Tag: political prisoners
Jonathan Cook: Israeli torture chambers aren’t new. They are what provoked the violence of October 7
Those who can’t connect barbaric abuses of Palestinians by Israelis — generation after generation — and the crimes of October 7, have little understanding...
From Kanaky to Palestine, how Paris is weaponising deportations from Pacific
In the West Bank, one in three Palestinians has experienced one or more incarcerations during their life since 1967, or 35 percent of the...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Shock over pro-independence leader charges, transfer to France
By Patrick Decloitre
A group of pro-independence leaders charged with allegedly organising protests that turned into violent unrest in New Caledonia last month have been...
Release of Victor Yeimo from Indonesian prison rekindles West Papuan fight against racism
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Prominent West Papuan independence activist Victor Yeimo was yesterday released from prison in Jayapura, Indonesia’s occupied capital of West Papua,...
2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Fiji’s 2000 coup leader George Speight, who has been serving time in prison for more than 20 years, has applied...