Tag: prisons
The former head of a Syrian prison is charged with torture in the United States | News in brief
Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, 72, is also accused of lying to immigration officials about his time as the prison’s director. The former director of a prison in Damascus, Syria, has been…
The horror of Syrian prisons is revealed: torture, massacres… What has been discovered is beyond belief
Saydnaya prison in Syria, the scene of the regime’s worst abuses, was liberated by rebels from the HTS group. Stories from associations and former prisoners describe the hell experienced by…
Assad even held children captive – this is the torture center known as “Slaughterhouse”. Foreign countries
Relatives who arrived at the prison suspect that there are still prisoners lurking underground in secret cells. The story tells about the al-Assad regime’s torture methods. This may shock you.…
Men, women and children freed from al-Assad’s notorious prisons | News in brief
Among the released prisoners is a pilot who managed to spend 43 years in prison. Prisoners who languished in notorious Syrian prisons for years have been released after al-Assad’s regime…
Barnier Government: Retailleau has a plan for prisons, first tensions between ministers
11:19 – Bruno Retailleau intends to “have the courage of firmness” “Restore order”. Or the watchword of Bruno Retailleau, heard several times during his handover of power with Gérald Darmanin,…
Organization: In Venezuela, hundreds of people sent to notorious prisons after disputed elections | News in brief
According to the organization that reported on the transfer of those arrested, none of those transferred to prisons have been allowed to contact their families or lawyers. In Venezuela, more…
British prisons are reeling – emergency measures are in place
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Archive image from Huntercombe prison near Henley-on-Thames in England. Photo: AP/TT Hundreds have been sentenced in connection with this summer’s violent riots in Britain. Now…
Human rights organization: Israel’s prisons have become a network of torture camps – minister is proud of prison conditions | Foreign countries
The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem paints a grim picture of prison conditions in Israel. Sexual violence and beatings against Palestinian prisoners is a daily occurrence. Israeli TV channel 12…
ICRC: “Since 7 October we have not had access to Israeli prisons”
75 years ago, on August 12, 1949, the signing of the Geneva Conventions established International Humanitarian Law. Mirjana Spoljaric is the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross,…
warning on overcrowding and detention conditions in the country’s eleven prisons
Benin’s prisons are overcrowded, reveals an Amnesty International report published on August 1, 2024. The NGO was authorized to visit the eleven Beninese prisons and conducted a survey of inmates…