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GENEVA (26 February 2024) – UN experts* today expressed concern at the reported critical health condition and ill-treatment in detention of Ryhor Kastusiou (Grigoriy Kostusev), a 66-year-old veteran opposition politician serving a 10-year sentence ...

The 76-page report, “‘They Don’t Treat Us like Human Beings’: Abuse of Imprisoned Women in Japan,” documents the abusive conditions in many women’s prisons in Japan. Government policies towards women in prison violate international human rights conventions and contravene international standards such as the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules of the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Mandela Rules. Prison authorities use restraints on imprisoned pregnant women, arbitrarily employ ...

Many women imprisoned in Japan suffer serious human rights abuse and mistreatment. The Japanese government should urgently adopt reforms to improve prison conditions, decriminalize simple possession and use of drugs, and provide alternatives to imprisonment.

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Brazil, with Committee Experts praising a reduction

Prison authorities say the world has moved on to restorative justice as opposed to punitive approach.

The Prime Minister, while addressing the inaugural session of the first All-India District Legal Services Authorities on July 30, expressed concern over undertrial prisoners languishing in jails for want of legal advice. He urged the judiciary to speed up the process of their release. He emphasised

'It's rude and insulting to change the name of festivals.'

Non-custodial sentencing, compared to imprisonment can give the offender an opportunity for meaningful reintegration.

Common in the village? >> reporter: you know, were only at the venues, so we can see what the athletes are doing there. i know at gymnastics, theyve been pretty good about wearing masks all the time, even in the zone when theyre talking to reporters. and there are a lot of protocols in place. theyre still not right up with the reporters. theyre about 6 feet away. according to the tokyo rules, athletes are not required to wear a mask in the mix zone if theyre 6 feet away from reporters. most gymn...

Community Service Bill will help decongest the prisons and make them more effective Stakeholders at a roundtable on the need for Ghana to consider non-custodial sentences in cases of misdemeanour, have called on Parliament to pass the Community Service Bill (non-custodial law) to help decongest the prisons and make them more effective. They also appealed to the Ministry of the Interior to exert pressure on Parliament for the passage. Referring to the Ghanaian Judicial System, they said it was ...