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Equateur : le pays déclare "l'état d'urgence" dans ses prisons

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South America Protest Overcrowding Violence Ecuador

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Argentina: ratas, comida podrida y heridos de “guerra”: las imágenes del abandono en las cárceles de la provincia de Buenos Aires

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South America Health Material conditions Overcrowding Torture Violence Argentina

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Marruecos: presos saharauis denuncian "deplorable" situación en cárceles marroquíes

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Africa Foreign prisoners Long-term prisoners Torture Violence Morocco

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Ecuador: Guillermo Lasso decreta cuatro medidas urgentes para combatir la violencia en las cárceles

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South America Discipline Violence Ecuador

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España: la violencia de género, tercera causa de ingreso en prisión

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Women Europe Violence Spain

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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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Italia: Italia investigará sus cárceles tras la difusión de un vídeo que exhibe las palizas de oficiales a los presos

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Europe Torture Violence Italy

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Syrie : les prisonniers du régime, un business juteux pour les escrocs, face à des familles désespérées

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Middle East Health Death penalty Torture Violence Syria

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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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Yemen: detainees tortured and arbitrarily detained for years then forced into exile upon release

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Pre-trial detention Foreign prisoners Middle East Access to legal rights Torture Violence Yemen
The report, Released and Exiled: Torture, unfair trials and forcible exile of Yemenis under Huthi rule, is an in-depth investigation into the experiences of a minority of non-fighters, including journalists, political opponents and Baha’i religious minority members, who were released as part of political…

Source — Amnesty International

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France : en prison, on se suicide dans l’indifférence

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Europe Mental health Suicide Violence France

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Guatemala: sangriento motín en cárcel de Guatemala deja siete reos decapitados

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Guatemala

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España: cuatro de las 12 operaciones contra el yihadismo en 2021 en España tuvieron lugar en cárceles

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Europe Protest Violence Religion Spain

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Colombia: octava jornada de protestas mientras organizaciones denuncian cerca de 40 fallecidos

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South America Protest Violence Colombia

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Colombia: por qué el país está en un escenario sin precedentes

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South America Protest Violence Colombia

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Malta: inmate claims solitary confinement retribution after speaking out on ‘campaign of terror’ in prison

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Europe Long-term prisoners Justice Material conditions Torture Violence Malta
A prisoner who initiated judicial proceedings over what he describes as systematic terror inside the Corradino Correctional Facility, now claims to have been placed in solitary confinement in a fresh court application. Brian Vella, 41, said in a court application filed on Monday that he has been banned…

Source — Malta today

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Russia: Daghestani and Azerbaijani inmates sew mouths shut in Russia prison hunger strike

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Asia Health Material conditions Protest Torture Violence Russia
The protest in the prison in western Russia involved three people from the Russian republic of Daghestan and an Azerbaijani native. Their relatives told Caucasian Knot that inmates were confined to punishment cells without justification and even threatened with torture for expressing dissatisfaction…

Source — OC media

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Kazakhstan: two inmates in Kazakh prison swallow spoons to protest conditions

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Asia Material conditions Suicide Violence Kazakhstan
The regional State Penitentiary Service said on April 25 that the incident had taken place four days earlier, adding that the two inmates were provided with medical assistance and their “current health state is satisfactory.” Inmates in Kazakhstan’s penitentiaries often maim themselves to protest brutality…

Source — Radio free Europe

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