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Leaked images expose overcrowding in Saudi prisons
A video filmed inside a crowded Saudi Arabian jail has surfaced on the Internet, angering activists who decry prisoners’ living conditions. Our Observer, an activist who has spent time in Saudi jails, says the situation has been getting worse. Read more...
Hit, kicked and bruised: beatings at Russian women’s prison caught on video
Video shows former Gbagbo aides humiliated in Ivory Coast jail
Massive military operation struggles to tame rowdy prison
Syria’s apparent new scare tactic: arresting, torturing and then releasing protesters
How far is too far? Artist jailed for frying eggs on Kiev eternal flame
'Generation Wave' youths challenge Burmese junta
The Burmese opposition is gearing up ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in November. A Young Burmese man told us how he and other activists are expressing their dissatisfaction with the ruling junta through rap music and street art. Read more...
Indigenous Chileans go on hunger strike against "antiterrorist law"
Fourteen indigenous Chilean detainees, from a people known as the Mapuche, have been on a hunger strike in the south of the country since July 12 to protest an "Antiterrorist law" which dates back to the era when former President Augusto Pinochet ran the country. Read more...
Juliette Binoche in tears at Cannes
French actress Juliette Binoche dissolved into tears at Cannes Film Festival on Monday during the presentation of Certified Copy by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. See the video...
The sheriff that terrorises Mexicans and dresses inmates in pink
Tensions between the indigenous population and authorities in Phoenix reached boiling point on Saturday when thousands of demonstrators marched through the city to demonstrate their aversion to County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, best known for his severe anti-immigration and prison policies. Welcome to Maricopa, where chain gangs still exist and inmates are forced to wear pink underwear. Read more...
