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Libya: UN Libya mission alarmed by reported torture footage in detention facility
The U.N. Libya mission expressed its alarm over what it said
News
Africa
ESSAU, Gambia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting in their dusty schoolyard in rural Gambia, the students shook with laughter as they watched a skit about a naive migrant embarking on the treacherous journey across Africa to Europe.
News
Africa
Justice
Torture
Violence
Libya: ICC accuses prison commander of murder and sexual violence
ICC prosecutors say Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, a former senior commander
News
Pre-trial detention
Middle East
Health
Material conditions
Libya: incarcerated people at Garnada prison dies of medical negligence
Libyan Crimes Watch has revealed the death of Faisal Awad Abshish, detained
News
Africa
Material conditions
L’ONU a dénoncé ce vendredi les conditions «épouvantables» dans les centres de détentions des migrants, dont certains sont décédés de tuberculose tandis que des centaines survivent avec des rations alimentaires minimes.
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Africa
Crises
Access to legal rights
Health
Torture
Social ties
Libya: second incident in a week, body of a Sufi sheikh found in a Benghazi prison
The Supreme Council of Sufism in Libya announced the discovery
News
Africa
Justice
Libya: judicial police, UN mission discuss prison reform and human rights
Libya’s Judicial Police Authority has held talks with the United Nations
News
Religion
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
News
Africa
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Libye : des crimes contre l’humanité auraient été commis dans les prisons et contre des migrants
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News
Middle East
Torture
Violence
recommande au Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU de prolonger d’un an le mandat de la Mission d’établissement des faits.
ONU Info
Libya
News
Africa
Overcrowding
A thorough investigation is necessary to avoid a recurrence
Algeria: seeing things from the other side
Testimonial
Africa
Access to legal rights
Testimonial
Justice
Torture
Violence
Rehabilitation
Rachid M. was imprisoned in Algeria from 1996 to 1999. After previously discussing the conditions in prison and what Ramadan is like there, he now talks about his release and his human rights activism.
News
Asia
Under the guise of exercising supervisory power over the president’s ability to use military force, Congress is considering writing Donald Trump a blank check to indefinitely detain US citizens with no criminal charges.
Europe: criminalisation of existence
Interview
Europe
Interview
Foreign prisoners
Justice
How do security policies target migrants, the economically vulnerable, or racialised individuals? A workshop examined the decriminalisation of migration and poverty and the challenges civil society faces in presenting a counter-narrative. Lawyers Without Borders reflected on the discussions.
Africa
Interview
Access to legal rights
Justice
Protest
Rehabilitation
Better conditions of imprisonment, effective prison administration and security: a new face for Tunisian prisons. Yasmine Bouagga, sociologist, answers our questions.
Africa
Opinion
Death penalty
Torture
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has written an opinion piece on the limits of moratoriums and the suffering inflicted on people sentenced to death. We reproduce it here.
Unclear fates behind bars
Interview
Africa
America
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Europe
Interview
Middle East
Oceania
”Since 2000, the overall number of pre-trial detainees has increased by 30%”. They are now up to three million people to be held awaiting trial around the world. What is the purpose of pre-trial detention? How it is used around the world?
Sudan: on the run
Testimonial
Africa
Testimonial
The Journey of Hafiz El Sudani is the story of a Sudanese refugee, Hafiz Adem, recounting his escape from En Nahud prison in Kordofan until his arrival in France. Extracts.