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Haiti: Dozens of inmates starve to death in prisons

Published on: September 29, 2022
13:50

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Palestinians step up protest in Israeli prisons

Published on: February 12, 2022
10:04

Ramallah, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Palestinian prisoners in Israeli penitentiaries stepped up protests Saturday condemning punitive measures against them as well as the breach of agreements reached with Tel Aviv Prison Authority (IPS).

Israel is holding some 4,500 Palestinians in jail

Published on: February 11, 2022
08:23

Ramallah, Feb 11 (Prensa Latina) Some 4,500 Palestinians are detained in Israeli prisons, including 180 minors and 32 women, four NGOs denounced in a joint statement.

Death of four inmates in Ecuador under investigation

Published on: January 15, 2022
11:34

Quito, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) Several authorities in Ecuador are investigating today the causes and circumstances of the death of four inmates in two prisons in this South American country, which is going through a severe prison crisis.

A hundred Palestinians serve over 20 years in Israeli prisons

Published on: October 5, 2021
16:27

Ramallah, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Bahaa Yusuf Masarweh became the 100th Palestinian to serve an uninterrupted sentence of over 20 years in Israeli prisons, an authorized source denounced today.

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