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• Leading critic of Egyptian state jailed for six months

  16-09-2023 16:04
  
  Free speech advocate Hisham Kassem sentenced for defaming former minister Kamal Abu EitaA court in Cairo has sentenced a former newspaper publisher, free speech advocate and rights activist to six months in prison in a trial observers say constitutes an attack on a leading critic of the Egyptian state.Hisham Kassem, the former publisher of Al Masry Al Youm newspaper, received six months in detention and a fine of 20,000 EGP (approximately £523) for slandering and defaming Kamal Abu Eita. A
  
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• Staff shortages an issue amid ‘deeply worrying’ prison deaths in England

  16-09-2023 14:04
  
  Inquests flag up gaps in the care of prisoners in relation to at least nine deaths in custody since 2021Prison understaffing and workload issues have been flagged in at least nine inquests into deaths in custody since the start of 2021, according to an Observer analysis of coroners’ reports.Issues raised include gaps in monitoring of prisoners due to understaffing, a lack of prison-based clinical staff and shortcomings in the keyworker programme. Coroners have also repeatedly identified pr
  
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