Political prisoners
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

Senegal to hold presidential election after Constitutional Council voids delay

President Macky Sall’s announcement to hold an election on March 23 follows weeks of uncertainty over his bid to extend his time in power

Palestinian women and girls are being subjected to sexual violence by Israeli soldiers, says UN

Multiple United Nations experts highlight reports that Palestinian women and girls in detention have suffered sexual assault by Israeli soldiers

Sekou Odinga, Black liberation fighter and former political prisoner, passes at 79

Odinga leaves behind a legacy of resistance, having helped Assata Shakur escape prison and having been a member of the most notable Black liberation organizations

US releases detained Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab

After over three years imprisoned in Cape Verde and Miami, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was released in a prisoner exchange with the US

Palestinian prisoners in Israel How Palestinians in Israeli prisons experience the war

Since October 7, Palestinian political prisoners have had their rights further eroded as the Israeli Prison Authorities carry out a campaign of collective punishment