Editorial
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Cuba : las dramáticas condiciones de detención en las que está José Daniel Ferrer
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Suisse : à Genève, la grève des gardiens de prison fâche les familles de détenus
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Équateur : onze blessés lors de nouveaux "affrontements" dans une prison
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DRC: "psychologically, I am no longer human’ – life after 20 years on death row"
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"Abolishing the death penalty is a universal fight”
The fight to end capital punishment is far from over but progress continues to be made. Over a thousand attendees are expected to converge on the German capital in November 2022 for the 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty. The assembly aims to unite individuals around the global issue of a…
Russia: Brit POW Shaun Pinner was electrocuted and forced to listen to ABBA for 24 hours during torture sessions
Hostage Shaun Pinner was electrocuted, stabbed, subjected to a mock execution and forced to listen to ABBA during his time in captivity.The ex-British Army soldier had to endure Mamma Mia over and over during 24-hour music torture sessions.Ecuador: UN Torture Prevention Body to visit the country amid prison crisis
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit Ecuador from 25 September to 1 October 2022 in light of recent prison riots and violence.Rights experts from the SPT were alarmed by the ongoing violence within Ecuador’s prison system, which has led to the death of hundreds of inmates i…
Ukraine : battu, poignardé, un Britannique capturé par l'armée russe raconte son calvaire
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Russia: arbitrary detentions and forcible conscriptions of peaceful protesters
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre (HRDC Memorial) strongly condemn the crackdown following nationwide protests across Russia on 21 September to oppose “partial mobilisation” announced by Vladimir Putin. Mass arbitrary arrests of peaceful d…Panama : recyclage en détention, réinsertion en conditionnelle
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Haïti : 145 prisonnières s’évadent d’une prison
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Congo : conditions de vie terribles dans la prison de Mbujimayl
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Guinée équatoriale : la peine de mort abolie
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