Torture
Years in the Row
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Africa
Women
Asia
Minors
Europe
Foreign prisoners
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Death penalty
Torture
Some people fear death every morning. Others are sentenced to death in countries that no longer carry out executions. At least 483 executions were documented in 2020. Prison Insider publishes an overview of practices in nine countries that have not abolished the death penalty.
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DRC: detention conditions of people sentenced to death
Analysis
Comparative study
Africa
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
Congo - Kinshasa
Since 2003, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has observed a de facto moratorium on executions. The authorities do not release any information regarding the application of the death penalty in the country.
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Mauritania: detention conditions of people sentenced to death
Analysis
Comparative study
Africa
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
Mauritania
Mauritania has a moratorium on executions. Figures about the prisoners sentenced to death are scarce, as is information on their detention conditions. These prisoners are under the same detention regime as the rest of the prison population.
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Belarus: detention conditions of people sentenced to death
Analysis
Comparative study
Europe
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
Belarus
Belarus is the only European country where the death penalty is applied. Data relating to death sentences and executions are confidential. The time between trial and execution is very short. The country has been condemned several times for failing to respect the right to a fair trial.
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Japan: detention conditions of people sentenced to death
Analysis
Comparative study
Asia
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
Japan
No executions were recorded in Japan in 2020, for the first time since 2011. Reportedly, more than 25% of people sentenced to death are over the age of 70 and two of them have been incarcerated for over 40 years.
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Indonesia: detention conditions of people sentenced to death
Analysis
Comparative study
Asia
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
Indonesia
No execution has been recorded since 2016. The number of sentences, however, has been on the rise. Since 2014, Indonesia has increased its efforts in the war on drugs after Indonesian President Widodo described it as a “national emergency”.
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Cameroon: detention conditions of people sentenced to death
Analysis
Comparative study
Africa
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
Cameroon
Since 2014, an anti-terrorism law has led to a sharp increase in death sentences in Cameroon. Official data is lacking and is sometimes inconsistent with figures published by civil society organisations.
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Pakistan: detention conditions of people sentenced to death
Analysis
Comparative study
Asia
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
Pakistan
In 2015, Pakistan accounted for 20% of executions worldwide. However, 2020 saw a suspension of executions and a decline in sentences. Currently, there are more than 4,000 prisoners sentenced to death awaiting execution.
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Malaysia: detention conditions of people sentenced to death
Comparative study
Asia
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
Malaysia
In 2018, Malaysia had a change in government for the first time since its independence. The new administration has committed to abolishing the death penalty for all crimes. Malaysia has had a moratorium on executions since this date.
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India: detention conditions of people sentenced to death
Analysis
Comparative study
Asia
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Social ties
India
Most prisoners sentenced to death in India have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment during their judicial process. This can take several years given the duration of the procedures.
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Colombia: Familiares de presos políticos encarcelados en La Modelo y otras cárceles denuncian torturas
News
South America
Torture
Violence
Colombia
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Ukraine : Un ancien détenu d’une prison secrète du Donbass raconte
News
Europe
Material conditions
Torture
Ukraine
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Syrie : le “piano” de la mort de la prison de Palmyre
News
Middle East
Death penalty
Torture
Syria
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Middle East
Material conditions
Death penalty
Torture
Bahrain
Use of the death penalty has increased by 600% in the last decade. Many of those sentenced to death are political prisoners. Torture and the death penalty are allegedly used as strategic tools against political opponents.
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Russia: “They’re killing us!”
News
Investigations
Burkina Faso: Humiliation of LGBTQI+ Prisoners
Testimonial
Africa
LGBTI
Material conditions
Torture
Violence
Burkina Faso
LGBTQI+ prisoners are sometimes deprived of food and water while incarcerated.
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Uruguay: Secuestro, torturas y abusos sexuales: escándalo por el caso de un recluso que denunció las terribles vejaciones que padeció en una cárcel
News
South America
Torture
Violence
Uruguay
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Russie : un lanceur d’alerte dénonce un système de viols organisés en prison
News
Europe
Torture
Violence
Russia
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Libye : des crimes contre l’humanité auraient été commis dans les prisons et contre des migrants
News
Middle East
Torture
Violence
Libya
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A very disturbing situation
Interview
Africa
Europe
Middle East
Torture
Violence
The torture and abuse of prisoners have become commonplace over the years. How did these excesses come about? A recently published report takes up this topic.
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Uruguay: escándalo por reo que denunció tortura y abuso sexual en cárcel de Montevideo
News
South America
Torture
Violence
Uruguay
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Venezuela : L’ONU accuse le système judiciaire de violations des droits de l’homme
News
South America
Justice
Torture
Violence
Venezuela
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Middle East
Material conditions
Torture
Violence
Syria
SOHR has documented the death of 47,496 civilians under torture in regime’s prisons since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, all documented by names: 47,094 men and young men, 339 children under the age of eighteen, and 64 women over the age of eighteen.
Reliable sources have informed the Syr1
Source — Syriahr
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Pre-trial detention
South America
Protest
Torture
Violence
Colombia
Since 28 April, mass demonstrations have taken place in Cali, in the framework of the “National Strike”. It was the city that saw the greatest concentration of the most serious reports of violent repression of young protesters by the security forces and armed civilian groups, and the authorities ar1
Source — Amnesty international
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