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June 18, 2020 News Release

Australia: Don’t Take Immigration Detainees’ Phones

Disproportionate Response Denies Vulnerable Immigrants a Lifeline

Asylum seekers and refugees hold placards during protest against their detention at Kangaroo Point Hotel in Brisbane, Australia, amid the Covid-19 crisis.
June 10, 2020 News Release

UAE: Reported Covid-19 Prison Outbreaks

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June 6, 2020 News Release

Iran: Free Students Long in Solitary

No Access to Lawyer, Risk of Mistreatment

June 4, 2020 News Release

US: Egypt’s Ex-Prime Minister Sued for Alleged Torture

Activist Seeks Damages Linked to Rab’a Protest

Human rights activist Mohamed Soltan, an American citizen now living in Virginia, is suing former Egyptian prime minister Hazem el-Bablawi. 
May 27, 2020 News Release

Covid-19 Prisoner Releases Too Few, Too Slow

Known releases approximately 5% of global prison population

Inmates sitting in an overcrowded jail in Manila, Philippines, February 2019.
May 21, 2020 Commentary

How to Prevent Covid-19 Outbreaks in Latin America’s Prisons

Esta foto, publicada el sábado 25 de abril de 2020 por la oficina de prensa de la presidencia de El Salvador, muestra a reclusos durante una operación de seguridad llevada adelante por la policía en la prision de Izalco en San Salvador, El Salvador.
May 14, 2020 News Release

Detained Children Left Out of Covid-19 Response

Step Up Releases from Jails, Prisons

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May 12, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Kuwait

87th Pre-Session

April 29, 2020 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Partial Criminal Justice Revisions

Death Penalty Ended for Some Child Offenders, Flogging for Certain Crimes

Ali al-Nimr was one of at least three Saudi men on death row for protest-related crimes committed when they were children.
April 28, 2020 Statement

EU: Time to review and remedy cooperation policies facilitating abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya

NGOs Joint Statement

April 9, 2020 News Release

COVID-19’s Devastating Impact on Children

Governments Should Mitigate Harm, Protect Most Vulnerable

A child washing hands with anti-bacterial soap as a preventive measure against COVID-19, at Sadarghat Launch Terminal, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 27, 2020.
April 7, 2020 News Release

Gulf States: Ease Immigration Detention in Pandemic

Unwarranted Amid Health Risks, Global Travel Restrictions

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April 5, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Prisons Potential COVID-19 Epicenters

Reduce Overcrowding by Releasing Low-Risk and Vulnerable Prisoners

Members of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party are brought in a police vehicle to the appeals court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 10, 2018.
April 3, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Reduce Prison Populations to Limit COVID-19

Immediately Release Political Prisoners, Pre-Trial Detainees, High Health Risks

A member of the Yangon City and Development Committee disinfects government offices to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, March 25, 2020.
April 2, 2020 News Release

Latin America: Cut Prison Crowding to Fight COVID-19

Unsanitary Cells Prime Condition for Spreading Virus Outside Walls

Inmates point from inside of La Modelo prison in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 22, 2020.

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