Criminal convictions and more than a month in Prey Sar prison have done little to frighten the Boeung Kak 13, who yesterday vowed to keep fighting their land dispute until it is won. “We are free,” Tep Vanny said at her home in Boeung Kak. “But we remain convicted criminals.” The Court of Appeal reduced … Continue reading
MÁLAGA, Spain, Jun 20 2012 (IPS) – The closure of one of Spain’s eight immigration detention centres on Wednesday was celebrated by human rights groups, which for years have denounced the prison-like conditions in the centres. The Interior Ministry had ordered that the CIE be shut down because of the “ruinous state of the installations.” … Continue reading
A BANGLADESH court has jailed 611 border guards for their role in a bloody 2009 military mutiny, bringing the total number of soldiers imprisoned for the unrest to more than 4000. Scores of senior army officers were killed during an uprising that began when soldiers at the Bangladeshi Rifles (BDR) headquarters in the capital Dhaka … Continue reading
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/prison-diaries Mumbai-based activist Arun Ferreira kept a prison diary during his incarceration in Nagpur Central Jail. We reproduce here a shortened version of his experiences and some of the sketches he drew in prison
Mexico: Mexico Must Free Indigenous Activists Jailed On Trumped-Up Charges http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15344:mexico-mexico-must-free-indigenous-activists-jailed-on-trumped-up-charges&catid=30&Itemid=63 The Mexican authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two indigenous men imprisoned after an unfair trial in the central state of Puebla, Amnesty International said today. In a letter delivered on Tuesday to officials at Mexico’s Supreme Court – where their case has gone … Continue reading
The Parliament today approved a Bill to protect children below 18 from sexual abuse, set up special courts for speedy trial of cases against them and provide stringent punishment extending up to life term for offenders. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/parliament-passes-bill-to-protect-children-from-sexual-abuse/952483/
A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials on Monday. Inmates of three prisons, located in Colombo city, Kalutara town and in Vavuniya town, are demanding that they be charged for their crimes or be … Continue reading
Subject: Release Maudany Campaign Petition Campaign for the Release of Abdul Nasser Maudany When the Muslim spiritual leader Abdul Nasser Maudany was first arrested in 1998 and he spent nine and a half years in jail without trial. After nine and a half years, the judge told him that `you are innocent’! Those who loved … Continue reading
