The Committee for Protecting
Prisoners' Rights said that the assault, which took place in November last year, had taken place following a protest staged by the inmates.
Willow Katz, long-term
prisoners' rights, women's, LGBTIQ, and social justice activist, is a member of Sin Barras, Global Women's Strike, Haiti Action Committee, and WILPF Santa Cruz.
Ali bin Fadhl Al-Buainain, today received HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and the accompanying delegation, in the framework of establishing cooperation and exchanging expertise in the field of
prisoners' rights and the inspection of punitive and reform establishments.
It is short some 200,000 incarceration spots, according to the NGO Conectas that works on
prisoners' rights.
Members said the law wasn't clear about the role and responsibilities of ministry personnel in correctional facilities, how
prisoners' rights would be guaranteed and the powers of the minister.
The European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that the controversial sentences, which Ken Clarke as Justice Secretary announced he was scrapping last year, breached
prisoners' rights to liberty and security.
"We demand that you take a decisive stance against the Israeli violation of the
prisoners' rights", the letter said.
Liberated prisoner Bishr al-Maqt, Sidki's brother, pointed out to the procedures in the Israeli prisons, adding that the Israeli practices are flagrant violation of the
prisoners' rights.
Cases involving detainees and
prisoners' rights accounted for the second highest number of cases, 69 in total.
Haiti's understaffed prison services will benefit from nearly 300 new recruits, thanks to a United Nations-backed training program covering all elements needed for the job, from psychological understanding to respect for
prisoners' rights to knowing when to use force, reports Caribbean News Now (Sept.