Topic: Prisoners
How Kerala’s media, public sphere vilified a Muslim UAPA prisoner: Reading Razik Rahim’s ‘Thadavarakkalam’
‘Thadavarakkalam’ (Prison Times), Razik Rahim’s memoir, offers a crucial political analysis of this period, exposing how the deep state, media, and judicial institutions collectively operated within the logic of the racialization of Indian Muslims.
“My book is a survival manual for framed, forgotten,” says Kerala Muslim activist acquitted after years in jail
“We must understand that the political system often frames individuals, and their families suffer for no fault of their own,” reflected Razik Raheem, a Muslim activist in Kerala who spent years in jail under the draconian UAPA before being acquitted.
Israel releases 183 Palestinians after 3 captives freed in Gaza
A total of 183 Palestinians have been released from Israeli prisons and three Israeli captives have been freed in Gaza, in the fifth swap as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Union govt adheres to SC ruling, revises prison manual rules to end caste-based discrimination
The Union Home Ministry has amended prison regulations to eliminate caste-based discrimination and manual scavenging in correctional facilities, following a Supreme Court order dated October 23, 2024.
Palestinian prisoners facing ‘genocide’ of their own, says rights group
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said among the “crimes” being committed against thousands of Palestinian detainees – including Palestinians in Gaza – are torture, starvation, medical negligence and sexual assault.
Palestinian women prisoners face conditions ‘beyond all imaginable limits’
According to the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, women prisoners have been subjected to regular strip searches, arbitrary room inspections and confiscation of clothes and other essential items.
