Legal Struggles

Solidarity With Samidoun And Khaled Barakat, Designated As ‘Terrorists’

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Lawfare, Legal Struggles, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, Violence Against Protesters, Zionism

by Dalal Zainabi and Saheli Chowdhury, published on The Orinoco Tribune, October 16, 2024 Editor’s note: Aside from the domestic political implications of this bizarre decision, we can consider the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, often without charge, brutally tortured in many cases, and suffering unlimited sentences. The one organization that openly supports them across the Western world[…]

Is It a Crime to Tell the Truth? The Trial of the Uhuru 3

September 17, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-Imperialism, Black Liberation Movement, Censorship and Propaganda, Free Speech, Lawfare, Legal Struggles

by Dianne Mathiowetz, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 Sept. 9, 2024 The trial of the Uhuru 3 — Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party; Penny Hess, chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee; and Jesse Nevel, Uhuru Movement member — began on Sept. 3 in a Tampa, Florida, federal courtroom. The three are being charged[…]

Drop the Charges Against Uhuru!

September 7, 2024 Judith Bello Anti-Imperialism, Lawfare, Legal Struggles, Racism

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, September 4, 2024 Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the Federal Indictments of the Uhuru 3 and Denial of their Fundamental Human Rights to Speech, Association, Information and Political Dissent Tampa, Florida — The process of jury selection on September 3rd, 2024, will mark the beginning of the federal trial of Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of[…]

Nicaragua Acts To Stop Genocide And Strengthen International Law

May 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, International Institutions, International Law, Interview, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Legal Struggles, Nicaragua, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, South Africa

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, April 27, 2024 NOTE: This is an edited transcript of an interview with Nicaraguan Ambassador Carlos Arguello Gomez about Nicaragua’s efforts to stop the genocide in Palestine. You can listen to the full interview on Clearing the FOG here. – Margaret Flowers 🚨Tell Congress to say NO to more sanctions on Nicaragua One[…]

The Last Flurry: The US Congress and Australian Parliamentarians Seek Assange’s Release

January 19, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Free Speech, Journalism, Lawfare, Legal Struggles, Political Prisoners, US Hypocrisy

by Dr. Binoy Kampmark, published on Countercurrents, January 19, 2024 On February 20, Julian Assange, the daredevil publisher of WikiLeaks, will be going into battle, yet again, with the British justice system – or what counts for it. The UK High Court will hear arguments from his team that his extradition to the United States from Britain to face 18[…]

Coalition of “Grassroots Diplomats” Take the Lead on International Solidarity with South Africa in the Absence of Diplomacy and Accountability from U.S. Officials

January 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Legal Struggles, Middle East Wars, Palestine

by Melissa Garriga, January 8, 2023 Peace activists across the country have embarked on a campaign to mobilize global support for South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The campaign, spearheaded by CODEPINK, World Beyond War, and RootsAction, aims to rally nations to submit a “Declaration of Intervention” supporting South Africa’s case at[…]

Guyana-Venezuela Dispute: Understanding the background and Opposing war

December 23, 2023 UNAC Editor Guyana, Latin America, Lawfare, Legal Struggles, Paths to Emancipation, Resource Wars, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Francisco Dominguez, published on Countercurrents, December 18, 2023 If there were any misgivings about the actions undertaken by the government of Venezuela around the territorial dispute with Guyana, the joint military exercises between Guyana Defence Forces (GDF) and the US Southern Command (SouthCom) explain what really lies behind things. Venezuela’s claimed territory, also known as Guayana Esequiba, is 159,500 square kilometres[…]

Charges Dropped on the Tampa 5, Students for a Democratic Society Protesters Walk Free

December 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Free Speech, Legal Struggles, Peoples' Movements, Protest, Resistance, Statement, The War at Home

Statement, published on Fightback News, December 5, 2023 Fight Back New Service is circulating the following statement from the Emergency Committee to Defend the Tampa 5. The Tampa 5 are proud to announce a great victory: their misdemeanor and felony charges will be dropped! This victory was made possible by months of mobilizations of people across the state of Florida,[…]

Palestinians File Emergency Motion to Block US Aid for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

November 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Civil Resistance, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Legal Struggles, Middle East Wars, Occupation, Racism

by Marjorie Cohn, published on Truthout, November 17, 2023 n November 16, two Palestinian human rights organizations, three Palestinians and five Palestinian Americans brought an emergency motion in United States federal court to immediately force President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to stop providing additional weapons, money, and military and diplomatic support to[…]

Peace Activist Sentenced for Criticizing German War Policy in Ukraine

February 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Free Speech, Germany, Legal Struggles, Resistance

by Justus Leicht, published on the World Socialist Web Site, January 31, 2023 My information is that Heinrich Bücker has appealed his conviction and is waiting for the court to set a new date for his appeal hearing. [jb] The Berlin-Tiergarten District Court sentenced peace activist Heinrich Bücker in January for speaking out in public against Germany’s war policy in[…]