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• Belgique : Liberté religieuse et citoyenneté en prison
  7 février 2012, par siawi3

  la prison étant par définition un lieu de réclusion, il est nécessaire que l’administration pénitentiaire mette en place un certain nombre de mesures visant à assurer aux détenus l’exercice de leur culte. Impossible, en d’autres termes, sauf à bafouer les droits fondamentaux des détenus, de considérer que la prison est un lieu d’où la religion doit être absente.

• USA: Rikers Prisoners Strike: ‘Free ‘Em All, Shut Down Prisons’
  30 March 2020, by siawi3

  On March 22 two dorms at Rikers Island went on strike. Their statement reads: “Two dorms of 45 inmates at Rikers are refusing to leave our dorms for work duties or for meals. We must take these actions in protest of the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and cleaning supplies provided to inmates, the crowded living conditions imposed on us..." Those directly affected by these conditions point to things officials can do to protect the incarcerated population. When that fails to happen prisoners face no choice but to take matters into their own hands.

• UK: Barbaric Decisions: Coronavirus, Refusing Bail and Julian Assange
  31 March 2020, by siawi3

  The UK Prison Officers’ Association (POA) has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to intervene executively to reduce numbers. The head of the Prison Governors Association Andrea Albutt has warned about the dangers posed by current detention arrangements. Prisons were “epidemiological pumps”, fertile grounds for the transmission of disease, and Assange’s continued detention posed endangering circumstances “from which he cannot escape.”

• Niger: Journalist detained for coronavirus reporting
  30 March 2020, by siawi3

  In uncertain times, we need journalists reporting the truth and holding people in power to account. Together we need to ensure journalists, whistle blowers, activists and human rights defenders can continue their vital work. No one should be imprisoned for informing the public about coronavirus risks. Call for Mamane’s release now!

• India: CJP demands conversion of Goalpara detention camp into Corona Treatment Hospital
  31 March 2020, by siawi3

  “We at CJP urge the government to convert the construction site of Goalpara detention camp into COVID-19 quarantine and treatment hospital with immediate effect.”

• Iran: British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s temporary release from prison extended because of the coronavirus outbreak — under consideration for clemency
  2 April 2020, by siawi3

  What Iran does for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, UK is incapable of doing for Julian Assange ! Where is the "civilized country?

• CPJ is calling on governments to release journalists, PAS call for the release of low risk prisoners
  31 March 2020, by siawi3

  Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on world leaders to immediately release all imprisoned journalists amid #COVID19. Prisoners’ Advice Service is calling for the release of low risk prisoners and those who are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus. Please take urgent action to pressure the goverment to release Julian Assange before it’s too late.

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  2 avril 2020, par siawi3
• UK: At risk from coronavirus, Julian Assange is one of just two inmates in Belmarsh maximum-security prison held for skipping bail
  2 April 2020, by siawi3

  The figures, correct for March 11 2020, show that more than 20% of the Belmarsh prison population is held for murder, while nearly two-thirds — or 477 people — are imprisoned for violent offences. A further 16 inmates are held for offences related to terrorism, including four people who planned to carry out terrorist attacks.Twenty inmates are held for sex crimes against children. This includes four people imprisoned in Belmarsh for rape of a child under 13, with a further three jailed for making indecent photographs of a child. Thirty-seven inmates are in Belmarsh for serious sex crimes, including 14 inmates convicted of rape of a woman aged over 16. On Friday, two inmates at Belmarsh were charged with beating their cellmate to death inside the prison in February. Why does the WikiLeaks publisher continue to be held at Belmarsh?

• UK: Prisons and probation Up to 4,000 inmates to be temporarily released in England and Wales
  4 April 2020, by siawi3

  “This government is committed to ensuring that justice is served to those who break the law. But this is an unprecedented situation because if coronavirus takes hold in our prisons, the NHS could be overwhelmed and more lives put at risk. All prisoners will face a tough risk assessment and must comply with strict conditions, including an electronic tag, while they are closely monitored. "

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