Widespread use of torture, deaths in police custody, dismal prison conditions—it's time for Kyrgyzstan to take action on the rampant abuses within its justice system.
Posts Tagged “criminal justice”
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In the small town of Malindi, Kenya, women who use drugs will never receive the services they deserve until the community listens to their needs.
Posted in: Africa, Education & Youth, Health, Rights & Justice
Topics: citizenship, criminal justice, drug policy, drug treatment, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, human rights, Kenya, malaria, Malindi, needle exchange, police abuse, pregnancy, public health, sex workers, statelessness, Umra Omar, women
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How many American children are suspended or expelled from school in their middle and high school years? Who are these students, and what happens to them?
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In Georgia, aggressive efforts to incarcerate indigent parents are often focused on the poorest of the poor, rather than on those parents of means who simply choose not to pay child support.
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Cambodia's new drug law has human rights groups concerned that the country's abusive practices toward drug users will intensify.
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New legislation allows for suspects in serious crimes to be held by police for up to 48 hours without access to defense counsel, and for up to 5 days without court review.
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Europeans may be surprised to hear that basic rights, such as the right to a lawyer or a phone call, are only now being debated at the European level. Yet at the moment many countries in the region fail to provide them.
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New York governor Andrew Cuomo has announced he is pulling the state out of the mass deportation program known as Secure Communities.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on California prisons provides policymakers with the opportunity to correct misguided sentencing policies and, in the process, to produce more effective public safety outcomes.
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