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From our Bureau of Socialist Respect for Human Rights with some assistance from our Bureau of Colossal Hypocrisy at the United Nations Castro, Inc. desperately wants to be seen as a benevolent defender of human rights, but at the very same time jails anyone who dares to speak freely, and also breaks the rules for

Segregation, a form of isolation, is allowed, but only up to 30 days and under strict conditions. Yet the Judicial Inspectorate’s report says prisoners are kept for months and even years in solitary confinement.

Solitary confinement: ‘Under democracy, hundreds and even thousands of inmates have been subjected to these practices,’.

Imagine being locked in a 6-foot by 8-foot closet for 22 to 24 hours a day with no access to natural light, only glaring florescent light or complete darkness. In that cramped space add a single bed, an uncovered toilet with a sink attached, and a small desk, all bolted to the concrete floor. Imagine

Bahrain should take urgent steps to address the grievances of hundreds of prisoners now on hunger strike and ensure that prisoners are treated humanely, as required under international law.

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has called for intensified efforts to secure the release of Nigerian atheist Mubarak Bala from jail. In April 2022, Bala was sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in Kano State, in Muslim-dominated Northern Nigeria after being convicted of blaspheming Islam. Nigerian atheist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in the northern state of Kano after being convicted of blaspheming Islam.

The research is clear – it’s bad for prison violence, terrible for inmates and poses increased risks for society.

Adamu* got two years for stealing in Nigeria, Denny is serving five years in Indonesia, and Lauro José dos Santos served a 12-year sentence in Brazil, but ongoing reform efforts rooted in the “Mandela Rules” and a range of UN-supported programmes are helping them and prisoners around the world get a second chance upon their release.

Mandela’s legacy thrives as todays blueprint for prisoners’ rights

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has pushed back at a damming report - sparked by the 2021 Waikeria Prison Riots - released by the Chief Ombudsman Peter B