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Death by incarceration: The U.S. prison system is slowly killing its political prisoners
By denying parole and medical treatment, the U.S. prison system is sentencing its longest-held political prisoners to a slow death.
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How Israel undermined the prisoner exchange by widening the definition of ‘security prisoners’
Israel undermined the prisoner exchange with Hamas by widening the definition of “security prisoners” to include those held for little more than social media posts.
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The true cost of Julian Assange’s persecution: An exclusive interview with Stella Assange
It is now four years since Julian Assange was imprisoned in Belmarsh’s high-security prison in London and eleven since he was forced into hiding in the Ecuadorean Embassy in the same city. But even before then, the Australian publisher and WikiLeaks co-founder has been under relentless attack from powerful bodies his organization exposed.
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Vernon Gonsalves: Stop denying political prisoners the right to healthcare in Indian jails
On 8th September Vernon Gonsalves, one of the 16 undertrials in the Bhima Koregaon case lodged in the anda cell of Taloja Central Jail, was diagnosed with dengue and likely pneumonia.
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Political prisoners unite the British Raj and ‘New India’
Just as the British rulers used to refer to political prisoners during their rule as ‘terrorists,’ the rulers of today also call people imprisoned for opposing them ‘terrorists’.
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U.S. political prisoner Mutulu Shakur has six months to live. Will courts finally grant compassionate release?
Renowned revolutionary leader and health worker Mutulu Shakur has spent over three decades in prison. As his cancer worsens, activists are demanding his release.
