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New Mexico S.Ct Grants Asylum to Little Rock Reed by Timothy Reed, better known as Little Rock Reed, fled from Ohio parole authorities in 1993, ending up in new Mexico. Ohio filed extradition papers with New Mexico authorities, expecting Reed to be apprehended and returned to their custody. The New …
Article • May 15, 1998 • from PLN May, 1998
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary by Laura Whitehorn Notes From The Unrepenitentiary By Laura Whitehorn The Jericho '98 rally in Washington, D.C. on March 27th was, I hope, a step in the direction of freeing all u.s.-held political prisoners and Prisoners of War. Vigorous action of all kinds both domestic and …
Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998
Peruvian Lawyers Arrested by Between November 18-21, 1997, in Lima, Peru, agents of the Peruvian political police, DINCOTE, arrested lawyers Ernesto Messa Delgado, Carlos Gamero Quispe, Luis Ramon Landaure and Teodoro Bendezu Montes. The arrestees' family members said they were given no reason for the arrests and noted that the …
Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998
Israeli Soldier Jailed for Refusing to Guard Palestinian Detainees by Yuval Lotem, a 40-year-old lieutenant in the Israeli Army reserve, like most Israeli men is called up for active duty several weeks a year. In early July 1997, Mr. Lotem was called to active duty and assigned guard duty at …
Kafka in the Desert: Palestinian Detainees Struggle by Imagine, if you will, an isolated prison in the desert. Surrounding the one conventional prison building is a large compound, divided into barbed wire enclosures, each holding several dozen prisoners in tents. The compound is walled in, and guarded by military police. …
Bureau of Prisons Gag Rule Enacted by Effective June 20, 1997, the Department of Justice and its Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) enacted changes to 28 CFR (chapter V, subchapter A, Part 501) governing general management and administration of BOP prisons. The new rules allow the federal government to target …
Article • December 15, 1997 • from PLN December, 1997
Peruvian Prisoners Rebel by Dan Axtell By Dan Axtell On June 20, 1997, over 5,000 prisoners in Lurigancho prison in Peru took over the prison during the course of a riot. According to Peruvian congressman Daniel Espichán Tumay, the riot was triggered by overcrowding, outcry over illegal transfers, and bad …
Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary by Laura Whitehorn Pick up your trumpet, raise your voice: it's time to make noise. 1998 will see two important efforts to win the release of all u.s.-held political prisoners and prisoners of war. These efforts need the support of all justice loving people, all those …
Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997
Prison Uprisings Sweep Columbia by A large number of prison uprisings and breakouts occurred throughout Colombia in the first quarter of 1997. On January 5, eighteen prisoners escaped from the prison in Arauca. On January 12, rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia broke 39 prisoners out of the …
Article • August 15, 1997 • from PLN August, 1997
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary by Laura Whitehorn GERONIMO IS FREE! Geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt), his family, the Black community, New Afrikan Independence Movement, and thousands of activists, radicals, and revolutionaries have waited 27 years to say those joyful words. Women here at FCI Dublin (California) celebrated Geronimo's release and exclaimed …
Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997
Ruchell Cinque Magee: Sole Survivor Still by Mumia Abu-Jamal Slavery is being practiced by the system under the color of law ... Slavery 400 years ago, slavery today; it's the same thing, but with a new name. They're making millions and millions of dollars enslaving Blacks, poor whites, and others …
Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997
In Defense of Mumia by Daniel Burton-Rose Review by Daniel Burton-Rose This work, edited by S.E. Anderson and Tony Medina, is a powerful compilation of graphic art, prose, and poetry inspired by political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal's struggle for freedom from PA's death row, the 1985 bombing of the radical MOVE …
Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997
Prisoners of Colonialism: The Struggle for Justice in Puerto Rico by Daniel Burton-Rose Review by Daniel Burton-Rose This work by Ronald Fernandez provides a history of Puerto Rico's efforts to free itself from the imperial rule of the United States, from the time it was "won" from the Spanish in …
Death Blossoms by Mark Cook Review by Mark Cook Mumia Abu Jamal's Death Blossoms walks the reader through a hallway of mirrors reflecting the thoughts of a prisoner of conscience contending with the oppressive diversion of a death sentence. Death Blossoms evades the State's attempt to silence him. In an …
Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997
Puerto Rican POW 'Graduated' from ADX Florence to USP Marion by Daniel Burton-Rose On November 8, 1996, Puerto Rican prisoner of war Oscar Lopez Rivera was transferred from ADX Florence to USP Marion after completing the 36-month "step program" at ADX in just 23 months. He received no disciplinary infractions …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary: " Schooling the generations in the politics of prison" by Laura Whitehorn Twentieth century prison conditions are like the conditions of slavery. Plantation owners prevented rebellion by denying the humanity of the Africans they enslaved; prisoners are dehumanized in San Quentin, Parchman Farm, and prisons all …
Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997
Ten Years Is Enough; Belgian POWs Seek Freedom by In 1984 and 1985 the Communist Fighting Cells (CCC) attacked imperialist and capitalist interests in Belgium. Among the targets attacked were banks (including the Bank of America), NATO headquarters, the federation of big employers, energy companies, etc. On December 16, 1985, …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Law Against Love by Mumia Abu-Jamal For several years now, MOVE political prisoner Chuck Africa, has had to do battle with Pennsylvania prison officials to obtain the most fundamental of human rights -- the right to visit with his wife, May 13th, 1985 bombing survivor and ex-political prisoner, Ramona Africa. …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Rosenberg Fund for Children by Carol Carvalho by Carol Carvalho, RFC Director of Grantmaking The progressive community needs to support activists, prisoners rights advocates and political prisoners who risk their lives and economic security for causes of peace, justice, protection of the environment and equal rights. The Rosenberg Fund for …
Twelve Political Prisoners Gave their Lives in a Death Fast in Turkey by When Aygun Ugur, an imprisoned militant from the outlawed Turkish Communist Party/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML), died on the 63rd day of a hungerstrike, Turkey was shocked. In a nation which is continually rocked by political crises and rebellion, this …
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