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There are, by contrast, just five holds and one solitary sell rating.

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Another political prisoner released in September, Dzmitry Kuchuk, said when he was in a solitary cell, the guards would torment him by falsely saying his mother had died or that he would soon be released.

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In 2012, Shankar was moved to a new enclosure that left him virtually in solitary confinement - despite a 2009 federal ban on keeping elephants alone for more than six months.

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It includes deciding on the fate of Ocalan, who has been in solitary confinement since 1999, and possible security guarantees for his fighters.

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But they raised serious concerns about overcrowding, solitary confinement, food hygiene, the complaints process, the daily regime and the treatment of vulnerable prisoners.

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