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Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Thousands Freed from Syrian Prison by Hours after former Syrian Pres. Bashar al-Assad fled rebels who then took control of Damascus on December 8, 2024, prisoners were freed from Sednaya Prison, a lockup known as a “human slaughterhouse” where an estimated 30,000 enemies of the al-Assad regime were killed since …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Israel Faces Scrutiny Over “Systematic” Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners by The ongoing war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas militia that has governed the Gaza Strip for 23 years escalated dramatically after Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on October 7, 2023, killing approximately 1,200 Israelis. Over 250 more were …
The Mind-Breakers: the Case of Ramzi Bin al-Shibh by St Clair, Jeffrey By Jeffrey St. Clair   This article originally appeared in Counterpunch on October 6, 2023. It is reprinted here with permission. Read the original at https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/10/06/the-mind-breakers-the-case-of-ramzi-bin-al-shibh/   On the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Pakistani ISI (Inter-Services …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Russian Opposition Leader Dies in Prison by Aleksei Navalny, 47, a Russian attorney who led opposition to Pres. Vladmir Putin, died on February 16, 2024, in a penal colony inside the Arctic Circle. The country’s Federal Prison Service said he collapsed after a walk, just a day after appearing healthy, …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
D.C. Court Awards $501 Million in Suit Against North Korea for Torture-Death of Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On December 24, 2018, a federal court awarded $501.1 million to the parents of Otto Warmbier after he was tried, convicted and imprisoned by North Korean officials in an attempt …
Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 25 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell …
Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Order, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 24 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell DEMOCRATIC …
Warmbier v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 1 Filed 04/26/18 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, individually and ) as personal representative of the Estate of ) ) Otto Warmbier, ) …
Tortured and Wrongly Held at Guantánamo for 14 Years, Abdul Zahir Now Has Freedom, but No Justice by Adam Hudson by Adam Hudson, Truthout | Report Before Barack Obama left office, he released 10 detainees from Guantánamo to Oman. Among them was Abdul Zahir, a 45-year-old man from Afghanistan. Zahir was detained at Guantánamo for 14 …
Article • March 28, 2017
The Response to ‘George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine’ by “This is an important event for the Palestinian prisoner.” – Dr. Sari Nussibeh “We have to reinforce solidarity with freedom-minded people all around the world.” – Issa Qaraka “The Abu Jihad center does solidarity work movements for liberation.” – …
China Pledges to Stop Taking Organs from Executed Prisoners by Prison officials in China—where prevailing religious beliefs dictate that humans he buried whole after their death—plan to stop taking organs from thousands of prisoners executed every year. But many doubt the practice will entirely cease because the need for organs …
China Vows to Finance Mass Incarceration with Public Funds, Not Prison Profits by Despite its atrocious human rights record, China appears to be trying to ensure prisoner safety while at the same time properly financing its prisons. Wu Aiying, China's Minister of Justice, announced in April 2012 while addressing a …
Guards Massacre Iraqi Prisoners as ISIS Forces Attack Tal Afar by Matthew Clarke According to prisoners who were incarcerated at the anti-terrorism detention facility in Tal Afar, Iraq, as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces closed on the prison, guards began slaughtering the prisoners in their cells. "At …
Iran's Mass Executions and Abuses Continue by Christopher Zoukis Iran's dismal record on human rights has been reinforced once again, via the latest wave of mass executions, prisoner abuses, and clampdowns on those who stand against its theocratic regime. On August 4, 2014, 40 prisoners were killed at Shahr-e Kord …
Afghan Prisoner Hunger Strikes Persist in American Custody, Says Former Prisoner by Derek Gilna As American troops continue their planned withdrawal from Afghanistan and wind down their combat role in favor of their Afghan allies, at least one facility continues to operate without interruption. The Detention Facility in Parwan. close to …
Cuban-American Prisoner Exchange Signals a Renewal of Diplomatic Contacts by Derek Gilna In a development few could have foreseen, President Obama has carried out an exchange of five convicted Cuban spies languishing in federal prison in return for the release of American aid contractor Alan Gross, held captive in Cuba …
ISIS Forces Kill Iraqi Shiite Prisoners after Iraqi Guards Flee by Derek Gilna Iraqi Shiites unfortunate enough to be confined in Badush prison, 25 kilometers from Mosul, Iraq, were summarily slaughtered by ISIS forces after their Iraqi prison guards fled the advancing insurgents.  Lieutenant Colonel Ali Mohammed, who apparently served …
Joint study on global practices in relation to secret detention, Human Rights Council, 2010 ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/13/42 26 January 2010 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Thirteenth session Agenda item 3 Joint study on global practices in relation to secret detention in the context of countering terrorism of …
Prisoners in Chinese Labor Camps Send Pleas for Help in Exported Products by Joe Watson Chinese prisoners have used a novel, if not entirely secure, method of reporting human rights abuses, by stashing handwritten notes in the products they are forced to make inside prison sweatshops. Accounts of former prisoners …
Amnesty International: Sudanese Prisoners Housed in Shipping Containers by On May 27, 2016, Amnesty International reported that the South Sudan was using repurposed shipping containers to house prisoners at a detention site in Gorom. Amnesty’s Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, Muthoni Wanyeki, warned that …
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