(2023-05-12). Here's How Connecticut Could Implement a Historic New Voting Law. aclu.org Known as the "land of steady habits," Connecticut represents a microcosm of the racist legacy of voter suppression nationwide — but that might change soon. | While some people think of Connecticut as progressive, in truth, we're behind on protecting the right to vote: Connecticut is one of only four states that does not have in-person early voting, one of only 15 states without no-excuse absentee voting, and is in the
(2023-05-12). Why Indigenous Students Are Fighting to Wear Tribal Regalia at Graduation. aclu.org 
(2023-05-12). Human Rights Groups Sue to Block Biden's "Unlawful" Asylum Ban. truthout.org The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and immigrant advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to the Biden administration's new asylum ban, which went into effect after Title 42 — a pandemic-era emergency policy that was widely condemned by immigrant advocates — expired on Thursday. Biden's asylum ban combines unlawful Trump-era "third country transit ban" policies — which Biden had… |
(2023-05-13). Ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan released on bail amid mass protests; authorities vow to jail him again. wsws.org The government has responded to the Supreme Court's striking down of Kahn's arrest and his subsequent release on bail with great anger and threats, setting the stage for an intensification of the political crisis.
(2023-05-12). 8th annual event honors Joe Torres, victim of killer cops. workers.org 
Houston When Houston cops arrested and brutally beat Vietnam war veteran Joe Campos Torres on Cinco de Mayo (May 5), 1977, the jailers refused to book him. They told the cops to take him to the hospital. Instead, police officers took him back to the banks of Buffalo Bayou and . . . |
(2023-05-12). Alleged Killer Of Young Dolph Gets $90,000 Bond: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Hernandez Govan, who was accused of organizing the murder of popular Memphis hip-hop artist Young Dolph has posted bond and was released from jail. Authorities accuse the 43-year-old Govan of being the one who ordered Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith to shoot and kill Young Dolph at Makeda's Homemade Cookies on Nov. 17, 2021. Young …
(2023-05-13). Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike: latest target of Israeli assassinations. workers.org 
Published by Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 1, 2023. Sheikh Khader Adnan Sheikh Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner, hunger striker and resistance leader, was martyred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 2, after 86 days of hunger strike demanding his freedom. Adnan, 45, was married to Randa . . . |
(2023-05-13). Guantanamo Prisoner's Graphic Details of U.S. Torture. strategic-culture.org 
(2023-05-13). Prison Can't Prevent Domestic Abuse. Transformative Accountability Programs Can. truthout.org One of the central tenets of the movement to end intimate partner violence is accountability: the idea that people who use violence should be held responsible for their actions. For many in the movement, accountability has been linked to intervention by the criminal legal system. Some anti-violence advocates have argued that those who used violence could best — or only — be held accountable… |
(2023-05-13). Indigenous Resistance in Mexico, Border Militarization, and the End of Title 42. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we look at the Mexican state's targeting of Indigenous resistance movements and communities, specifically the cases of political prisoners Fidencio Aldama and Miguel Peralta, and how this relates to the militarization of borders across so-called North America. As a recent article on It's Going Down wrote: …
(2023-05-13). On Khader Adnan's Hunger Strike. dissidentvoice.org 
The story of the ongoing Nakba is the story of Khader Adnan, who spent eight years of his life in Israeli prison without charge or trial and died last week on hunger strike in solitary confinement.
(2023-05-12). United Nations panel investigates U.S. political prisoners. workers.org 
By Efia Nwangaza This article, published in Black Agenda Report via Popular Resistance, reports on a United Nations panel of experts in the U.S. that is investigating the condition of political prisoners held in the United States. Black Agenda Report Greenville, South Carolina — An April 26th U.N. Delegation session, . . . |
(2023-05-12). Political prisoners? The U.S. emperor has no clothes. workers.org 
By Julia Wright Julia Wright A delegation from the UN Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (UN EMLER) visited the United States between April 24 and May 5, 2023, to review the status quo of law enforcement and police brutality in advance of the third . . . |
(2023-05-12). Peru: Prosecutors Ask For 35 Years In Prison Against Kuczynski. telesurenglish.net The Peruvian Public Prosecutor's Office requested on Friday a prison sentence of 35 years for former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018) as part of the investigation of the Odebrecht case. | RELATED: | Prosecutor José Domingo Pérez who leads the First Office of the Lava Jato Special Team filed the indictment against Kuczynski. He is accused of the crime of money laundering with the aggravating circumstance of a criminal organization. | Acc…
(2023-05-12). New ICE Program Subjects Asylum Seekers to GPS Monitoring and Curfew. truthout.org The White House is rolling out a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program that will subject asylum-seeking families that cross the U.S. border without authorization to GPS monitoring and a curfew — a move that immigrant advocates say will further criminalize migrants and ultimately expand ICE's inhumane system of immigrant imprisonment. The punitive surveillance program… |
(2023-05-12). Did Intel-Linked Dataminr Play Sinister Role in Hunter Biden Laptop Suppression? strategic-culture.org 
By Kit KLARENBERG | On April 20, former acting CIA Director Michael Morell
(2023-05-12). Political prisoners? The U.S. emperor has no clothes. workers.org By Julia Wright Julia Wright A delegation from the UN Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (UN EMLER) visited the United States between April 24 and May 5, 2023, to review the status quo of law enforcement and police brutality in advance of the third . . . |
(2023-05-12). Peru: Prosecutors Ask For 35 Years In Prison Against Kuczynski. telesurenglish.net The Peruvian Public Prosecutor's Office requested on Friday a prison sentence of 35 years for former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018) as part of the investigation of the Odebrecht case. | RELATED: | Prosecutor José Domingo Pérez who leads the First Office of the Lava Jato Special Team filed the indictment against Kuczynski. He is accused of the crime of money laundering with the aggravating circumstance of a criminal organization. | Acc…
(2023-05-12). New ICE Program Subjects Asylum Seekers to GPS Monitoring and Curfew. truthout.org The White House is rolling out a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program that will subject asylum-seeking families that cross the U.S. border without authorization to GPS monitoring and a curfew — a move that immigrant advocates say will further criminalize migrants and ultimately expand ICE's inhumane system of immigrant imprisonment. The punitive surveillance program… |
(2023-05-12). Did Intel-Linked Dataminr Play Sinister Role in Hunter Biden Laptop Suppression? strategic-culture.org By Kit KLARENBERG | On April 20, former acting CIA Director Michael Morell