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…
Mostafa Afzalzadeh is an Iranian investigative journalist and filmmaker. He created a documentary film entitled Manufacturing Dissent: The Truth About Syria, as well as a documentary about the ‘99 percent Movement’ in the US, which was broadcast by the Iran’s National TV and won the first prize at Amar Film Festival. He interviewed AfGJ’s Nasim Chatha…
URGENT ACTION! Update #5 – March 4, 2018 Honduran Prison Guards Tear Gas Prisoners Demanding Water. Political Prisoner Edwin Espinal on Day #2 of Hunger Strike Demanding to See Physician. Demand that the Red Cross Enter the Prison! On March 3rd, day #46 of his unjust incarceration, political prisoner Edwin Espinal began a hunger strike…
Honduran Prison Guards Tear Gas Prisoners Demanding Water. Political Prisoner Edwin Espinal on Day #2 of Hunger Strike Demanding to See Physician. Demand that the Red Cross Enter the Prison! On March 3rd, day #46 of his unjust incarceration, political prisoner Edwin Espinal began a hunger strike to demand that he and other prisoners be…
