March 2, 2017 Naked prisoners in Philippine jail cause uproar News Asia Philippines Photos showing hundreds of prisoners in a Philippine jail sitting naked while being searched for contraband have triggered accusations of further rights abuses in President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs.
February 28, 2017 Thailand : Thai prisons violate human rights, report says. News Asia Thailand Prison conditions contravene UN treaties barring torture and stipulating minimum prisoner rights, group says. Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards with inmates routinely shackled, beaten, and stuffed into overcrowded cells, an international human rights group said. Thailand also…
February 28, 2017 Thailand: report calls for urgent prison reforms News Asia Thailand Paris, Bangkok - Thailand’s ongoing failure to enact comprehensive prison reforms has created conditions for human rights violations to be rife in its prison system, FIDH and UCL said in a new report published today. The report, titled “Behind the walls – A look at prison conditions in Thailand aft…
February 28, 2017 Thaïland: rights group says Thai prisons fall short of world standards News Asia Thailand Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards, with inmates routinely shackled, stuffed into overcrowded cells and forced to work in harsh conditions, an international human rights group said Tuesday.
February 23, 2017 Cambodia: prison numbers jump 20 percent News Asia Overcrowding Cambodia Cambodia’s already swollen prison population leapt by more than 20 percent last year, according to the Ministry of Interior’s annual report, which acknowledged the influx has caused “serious challenges” with overcrowding, and revealed one-third of inmates are in pre-trial detention.
February 22, 2017 Uzbek dissident released after 18 years in prison News Asia Uzbekistan Uzbek dissident Muhammad Bekjanov, one of the world’s longest-jailed journalists, was released from prison on Wednesday after serving 18 years in prison, his relatives and a local rights group said. Bekjanov, 63, a former editor of the opposition newspaper Erk, was sentenced to 15 years in prison i…
February 20, 2017 Singapore: families of death row inmates need longer notice of execution News Asia Death penalty Singapore Singapore has prided itself on its reputation for being tough on crime. Under our criminal justice system, the harshest and most final punishment meted out to an individual is the death penalty.
February 18, 2017 Pakistan: flawed justice system: 10% of death row convicts children News Asia Pakistan Around 10 per cent of Pakistan’s death row convicts are feared to be juvenile offenders, who have been sentenced to death in a clear violation of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000 (JJSO) and the international obligations.
February 15, 2017 Thailand: behind the wall, a look at conditions in Thailand’s prisons after the coup News Asia Justice Thailand Thailand’s prison population has steadily increased over the years and the country has the dubious distinction of having the largest prison population and the highest incarceration rate among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states.
February 14, 2017 Singapore: number of repeat offenders remains low and stable News Asia Singapore The number of former prison inmates who break the law again within two years of their release has remained low and stable, the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said on Tuesday (Feb 14).
February 13, 2017 Philippine bid to jail nine-year-olds is 'a great child violation', Unicef says News Asia Philippines Duterte’s allies have been pushing to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to nine.
February 13, 2017 Russia orders prison inmate on hunger strike to pay his own medical costs News Asia Europe Russia Rusia has ordered a prisoner to pay his own medical costs after he went on hunger strike over jail conditions, his lawyer said today, a move that could curb protests against poor treatment of convicts.
February 10, 2017 Japan: justice chief targets Juvenile Law so 18-year-olds can be charged as adults News Asia Justice Japan Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda has consulted an advisory panel about the possibility of lowering the age of criminal adulthood to 18 from 20, a move critics claim could deprive 18- and 19-year-old offenders of the rehabilitation opportunities guaranteed by the Juvenile Law.
February 10, 2017 Japan: justice chief targets Juvenile Law so 18-year-olds can be charged as adults News Asia Japan Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda has consulted an advisory panel about the possibility of lowering the age of criminal adulthood to 18 from 20, a move critics claim could deprive 18- and 19-year-old offenders of the rehabilitation opportunities guaranteed by the Juvenile Law.
February 8, 2017 Taiwan’s first solar power prison News Asia Taiwan Taiwan’s first renewable energy prison is set to begin generating power this year, with an estimated capacity of one million kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year.
February 2, 2017 Myanmar: three prisons to double their inmate capacity News Asia Myanmar (Burma) Myanmar is expanding its prison capacity in an effort to relieve chronic overcrowding pressures. New wings are set to double the size of three facilities, a prisons department official said.
January 31, 2017 Cambodia: drug campaign nets 1,000 News Asia Drugs Cambodia More than 1,000 people have been arrested in the first dozen days of the government’s drug crackdown, in what critics have labelled a heavy-handed campaign that could have unintended consequences.
January 31, 2017 Guerre antidrogue aux Philippines : possible crime contre l'humanité News Asia Drugs Philippines This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 30, 2017 Thailand separates LGBT inmates, considers segregated prison News Asia Thailand Theerayut Charoenpakdee was terrified when police stopped her outside a mall in Pattaya, a Thai resort famous for its sordid nightlife. A urine test on the spot revealed meth coursing through her veins.
January 19, 2017 Nepal: new bill proposes open jail News Asia Justice Nepal A parliamentary panel is close to finalizing a bill on sentencing, which envisions an open jail system for the first time in the country.
January 15, 2017 Japon : pour les vieux détenus, la prison est un refuge News Asia Japan This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 13, 2017 Nepal: 11 prisoners die within 5 months this year due to lack of treatment News Asia Nepal At least 11 prisoners have died within 5 months of this fiscal year due to lack of proper medical treatment and government hospitals failing to provide free treatments of the inmates.
January 10, 2017 USA : president Obama’s parting reminders on criminal justice reform News Asia United States Last week, President Obama surprised criminal justice reformers with an article in the Harvard Law Review on The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform. While the President spends more of the article summarizing his efforts to reform the criminal justice system than sharing an analys…
January 6, 2017 Chine : Enfermé vingt-trois jours dans une prison secrète, il livre un récit glaçant News Asia China Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.
