(2023-03-13). COVID-19 is Not Over for People Who Are Incarcerated. aclu.org 
(2023-03-13). Tuesday 3/14: Black Power & Civil Rights History Talk w/ Journalist & Author, Mark Whitaker. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-03-13). Black Student Sues School After Teacher Assaulted Her for Not Reciting Pledge. truthout.org A 15-year-old in South Carolina is suing her school district for violating her civil rights after a teacher assaulted her in the hallway for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Marissa Barnwell, a Black honor roll student at River Bluff High School, was walking to her classroom on November 29, 2022 — her birthday — when a teacher, Nicole Livingston, grabbed her and held her against a wall… |
(2023-03-14). Former Tamil refugee asks federal gov't to give asylum seekers permanency. greenleft.org.au Australian Tamil Congress director Nimalakaran Sinnakkili called for permanent protection for the remaining refugees and asylum seekers living in the community and those imprisoned in detention centres in Australia and on Nauru.
(2023-03-13). Millions Of Women Protest Across Latin America And The Caribbean. popularresistance.org In Argentina, women and gender-diverse people participated in a national strike, organized for the seventh consecutive year, and mobilized throughout the country demanding an end to gender discrimination and violence against women and members of the LGBTQI+ community.
(2023-03-13). New Federal Proposal Could Seize 75% Of Commissary Funds Sent To Prisoners. popularresistance.org Incarcerated people across the US could find their commissary funds depleted by a new proposed policy from the Bureau of Prisons to automatically deduct three quarters of all funds prisoners receive from loved ones on the outside. The BOP is justifying the proposed change by appealing to personal responsibility—claiming that the deductions will go towards covering prisoners' financial obligations such as child support and court fees. But what about the financial obligations of the federal government? Billions of public dollars are earmarked for corporate contractors profiting from incarceration and war each…
(2023-03-13). COVID-19 is Not Over for People Who Are Incarcerated. aclu.org
(2023-03-13). Tuesday 3/14: Black Power & Civil Rights History Talk w/ Journalist & Author, Mark Whitaker. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-03-13). Black Student Sues School After Teacher Assaulted Her for Not Reciting Pledge. truthout.org A 15-year-old in South Carolina is suing her school district for violating her civil rights after a teacher assaulted her in the hallway for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Marissa Barnwell, a Black honor roll student at River Bluff High School, was walking to her classroom on November 29, 2022 — her birthday — when a teacher, Nicole Livingston, grabbed her and held her against a wall… |
(2023-03-14). Former Tamil refugee asks federal gov't to give asylum seekers permanency. greenleft.org.au Australian Tamil Congress director Nimalakaran Sinnakkili called for permanent protection for the remaining refugees and asylum seekers living in the community and those imprisoned in detention centres in Australia and on Nauru.
(2023-03-13). Millions Of Women Protest Across Latin America And The Caribbean. popularresistance.org In Argentina, women and gender-diverse people participated in a national strike, organized for the seventh consecutive year, and mobilized throughout the country demanding an end to gender discrimination and violence against women and members of the LGBTQI+ community.
(2023-03-13). New Federal Proposal Could Seize 75% Of Commissary Funds Sent To Prisoners. popularresistance.org Incarcerated people across the US could find their commissary funds depleted by a new proposed policy from the Bureau of Prisons to automatically deduct three quarters of all funds prisoners receive from loved ones on the outside. The BOP is justifying the proposed change by appealing to personal responsibility—claiming that the deductions will go towards covering prisoners' financial obligations such as child support and court fees. But what about the financial obligations of the federal government? Billions of public dollars are earmarked for corporate contractors profiting from incarceration and war each…
(2023-03-13). Report Back from Noise Demo in Support of Those Facing 'Domestic Terrorism' Charges in Atlanta, GA. itsgoingdown.org Report back from recent noise demonstration in solidarity with those arrested in Atlanta on domestic terrorism charges. Originally posted to Scenes from the Atlanta Forest. Supporters, family members, and beloved community members of the 23 young people charged with domestic terrorism at the South River Festival gathered outside of the DeKalb County Jail on March…
(2023-03-14). Torture, Murder and Security Clearances at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. indybay.org The news out of the democratic republic of Chile this week is that the conviction of Jaime Garcia Covarrubias—the former National Defense University / Defense Security Cooperation Agency professor who was since 2008 the target of the Petitioner's disclosures through the NDU/DSCA chain of command—for the torture and murder of an unarmed detainee was upheld by that country's Supreme Court. | Garcia Covarrubias has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his authorship of that crime, one of two involving the torture and clandestine murder of unarmed detainees for which he has already been convicted a…
(2023-03-13). A new federal proposal could seize 75% of commissary funds families send to loved ones in prison. therealnews.com 
(2023-03-13). The Imbalance of San Pedro. libya360.wordpress.com Fabrizio Casari Pope Francis' words against Sandinista Nicaragua have aroused astonishment in some quarters, consternation in others. In criticizing the decision of the judicial authority to impose a harsh prison sentence on Monsignor Rolando Alvarez, Francis has gone far beyond what ecclesial language permits, and far beyond what reasonableness suggests. He has accused President Daniel…
(2023-03-13). 'No Pain Is Like Mine': On International Women's Day, Palestinian Female Prisoners Endure 'Harsh Conditions'. orinocotribune.com By Palestine Chronicle Staff | 29 Palestinian female prisoners are currently held under harsh conditions in Israeli prisons, subjected to a systematic policy of medical negligence, Palestinian prisoners' support and human rights group Addameer said. | Releasing the figures on March 7, the human rights organization took the opportunity to raise awareness of the plight of two 16-year-old teenagers who are among those detained. | According to Addameer's report, several female prisoners are injured while 15 suffer from various health issues, in addition to six mothers, two minors, and a female prisoner who are under…