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Tension rises in Israeli prisons

Published on: January 17, 2023
08:40

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Ramallah, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The punitive policies adopted recently by the Israel Prison Service (IPS) against Palestinian prisoners will cause an explosion, warned an official source.

U.S.: Sexual abuse rampant in federal prisons – investigation finds

Published on: December 13, 2022
15:11

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) Inmates in at least two-thirds of federal prisons were victims of sexual violence by Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) staff and officials during the last decade.

Israel arrested more than 750 Palestinian minors in 2022

Published on: November 19, 2022
08:35

By: Pavel López Lazo

Ramallah, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) Israeli security forces arrested more than 750 Palestinian children and adolescents since the beginning of 2022, an NGO denounced Saturday.

Foreign detainees being held in jail despite completing sentences

Published on: October 13, 2022
16:09

By: Pavel López Lazo

London, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) As many as 600 foreign detainees are being held for long periods in jail despite completing sentences for their crimes, a review by the prison watchdog has found.

Haiti: Dozens of inmates starve to death in prisons

Published on: September 29, 2022
13:50

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) The Office for the Protection of the Citizen (OPC) on Thursday condemned that at least 12 inmates died in prison in just one month, a situation described as catastrophic in Haiti's prison conditions.

Uruguayan parliamentary recognizes bad conditions in prisons

Published on: September 19, 2022
09:48

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Montevideo, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) There are 26 penitentiary centers in Uruguay, and "the conditions are very bad" in a third of them, acknowledged parliamentary commissioner Juan Miguel Petit.

Over 4,600 Palestinians held in Israel prisons

Published on: September 12, 2022
16:25

By: Pavel López Lazo

Ramallah, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) More than 4,600 Palestinians are currently imprisoned in Israeli jails, including 180 minors and 32 women, the Commission for Prisoners and Former Prisoners, Palestinian Prisoners' Society, Addameer Prisoners' Human Rights and Support Association and Wadi Hilweh Information Center condemned.

Death toll rises in Haitian prisons

Published on: September 8, 2022
08:09

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Port-au-Prince, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Seventeen inmates died this year in the Jacmel civilian prison, four of them last week, denounced the Makaya Society, a human rights defense organization.

1,000 Palestinian prisoners to start hunger strike in Israel

Published on: August 30, 2022
08:03

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Ramallah, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) A thousand Palestinian prisoners will begin an indefinite hunger strike next Thursday as part of the battle to demand that the Israeli authorities comply with the agreements reached in June.

Palestinian prisoners gather support for their rights

Published on: August 23, 2022
08:40

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Ramallah, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) Palestinians imprisoned in Israel announced that they will continue with a wave of protests, which will include indefinite hunger strikes, unless Tel Aviv complies with the agreements made.

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