The coronavirus pandemic has turned prisons into breeding grounds for the pandemic. We are asking you to take the following actions in support of this campaign: Send an appeal to international human rights officials and authorities demanding an end to mass incarceration during this pandemic If you are a resident of the United States, click…
En español We, the undersigned, denounce the fact that in the emergency provoked by the COVID 19/Coronavirus, the overcrowding of large number of prisoners in different jails around the world constitutes a grave danger for the propagation of the virus that is threatening humanity: the walls of the prison serve for nothing in the…
in inglés Quienes firmamos este documento denunciamos que en medio de la emergencia provocada por el COVID-19/Coronavirus, el hacinamiento de grandes números de prisioneros en distintas cárceles alrededor del mundo constituye un grave peligro de propagación del virus que amenaza a la humanidad: las paredes de las prisiones no sirven de nada para contener el…
by James Patrick Jordan Colombian Armed Forces attacked prisoners on Sunday who were striking against filthy conditions and lack of protections against the COVID-19 coronavirus. Colombian agents killed at least 23 persons and wounded more than 90 at La Modelo prison in the capital city of Bogotá. This attack takes place in the context…
by James Patrick Jordan Overview The United States government has deep ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s penal system, and with the entire Ministry of Interior, which oversees the kingdom’s police, courts, and jails. The American Correctional Association (ACA), a trade organization that collaborates and contracts with the US government, is likewise linked with…
NSCAG debunks Amnesty claims about political prisoners NSCAG News | on: Saturday, 22 September 2018 By Louise Richards, Trade Union and Communications Coordinator The Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group (NSCAG) is based in the UK and has a long history of building trade union and broader solidarity with Nicaragua. In its latest attempt to demonise Nicaragua, Amnesty International…
Read the original Spanish Click HERE to add your name to this declaration! We, the People’s Human Rights Observatory (Observatorio de los Derechos Humanos), declare our solidarity with the worldwide resistance to prison imperialism and reject the expansion of the United States model of mass incarceration. Likewise, we express our support for the demands of…
¡Agrega su nombre a esta declaración! Desde el Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos declaramos nuestra solidaridad con la resistencia mundial al imperialismo carcelario y rechazamos la expansión del modelo estadounidense de encarcelamiento masivo. Asimismo, expresamos nuestro apoyo a las exigencias de los prisioneros del centro penitenciario La Tramacúa, Valledupar, Colombia, y los prisioneros…
***Actualizado el 28 de enero, 2020*** > La Alianza por la Justicia Global expresa nuestras condolencias por la muerte de Robert Seth Hayes, integrante de las Panteras Negras y el Ejército por la Liberación Negra. Apenas el 24 de julio, 2018, Hayes fue puesto en libertad condicional. We are happy to announce the releases from…
***Updated on January 28, 2020*** > The Alliance for Global Justice expresses our regrets and sympathies concerning the death of on Dec. 21, 2019, of Robert Seth Hayes, member of the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army. Hayes was paroled from prison just last July 24, 2018. We are happy to announce the releases from…
