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Russie : Des prisonniers russes envoyés par dizaines de milliers sur le front ukrainien
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Belarus: Ikea subcontractors resort to forced labour in Belarus prisons
The Baggebo bookcase, the Kullen chest of drawers and the Brimness bed: all these flagship items manufactured by Ikea, the furniture giant, have something in common. Until the beginning of the war in Ukraine, they were made in one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships, Belarus.
India: Supreme Court reprieve for mentally ill man on death row
Taking into account the plight of a condemned prisoner who became mentally-ill after being kept in the solitary confinement for more than 10 years, the Supreme Court on Friday commuted his sentence to 30 years’ jail term without remission.
Venezuela : quand les caïds font des prisons de luxueuses dictatures du crime
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Égypte : Amnesty dénonce les conditions de détention dans les nouvelles prisons du pays
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Congo : les conditions de détention déplorables dans les prisons du pays
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Afghanistan : des manifestants décrivent les abus des talibans
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Narratives of mass incarceration around the globe
Dr. Dreisinger is the founder of the Incarceration Nations Network (INN), an international community that works to support, instigate and popularize prison reform efforts around the world. Prison Insider met her in Lyon during a joint screening of the docuseries. We asked her three questions in a v…
Iran: prisoners deprived of all rights
The recent events in Iran are leading to a considerable increase in the number of arrests and people detained. What are the rights of Iranian prisoners? Prison Insider is looking for information on the conditions of detention in Iranian prisons. Ehsan Hosseinzadeh, an Iranian lawyer and political r…
DRC: psychologically, I am no longer human’ – life after 20 years on death row
On January 16, 2001, the Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent-Désiré Kabila was murdered. Under pressure to find the culprits, the police arrested members of his personal guard. Lieutenant Richard Yav was among them. Richard was tortured and sentenced to death for a crime he never committ…
Argentina: debaten habeas corpus en audiencia tras denuncia de irregularidades en la cárcel de Mujeres
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Argentina: agravamiento de las condiciones de detención en la Unidad 32 de Florencio Varela
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Pakistan: submerged and forgotten
Pakistan experienced torrential rains between June and September 2022. The floods submerged a third of the country. What about prisons? Zainab Mahboob and Fakhra Irshad from Justice Project Pakistan shared with us what they know about the current situation. Interview.Iran : quatre morts dans des affrontements et un incendie au cœur de la prison d’Evin
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Russia: las autoridades penitenciarias imponen duras condiciones a Alexei Navalny
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Ecuador: seis presos heridos deja un motín en cárcel
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