Why write to prisoners? Alexey Navalny’s co-defendant Daniel Kholodny explains (writing from a penal colony) why letters and postcards are so important to political prisoners in Russia

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/09/10/why-write-to-prisoners

#PoliticalPrisoners #Russia

Is India Still a Democracy? Political Prisoners Tell Their Stories

During the three-year-long trial against Professor GN Saibaba and the other men, which ran from 2014 to 2017, the prosecution produced no real evidence. Of 23 witnesses presented before the court by the prosecution, 22 were police officers. The only civilian witness retracted his confession after claiming it resulted from torture. While Saibaba’s health deteriorated in prison, Rahi, the social activist and journalist, alleged that he, Mishra, Narote, and Mahesh Tirki were tortured in custody by investigating officer Suhas Bawache.

https://time.com/6305728/voices-of-political-prisoners-from-authoritarian-india/

#PoliticalPrisoners #GNSaibaba #activism #dissent #HumanRights #TribalRights #adivasis #UAPA #DraconianLaws #environment #EcoDestruction #authoritarianism #PressFreedom #FalseCases #torture #StateViolence #UnionGovt #india #books #bookstodon #SuchitraVijayan #FrancescaRecchia

Revealed: The Swedish Citizen and EU Employee Detained for 500+ Days in #Iran

> The #EU is among the foreign and dual nationals seized by Iranian authorities and held as leverage for political and economic concessions from the US and European countries. Last month the US agreed with Iran that five American #PoliticalPrisoners would be freed, in return for the unfreezing of $6 billion in Iranian assets in South #Korea and the release of Iranians imprisoned in the #US
https://eaworldview.com/2023/09/swedish-citizen-floderus-detained-iran/

3 new #PoliticalPrisoners in #HongKong on Wed, all related to the notorious police attacks at Prince Edward MTR station, Aug 31, 2019:
-1 for obstructing police (grabbing a cop apprehending a citizen)
-2 for possessing offensive weapons (laser pointers)
https://bit.ly/3Z6m5jC

Palestinian Prisoners Hatem and Hazem Qawasmeh, Osama Daqrouq Suspend Hunger Strikes; 6 Prisoners Continue Battle

#Palestine #PoliticalPrisoners #PalestinianPrisoners

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2023/09/04/palestinian-prisoners-hatem-and-hazem-qawasmeh-osama-daqrouq-suspend-hunger-strikes-6-prisoners-continue-battle/

Since 1999, #RunningDownTheWalls has been happening both inside and outside prisons. Hear from current and former #PoliticalPrisoners in their own words, on just how important your support is for this event.

Join us for this solidarity 5K to empty cages and #StopCopCity.

⚠️ Last day to register! Don’t miss out! https://phillyabc.org/rdtw/

📢Last day to register for #RunningDownTheWalls!

Register at: https://phillyabc.org/rdtw/

Join us for this solidarity 5K run/walk/roll/cheer to raise funds and strengthen resistance!🏴

Proceeds support #PoliticalPrisoners and comrades facing repression from the fight to #StopCopCity.

⚠️Last day to register for Philly #RunningDownTheWalls!

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Saudi Dissident’s Brother Is Sentenced to Death for Social Media Posts on Royals - Under a crackdown on dissent by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, prosecutors accused a r... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/world/middleeast/saudi-death-sentence-social-media.html #freedomofspeechandexpression #mohammedbinsalman(1985-) #decisionsandverdicts #riyadh(saudiarabia) #politicalprisoners #treasonandsedition #al-ghamdimohammed #royalfamilies #jubeiradelal- #socialmedia #saudiarabia

⚠️Only 2 days left to register for #RDTW 2023.
➡️Deadline is end of day tomorrow!

For 24 years we’ve been #RunningDownTheWalls inside and outside prisons. Join us again this year to support #PoliticalPrisoners and #StopCopCity.

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⚠️Only 3 days left to register for #RunningDownTheWalls!

➡️If you haven’t signed up yet, please do today at: https://phillyabc.org/rdtw/

Remote or in person--let’s empty the cages and run/walk/roll/cheer in support of #PoliticalPrisoners and comrades in the fight to #StopCopCity!

It’s a great day to register for this year’s #RDTW so you don’t miss the deadline!

Join us in supporting #PoliticalPrisoners and comrades in the fight to #StopCopCity!

Register now at: https://phillyabc.org/rdtw/

And thank you @sugarbombingworld (Instagram) for this dope graphic!

"Today, August 30, we dropped a banner over a highway in Oaxaca in solidarity with all anarchist prisoners and those being persecuted by the state.

"We want to call special attention, and send an extra strong embrace, to our compañero Miguel Peralta from the community of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, who is living on the run due to continued repression from the cacique-political party apparatus currently in power in the state of Oaxaca."

https://itsgoingdown.org/banner-drop-oaxaca-week-of-solidarity-with-anarchist-prisoners/

#Mexico #Oaxaca #MiguelPeralta #PoliticalPrisoners

📢Only 4 days left to register for #RunningDownTheWalls!

If you haven’t yet, please register at: https://phillyabc.org/rdtw/

Running is not required! Remote or in person--join us for this solidarity run/walk/roll/cheer to raise funds to help comrades facing repression from the movement to #StopCopCity, and to support #PoliticalPrisoners.

Deadline approaching for #RunningDownTheWalls! Your contribution to this fun, but extremely important event provides a huge amount of support to the recipients.

Proceeds go to jail/legal funds for #StopCopCity movement and ongoing support for #PoliticalPrisoners.

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⚠️Deadline is approaching for #RunningDownTheWalls!

Register today at: https://phillyabc.org/rdtw/

Join us for this solidarity 5K run/walk/roll/cheer to raise funds and strengthen resistance!

Proceeds support #PoliticalPrisoners and comrades facing repression from the fight to #StopCopCity.

We're #RunningDownTheWalls this year to #StopCopCity and support #PoliticalPrisoners!

For comrades fighting on the ground, in courtrooms, and behind bars--your participation goes a long way.

It's the last week to register. Don't miss out!

Register now: https://phillyabc.org/rdtw/

Last week to register for #RunningDownTheWalls.
➡️ Deadline is Sunday! ⬅️

Run/walk/roll/cheer with us until every cage is empty!

Bolster the ongoing resistance to #StopCopCity, and support #PoliticalPrisoners.

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#DefendWeelaunee

The COUTTS 4 - With Granny Mackay - The Kevin J. Johnston Show - 9PM Eastern Time

Granny Mackay has been instrumental in keeping the COUTTS 4 Boys SANE in the awful Canadian Prison System.

GRANNY MACKAY joins us on the Kevin J. Johnston Show
Tuesday, August 29 at 7PM Calgary Time / 9PM Toronto Time

CANADA'S POLITICAL PRISONERS NEED YOU, CANADA!

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#Coutts #Calgary #Alberta #Coutts4 #Prisoners #PoliticalPrisoners #Edmonton #Reddeer #Lethbridge #Airdrie

"As a result of the years of worsening conditions, more than 800 prisoners have been staging Bahrain’s largest-ever hunger strike since early August, with many of the striking political prisoners held in the country’s largest prison, the Jau Reformation and Rehabilitation Centre."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/28/slow-murder-hundreds-of-prisoners-stage-bahrains-largest-hunger-strike

#Bahrain #HungerStrike #PoliticalPrisoners