Middle East
Coronavirus: Prison Fever
Africa
Coronavirus
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Central America and the Caribbean
Pre-trial detention
South America
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What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? Here is an overview. — Update 14/09/20
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Egypt: le personnel de santé harcelé et emprisonné
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Middle East
Justice
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Egypt
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Global Prison Trends 2020
Report
Africa
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Oceania
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Over 11 million people are held in prisons worldwide. Many face substandard detention conditions. Sentences keep getting longer, in underfunded justice systems. PRI has published its annual report on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment: Global Prison Trends 2020.
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Middle East
Health
Material conditions
Yemen
The Yemeni Abductees’ Mothers Association in the city of Aden yesterday warned that the detainees in Bir Ahmed Prison are facing a “slow death” due to ill-treatment by the prison administration.
The group said in a statement that the prison administration deliberately mistreats detainees by cutting off…
Source — Middle East Monitor
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Coronavirus
Middle East
Health
United Arab Emirates
(Beirut) – UAE prison authorities should take urgent measures to protect the mental and physical health of prisoners amid reported Covid-19 outbreaks in at least three detention facilities across the country, Human Rights Watch said today.
Family members of prisoners in al-Wathba prison near Abu Dhabi,…
Source — Human Rights Watch
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Unclear fates behind bars
Interview
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Oceania
“Since 2000, the overall number of pre-trial detainees has increased by 30%”. They are now up to three million people to be held awaiting trial around the world. What is the purpose of pre-trial detention? How it is used around the world?
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Israel: Middle East Monitor UN officials call on Israel to release Palestinian children from prison
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Coronavirus
Minors
Middle East
Israel
In a joint press statement sent to MEMO on Sunday, senior UN officials have called on Israel to release Palestinian children from prison in the light of the spread of Covid-19.
“We are seriously concerned over the continued detention of Palestinian children by the Israeli authorities,” said Jamie McGoldrick,…
Source — Middle Esat Monitor
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Middle East
Protest
Torture
Iran
Ahwazi detainees’ families protested outside the infamous Shaiban Prison in the regional capital, Ahwaz, on Saturday May 9, demanding access to their loved ones’ and information on their condition and wellbeing. During their protests, the desperately worried families angrily mocked the regime’s claims…
Source — Dur Untash Studies Centre
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Coronavirus: distintos países del mundo descongestionan las cárceles
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Coronavirus
North America
Europe
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Justice
Oceania
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Turkey: a life in isolation
Interview
LGBTI
Access to legal rights
Middle East
Material conditions
Facilities
Turkey
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) prisoners represent a minority. Their protection is not ensured at all levels and their specific needs are neglected. Hilal Basak Demirbas works at the Society in the Penal System association. She regularly exchanges letters with LGBTI prisoners…
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Middle East
Torture
Syria
Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of a civilian from Saqba city in eastern Ghouta, seven years after being arrested at a security checkpoint in Damascus. The victim died under torture in Sednaya prison (known as the Slaughterhouse).
With the death of more civilians, the number of…
Source — Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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Prison Insider is partnering with Justice Project Pakistan on its collaborative map to report the number of confirmed cases and deaths among prisoners worldwide.
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Death penalty 2019: les chiffres les plus bas de la décennie
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Asia
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Death penalty
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Coronavirus
Middle East
Health
Iran
Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told reporters the inmates were allowed out of prison after testing negative for Covid-19 and posting bail.
“Security prisoners” sentenced to more than five years will not be let out.
The jailed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may be…
Source — BBC
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Coronavirus
Middle East
Health
Material conditions
Protest
The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells.
What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 14/09/20
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Syria: dans une prison avec les jihadistes
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Foreign prisoners
Middle East
Health
Overcrowding
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Women
Europe
Middle East
Activities
Turkey
Arrested in Kandıra Type F Prison, former HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ says that she has started playing a musical instrument in prison: “I make no claim in arts, my days in prison are turning into a lively and smooth life.”
Source — Bianet
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Africa
Middle East
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Egypt
Inmates are kept in overcrowded, dirty cells without ventilation and are given insufficient food.
Source — Middle East Monitor
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“Parodies of justice” in Iraq
Interview
Foreign prisoners
Middle East
Justice
Death penalty
Torture
Violence
Iraq
The Iraqi justice system has some flaws – quick trials, non-existent legal assistance and judgements based on confessions rather than the evidence. Yet several countries have declined to repatriate their citizens who are accused of terrorism, putting them at risk of torture or the death penalty.
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Turkey: déportations de prisonniers, la pratique courante
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Europe
Middle East
Justice
Turkey
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Syria: "On dort l'un sur l'autre" : plongée au cœur d'une prison de jihadistes au Kurdistan syrien (vidéo)
News
Middle East
Overcrowding
Syria
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Middle East
Violence
Religion
Lebanon
Incarceration centers across the MENA region are known for their lawlessness and tendency to act as incubators for the reinforcement and hardening of ideologies and violent behaviors. Roumieh Prison in Lebanon is no exception.
Source — European Eye on Radicalisation
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