Anti-torture committee reports on Serbia
An anti-torture watchdog has warned against the police ill-treatment of suspects and prison over-crowding in a new report on Serbia. The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and...
View ArticleNew anti-torture committee report on Armenia
A new anti-torture committee report on Armenia reveals concern about the treatment of the country’s life-sentence prisoners. Today’s report from the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of...
View ArticleReport: “Disturbing proportion” of arrested suspects allege Geneva police...
Anti-torture monitors have revealed that a “distuirbing proportion” of suspects allege physical ill-treatment by the police at the time of, or just after, arrest. The Council of Europe’s Committee for...
View ArticleEurope’s anti-torture monitors publish annual report
In their annual report published today, anti-torture monitors call on all Council of Europe member states to ratify a United Nations (UN) treaty and establish independent national bodies to monitor the...
View ArticleAnti-torture monitors publish report on Ukraine
Police ill-treatment remains widespread in Ukraine according to a new report on the country by anti-torture monitors. The Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...
View ArticleNew report highlights Bulgarian prison overcrowding
Overcrowding remains a major problem in the Bulgarian prison system, according to a new report from the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...
View ArticleAnti-torture committee criticises ill-treatment by police and prison...
Prison over-crowding and police ill-treatment of suspects in custody are criticised in a new report on Cyprus by anti-torture monitors. A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the...
View ArticleAnti-torture committee urges Belgium to “rethink” its prison policy
Anti-torture monitors have highlighted “persistent overcrowding and staffing problems” in their new report on Belgium which urges the country to rethink its prison policy. In its reply, the Belgian...
View ArticleAnti-torture unit reports on “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
National authorities in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” must send a clear message to prison officials that the ill-treatment of inmates is unacceptable and will be punished. That is the...
View ArticleAnti-torture committee criticises treatment of detainees in Northern Caucasus
Anti-torture monitors have expressed serious concerns about the treatment of detainees held by law enforcement agencies in the North Caucasian region of the Russian Federation. Today’s report from the...
View ArticleAnti-torture committee reports on Spain
A new report on Spain by anti-torture monitors expresses concern over prison overcrowding and the practice of restraining detainees. Today’s report from the Council of Europe’s Committee for the...
View ArticleAnti-torture monitors reveal concern over Malta’s migrant detention centres
Anti-torture monitors are worried by allegations of abuse at migrant detention centres in Malta. A report by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading...
View ArticleAnti-torture monitors report on UK deportation of migrants by air
Anti-torture experts have urged the United Kingdom’s authorities to “revise” the training of overseas escorts responsible for the deportation of foreign nationals by air. The Council of Europe’s...
View ArticleAnti-Torture Committee reports on Slovenia
Anti-torture monitors have urged the Slovenia authorities to improve the treatment of remand prisoners and restrict the use of mechanical restraints on psychiatric patients. In its generally favourable...
View ArticleDutch government responds to anti-torture committee recommendations
A report from the Netherlands government confirms that it will not comply fully with recommendations made by Council of Europe anti-torture monitors. The government’s report, published on 21 August, is...
View ArticleAnti-torture monitors report on Latvia
Incidents of police brutality and “inhuman and degrading” custody conditions have been uncovered in a new report on Latvia by anti-torture monitors. The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention...
View ArticleUkraine: Anti-torture monitors report on detention conditions and “situation”...
Anti-torture monitors want Ukraine’s authorities to take further action to combat the ill-treatment of inmates in correctional colonies. In their review of the situation of jailed former premier Yulia...
View ArticleAnti-torture monitors report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anti-torture monitors have confirmed that “a considerable number” of allegations of police brutality in Bosnia and Herzegovina are “credible.” The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of...
View ArticleAnti-torture unit calls for more openness from NATO and Azerbaijan
Anti-torture monitors have expressed concern over delays by the NATO alliance and Azerbaijan in publishing reports on detention conditions. In its annual report, the Council of Europe’s Committee for...
View ArticleItaly: Anti-torture report highlights “persistent prison overcrowding”
Persistent overcrowding in prisons is highlighted in a new report on Italy published by anti-torture monitors. At Bari Prison, 11 inmates were forced to share a room measuring just 20 m2, the Council...
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