prisoners’ rights
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Palestinian Arafat Jaradat gets hero’s funeral after death in Israeli custody
The following statement was posted on the website of the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.
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Say no to mass incarceration!
While people in the U.S. account for only 5 percent of the world's population, the 2.4 million people languishing in…
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Wilmington 10 pardoned
The recent pardon of the Wilmington 10 re-excavates not only the 1971 events that lead to their arrests, but also…
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Pelican Bay prison striker: broken promises and the same oppressive conditions
I continue to believe our principal demand should be to abolish SHUs in general and I work tirelessly to build…
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Capitalism restricts democratic rights
More than 60 percent of the people held in the jails of the United States—the country with the highest number…
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Justice movement for Sokha Hor erupts in Long Beach
After being shot by the police, when his mother demanded to see Sokha Hor in the hospital, one cop told…
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Three death row inmates win sentence reduction
Despite these precedent-setting sentence reductions, racist mass incarceration remains very much alive in North Carolina, as it does in the…
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‘History will judge Pfc. First Class Bradley Manning’
A Dec. 3 event in Washington, D.C., organized by the Bradley Manning Support Network, featured a talk by Pfc. Manning's…
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Perry Atherton: another innocent man framed by British police
Last July the future looked bright for Perry Atherton - 20 years old, he had a good job and had…
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California prisoners call for end to racial hostilities
On Oct. 10, a cessation of racial hostilities went into effect among prisoners in California prisons, in the interest of…
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