Political Prisoners

US wavered over S. Korean executions

pirate — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:45:25 -0400

By CHARLES J. HANLEY and JAE-SOON CHANG, Associated Press Jul 6, 2008

SEOUL, South Korea - The American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces. read more »

Support the Eco Prisoners (July 2008)

pirate — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:33:57 -0400

Spirit of Freedom (July 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 July 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As a number of ELP
supporters will be aware, ELP has traditionally dedicated our newsletters to
fallen friends, who have either been killed or seriously injured as a result
of their protest activities. For the past few months ELP hasn't carried any
dedication and we hoped that we would not have to dedicate another read more »

Leonard Peltier Statement for the 2008 Oglala Commemoration

pirate — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:23:43 -0400

From: contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info June 26, 2008

Greetings my relatives,

I say relatives because you are all my family. I am honored, greatly honored today that you would listen to my words and come together in this way so that our future generations' will not forget what happened here in this land.

You can't imagine how much I miss walking on the bare earth. Or brushing against a tree branch or hearing birds in the morning or seeing an antelope or deer cross my path. I have been here in federal prison for 32 years; if you could imagine being in your own read more »

Afghan official: 870 inmates escaped from prison

pirate — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:30:28 -0400

By NOOR KHAN and JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press June 14, 2008

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - U.S. and NATO troops aided Afghan forces with reconnaissance in a hunt Saturday for 870 inmates who escaped prison after a sophisticated Taliban assault that even NATO conceded was a success for the militants. read more »

IMPACT: Thousands killed by US's Korean ally

pirate — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:47:48 -0400

By CHARLES J. HANLEY and JAE-SOON CHANG Associated Press May 18, 2008

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 »

Support the Eco-Prisoners (May 2008)

pirate — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:21:00 -0400

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

pirate — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:02:41 -0400

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

pirate — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:03:41 -0400

Start: 03/21/2008 - 18:00

End: 03/21/2008 - 22:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

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

pirate — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:14:06 -0500

From MOVE 9 Parole 2008

by Hans Bennett Abu-Jamal-News.com
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Support the Eco-Prisoners - March 2008

pirate — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:14:10 -0500

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 »