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Prisoners in Colombia and Brazil face coronavirus pandemic alone
There are 1,297 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and four deaths in Colombian prisons (on 27 May). In Brazil 755 cases of coronavirus and 29 deaths in prisons across the country
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Solidarity keeps us alive! Campaign for the release of political prisoners
The Free Women Movement (TJA) launched a campaign with other international women organizations called “Solidarity keeps us alive” in favour of political prisoners
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MEPs label law on prisoners in Turkey “a great disappointment”
Turkish ruling parties have decided to “deliberately expose the lives of those whom they consider political opponents to the risk of the deadly COVID 19”, warn MEPs
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Revelación cartas confirman cooperación de la UE en la violación de DD.HH de emigrantes en Libia
Varias cartas hechas públicas confirman la cooperación necesaria de organismos de la UE en la detención de refugiados en alta mar por parte de la Guardia Costera de Libia, contraviniendo las resoluciones judiciales del máximo tribunal comunitario
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For Ahmet Altan – in a Turkish prison
“Wounds are so deep and painful in these countries that in order to clean those wounds you have to use your pen like a scalpel”, Ahmet Altan
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Turkey: Decision to re-arrest writer Ahmet Altan a scandalous injustice
Ahmet Altan has committed no crime. He was released last Monday, following a unanimous court decision. His three years of pre-trial detention are a travesty of justice as is the sentence imposed on him.
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Costa Rica anuncia que será candidata a elección en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas
Costa Rica, mediante declaraciones hechas por su Presidente, ha anunciado oficialmente que intentará obtener un escaño en el seno del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas
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Global Witness: 164 land and environment defenders killed in 2018
In 2018, Global Witness documented 164 killings of land and environmental defenders
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Turkish government sent Syrian refugees to Afrin
The Governorship of Istanbul announced on 22 July that the Syrian refugees not registered in the city would have to leave Istanbul in less than a month
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