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Eight inmates died on Thursday as a result of two separate prison riots in the Ecuadorian provinces of Cotopaxi and Pichincha — four each in Latacunga and in the El Inca prison in Quito. Another ten people were injured and are receiving medical care. The authorities said they had identified the presumed participants in the unrest and plan to transfer them to the maximum-security El Encuentro prison in Santa Elena province.
Aziz KarimovAt school No. 15 in the Ohangaron district of Tashkent region, a math teacher used physical force against a student on October 21, 2026, during a lesson in grade 7-A. A video recording of the incident spread on social media. The regional Department of Preschool and School Education is conducting an investigation with the participation of the district department, the school council, law enforcement agencies and the mahalla, and is also examining reports of previous mistreatment of the student.
Sevara AzamovaPsychiatrist Alexey Gavrish, who worked for seven years in the St. Petersburg pre-trial detention facility Kresty until leaving the system before 2016, said in an interview with Gazeta.Ru that employees who reveled in their power did not stay in the system for long, because they violated the main principle of the zone — calm. According to him, the resentment accumulated by inmates sooner or later spills over into problems, and the mindset of the staff is passed on to the contingent.
Sevara AzamovaChildren who have suffered or witnessed violence in Uzbekistan will be entitled to legal aid at state expense. The relevant changes were set out in a new law signed by the president.
Otabek Yusupov
