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April 11, 2017

Egypt: a physician, committed to helping prisoners, imprisoned himself

Testimonial

Africa Middle East Egypt

“I was lucky, but many are beaten, raped, hung up by their hands…”

April 3, 2017

What’s going on in Turkey’s prisons?

News

Europe Middle East Turkey

Myriad allegations of rights violations in Turkish prisons have marked the aftermath of last year’s coup attempt as thousands of suspected putschists, political dissidents and journalists landed behind bars. In December, a senior UN official said torture seemed to have been “widespread” in the days…

March 28, 2017

Mahmoud al Weesi, Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

Testimonial

Middle East Israel

“When I was 18, I was arrested and accused of belonging to a terrorist organization”

March 5, 2017

France : après la prison en Syrie, elles témoignent sur scène au Vigan

News

Culture Europe Middle East France

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March 1, 2017

When murder occurs in the name of justice

Analysis Opinion

Middle East Justice Death penalty

Seven death sentences are pronounced, in the first two months of 2017, in Palestine. The Human Rights and Democracy Media Centers SHAMS published, in January 2017, a report on the use of death penalty in Palestine during 2016. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA), lead by the Hamas, issued 21 d…

February 7, 2017

Up to 13,000 secretly hanged in Syrian jail, says Amnesty

News

Middle East Syria

Thousands of other opponents of Assad died from torture and starvation at Saydnaya prison, witness reports suggest. As many as 13,000 opponents of Bashar al-Assad were secretly hanged in one of Syria’s most infamous prisons in the first five years of the country’s civil war as part of an exterminat…

February 7, 2017

Syrie : l'horrible prison de Saidnaya

News

Middle East Syria

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January 30, 2017

Turkey, Hungary and Romania drive 23% rise in ECHR applications

News

Europe Middle East

Crackdown after failed coup and prison conditions in Romania and Hungary fuel spike in human rights court applications. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s response to the attempted coup in Turkey along with poor conditions in prisons in Hungary and Romania have driven a 23% year-on-year rise in the number of a…

January 25, 2017

Kuwait hangs seven prisoners, including royal family member

News

Middle East Kuwait

Kuwait has hanged seven prisoners, including a member of the royal family and a woman convicted of killing more than 40 people, the first death sentences carried out in several years in the oil-rich emirate.

January 3, 2017

Syrie : une Syrienne raconte sa détention dans une prison du régime.

News

Middle East Syria

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January 1, 2017

Gunmen free inmates at Bahrain prison

News

Middle East Protest Bahrain

Gunmen armed with automatic rifles and pistols stormed a Bahraini prison on Sunday, killing a police officer and releasing 10 inmates convicted on terrorism charges, police said. The attack on Jaw Prison represents a significant escalation of the simmering unrest that has gripped the island nation…

December 28, 2016

In Egypt, even helping street children can land you in prison

News

Africa Middle East Egypt

“She has read a lot of books,” says Basel Hijazi about his sister Aya. “Novels do help her escape the reality she is living.” The “reality” he’s referring to, others might call a nightmare. Aya Hijazi, who turns 30 in January, has been in an Egyptian prison since May 2014.

December 27, 2016

“3000 nuits” de Mai Masri : femmes en résistance dans les prisons israëliennes

News

Culture Women Middle East Israel

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December 14, 2016

Children, Palestinians, Prisoners

Investigations

Middle East Israel

Broken childhoods. The title of the report, produced by a consortium of associations including Platform for Palestine and the League of Human Rights, is not simply a title. The reality for these minors who have been interrogated, charged and imprisoned under Israeli military law is beyond comprehen…

December 14, 2016

Children, Palestinians, Prisoners

Testimonial

Middle East Israel

Since 2000, at least 8,500 Palestinian children, that is to say between 500 and 700 per year, have been charged and detained by the Israeli military justice system. Words of child prisoners.

December 12, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : Palestinian teenager sentenced to 13 years in prison

News

Middle East Israel

Palestinian teenager Nurhan Awad was sentenced on Wednesday to 13-and-a-half years in prison for allegedly stabbing an Israeli man in Jerusalem last year.

December 12, 2016

Different detention conditions for Palestinian prisoners

Investigations

Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Torture Violence Israel

Nearly 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are incarcerated in Israeli prisons, under the military regime. The facilities are located outside of the occupied territories, in total violation of international law. Arrested for political reasons, the detainees are particularly prone to arbitrary detention, to…

December 5, 2016

Syrie : la machine à tuer des prisons de Bachar el Assad.

News

Middle East Syria

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December 5, 2016

Egypte : Les peines de prison alourdies pour lutter contre l'excision

News

Africa Middle East Egypt

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November 30, 2016

Syria: the unspeakable prisons

Investigations

Middle East Syria

November 30, 2016

Raed Al Nakshbandi, Syria

Testimonial

Middle East Torture Violence Syria

“I spent 45 days in an individual underground cell under drastic conditions and was subjected to other violent and humiliating interrogations.”

November 30, 2016

Hend Alkahwaji, Syria

Testimonial

Women Middle East Syria

“Sometimes, I sang in my cell to break the silence, not to go mad.”

November 21, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : Israël prolonge la détention sans procès d'un journaliste palestinien

News

Middle East Israel

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November 19, 2016

Liban : un concert pour les jeunes détenus illumine les murs de la prison de Roumieh

News

Middle East Lebanon

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