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Myanmar: student activists, journalists being mistreated in Insein prison, say family members
Relatives of seven young detainees say they are at risk
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Myanmar: after a year of silence, 7 political prisoners confirmed killed in Insein prison
Authorities at Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison shot seven
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Myanmar : les tribunaux de la junte ont prononcé 65 condamnations à mort
Des procès à huis clos devant des tribunaux militaires violent le droit à
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Myanmar: political prisoners in Myitkyina get an extra three and a half years behind bars for prison riot
The 13 prisoners have been held in solitary
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Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi y otras personas, detenidas en el golpe militar en curso
“La detención de Aung San Suu Kyi, de altos cargos y de otras
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Myanmar: condenan a dos años de prisión a uno de los líderes de la Liga nacional para la democracia de Suu Kyi
Aung Moe Nyo, uno de los líderes de la
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This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
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Exclusive footage obtained by the Guardian has revealed the stark concrete camps being built for the Rohingya on a sediment island in Bangladesh, as part of a controversial plan to relocate hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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Bangladesh has developed a biometric-enabled prisoner database management system in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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One-fifth of Hong Kong’s prison population is female, the highest proportion of any major country in the world. Activists say local laws are stacked against women, in particular foreign women.
Global Prison Trends 2020
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Over 11 million people are held in prisons worldwide. Many face substandard detention conditions. Sentences keep getting longer, in underfunded justice systems. PRI has published its annual report on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment: Global Prison Trends 2020.
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Some people fear death every morning. Others are sentenced to death in countries that no longer carry out executions. At least 483 executions were documented in 2020. Prison Insider publishes an overview of practices in nine countries that have not abolished the death penalty.