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July 3, 2017

Political police torture in Caracas (Venezuela)

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South America Torture Violence Venezuela

Electric shocks, beatings, waterboarding, asphyxiation with chemicals… A report denounces these practices.

June 20, 2017

France, prison de Perpignan : encore des surveillants de prison agressés par un détenu

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Europe Protest Violence France

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June 15, 2017

Seeing red.

Violence France

Riots, mutinies, and hostage-takings follow each other without any explanation being provided for the motivations that led to their commission. A soft litany serves to quietly introduce a basic idea: prisoners should keep quiet and stay right where they are; preferably longer than expected. They ha…

June 5, 2017

Russia : Russian Interior Ministry ordered to pay $1,200 to man tortured by police

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Asia Europe Torture Violence Russia

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan has ordered Russia’s Interior Ministry to pay 70,000 rubles ($1,200) to a man tortured in a police office, lawyer Andrey Suchkov told RAPSI on Monday.

June 3, 2017

Brésil : mort de sept adolescents lors d'une émeute dans une prison

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South America Protest Violence Brazil

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May 31, 2017

India: why death penalty is not the answer to sexual violence in India

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Asia Violence India

The death penalty is a distraction from the real measures that India needs to take to protect women’s rights to safety, writes Gopika Bashi of Amnesty International. Earlier this month in the Rohtak district of India’s northern state of Haryana, two men were arrested after the body of a young Dalit…

May 27, 2017

Côte d'Ivoire : Décès et détention des prisonniers politiques , Georges Armand OUEGNIN met Ouattara face à ses responsabilités

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Africa Violence Côte d’Ivoire

Le lundi 22 mai 2017, toute la Côte d’Ivoire s’est réveillée, triste de constater le décès, enchaîné sur un lit d’hôpital, du Maréchal des logis ASSI KOUATCHI, prisonnier politique incarcéré et détenu à la Maison d’Arrêt et de Correction d’Abidjan (MACA), depuis 2012, pour « atteinte à la sure…

May 21, 2017

Australia: 'huge frustration' as prison overcrowding sparks violence concerns

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Oceania Overcrowding Violence Australia

Staff at the state’s largest prison are meeting on Monday to address frustrations and fears over prisoner violence amid rapidly increasing overcrowding.

May 15, 2017

New-Zealand: teens in youth prison allege abuse cover-up

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Violence New Zealand

Teenage boys at a youth prison told visiting watchdogs how staff hit them “on the body where it won’t mark” during fight clubs held away from CCTV cameras.

May 15, 2017

Papua New Guinea mass jailbreak: suspects awaiting trial among 17 shot dead

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Africa Protest Violence Papua New Guinea

Killings take place in the Pacific nation’s second largest city of Lae after 77 people break out of notorious Buimo jail

May 15, 2017

New-Zealand: youth residences violent, bleak and prison-like

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Violence New Zealand

A report into youth residences has uncovered allegations of regular bullying, fight clubs and a “determination” to stay quiet about serious violence and abuse.

May 15, 2017

Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée: 17 détenus abattus lors d'une évasion massive

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Africa Protest Violence Papua New Guinea

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May 14, 2017

Côte d'Ivoire : cinq blessés et un mort à Bouaké, sous contrôle des soldats mutins

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Africa Protest Violence Côte d’Ivoire

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April 24, 2017

Italy offers a glimpse of the international concern over violent extremism in prisons

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Violence Italy

During a phone conversation intercepted by Italian police, one prison inmate’s wife told her husband in no uncertain terms how incarceration was changing him for the worse.

April 24, 2017

Québec : plus de violence et de suicides en prison

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Suicide Violence Canada

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April 13, 2017

Chad: attack on prisoner convoy kills 10

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Violence Chad

At least 10 people were killed in Chad in an attack against a convoy carrying prisoners, security sources have said.

April 12, 2017

Tchad : le massacre prémédité des prisonniers tués hier ?

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Africa Violence Chad

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April 11, 2017

La peine de mort recule de 37 % depuis 2015

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Death penalty Violence

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April 5, 2017

Spain: el 'motín' de los funcionarios de prisiones

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Europe Violence Spain

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April 4, 2017

Australia: treatment of young offenders moved to Barwon prison akin to torture, former head of youth jail education says

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Oceania Torture Violence Australia

The former chief of Victoria’s youth jail schooling system claims the State Government misled the public over the use of Barwon adult maximum security prison to jail young offenders — who he says are being treated in a manner he equates to “torture”.

April 3, 2017

Inmates hurl stones in rare riot at prison in Rwandan capital

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Africa Protest Violence Rwanda

Inmates protesting living conditions at Gasabo prison in the Rwandan capital of Kigali hurled stones over the prison’s walls on Monday, damaging nearby houses and disrupting traffic, residents and officials said.

March 31, 2017

Mise en lumière du recours à la détention pratiqué par la Hongrie, alors que le Sous-comité des Nations Unies pour la prévention de la torture conclut sa visite

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Europe Torture Violence Hungary

Hungary should immediately address the excessive use of detention, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Friday at the end of an 11-day visit to the country.

March 29, 2017

Mexico : deux morts dans l'émeute d'une prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Mexico

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March 28, 2017

United States : le Texas sous-évalue les handicaps mentaux pour condamner à mort

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Violence United States

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