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“Forgotten Behind Bars": Amnesty International says serious human rights violations in prisons across world amid Covid

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Human rights group Amnesty International said prisoners across the world were forgotten amid the Covid pandemic. In its report dubbed “Forgotten Behind Bars: Covid-19”, Amnesty said more than 11 million people are behind the bars across the world. While citing a source in Jammu and Kashmir, the Human RIghts group said the detainees in prisons “were only allowed a phone call to their family once in 15 days.