By Tanya Núñez – Sep 30, 2024 Human rights organizations launch an international campaign to return Colombian peace negotiator Simon Trinidad back to his home country after being imprisoned in a US supermax prison for over 20 years. Let Simón Go Home! Sign the Open Letter and/or get your organization to endorse Many believe that…
Register for the Free Simón Trinidad Webinar and Campaign Launch this August 29, 6pm Pacific Time, 8pm in Colombia and Central Time Join us next Thursday for a webinar and campaign launch to free U.S. political prisoner, Ricardo Palmera, aka Simón Trinidad! We will hear from Mark Burton and Gustavo Gallardo, US and Colombian lawyers…
Racism is still the driving force behind U.S. political imprisonment By James Jordan, Eduardo García, Natalia Schuurman (Program Coordinators) Originally published on Covert Action Magazine Political imprisonment in the United States exists primarily as a tool of racist repression. It’s aimed disproportionately at people of color as well as others engaged in anti-racist struggle. Whether…
Prisoner Simón Trinidad is a victim of deadly U.S.-Colombia alliance Originally published by the People’s World, July 18, 2022 10:52 AM CDT By W. T. Whitney Jr. Simón Trinidad’s 72nd birthday is July 30. Don’t think about sending him a card. U.S. prison authorities have blocked his mail since 2004. He is lodged in a…
(Oct. 24, 2012) YOUR ACTION NEEDED! An old, Bush-era tactic is impeding Colombia’s peace process. US extraditions of Colombian citizens are a violation of the nation’s sovereignty and interfere with negotiations to end it’s armed internal conflict. Of special concern is the imprisonment of Ricardo Palmera, aka Simón Trinidad, a key negotiator for the FARC…
