Political prisoners
General strike declared across Palestine in solidarity with Gaza

Demonstrations took place in the occupied West Bank and the Palestinian territories, which were occupied by Israel in 1948, in tandem with the strike.

The abduction of Dr. Kizza Besigye marks a new chapter in Uganda’s political repression

The abduction and prosecution of Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye exposes deepening political repression in East Africa.

After 49 years in prison, Leonard Peltier is finally free

The Indigenous freedom fighter and longest-held political prisoner was released on Tuesday following a decades-long struggle for his release

France orders release of Georges Abdallah, Europe’s longest-held political prisoner

The court issued the release order after Abdallah had spent 40 years in French prisons despite continuous worldwide protests calling for his freedom.

Longest-held US political prisoner Leonard Peltier is hospitalized

Supporters demand the 80-year-old Indigenous freedom fighter be transferred to a medical facility

Palestinian health workers in Gaza describe torture and abuse in Israeli detention

A new report reveals harrowing accounts from Palestinian health workers who were imprisoned and tortured by Israel

Death by incarceration: The US prison system is slowly killing its political prisoners

By denying parole and medical treatment, the US prison system is sentencing its longest-held political prisoners to a slow death

Leonard Peltier denied parole

Longest-held political prisoner in United States and Indigenous freedom fighter continues to maintain innocence

The people’s struggle will free Leonard Peltier

Peoples Dispatch speaks to Gloria La Riva, who has spent decades in the movement to free the longest-held political prisoner in the United States

The longest held political prisoner in the United States just got his first hearing in over a decade

After 47 years behind bars, Leonard Peltier’s supporters in the Indigenous movement continue to fight for his release

Creating life from a life sentence: Sana’ Daqqah on the Palestinian prisoners’ movement

Sana’ Daqqah, activist, journalist, and the wife of the martyred prisoner Walid Daqqah, on the significance of the prisoners’ struggle to Palestinian liberation

Sana’ Daqqah: We are on the side of humanity

Sana’ Daqqah, activist, journalist, and the wife of the martyred Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa, addresses the People’s Conference for Palestine