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‘Making art made me feel free’: the prison paintings of Myanmar’s Htein Lin
The artist, who has an exhibition at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery, created a unique body of work from jail unifor…
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We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2024 – part one
From an exuberant mountaineering woman to a boy representing unheard refugees, here are some of the brave indi…
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Women arrested by Taliban for begging report rape and killings in Afghan jails
Draconian new laws allow mass incarceration of women and children forced to beg because of work banDestitute A…
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‘The staff get hush money’: the hidden scandal of rape in Indian prisons
Female prisoners are ‘supplied’ to male inmates of West Bengal jails, sexual abuse is commonplace and hundreds…
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Human Rights Commission ‘deeply concerned’ over state of New Zealand’s prisons
Vacant positions mean that some prisoners spend 23 hours a day locked in their cells while others face months-…