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Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
PLN Banned in France by Paul Wright PLN Banned In France By Paul Wright PLN reader Jean Marc Rouillain, a political prisoner in France, has written and informed us that the April, 1991, issue of PLN (which just happened to have his article about the worsening prison conditions in France …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
A Lesson From Japan by Dan Pens The Japanese may arguably have the most effective justice system in the Western World. A glance at the accompanying graphs will readily verify this statement. So what are the Japanese doing right? If one were to believe proponents of popular trends in the …
Article • July 15, 1991 • from PLN July, 1991
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead First of all, I would like to share the situation and some of the thoughts of a former Palestinian prisoner, a man who was only recently released after having served l7 years in Israeli prisons. His name is Ali Mohammed Jiddah, …
Update of Canadian Women Prisoners by Paul Wright Update Of Canadian Women Prisoners By Paul Wright In our last issue of PLN (See "Oppression and Resistance at Canada's Prison for Women" page 7) we reported on events at the Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario, in which some 20 …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
GRAPO Hungerstrike Ends by PLN has reported previously on the progress of the hungerstrike in Spain by some 42 imprisoned members of GRAPO (Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups, First of October) and of the PCE(r) (Communist Party of Spain, reconstituted). The strike began on November 30, 1989, and ended February 2, 1991. …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Political Prisoners Hunger Strike in France by Jean-Marc Rouillan By Jean Marc Rouillan [Editors note: this article is translated and based on a letter from Jean Marc to one of PLN's editors.] FRESNES, FRANCE The latest struggle here in France is a rolling hunger strike, one of us will not …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Some Peruvian Prisoners Released by Prisons in Peru are so overcrowded and under financed that two prisoners a day are dying at Lurigancho prison (where 5,900 are housed). As a result of these conditions, prisoners went on a hunger strike for better conditions. The result of this strike was a …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Foreign Letter by I see the continuing of PLN; the paper is fairly legible. It seems, the malignity of the rulers in Walla Walla and Monroe with their quest to delay, restrict or even destroy the PLN are banned. In any case there are some news lately which are of …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
Chileans Still in Prison by Chileans Still In Prison Last December many thought that the elections that brought the formal end to the military dictatorship of General Agusto Pinochet (installed in a 1973 CIA assisted coup against the elected government of Salvador Allende) would curtail the massive human rights abuses …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Free Tim Anderson by Tim Anderson is an Australian political activist. In 1978 he and two others were convicted of planting a bomb that killed a cop and two bystanders. They were convicted and spent 7 years in prison. After extensive inquiries the government decided that Tim and the others …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Russian Prisoners Revolting by Russian prisoners gave up after a riot in the Dnepropetrovsk prison in the USSR's Ukraine. The surrender took place on June 19, ending a rebellion that left the prison in smoking ruins and four prisoners dead. Of the four dead, one hanged himself, another overdosed on …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Private Gulags in England by Mike Vukasinovic Private Gulags In England By Mike Vukasinovic Following the de-nationalized policies of the Tory government of the UK, plans are afoot to privatize new remand centers and the escort of prisoners to and from court. This announcement comes as a prison officer's revolt …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
Prisoners in Struggle by Paul Wright PRISONERS IN STRUGGLE By: Paul Wright We have recently received information about the following prisoners in West Germany the US and England who are being persecuted because of their political beliefs. To help, I have a packet of pre-typed letters addressed to the authorities …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
GRAPO Prisoner Dies by In Issue #1 of PLN we reported the hunger strike by GRAPO (Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups, First of October) in Spain who seek to end the governments policy of placing them in control units, dispersing them in different prisons, beating them, censoring their mail, prohibiting visits, etc. …
Indonesia Murders Long Term Political Prisoners by On the 16th of February, 1990 four prisoners: Sater Suryanto, Johannes Surono, Simon Solainman and Norbertus Rohayan, were taken from their cell in Cipinang prison in Jakarta (capital of Indonesia) and taken to an uninhabited island in Jakarta Bay where they were shot …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
"Captive Voice" by "Captive Voice" This is the title of a quarterly magazine written entirely by Irish republican prisoners of war being held in Ireland, England, the US and Europe. The "CV" contains poetry, short stories, political analysis and the latest updates on prison related campaigns and issues. It is …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Prison Revolt in England by Prisoners in the horribly overcrowded Strangeways prison in Manchester, England rose in revolt on 1 April, 1990 protesting the conditions that had 1,660 men in a prison built in 1868 for 970 men. The prison does not have plumbing in the cells and the prisoners …
Political Prisoners Beaten by Novara, Italy On January 30, 1990, 20 political prisoners (members of the Red Brigades) held a sit-in, in the political prison to protest the continued solitary confinement of a fellow prisoner based on a guard's trumped up allegations. After 30 minutes of refusing to return to …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
"The Other Face of Europe" by "The Other Face of Europe" This is the title of a book printed by the atalan Solidarity Committee in Barcelona. The book deals with the huge number of political prisoners being held throughout Western European prisons and jails because of their political beliefs and …
Hungerstrike in Spain by Since November 30, 1989, 42 political prisoners in Spain, mainly members of GRAPO (October 1st Revolutionary Anti-Fascist Groups) have been on hunger strikes demanding their release from isolation and control units and an end to the campaign of repression against them, which includes dispersion through the …
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