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Nepal: Amnesty International requests urgent audience with King
An Amnesty International mission has arrived in Nepal and has said that the initial picture of the situation in Nepal is one of heightened uncertainty, insecurity and fear, in the aftermath of the declaration of the state of emergency and an upcoming nationwide ‘bandh’ (strike)....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 11:30pm PST
Infoshop/AMP releases new Copwatch 101 booklet
Infoshop.org and the Alternative Media Project are pleased to announce the public release of our new Copwatch 101 booklet. This is the first booklet in the pamphlet series published by our Breaking...
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 8:48pm PST
FEC May Tighten Restrictions On Internet Political Activity
The Federal Election Commission next month will begin looking at tightening restrictions on political activities on the Internet, ROLL CALL reports Monday...
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 9:22am PST
5 U.S.-Held Cuban Political Prisoners from left to right: Ramón Labañino, Fernando Gonzále
UPDATED BIOS AND THE ADDRESSES OF THE FIVE CUBAN HEROES...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 8:58pm PST
Legal Update on the Appeals Proces of Mumia Abu-Jamal
The following legal update was approved by the National Task Force for Mumia Abu-Jamal at a December 12, 2004 meeting in New York City. This update was also reviewed and approved by Attorney Robert R. Bryan, Mumia’s lead counsel. A popular summary of these legal issues will be prepared by the task force in the near future:...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 8:41pm PST
Campaign to ‘Free the Five’ grows worldwide
Five Cuban men, in U.S. jails for six years, have gained support throughout the world because of the justice of their cause — defending Cuba against terrorism. The enormity of their sentences — life sentences for three of them — and the hideous irregularities in their trial have focused necessary attention on their appeals as well as easing their lives in jail and helping family members. But increasingly the men themselves are becoming the story....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 12:59pm PST
photos:HEAR THE EVIDENCE!, Feb.11 for Mumia
On Feb.11 2-300 supporters of Black death-row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered in Philadelphia.... They marched from the Friends Center and circled City Hall before the crowd joined the French delegation in City Hall where they recieved Liberty Bell awards from the City of Philadelphia....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 12:43pm PST
Linking the American Left to Terror-The Stewart Conviction
The true meaning of the radical persecution of civil-rights attorney Lynne Stewart is simply to link the American left wing with terrorism....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 11:03am PST
BTL:Campaign to Free Leonard Peltier Continues as the...
...Native American Activist Spends His 30th Year in Prison ~ Interview with Barry Bachrach, attorney for Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 4:09am PST
More evidence of US government’s torture by proxy
Over the past year, mounting evidence has surfaced on Washington’s systematic use of torture against prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq. Another aspect of this policy is the transfer of prisoners by the CIA and other US government agencies to countries where they will be subject to torture. Known as “extraordinary rendition,” the practice is complemented by the CIA’s own highly secret detention facilities around the world, which are operated outside of any legal framework....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 10:32pm PST
A NATIONAL DAY OF OUTRAGE IN RESPONSE TO LYNNE STEWART VERDICT
Please begin making arrangements and stay tuned for more information....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 3:06pm PST
Press release concerning the Anna Mae Aquash case and Leonard Peltier
It has become clear that certain factions are maliciously and wrongfully framing Leonard Peltier as a patsy to be falsely blamed for the death of Anna Mae Aquash. First and foremost, let us be clear that Leonard had no involvement in the murder....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 1:56pm PST
Another Bedrock Right Obliterated: Lynne Stewart's Conviction Hurts Us All
In a shocking jury verdict today, a tireless watchdog for liberty was convicted of violating special administrative prison rules and of providing material support to terrorists....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 9:30am PST
Convicted Attorney Lynne Stewart: "You Can't Lock Up the Lawyers"
Lynne Stewart and her attorney, Michael Tigar, join Democracy Now! In our firehouse studio for their first extended national broadcast interview following Thursday's jury decision to convict Stewart on all five counts of conspiring to aid terrorists and lying to the government. The verdict reverberated around the country, especially with lawyers who fear the government's aim is to discourage them from representing unpopular clients. We also speak with one of the witnesses at her trial, former...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 7:59am PST
Arrest of members of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Copwatch Program
Three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Lumumba Bandele, Desaw Floyd, and Djbril Toure were arrested in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn just past midnight this morning. At the time of their arrest, the three were engaged in the legal monitoring of police activities as part of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Copwatch Program....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 10:35pm PST
NLG Condemns Verdict In Lynne Stewart Trial
National Lawyers Guild Condemns Verdict In Lynne Stewart Trial
Urges Defense Attorneys to Continue Representing Unpopular Clients...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 5:20pm PST
Robert O'Harrow Goes Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society
O'Harrow explores how the government is teaming up with private companies to collect massive amounts of data on citizens and how, he writes, "More than ever before, the details about our lives are no longer our own. They belong to the companies that collect them, and the government agencies that buy or demand them in the name of keeping us safe."...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 9:08am PST
New York’s public schools marred by corporate model, police repression
On February 3, a New York City school principal and an aide were arrested for defending a student against a cop in a school located in the borough of the Bronx....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 10:56pm PST
AI Asks Police to Stop Using TASERs on Children, the Elderly, and Persons W/ Disabilities
Amnesty International Calls on Police to Stop Using TASERs on Children, the Elderly, and Persons With Disabilities...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 12:32pm PST