Prisoners

A call to free Leonard Peltier After 50 Years in Prison

October 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Native American Genocide, Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Racism, The War at Home

by Phil Pasquini, published on Countercurrents, September 14, 2023 On Leonard Peltier’s 79th birthday, September 12 his family members along with hundreds of Native American activists and numerous supporters demonstrated at the White House calling on President Biden to grant him clemency so that he will not die in prison. Peltier, who was convicted in 1977 of killing two FBI[…]

Inside the High-Security “Black Site” Where Leonard Peltier Is Incarcerated

October 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Native Americans, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Racism, The War at Home, Uncategorized

by Silja J. A. Talvi, published on Truthout, September 28, 2023 nbeknownst to most protesters who gathered at the White House on the occasion of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s 79th birthday, Peltier wasn’t able to celebrate, much less receive reports on how the well-attended event was progressing. That’s because Peltier, who is now spending his 48th year in[…]

Denial of Mumia’s Appeal: An Affront to Basic Justice and the Law

April 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, The War at Home

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, April 3, 2023 Philadelphia Mumia Abu-Jamal, his family and his supporters around the world had every reason and right to hope that all their hard work would pay off in persuading Judge Lucretia Clemons from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas to follow and apply the law, as has been done in[…]

“One less traitor”: Zelensky Oversees Campaign of Assassination, Kidnapping and Torture of Political Opposition

April 26, 2022 UNAC Editor False Flags, Fascism, Prisoners, Russia, Ukraine

by Max Blumenthal and Eshna Krishnaswamy, published onThe Grayzone, April 17, 2022 This is pretty gross. However it shows how the Ukrainian soldiers treat civilians and enemy soldiers. It also belies the claims of the brave young Zelensky. I guess I feel like you have to see it to believe it. [jb] While claiming to defend democracy, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky[…]

CCF Files Compassionate Release Motions for Two of Four Political Prisoners in Newburgh 4 Sting Case

December 25, 2021 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Prisoners, Propaganda, Rights of Opressed Peoples, The War at Home

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 24, 2021 CONTACT: Leena Al-Arian, Executive Director, Coalition for Civil Freedoms (202) 627-0676, (Washington, D.C., December 24, 2021) CCF’s legal team, Kathy Manley and Steve Downs, just filed compassionate release motions for Laguerre Payen and David Williams, two of the four political prisoners in the Newburgh 4 case from 2009. The motions request that the two men[…]

Russell “Maroon” Shoatz is Free, But Others Languish

November 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Political Prisoners, Prisoners, Racism

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, October 27, 2021 Russell “Maroon” Shoatz has been granted compassionate release after 50 years in prison. The length of his sentence is outrageous but it is hardly unique. The United States not only has the dubious distinction of being the country with the largest population of incarcerated people, but it also has[…]

Free U.S. political prisoner Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!

October 27, 2021 UNAC Editor Pakistan, Political Prisoners, Prisoners

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, October 21, 2021 Aafia Siddiqui was a young single mother, recently separated from her husband and returned to Pakistan from the US when Pakistani Intelligence police snatched her from a cab in Karachi along with her 3 young children and abducted her. The youngest child, an infant at the time, appears to have[…]

Drug Decriminalization, It Works!

November 16, 2020 UNAC Editor Addiction, Prisoners, Public Health

by Princess Harmony, published on Workers World, November 12, 2020 In Portugal, the drug policy since 2001 has been focused on decriminalization and treatment. The country decriminalized small personal use amounts of drugs, which led to a fall in HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C rates, as well as overdose rates. People who had predicted that such a policy would[…]

A Coronavirus Lament by Guantánamo Prisoner Asadullah Haroon Gul

July 30, 2020 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Afghanistan, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners

By Andy Worthington, published on CloseGuantanamo.org, April 4, 2020 Most of us don’t think too much about Guantanamo any more. Yes, this article is a little out of date. The most recent writing by Haroon Gul, who is currently on a hunger strike, is a recitation of despair with suicidal undertones. I thought you would better understand where he started.[…]

Andrea Circle Bear And Six Centuries Of Genocide

May 16, 2020 UNAC Editor Native American Genocide, Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners

by Mirinda Crissman, published on Workers World, May 14, 2020 Andrea Circle Bear, of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation near Eagle Butte, S.D., was the 29th federal inmate to die due to the coronavirus in Bureau of Prisons custody. She was sentenced to serve 26 months. Circle Bear was being held at Tripp County Jail in South Dakota up until[…]