Prison violence

Russia, Kopeysk : the Supreme Court is considering on appeal the judgment imposing heavy sentences on detainees who have rebelled against systematic torture

Press Release 09.08.2019 The Supreme Court started on 7th of August the examination on the merits of the judgement delivered against 17 participants in a resounding protest that took place in the Kopeysk penal colony (Сhelyabinsk Region, Ural) in November 2012 …

Russia: detainees who had rebelled against systematic torture sentenced to heavy sentences

EPLN – Press-release At the end of a lengthy trial, 17 participants in a protest that took place in the Kopeysk penal colony (Ural Region) in November 2012 in response to systematic torture practices were sentenced to up to 5 …

ECHR: despite its apparent medicalization, German preventive detention must be qualified as a punishment!

Aujourd’hui, la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (CourEDH) s’est réunie pour trancher solennellement la question de savoir si la détention de sûreté applicable en Allemagne aux condamnés jugés dangereux doit être qualifiée de « peine » et, comme telle, …

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