The Alliance for Global Justice is finishing its current delegation to Colombia by holding a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, Monday, July 10, at 10:30am. The demonstration is also endorsed by Lazos de Dignidad, the People’s Human Rights Observatory, and the Coordination for Human Rights in the Americas. Our demands are: Free…
Prison Imperialism
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Open Letter to the Colombian Government and the Pope for the Freedom of the Political Prisoners
EN ESPAÑOL Open Letter to the Colombian Government and the Pope for the Freedom of the Political Prisoners Dr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón President of Colombia His Holiness Pope Francis Roman Catholic Church Dear Sirs, On December 30, 2016, almost six months ago, as part of the peace process agreed to in Havana by the…
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Be a Peacemaker! Join AfGJ’s Colombia Delegation, June 30-July 10, 2017
Join the Alliance for Global Justice delegation to Colombia June 30-July 10, 2017! Get your application today by sending an email to [email protected] This delegation will conduct investigations into peace accords concerning political prisoner reintegration into civil society in Colombia. This is a central component of accords ending more than 50 years of civil war.…
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El Martillo del Pueblo Puede Derribar Cualquier Pared en la Frontera
Traducido por Maria Rendón Read post in English El antídoto contra la clase gobernante es la unidad de los pueblos. “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,” debe ser más que un slogan, debe ser una realidad, el martillo será el instrumento que usaremos para derribar las paredes y derrotar los ataques que estamos enfrentando. Para…
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The People’s Hammer Can Tear Down Any Border Wall
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Tear Down the Walls Mexico Delegation, March 10-20, 2017: While Trump demands Mexico build us a border wall, the US is Building Prison Walls in Mexico—What’s going on?
The United States is building walls and militarizing both the US-Mexico border and Mexico’s southern border. The US is also building prison walls throughout Mexico and militarizing police as living walls to repress and reign in popular movements. When Mexican police fire on striking teachers and normal school students, they’re using weapons made in the…
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Colombia’s Failed Peace Throws Prisoners’ Rights into Question
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Under Arpaio
Interview and video by Chelli Stanley and Will Wickham. Joe Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt in July 2017 for defying a federal court’s demand to stop detaining immigrants without sufficient grounds. In a lawsuit, he had been accused of racially profiling Latinos and detaining them on the suspicion that they were in the country…
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The Guantanamo of Colombia: Pressure Mounts to Shut Down Notorious US-Funded Prison
Originally published in Upside Down World Written by John Ocampo Friday, 29 January 2016 14:29 SIGN THE PETITION TO CLOSE LA TRAMACÚA, COLOMBIA’S US FUNDED TORTURE PRISON! The campaign to shut down Colombia’s infamous Establecimiento Penitenciario y Carcelario de Alta y Mediana Seguridad de Valledupar “La Tramacua” prison, located in the country’s sweltering Caribbean region and…
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Imperio de Cárceles: cómo los Estados Unidos está extendiendo el encarcelamiento en masa alrededor del mundo
por James Jordan, Alianza por la Justicia Global Traducción por Adrian Boutureira Sansberro In English Resumen… Este artículo explica cómo los Estados Unidos están exportando su modelo de encarcelamiento en masa y control social y político hacia al menos 25 países. Este ” imperialismo penitenciario” tiene sus raíces en el Programa de Mejoramiento del Sistema Penitenciario Colombiano…