Shanthini Naidoo is a former Sunday Times journalist. She has also worked as news editor for The Times newspaper and features writer at O, The Oprah magazine. She holds a Masters degree in Journalism from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her book, “Women in solitary : Inside the female resistance to apartheid” is out now. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FBJ4T36 More…
Source For over two months, an uprising against police brutality and white supremacy that followed the murder of George Floyd has persevered in spite of the violently one-sided political repression spearheaded by both the state and the extreme right-wing. The Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) has released a comprehensive report detailing the various forms in which political…
(picture : dreuz.info) Moins de 24 heures après la mise en ligne de l’article de Human Rights Watch (HRW) (article à lire ICI), l’administration pénitentiaire a réagi aux “allégations mensongères” de l’ONG internationale. Pour l’administration des prisons, Human Rights Watch “cherche à propager une image erronée de la réalité des droits de l’Homme au Maroc…
SOURCE One night in October 2001, shortly after al-Qaeda’s attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, a private jet touched down in Karachi. Masood Anwar, a prominent Pakistani journalist, received an unexpected tip from a friend in the airport: “There were men in masks. They took a hooded man onboard in the early hours. Someone videotaped…
SOURCE Francetvinfo Me Benoît David, avocat de cinq détenus de l’établissement, dénonce mardi sur franceinfo sur les conditions de sécurité désormais drastiques dans la prison de Condé-sur-Sarthe, dans l’Orne, après la prise d’otage survenue le 5 mars dans l’établissement. publié le 30/04/2019 | Alors que la ministre de la Justice Nicole Belloubet doit être entendue…
(Photo : demonstration for Julian Assange at Belmarsh prison) Assange Faces Time in ‘Britain’s Guantanamo’ After Years in Embassy By Will Mathis 12 avril 2019. SOURCE Without consistent internet access, medical attention or the ability to go outside, Julian Assange complained that his almost seven-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London was uncomfortable. The WikiLeaks…
Source Redfish and Electronic Intifada. Rasmea Odeh, a Palestinian political activist, has strongly criticized the German authorities for trying to muzzle her. Odeh left Germany this week after a Berlin court upheld a deportation order issued against her. Before her departure, Odeh stated that she “felt sorry” for Germany. The treatment she received was at…
par Luk Vervaet La possible extradition de Julian Assange a remis les pratiques de la justice américaine et de son système carcéral, le goulag des temps modernes, au centre de l’attention. Assange, le co-fondateur de Wikileaks, est réfugié dans l’ambassade d’Équateur à Londres depuis 2012 pour échapper à son extradition vers les États-Unis. Julian Assange,…
Chronique par François Sureau le 02/04/2019 SOURCE Comme beaucoup d’entre vous j’ai aimé Papillon, le livre d’abord, auquel Revel avait consacré cette préface magistrale où il comparait à juste titre Henri Charrière aux plus grands. Si la littérature dite populaire offre des chefs-d’œuvre incomparables, c’est parce qu’elle prend de face et sans détours nos grandes passions…
(Photo : https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2015/10/27/saudi-activists-given-long-prison-terms-says-rights-group) Saudi Arabia’s Jails and U.S. Prison Imperialism January 15, 2019 by James Patrick Jordan SOURCE : Alliance for Global Justice The United States government has deep ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s penal system, and with the entire Ministry of Interior, which oversees the kingdom’s police, courts, and jails. The American Correctional…