Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

October 14, 2022

Ecuador: seis presos heridos deja un motín en cárcel

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Ecuador

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October 14, 2022

Cuba : las dramáticas condiciones de detención en las que está José Daniel Ferrer

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Cuba

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October 14, 2022

Ireland: prison officers 'urged inmates to attack colleagues'

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Europe Violence Ireland

A Garda file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on allegations that officers in Portlaoise Prison incited some of the most dangerous prisoners in the country to attack other officers.

October 14, 2022

Iran : fears that Iran may execute LGBTQ+ activists in secret

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Middle East LGBTQI Violence Iran

Amid nationwide mass protests across Iran, human rights activists have raised concerns that the country’s judiciary system may secretly execute two female LGBTQ+ activists, who have been on death row since early September.

October 14, 2022

Argentina: human development workshops in Buenos Aires prisons

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South America Rehabilitation Argentina

This September saw the end of the second cycle of workshops on human development in the context of confinement, which has been given by a team of humanists in the prisons of the province of Buenos Aires.

October 14, 2022

Suisse : à Genève, la grève des gardiens de prison fâche les familles de détenus

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Europe Material conditions Switzerland

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October 14, 2022

Équateur : onze blessés lors de nouveaux "affrontements" dans une prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Ecuador

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October 14, 2022

DRC: "psychologically, I am no longer human’ – life after 20 years on death row"

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Africa Death penalty Torture Congo - Kinshasa

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October 14, 2022

DRC: a moratorium on the death penalty is just a stepping stone

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Africa Death penalty Torture Congo - Kinshasa

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has written an opinion piece on the limits of moratoriums and the suffering inflicted on people sentenced to death. We reproduce it here.

October 6, 2022

"Abolishing the death penalty is a universal fight”

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Culture LGBTQI Death penalty Germany

The fight to end capital punishment is far from over but progress continues to be made. Over a thousand attendees are expected to converge on the German capital in November 2022 for the 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty. The assembly aims to unite individuals around the global issue of a…

October 3, 2022

Brazil: voting rights are flouted

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Pre-trial detention South America Justice Brazil

Brazil, 2022, electoral year. The law provides that prisoners in pre-trial detention are allowed to vote. There is an ongoing legal battle for the right to vote for people in pre-trial detention.

September 30, 2022

Israel: human rights lawyer in Israeli prison goes on hunger strike

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Middle East Justice Material conditions Israel

Salah Hamouri stages protest against being imprisoned without charge for the last six months

September 30, 2022

Russia: Brit POW Shaun Pinner was electrocuted and forced to listen to ABBA for 24 hours during torture sessions

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Asia Foreign prisoners Torture Violence Russia

Hostage Shaun Pinner was electrocuted, stabbed, subjected to a mock execution and forced to listen to ABBA during his time in captivity.The ex-British Army soldier had to endure Mamma Mia over and over during 24-hour music torture sessions.

September 30, 2022

Ecuador: UN Torture Prevention Body to visit the country amid prison crisis

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Justice Facilities Ecuador

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit Ecuador from 25 September to 1 October 2022 in light of recent prison riots and violence.Rights experts from the SPT were alarmed by the ongoing violence within Ecuador’s prison system, which has led to the death of hundreds of inmates i…

September 30, 2022

Ukraine : battu, poignardé, un Britannique capturé par l'armée russe raconte son calvaire

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Asia Foreign prisoners Torture Violence Ukraine

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September 30, 2022

Russie : Alexeï Nalvany détenu dans des conditions toujours plus dures

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Asia Justice Material conditions Torture Russia

Les conditions dans lesquelles est détenu le militant politique russe Alexeï Navalny semblent empirer, selon des informations et des photos publiées récemment.

September 30, 2022

Russia: arbitrary detentions and forcible conscriptions of peaceful protesters

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Pre-trial detention Asia Violence Russia

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre (HRDC Memorial) strongly condemn the crackdown following nationwide protests across Russia on 21 September to oppose “partial mobilisation” announced by Vladimir Putin. Mass arbitrary arrests of peaceful d…

September 30, 2022

Panama : recyclage en détention, réinsertion en conditionnelle

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Central America and the Caribbean Rehabilitation Panama

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September 30, 2022

Haïti : 145 prisonnières s’évadent d’une prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Women Haiti

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September 30, 2022

Congo : conditions de vie terribles dans la prison de Mbujimayl

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Africa Material conditions Overcrowding Congo - Kinshasa

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September 26, 2022

Ukraine: news from the front lines

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Crises Europe Material conditions Torture Violence Ukraine

Half a year has passed since the beginning of the war. How has the situation evolved in prison? Vadym Chovgan (Danish Institute against Torture) accepted to update us on the recent developments. Interview.

September 22, 2022

Côte d'Ivoire: the price of freedom

Testimonial

Africa Justice Material conditions Social ties Côte d’Ivoire

David D. was imprisoned in the Abidjan prison (MACA) for 29 months, and he is still awaiting trial. This is a testimony of an arbitrary detention, amidst uncertainty and corruption.

September 21, 2022

Haïti: presos del país afrontan inanición y muerte

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Central America and the Caribbean Mental health Haiti

Cientos de privados de la libertad han muerto en las prisiones de Haití en los últimos meses debido a que los centros penitenciarios de ese país están carcomidos por la corrupción, la violencia de pandillas y los malos manejos

September 21, 2022

Kenya: why has the country not abolished the death penalty?

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Africa Death penalty Kenya

In recent months two African states have announced their intentions to abolish the death penalty Zambia and the Central African Republic.