ended up in prison, and why MOVE wants him freed

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North America Access to legal rights Justice 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

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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 Justice Protest Myanmar (Burma)

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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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Argelia: condenada a dos años de cárcel una destacada activista por insultos al presidente y ofensas al islam

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Africa Women Justice Protest Algeria

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Russia: release prominent lawyer defending Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation from arbitrary detention

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Pre-trial detention Europe Access to legal rights Justice Russia
Responding to news that Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers have detained Ivan Pavlov, a human rights lawyer defending the Anti-Corruption Foundation founded by Aleksei Navalny, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Moscow Office Director, said: “Lawyers should never be arrested simply…

Source — Amnesty international

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Guinée : après sept mois de détention arbitraire, le militant Oumar Sylla doit être libéré

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Africa Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Justice Health Guinea

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