A small island prison in Norway is taking a different path to traditional penal institutions. Read the full story
Posted on 15 May 2011.
A small island prison in Norway is taking a different path to traditional penal institutions. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 September 2010.
An Iranian lawyer, who was forced to flee his country after defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has been reunited with his family in Norway. Mohammad Mostafaei’s wife, Fereshteh, and the couple’s seven-year-old daughter, Parmida, arrived in Norway on tourist visas on Thursday. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 March 2010.
The Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) elected last week its new Bureau. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 October 2008.
According to a new report from the Swedish government, the country needs to crack down on crime by handing out harsher punishments for violent crimes and expanding sanctions on cases of blackmail and abuse. The findings came from an investigative commission on sentencing levels headed by prosecutor Anders Perklev. Read the full story
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