The Most Overlooked Human Rights Crisis of Our Time - - TopicsExpress



          

The Most Overlooked Human Rights Crisis of Our Time - youtu.be/gDf8GbIt5Mg The right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty is universal. But at this moment some 3.3 million people are behind bars, waiting for a trial that may be months or even years away. The arbitrary and excessive use of pretrial detention is a massive and widely ignored pattern of human rights abuse that affects—by a conservative estimate—15 million people a year. Pretrial detention harms individuals, families, and communities; wastes state resources and human potential; and undermines the rule of law. Learn more: osf.to/pretrialjustice
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 08:57:22 +0000

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