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España: el caos se apodera de las prisiones vascas desde que las gestiona el gobierno de Vitoria
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Colombia: "en la cárcel perdí todo: mi dignidad, mis valores, mi familia"
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Colombia: la propuesta de menos cárcel refleja los fracasos de sus políticas de justicia.
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Tajikistan: autonomous region protesters denied fair trials
Dozens of residents of an autonomous region in Tajikistan detained since May 2022 protests are facing closed, unfair trials, Human Rights Watch said today. Defendants are being tried on serious charges often without access to lawyers or the evidence against them in violation of their due process ri…
Vietnam: the video blogger Do Cong Duong dies in prison
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is dismayed to learn that Do Cong Duong, a jailed independent journalist who had been extremely ill for months, died in detention last week, and calls on the international community to take action to ensure the survival of other journalists held in Vietnam’s prisons.
Syrie : des experts de l'ONU consternés par la mort d'un jeune australien dans un centre de détention
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Suisse : un collectif dénonce les conditions de vie dans les prisons genevoises
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Maroc : l'OMP alerte sur la situation alarmante au sein des prisons
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Liban : si l’État ne paie pas ses fournisseurs, les détenus de quatre prisons seront privés de nourriture
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Haïti : aggravation des conditions de détentions, 97 détenus ont trouvé la mort.
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Congo : des activistes s'insurgent contre le traitement des prisonniers au Nord-Kivu
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Ecuador: al menos 13 muertos por una nueva masacre entre reclusos en una cárcel
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Ecuador: thirteen killed in prison riot
Thirteen prisoners were killed at a prison in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo on Monday, Ecuador’s prison agency said, the latest incident of deadly jail violence in the Andean country. The government of conservative President Guillermo Lasso attributes prison violence to fights between gangs…Équateur : treize morts dans un nouvel affrontement en prison
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Liberia: Senate votes to abolish death penalty
The plenary of the Liberian Senate with a unanimous vote of 17, yesterday passed a portion of the penal code to abolish the death penalty and other capital offenses. The committee on Judiciary recommended passage of the bill for the Legislature to remove the provisions of the death penalty. In 2005…Sénégal : le décès en détention de François Mancabou génère une vague d’indignation.
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Guinea: child victims of “punitive justice”
Nordine Drici is a historian and legal expert on prisoners’ rights. He wrote an overview of the penitentiary situation in Guinea, examining access to justice in the country. This expert evaluation formed part of a training programme (under the RESPECT project) that he provided for Lawyers Without B…