"Bahrain: How Covid-19 could improves prisoners' prospects"
Unsplash Amid the outbreak of COVID-19 in Jau prison in Bahrain, we welcome the positive step taken by the government of Bahrain releasing a number of prisoners under the Alternative Penalty Law and continue to demand the release of more prisoners, especially the elderly and those with chronic diseases that place them at increased risk of severe illness from the virus, as well as prisoners of conscience who should not have been imprisoned in the first place. On 4 April 2021, The General Directorate of Reform and Rehabilitation resumed family visits to prisoners who have been vaccinat...
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