Political Prisoners
IMPACT: Thousands killed by US's Korean ally
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 05/18/2008 - 20:47.DAEJEON, South Korea - Grave by mass grave, South Korea is unearthing the skeletons and buried truths of a cold-blooded slaughter from early in the Korean War, when this nation's U.S.-backed regime killed untold thousands of leftists and hapless peasants in a summer of terror in 1950. read more »
By CHARLES J. HANLEY and JAE-SOON CHANG Associated Press May 18, 2008
Support the Eco-Prisoners (May 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 06:21.Spirit of Freedom
(May 2008)
Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!" (Former
Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the May 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As we go to print we
await the sentencing of American vegan eco-activist, Eric McDavid, who has
been convicted of thought crimes (he has been convicted of conspiring to
carry out ELF actions, although at the time of his arrest no crimes had
actually been committed). Eric's sentencing has been put back on numerous
occasions, so we wouldn't like to say when the sentencing might actually read more »
China sentences 30 for alleged involvement in Tibet riots
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 14:02.
By TINI TRAN, Associated Press April 29, 2008
BEIJING - A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced 30 people, including six monks, to jail terms ranging from three years to life in prison for their alleged roles in deadly riots in the Tibetan capital last month, state media reported.
The Intermediate People's Court of Lhasa announced the sentences at an open session, state media reported. The trial was the first since the mid-March riots. read more »
Gloria La Riva at Media Island
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 06:03.03/21/2008 - 18:00
03/21/2008 - 22:00
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Start: Mar 21 2008 - 6:00pm
On March 21, Olympia gets the opportunity to see Gloria La Riva. She is the coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five and presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. She will speak at Media Island (816 Adams St., across from the downtown Timberland library) on the current economic and political situation in Cuba and to update the community of the struggle to Free the Cuban Five, serving unjust sentences in U.S. prisons. read more »
VIDEO: Mike Africa Jr. interview about the MOVE 9 Parole Hearings
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 21:14.From MOVE 9 Parole 2008
by Hans Bennett Abu-Jamal-News.com
Support the Eco-Prisoners - March 2008
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 04:14. 
Spirit of Freedom (March 2008)
Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the March 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. First off in this
Editorial ELP would like to apologise about an error we have made in our
prisoner listing. We wrote that the American Eco-Defence prisoner Grant
Barnes spray-painted the letters ELF onto one of the vehicles he set fire read more »
Jeffrey "Free" Luers Sentence Reduced to 10 Years
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 02/29/2008 - 20:44.
by Civil Rights Outreach Committee February 28, 2008
(Eugene, OR)- This morning at 9:00am in Lane County Circuit Court the re-sentencing hearing for Jeffrey Luers took place in front of Judge Billings. This followed an Oregon court of appeals ruling in February 2007 that Luers original sentence of 22 years 8 months by Judge Lyle Velure was illegal, and the appeals court remanded the case back to Lane County Circuit Court for re-sentencing. Following the appeals court decision, negotiations have resulted in the decision today to reduce Luers sentence to 10 years, bringing his release date to late December 2009. read more »
Spirit of Freedom (February 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 22:36.Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the February 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As we enter
February so we await three major events. First off, Jeff 'Free' Luers is read more »
After 95 days of hunger strike, Mapuche political prisoner is hospitalized
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 08:28.indymedia.org 20 Jan 2008
In an operation that began at 5:00 today [January 15], using a helicopter and coordinated by the police, Patricia Troncoso Robles, a political prisoner in hunger strike since October 10th 2007, is being transferred to a hospital. Patricia, condemned by the Antiterrorist Law, has spent five years in prison and will spend other five to serve her 10-year term, due to the irregular judgment of the case "Poluco Pidenco". read more »
POLITICAL PRISONER - Eve Tatez jailed for peaceful protest
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 01/17/2008 - 05:12.On Monday November 5th 2007, a 76 year old retired school teacher reported to DC Superior Court to begin serving a 7 day jail sentence.
