Argentine prisoners 'end riots'
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Rioting inmates at an Argentine jail release dozens of hostages as the authorities regain control, police say.
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U.S. troops shot dead four inmates during a riot at a military prison in southern Iraq and six other detainees were injured on Monday, the U.S. military said.
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Police who beat, sexually abused and raped women arrested after riots in a rebellious town near Mexico City have not been punished and authorities hid what happened, Amnesty International said on Thursday
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Â· More prisoners being held in police and court cellsÂ· Slopping out returns as repairs are cancelled
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Three people with bullet injuries and over 200 arrests, was the final count of the violent protests in Santiago and other Chilean cities last Saturday, the 31st anniversary of the military coup led by former General Augusto Pinochet.
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Prison officers in protective gear and with riot shields and dogs were at Britain's largest immigration detention centre after large-scale disturbances and fires there overnight.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Imprisoned gang members enraged by a tough new anti-crime law rioted and seized about 100 hostages at two Salvadoran prisons Thursday.
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Around 150 immigrants who face being deported are being released on bail to make room for detainees caught up in protests at an immigration removal centre.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Videotapes of riot squads subduing troublesome terror suspects at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay show the guards punching some detainees, tying one to a gurney for questioning, and forcing a dozen to strip from the waist down, according to a secret report. One squad was all female, traumatizing some Muslim prisoners.
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A hunger strike by more than 14,000 Argentine prisoners demanding swifter trials ends after two weeks.
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Gang members at two prisons in El Salvador took some 100 visitors and prison staff hostage on Thursday, demanding direct negotiation with a top federal human rights ombudsman and an Archbishop, according to reports reaching in Mexico City from San Salvador
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A ceremony to honour those who died in Chile's  military coup ends in violence between protesters and police.
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At least 31 prisoners were killed and 23 wounded during clashes between warring gang members and other inmates in El Salvador&#39;s largest prison.
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Seven former army officers and an ex-police official were convicted Tuesday and sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for human rights abuses during Argentina's bloody dictatorship.
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The first civilian president after Argentina's dictatorship ended in 1983 defended his administration's amnesty laws while testifying at a human rights trial, but said he felt relieved when the laws were overturned.
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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- A riot taking place Wednesday at La Esperanza Jail, in Mariona, in the outskirts of El Salvador,left a toll of 30 dead and 28 injured, with six grenades exploding.
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Four imprisoned Guatemalan policemen were killed Sunday during a riot by inmates, days after the officers were arrested in connection with the deaths of three Salvadoran politicians, police said. The warden and other prison officials were being held hostage.