July 23, 2017 Over 2,300 Iranian children live in prison News Middle East Iran Over 2,300 children live in prison in Iran with their mothers, a member of parliament said July 23. Mohammad Javad Fathi said that the high statistics of prisoned women in Iran is a sensitive and serious issue.
July 14, 2017 Turkey: inside Erdogan’s prisons News Europe Middle East Turkey I have been a member of Turkish Parliament representing Istanbul for the opposition Republican People’s Party for the past six years. It has forced me to become a specialist in the Turkish prison system as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (A.K.P.) government has increa…
July 10, 2017 Syria : prison de Hama, les détenus prennent le contrôle News Middle East Syria This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
June 25, 2017 The danger of Yemen's secret prisons News Middle East Yemen Black sites in the war-ravaged country help ensure that it will remain fertile ground for terrorists for years to come.
June 25, 2017 Iran: leader pardons 1 049 prisoners on Eid al-Fitr News Middle East Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, has pardoned or commuted prison terms of 1,049 convicts found guilty by various Iranian courts. The pardon was granted at the request of the country’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on the occasion of Eid al-Fit…
June 23, 2017 Egypt: 502 prisoners pardoned for Eid al-Fitr News Africa Middle East Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 502 prisoners, on Friday, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
June 21, 2017 Iran: 40,000 inmates granted amnesty in one year News Middle East Iran Iran’s Judiciary spokesman, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’I, says nearly 40,000 prisoners in Iran have been granted amnesty in a one-year period.
June 20, 2017 Kuwait: the country grants amnesty to Ethiopians prisoners News Africa Middle East Kuwait Amir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has granted amnesty for Ethiopians convicted of various judicial sentences and currently in prison in that country, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday in a statement.
June 17, 2017 Egypt: Egyptian court recommends death penalty for 30 over assassination of prosecutor News Africa Middle East Egypt A Cairo criminal court on Saturday recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Egypt’s top prosecutor, the most senior state official killed by militants in recent years.
June 15, 2017 Iran: parliamentary committee blocks security agencies' attempts to significantly delay death penalty amendment News Middle East Iran A Parliamentary committee in Iran has blocked an attempt by security agencies to delay for a year a parliamentary vote on an amendment that could drastically reduce death penalty sentences for drug-related crimes. “Unfortunately, some security and government agencies wrote a letter requesting that…
June 15, 2017 Turkey: jail sentence to UN judge Aydin Sefa Akay News Europe Middle East Turkey A Turkish court has sentenced top UN judge Aydin Sefa Akay to more than seven years in jail over alleged ties to a group blamed for a failed coup attempt. The UN war crimes court in The Hague says the move is illegal.
June 14, 2017 Israel: see inside Israel's only female prison News Women Middle East Israel In Israel, there are around 25,000 men in prison. Some 14,000 of these are convicted on criminal charges. The rest are incarcerated on security-related charges – and are mostly Palestinian. In comparison, there are just 200 women in prison in the Holy Land. And they’re all in one place – Neve Tirza…
May 25, 2017 Iran: 333% increase of prison populace in 30 years News Middle East Overcrowding Iran Iran’s penitentiary chief refers to a 333 percentage increase in prisoner figures between 1985 and 2017. Accordingto Tasnim agency, Asghar Jahangiri said on Monday that Iran holds the second place for prison population among Islamic countries and 6th among Asian countries. Saying that Iran’s world…
May 20, 2017 Turkey: nine percent overcapacity in prisons forces inmates to sleep in shifts News Europe Middle East Turkey “There are currently 221,607 inmates in prisons. Prison capacity is 203,000, making them 9 percent over capacity”
May 15, 2017 Syrian crematory is hiding mass killings of prisoners, U.S. says News Middle East Death penalty Syria The United States accused the Syrian government on Monday of using a crematory to hide mass murders at a prison where thousands are believed to have been summarily executed in the nation’s civil war.
April 26, 2017 Egypt pardons 1,118 prisoners News Africa Middle East Egypt Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday signed a decree granting amnesty to 1,118 non- political prisoners on the anniversary of the liberation of Sinai, according to the country’s interior ministry.
April 25, 2017 Israeli prison allows homosexual conjugal visit for first time News Middle East Social ties Israel Tarlan Hankishayev, jailed for falsely incriminating suspect in a 2009 gay youth club shooting, wins long fight for rights
April 24, 2017 Iran abolishes death penalty for drug trafficking News Middle East Drugs Iran Iran’s Parliament has abolished the death penalty for dealers, distributors and traffickers of narcotic drugs, replacing this punishment with lifelong imprisonment.
April 18, 2017 Por qué más de mil presos palestinos están en huelga de hambre en las cárceles de Israel News Middle East Protest Israel This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
April 17, 2017 Plus de 1.000 Palestiniens détenus par Israël en grève de la faim News Middle East Protest Israel This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 17, 2017 Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel go on hunger strike News Middle East Israel Thousands of prisoners expected to join rights protest led by Marwan Barghouti that has significant political backing
April 16, 2017 Why we are on hunger strike in Israel’s prisons News Middle East Israel Having spent the last 15 years in an Israeli prison, I have been both a witness to and a victim of Israel’s illegal system of mass arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners. After exhausting all other options, I decided there was no choice but to resist these abuses by going on a…
April 15, 2017 Another 45 days: the endless uncertainty of pretrial detention in Egyptian prisons News Africa Middle East Egypt Sabry has spent 2 years in prison on terrorism charges pending trial. His detention should legally end on April 16, but will he get out ?
April 13, 2017 Turkey: le journaliste allemand Deniz Yücel se marie en prison News Europe Middle East Turkey This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
