Coronavirus is a ticking time bomb for Middle East’s prisons: Call for release of inmates – Shafaqna English

SHAFAQNA | By Leila Yazdani : There is an inevitable truth that COVID-19 virus could hit prisons and lead to consequences much more catastrophic. The increasing number of Coronavirus cases across the Middle East has sparked a wave of demands for prisoners across the region to be released from unsanitary and cramped detention centres, where the threat of virus contagion is rife.