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China, Israel, and Myanmar emerged as the world’s three worst offenders in another record-setting year for journalists who had been jailed because of their work, a census has found.
New provisions have come into force to end Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences, described as the ‘single greatest stain on the criminal justice system’ in the UK.
Journalist Betlehem Isaak, the daughter of journalist Dawit Isaak, accepted the 2024 Edelstam Prize on her father's behalf during a ceremony at the House of Nobility in Stockholm.
An IPP prisoner undertaking a second hunger strike, and who set himself on fire in an attempt to take his own life have raised concerns about the sentence described as ‘a stain’.
Birmingham MPs are calling on the Government to hold a section 1 inquiry into the Pub Bombings amid the 'grim 50 year milestone. They also recalled the 21 innocent victims.
Indefinite prison sentences should be considered as a potential risk factor for suicide. It follows the highest number of self-inflicted deaths since IPP's were introduced in 2005.
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