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Strikes Sweep Bolivian Prisons as Promise of Freedom Fades by Julia Lutsky In celebration of Jubilee 2000, Roman Catholic Pope John Paul asked the nations of the world to pardon crimes and free prisoners where possible. Bolivia responded with Law 2098 "to celebrate the coming of the third millennium by …
Article • April 15, 2001 • from PLN April, 2001
Wackenhut to Build Prison in South Africa by The Wackenhut Corrections Corporation completed an agreement with South African government to build and operate a 3,024 bed maximum security prison in that country. The prison, expected to be opened in early 2002, is the first venture in Africa for the Floridabased …
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
The Spirit of Freedom and Resistance, Long Kesh Prison Closed by Julia Lutsky Her Majesty's Prison Maze, also called Long Kesh, is a high security prison located about ten miles from Belfast in Northern Ireland's County Antrim. The largest of Northern Ireland's prisons, it was established on the site of …
Political Prisoners in Spain by Julia Lutsky Political Prisoners In Spain By Julia Lutsky Political prisoners exist in every country and every country denies their existence. Spain is no exception. It has seen three distinct waves of modern political prisoners: those who defended the popularly elected Spanish Republican Government against …
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
Prison Riots in Peru by On Monday, Feb. 7, prisoners from the Communist Party of Peru (PCP, or "Shining Path" in the media) led an uprising at the maximum-security prison of Yanamayo in Puno, taking over 30 hostages. Seven guards and police were wounded, and one prisoner was killed, identified …
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
Czech Prisons Reverberate as Thousands Protest by Julia Lutsky by Julia Lutsy An uprising at 21 of the Czech Republic's 33 prisons was touched off on January 10, 2000, when a guard turned off prisoners' television an hour early in the Vinarice prison in Central Bohemia. This gave rise to …
Republican Political Prisoners in the North of Ireland by David Fanning by David Fanning, Irish Northern Aid On May 22, 1998, voters in Ireland, north and south, voted overwhelmingly in favor of adopting what has become known as the Good Friday Agreement (GFA). This agreement was meant to bring to …
Palestinians Still Imprisoned Despite Peace Process by Inaki Markiegi by Iñaki Markiegi Today Palestinians remain foreigners in their own land. Faced with the apathy of the international community, the nearly two and half million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, the million in the Israeli …
International Perspectives on the Death Penalty by Julia Lutsky Review by Julia Lutsky The United States is finding itself increasingly isolated by its intransigence with respect to the death penalty. At a time when the rest of the world is moving toward eradication of this barbaric practice, the United States …
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
Five Lawyers in Peru Freed by Heriberto Ocasio Lima, Peru-- There is good news in the struggle to defend the Peruvian lawyers who are under attack from the U.S.backed Fujimori regime for their courageous work in defending political prisoners. A trial for six of the defense lawyers ended in acquittal. …
Turkish Political Prisoners Massacred by On September 26, 1999, eleven political prisoners in a Turkish prison were massacred by police. The victims were imprisoned members of the People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Party (DHKP-C) and the Communist Party of Turkey-Marxist-Leninist (TKP-ML). Both organizations are currently waging people's wars to overthrow the …
Israeli Supreme Court Limits Torture by In a Sept. 1999 ruling, Israel's Supreme Court outlawed the systemic torture of Palestinian detainees by the country's security forces. Israeli authorities had long claimed that "moderate physical pressure" during interrogations was necessary to combat terrorism. Palestinian prisoners, many detained without being charged, were …
Behind Bars in Brazil (Review of Human Rights Watch Report) by Julia Lutsky Reviewed by Julia Lutsky Since Brazil is the largest nation in Latin America it comes as no surprise to know that its prisons hold more people than do the prisons of any other Latin American nation. Its …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
South Korea Frees Political Prisoner after 41 Years by South Korea Frees Political Prisoner After 41 Years On February 25, 1999, South Korea freed Woo Yong Gak, the world's longest serving political prisoner. Woo spent 41 years in solitary confinement in a 12' by 12' cell in the Taejon penitentiary. …
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. …
Article • December 15, 1997 • from PLN December, 1997
U.S. and Russia Reaching Record Levels of Incarceration by A new 59-nation study by The Sentencing Project reveals that Russia and the United States have reached record levels of incarceration and are far ahead of other nations in their use of imprisonment. The study also found that a 92% increase …
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
Attention Foreign Nationals by A.I.C.A.P. Greetings from Alliance of Incarcerated Canadians in American Prisons (AICAP). Our purpose is to have all foreign citizens [not just Canadians] to serve their sentences in their home countries. In September, 1996, Congress enacted new amendments under the Immigration Reform Act, which allows for transfer …
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