COVID-19 In Prisons : All

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Peoples Dispatch
Widespread Condemnation of Israeli Raids and Arrests of Palestinian Leaders, Activists
03 Nov 2020
Organizations have called for the swift and unconditional release of all the Palestinian leaders and activists arrested in the late night raids on Monday, while also demanding freedom for all…
Equipe Media
Saharawi Activist Mahfouda Bamba Lefkir, “I Left the Small Prison Just to Enter the Big One”
02 Jul 2020
After six month imprisonment for a politically-motivated charge, Saharawi Human rights activist Mahfouda Bamba Lefkir enjoys only partial freedom.
Peoples Dispatch
Israeli Forces Arrest Several Palestinians in Occupied Territories
03 Jun 2020
Though Israel regularly arrests Palestinians and keeps them under illegal detention for months, the number of such arrests have risen in the last couple of months.
Peoples Dispatch
Víctor Polay: Incarceration in a Peruvian Naval Base
06 May 2020
The political prisoner has spent the past two decades in complete isolation in a special penitentiary center on a Naval Base in Peru. Amid the spread of COVID-19 the incarcerated population is…
Mario de los Santos
Behind the Bars of Coronavirus: Two Colombian Social Leaders Speak from Prison
25 Apr 2020
Two Colombian social leaders in preventive custody talk about how the prison crisis and the coronavirus pandemic is affecting them.
Peoples Dispatch
Turkish Parliament Approves Law for Prisoners’ Release Amid COVID-19 Crisis
15 Apr 2020
The law passed by the Turkish parliament on April 14 enables the government to sanction the release of certain categories of prisoners in order to decongest jails and contain the risk of them turning…
Voces en Lucha
“No Prison in Colombia Can Deal with Coronavirus, if They Leave Us Here We are Facing the Death Penalty”
06 Apr 2020
Julián Gil, social leader of Congreso de los Pueblos, talks from prison about the danger faced by thousands of inmates amid the coronavirus pandemic.