prisons
Record breaking oppression
Today, May 1st, 2009, Nael Albarghouthi of Ramallah became the longest serving political prisoner in the world. The previous record of 31 years and 26 days was also held by Said Alatabah, another Palestinian in Israeli jails who was released last August. Albarghouthi was imprisoned on April 4th, 1978 at the age of 21 and [...]
Make that 335 or 460 Palestinians for Shalit
Hamas arrested Shalit in 2006.After negotiations over the release of the Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit and between 325-450 Palestinians went sour, Israeli forces in the West Bank moved to “arrest” 10 Hamas leaders. Although the New York Times used the more dignified term “arrest,” it seems a lot more like hostage-taking. I guess democracies like [...]
Iranian Blogger Dies After One Month in Prison
Last December, shortly after the mysterious disappearance/arrest of famous blogger Hossein Derakhshan, an Iranian blogger named Omidreza Mirsayafi stood trial for an April arrest. Mirsayafi was a blogger of Persian arts and culture; his blog, now defunct, focused on festivals and music, not politics and revolution. As he told Reporters Without Borders, “I am a [...]
Palestine in America: Our own war here at home
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJAr6NUy3E] This happened here, in this country, on New Years day. At a BART station in Oakland, CA, across the bay from San Francisco. His name was Oscar J. Grant. He was 22 years old. He was somebody’s dad. His family has filed a $25 million law suit. If justice is served (“if”), it will [...]
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