Political Prisoners

Iran, Imperialism, and the Left’s Dangerous False Equivalence

August 27, 2026 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Imperialism, Iran, Political Prisoners, Pro-war Left

by Vijay Prashad, published on the LA Progressive, August 24, 2026 The United States and Israel launched a war of aggression against Iran in February of this year. For six months, US missiles and bombs have fallen upon civilian and military targets inside the country. Hospitals, schools, energy facilities, and neighbourhoods have been struck. The 168 schoolgirls killed in Minab[…]

A People(s) Centered Human Rights Critique of “An Open Letter to Iran’s Political Prisoners”

August 27, 2026 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Iran, Paths to Emancipation, Political Prisoners, Pro-war Left

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, August 256, 2026 A People(s)-Centered Human Rights framework rejects the liberal abstraction that makes a false symmetry between Iranian authoritarianism and U.S. imperialism, which obscures the fact that one is a sovereign state under siege and the other is the world’s most powerful empire waging war. Several commentators have addressed the problem[…]

Johanna Fernández and Her Unrelenting Advocacy for Mumia Abu Jamal

August 20, 2026 UNAC Editor Action!!, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Prisoners

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2026 Global peace and justice communities lost a warrior queen on July 30, 2026, when Dr. Johanna Fernández, associate professor of history at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center in New York, joined the ancestors. She had been suffering from non-small cell lung cancer, which is particularly painful in[…]

Israel Must Release Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukeshek Who Were Abducted from the Global Summud Flotilla

May 10, 2026 UNAC Editor Action!!, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Political Prisoners, Resistance

Press Release, published on OMCT/SOS-Torture Network, May 7, 2026 URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY ISR 001 / 0526 / OBS 022 Arbitrary detention Abduction / Ill-treatment and torture / Incommunicado detention Israel 7 May 2026 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH),[…]

Judge Questions Denying Maduros Defense Due to Sanctions on Venezuela

March 30, 2026 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lawfare, Monroe Doctrine, Political Prisoners, Venezuela

by Marjorie Cohn, published on Popular Resistance, March 28, 2026 (originally from Truthout) U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein refused to dismiss drug trafficking charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on March 26, even though the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is blocking funds for their legal defense, in violation of the Sixth[…]

Celebrating the Revolutionary Contributions of Michael Parenti

March 2, 2026 UNAC Editor Action!!, Color Revolutions, History, Hybrid Warfare, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Resistance, U.S. Aggression, Yugoslavia

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, February 26, 2026 Sara Flounders — a Workers World contributing editor, who helps coordinate the International Action Center and the United National Antiwar Coalition — gave the following presentation at the International Manifesto Group webinar on Feb. 21, celebrating the revolutionary contributions of Michael Parenti. Thank you, International Manifesto Group and Carlos Martinez.[…]

End the abuse! Free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!

December 22, 2025 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Lawfare, Pakistan, Political Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Propaganda

by Tania Siddiqi, published on Workers World, December 19, 2025 This is a sad story that only gets sadder and more gruesome. You can read about her case and how she came to be wrongly convicted and incarcerated at Bagram, and then at Carswell on this blog HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. For over two decades, political prisoner Dr. Aafia[…]

Immigration as a Political Weapon

June 15, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, China, El Salvador, Migrants, Migrants and Refugees, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela, Venezuela, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by William Camacaro, National co-Coordinator, published on The Alliance for Social Justice, May 24, 2025 Although the primary victims of El Salvador’s neo-fascist prison system are the Salvadorans themselves. Hundreds of migrants have been illegally deported by the US to these infamous prisons, currently there are approximately 110,000 prisoners across the country; approximately 85,000 of these prisoners have been arrested[…]

Palestinian Political Prisoner Mahmoud Khalil Releases Statement From Louisiana ICE Detention Center

March 19, 2025 UNAC Editor Action!!, Democracy and Consent, Immigrants, Palestine, Political Prisoners, Resistance

by Mahmoud Khalil, published on ScheerPost, March 19, 2024 Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder with permanent residency, has released his first public statement since his arrest on March 8. He was taken into custody by plainclothes Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers in the lobby of his Columbia University apartment complex due to his alleged connection to Hamas. His[…]

Leonard Peltier is Released, Finally!

February 19, 2025 UNAC Editor Action!!, Breaking News, Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Resistance

Press Release from the NDN Collective, published on Workers World, February 18, 2025 Sumterville, Florida – This morning, Leonard Peltier was released from over 49 years of wrongful incarceration. Mr. Peltier is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and will reside on his tribal homelands in North Dakota. Upon Peltier’s request, NDN Collective is bringing[…]