Execution postponed for wrongfully convicted Texas mother
Across the United States, public figures and everyday people came together in support of Melissa Lucio, sentenced to death without evidence
Ruchell Magee: US prisoner, political thinker, rebel, and still fighting for release after 67 years
The longest held political prisoner in the US has been punished for decades for his participation in a modern day slave rebellion
Fighting for his life: An interview with Prakash Churaman
Prakash Churaman grew up behind bars after being accused of a crime he didn’t commit, now he’s fighting for his freedom
Death toll in infamous New York prison reaches 11 this year as crisis spirals
The death of Isa Abdul Karim, at the Rikers Island prison complex in New York City, is the latest in the recent spate of deaths in a jail infamous for neglect and abuse of inmates
Los Angeles organizers say ‘Shut ‘Em Down’ at prisoner solidarity rally
Activists organized a rally outside of the Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail as part of the Shut ‘Em Down week of action
Activists demand the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal has spent 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit and supporters fear for his rapidly deteriorating health
Massive prisoners’ strike in US continues amid bids to suppress it
“This first week of the strike has just come to an end and we have seen a substantial wave of success. The mainstream media attention on the strike has been monumentally greater than we have ever seen in the past.”
- Ambulance drivers and nurses strike in Croatia
- IRGC colonel assassinated in Tehran, Iran vows revenge
- Iraqi leftist poet Muthaffar al-Nawab dies aged 88
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
