Guatemala: A country resisting, a State torturing
Geneva-Paris-Guatemala, 8 April 2022. The dismantling of the rule of law in Guatemala and the co-optation of State powers with a corrupt (...)
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Geneva-Paris-Guatemala, 8 April 2022. The dismantling of the rule of law in Guatemala and the co-optation of State powers with a corrupt (...)
What should be happening is the annulment of all the trials and the immediate and unconditional liberation of all the political prisoners.
Solitary confinement is still happening in South Africa - sometimes for protracted periods. Edwin Cameron writes why this should trigger disquiet and debate.
Is solitary confinement imposed in South Africa? The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), the prisons oversight body I head, has found so – sometimes for protracted periods.
Muslim prisoner of conscience Khasan Abdirakhimov, jailed since November 2021, awaits a new criminal trial for allegedly distributing Islamic material that the authorities claim constitutes "a threat to public security and public order". Police completed the investigation on 16 February. Abdirakhimov faces up to a further eight years' jail if convicted. Police Investigator Nurullo Norkulov, who leads the case, refused to discuss it. Abdirakhimov's wife Iroda Nekboyeva says he did not appeal against the court verdict that sent him to prison as police said he would be released soon if ...