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Bielorrusia: mas autoridades impulsan actuaciones penales masivas contra cientos de manifestantes pacíficos

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Protest Violence Belarus

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Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Le calvaire des femmes incarcérées pendant la pandémie de COVID-19

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Coronavirus Women Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Social ties

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Source: Global voices

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France: l’indignité des conditions de détention provisoire comme motif de mise en liberté

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Pre-trial detention Europe Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions France

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Source: Le club des juristes

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Egipto: cientos de legisladores y legisladoras de la UE y EE. UU. instan al presidente Abdel Fattah al Sisi a que excarcele a presos y presas de conciencia en Egipto

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Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Arabia Saudí: el Women20 debe exigir la liberación de las activistas saudíes encarceladas

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Source: Amnistía Internacional

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United States: advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
Detainees in Texas’ juvenile prisons suffer from frequent physical and sexual abuse, inadequate mental healthcare and high rates of staff turnover, two youth advocacy groups wrote in a federal complaint Wednesday. The rights of the hundreds of youths detained in five secure facilities around the st…

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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West Bank: thirty detainees join hunger strike in Ofer prison

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The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that thirty detainees held in Ofer Israeli detention center has launched a hunger strike in solidarity with Maher al-Akhras, who continues his strike for the 80th consecutive day. The PPS stated that the thirty detainees started the strike on Wed…

Source: IMEMC news

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France : feu vert à la nomination de Dominique Simonnot comme Contrôleuse générale des prisons

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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Source: Libération

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Argentina: advierten por los riesgos de contagio en las cárceles debido a la sobrepoblación

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Source: La Nación

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Venezuela: denuncian violación de DDHC a reclusos en la subdelegación Cicpc Las Acacias

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Pre-trial detention South America Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties Venezuela

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Source: Una ventana a la libertad

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Estados Unidos: la paradoja de la pena de muerte

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Source: Amnistía internacional

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France: la journaliste Dominique Simonnot nommée contrôleuse générale des prisons

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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Source: Libération

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France: le Conseil constitutionnel exige une loi pour faire respecter la dignité humaine en prison

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Pre-trial detention Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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Source: Le Monde

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France: des kits d'hygiène féminine distribués gratuitement aux détenues de la maison d'arrêt de Nîmes

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Source: France 3

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United Kingdom: lockdown conditions leave prisoners at risk of serving longer sentences

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Lockdown conditions in prisons have effectively ended opportunities for prisoners to take part in rehabilitation activities and progress in their sentences. For the nearly 11,000 prisoners serving indeterminate sentences (9,000 unreleased; 2,000 recalled), this could lead to them spending significa…

Source: Prison reform trust

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United States: conditions at South Carolina juvenile facility unconstitutional

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile commitment facility, violated the juveniles’ Fourteenth Amendment…

Source: Prison legal news

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Bangladesh: hay que liberar a cientos de trabajadores y trabajadoras migrantes en detención arbitraria

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Work Bangladesh

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Source: Amnistía Internacional