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In memory of Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez
On 9 January 2021 is the eighth anniversary of the brutal assassination in Paris of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla, three prominent Kurdish women political activists
Read More#CoronaCapitalism: Riots, resistance and releases – the Coronavirus and the prison industrial complex 0
The Coronavirus is creating huge ruptures in the prison industrial complex, leading to the first instances of major corona-related social unrest and urgent calls for prisoner solidarity and prison abolition
Read MoreConsejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas: elección de Bolivia, Cuba y México 0
El pasado 13 de octubre, en el marco de la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas, se procedió a elecciones para renovar las vacantes en el seno del Consejo de Derechos Humanos
Read MoreIreland – Regime of Fear in Women’s Prison 0
Amid world-wide concern for the health and well being of prisoners during the coronavirus pandemic the hidden plague of abuse and ill treatment of the most vulnerable in Irish society once again raises its head in Ireland
Read MoreTurkey is Working To Pursue Societal Violence Against Religious Minorities in Syria 0
In a report on June 9, Genocide Watch described the deportation of residents in the territories under the control of Turkish government as a crime against humanity
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Estados Unidos ordena sanciones contra el personal de la Corte Penal Internacional
En la Orden Presidencial adoptada (véase texto completo), se puede leer en los considerandos que para el actual ocupante de la Casa Blanca, la CPI se ha convertido en una verdadera amenaza para Estados Unidos
Read MoreDawit Isaak: DAY 6833 – Still Disappeared 0
Betlehem Isaak, Dawit Isaak’s daughter, was seven years old when her father, along with ten other journalists and eleven other reformist politicians were arrested. She says she has vivid memories of the day he was arrested
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Conditions worsening in Turkey’s prisons due to COVID-19
Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy, co-spokespersons of the HDP Foreign Affairs Commission, have released a statement on the worsening conditions in Turkey’s prisons due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Prisoners in Colombia and Brazil face coronavirus pandemic alone
There are 1,297 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and four deaths in Colombian prisons (on 27 May). In Brazil 755 cases of coronavirus and 29 deaths in prisons across the country
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Solidarity keeps us alive! Campaign for the release of political prisoners
The Free Women Movement (TJA) launched a campaign with other international women organizations called “Solidarity keeps us alive” in favour of political prisoners
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