Behind The Walls
The Deaths No One Sees
Ceasefires may halt shelling, but they rarely touch what happens behind locked doors. In this conflict, the hidden costs are only just surfacing.
Drug-Trafficking Riots & Killings in Ecuador’s Prisons
For years, Ecuador’s prisons have doubled as nerve centres for drug-trafficking groups battling for control of a trade that stretches from the Andes to the…
UN Rapporteur Demands China Protect Imprisoned Human Rights Defenders
The UN expert urged China to allow family visits, ensure adequate medical care, and clarify the whereabouts and treatment of all detained defenders.
Türk urged Iran to halt executions
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called for an immediate moratorium, citing unfair trials and secret proceedings.
Deal Imminent for Release of Elizabeth Tsurkov in Baghdad
Tsurkov is reportedly being held by the Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah, a group backed by Iran, according to Israeli officials.
Two Justice Systems: Contrasting Approaches to Prison Management in the UK and the Netherlands
Unlike the UK, where prisons are bursting at the seams, the Dutch government is actively closing facilities that are no longer necessary.
Senegal’s political detainees
Detainees include opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his chosen election candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
Huhman rights in North Korea
Salmón, who was appointed by the Human Rights Council in 2022, will present her report to the General Assembly in October this year.
“Read Your Way Out”
The programme is called “Read Your Way Out”, and has been cautiously welcomed by human rights activists, following years of violence in the so-called war…
lawyer Hammouri to be deported to France
Hammouri has been imprisoned several times previously by Israel, including a seven-year sentence between 2005 and 2011, and 13 months in administrative detention in 2017.
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