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November 30, 2016

Raed Al Nakshbandi, Syria

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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 24, 2016

Brazil: report of the Subcommittee on prevention of torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

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Torture Brazil

Visit to Brazil undertaken from 19 to 30 October: observations and recommendations addressed to the State party.

November 18, 2016

South Africa: prison torture chamber exposed on camera

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Torture South Africa

Torture and assault of prison inmates has been exposed in CCTV footage.

November 1, 2016

Russia : jailed activist alleges torture, threats in prison letter

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

A jailed Russian opposition activist has accused a prison warden of overseeing the systematic torture of inmates and of threatening to kill him, allegations made in a desperate letter to his wife that he asked her to publish to save his life.

November 1, 2016

Russia activist Ildar Dadin accuses prison of torture

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

Russian officials are investigating claims that a well-known opposition activist has been repeatedly beaten and threatened in prison. Ildar Dadin is serving two and a half years for a series of street protests. He told his lawyer that he had been strung up by his handcuffed wrists, had his head sho…

October 30, 2016

Canada: solitary confinement is pure torture. I know, I was there

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North America Discipline Torture Canada

Donald Best is an access to justice advocate and a former Toronto Police Service sergeant who spent 63 days in solitary confinement in 2013-2014.

October 13, 2016

États-Unis : révélations sur les séquelles psychiques de la torture américaine

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Torture United States

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October 13, 2016

Turquie : la torture de retour, et dans les prisons de femmes

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Women Europe Torture Turkey

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October 3, 2016

Kazakhstan : UN torture prevention body urges Kazakhstan to enhance prisoner rehabilitation

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Asia Torture Kazakhstan

The United Nations’ torture prevention body has urged Kazakhstan to focus more on the rehabilitation of prisoners rather than punishment, as part of efforts to ensure that people deprived of their liberty are protected against torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. “We note that Kazakhs…

September 14, 2016

Italy : the "torture room" in Poggioreale prison

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Torture Violence Italy

“Room Zero” is known as one of the worst places to be sent if you are an inmate of the jail in Poggioreale, Naples. Officially this room is an isolation room; unofficially, “Room Zero” is a torture chamber. An investigation has been launched into the crimes allegedly committed by 23 people (22 pris…

August 30, 2016

Ukraine : la torture dans les prisons secrètes

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Europe Torture Ukraine

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July 24, 2016

Turquie : des détenus ont été torturés, selon Amnesty International

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Europe Torture Violence Turkey

L’organisation de défense des droits de l’homme Amnesty International a affirmé dimanche 24 juillet avoir réuni des «preuves crédibles» attestant de cas de torture de détenus dans des centres de détention en Turquie après la tentative de coup d’Etat du 15 juillet.

July 24, 2016

Turkey : independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations

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Asia Europe Middle East Torture Violence Turkey

Amnesty International has gathered credible evidence that detainees in Turkey are being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, in official and unofficial detention centres in the country.

July 22, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : la torture d’enfants hante toujours Israël

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Middle East Torture Israel

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July 21, 2016

Ukraine’s security services and rebels are said to be equals in torture

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Europe Torture Ukraine

A report by two leading human rights groups released on Thursday accuses Ukraine’s Western-backed security services of practicing abuse and torture in a manner similar to that of the rebel groups they are fighting.

July 21, 2016

Eastern Ukraine : arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, and torture

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Europe Torture Violence Ukraine

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch investigated in detail nine cases of arbitrary, prolonged detention of civilians by the Ukrainian authorities in informal detention sites and nine cases of arbitrary,prolonged detention of civilians by Russia-backed separatists. This report details cases…

July 14, 2016

Cameroun : conditions de détention effroyables, voire tortures à mort, pour plus de 1,000 personnes accusées de soutenir Boko Haram

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Africa Material conditions Torture Violence Cameroon

En raison de la surpopulation qui règne dans la prison de Maroua, jusqu’à huit détenus y meurent chaque mois. Plus de 100 personnes, dont des femmes, ont été condamnées à mort par des tribunaux militaires.Les attaques de boko haram au Cameroun ont fait près de 500 morts en 2015.

July 12, 2016

Vietnam : Amnesty International dénonce les conditions de détention inhumaines

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Asia Material conditions Torture Vietnam

Le Vietnam serait l’un des pays les plus fermés d’Asie, notamment sur ce qui se passe dans ses prisons. Un rapport d’Amnesty International dénonce des conditions de détention inhumaines : disparitions forcées, tortures, privations de soins médicaux. Les principales victimes sont des prisonniers d’o…

June 28, 2016

Mexico : torture and sexual abuses on women detainees

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Central America and the Caribbean Torture Violence Mexico

Amnesty International has published a chilling dispatch dated 28 June 2016. One hundred female detainees, interrogated by the NGO, have reported being subjected to torture, sexual abuse or other acts of aggression by police officers eager to obtain confessions in order to inflate the numbers of the…

June 8, 2016

Chile: informe del subcomité para la prevención de la tortura y otros tratos o pena crueles, inhumanos o degradantes

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Torture Chile

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May 26, 2016

U.N. suspends torture inquiry in Ukraine

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Europe Torture Ukraine

A group of United Nations inspectors investigating allegations of torture in Ukraine has suspended its work, the team’s leader said this week, citing a lack of cooperation from government security services.

May 17, 2016

En Tunisie, l’ombre de la torture est de retour

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Africa Torture Tunisia

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May 12, 2016

Romania : UN torture prevention experts urge Romania to tackle prison overcrowding

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Overcrowding Torture Romania

Romania has made progress in improving conditions of detention in the country but much remains to be done, including reducing overcrowding in prisons and other places where people are deprived of their liberty, UN experts have said.

July 5, 2015

Conditions inhumaines des détenus béninois : Michel ADJAKA dénonce la mauvaise foi du gouvernement

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Africa Material conditions Torture Benin

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