Tag: prisons
Moscow is looking for informants about torture videos in Russian prisons
1/5 The former convict in Russia, the Belarusian Sergei Saweljew. 2/5 Savelyev has now applied for asylum in France. As a prisoner, he had gained access to videos shot in…
ICC prosecutor suspends investigation into torture in secret CIA prisons
A Taliban, at the top of the diving board of a disused swimming pool, at the top of the Wazir Akbar Khan hill, which dominates Kabul, on September 16. WILLIAM…
Ecuador declares “state of emergency” in its prisons
Ecuadorian soldiers near a prison in Cotopaxi province (center), Thursday, July 22, 2021. RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP After new deadly riots in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lasso decreed, Thursday, July 22,…