During December 2011 and January 2012, PRI hosted four film festivals in Belarus, Jordan, Kazakhstan and Tbilisi on the abolition of the death penalty and its alternative sanction of life imprisonment. The film festivals were held with the financial assistance of the European Union under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and […]
PRI in partnership with Freedom from Torture will host a three day training on on rehabilitation of torture victims for staff of public organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan between 31 October and 2 November in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The main goal of the training is to teach participants (doctors, psychologists, […]
139 nations have already abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. In December 2012, the United National General Assembly will vote on a resolution calling for a worldwide halt to its use. Please sign the petition calling for a worldwide moratorium on sentences and executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty […]
PRESS RELEASE How to step up torture prevention in alliance with NGOs Ahead of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw from 26 September to 7 October 2011, Penal Reform International (PRI) stresses the important role of civil society in the prevention of torture and ill-treatment. “By their very nature prisons are isolated places. […]
PRESS RELEASE On September 15th, 2011 a conference on the issue of the «Transfer of medical prison services to the Ministry of Health in the light of recommendations of Bangkok rules» will be held in Astana. The purpose of the conference is to discuss questions of health protection of women prisoners, reforms of prison health […]
PRESS RELEASE Penal Reform International (PRI) Central Asia and the Coalition of Kazakhstan NGOs against torture are pleased to announce that on 14 September 2011 in Astana a round table will be held on «Improvement of mechanisms to investigate cases of torture in the Republic of Kazakhstan». The event is kindly supported by the European […]