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Detention and Imprisonment (187)
Jun 3 2020 11:10am
Cambodia: Reforms to tackle prison overcrowding ‘must go further and put human rights at the core of drug policy’
At the beginning of the year, Cambodia’s largest prison facility excee...
May 13 2020 9:55am
Cambodia: 'War on Drugs' is rife with torture, corruption and on brink of triggering a COVID-19 catastrophe - New Report
‘War on drugs’ has led to human rights abuses and dangerously overfill...
May 5 2020 11:03am
Cameroon: Prisons at risk of ‘becoming epicentres of the pandemic’
The Cameroonian authorities must be transparent about the spread of CO...
Apr 9 2020 1:06pm
Iran: more than 30 inmates killed by security forces during COVID-19 jail protests
Reports that security forces used live ammunition and tear gas in jail...
Apr 7 2020 4:23pm
Ethiopia: journalists and opposition politicians held in prison a week after charges dropped
The Ethiopian authorities must immediately release two journalists fro...
Mar 31 2020 2:53pm
Syria: COVID-19 'could spread quickly' in inhumane prisons
Former inmates told Amnesty they were held in cells with bodies of dec...
Mar 31 2020 10:23am
Russia: 'devastating consequences' if COVID-19 sweeps through prisons
Letter to Government agencies calls for reduction of prison population...
Mar 27 2020 4:44pm
Syria: Death by coronavirus - the latest fate awaiting Syrians
By Kristyan Benedict - @KreaseChan Coronavirus as reported by the S...
Mar 27 2020 12:36pm
Cambodia: overcrowded prisons are 'ticking time bomb'
Coronavirus could sweep through squalid prisons and drug ‘rehabilitati...
Mar 20 2020 6:30pm
Egypt: Call for release of at-risk prisoners amid coronavirus crisis
Prisoners already held in inhumane conditions in overcrowded jails ...