Unless dramatic reforms are undertaken, prisoners such as Marty Gottesfeld will continue to be abused.
Category: Civil Rights
Palestinians Continue Boycott of Israeli Military Courts
Since Jan. 1, detainees being held without charge have refused to appear for court hearings. They are also boycotting appeal hearings, including those in higher courts.
King Remained Hopeful to the End
Dedrick Asante Muhammad says Martin Luther King Jr. was clear-eyed that America must embrace radical change, which won’t come from the powerful but from the “naïve and unsophisticated.”
Palestinian Authority Entrenching State Repression
Alaa Tartira spotlights the militarization of the PA budget and intensifying authoritarian aggression following the killing of Nizar Banat last summer.
Palestinians Condemn New Israeli Surveillance Revelations
Activists from groups recently designated “terrorist organizations” responded to news that their phones were hacked with Pegasus spyware.
CHRIS HEDGES: The Anonymous Executioners of the Corporate State
Imprisoning the David to Chevron’s Goliath is the latest outrage by a U.S. judiciary now engineered to favor the interests of capital.
UN Human Rights Experts: Release Steven Donziger
The detained American attorney who won a judgment against Chevron in Ecuador was sentenced Friday to six months in jail for defying court orders.
Where Flowers Find No Peace to Grow
The denial of humanity to more than half the world’s population remains part of the broad framework of our world system, writes Vijay Prashad.
‘The Politics of Blood’
The political violence against India’s left that just occurred in Tripura, a state in the north-east, has become a normal facet of democracy in our times, writes Vijay Prashad.
Walter Plywaski & Atheists’ Right to US Citizenship
Kristina M. Lee pays tribute to a Holocaust survivor’s contribution to the fight for religious freedom after his Covid-related death earlier this year.