Monthly Archives: August 2014

Reprieve: G4S Guantanamo contract ‘breaches UK policy’

Reprieve (+44) 7792 351 660 For immediate release: Sun Aug 31, 2014 G4S Guantanamo contract ‘breaches UK policy’  The government is being asked to take action against British firm G4S, after it emerged the company has won a £71m contract … Continue reading

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▶ Christopher Lopez – Mentally ill inmate died while in prison – YouTube

▶ Christopher Lopez – Mentally ill inmate died while in prison – YouTube. There are few illnesses that prisons are equipped to adequately treat. Least among them is mental illness. This is universally known. This is universally denied. There is money … Continue reading

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.@BarackObama: Name 10 CIA rendition victims, as requested. #transparency

Reprieve (+44) 207 553 8160  For immediate release: Fri Aug 29, 2014 Ten CIA rendition victims urge Obama to name them in Senate torture report Ten victims of CIA rendition and torture have signed an open letter to President Obama … Continue reading

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Emergency! Take Action To OPPOSE Solitary Confinement Legislation SB 892

Originally posted on Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity:
Please be sure to read the Five Urgent Action Requests below On behalf of California Families Against Solitary Confinement (CFASC), the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, and others who joined an…

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Reprieve: Shaker Aamer ‘beaten’ in latest Guantanamo crackdown

Reprieve (+44) 207 553 8160  For immediate release: Wed Aug 27, 2014 Shaker Aamer ‘beaten’ in latest Guantanamo crackdown British resident Shaker Aamer has reportedly been beaten at Guantánamo Bay, in evidence of a new crackdown on prisoners protesting their … Continue reading

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Compassionate Release for Robert C. Fuentes (Pelican Bay & Vacaville)

Originally posted on Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity:
Please sign the petition (link below) for Compassionate Release for Robert C. Fuentes, who has been incarcerated for 32 years, 20 years at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) and never debriefed to get…

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Reprieve: Hagel ignores media, human rights groups calls for GITMO transparency

Reprieve (001) 929 258 2754  For immediate release: Tue Aug 26, 2014 Hagel ignores leading NGOs’ call for release of Gitmo force-feeding tapes Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, who oversees Guantanamo Bay prison, has ignored a letter from a group of … Continue reading

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ACLU and News Organizations Sue Over Closed Blinds During Botched Lockett Execution | American Civil Liberties Union

Lawsuit Seeks Uncensored Access to Executions, Citing First Amendment Press Freedom August 25, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@aclu.org OKLAHOMA CITY – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and two newspapers filed a federal lawsuit today seeking … Continue reading

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Who do [did] I believe? Yacucci. Smith’s apparently a PAC-man. [updated, yet again]

6/29/17 update: In browsing Tweets after being ill for a few days, I came across one from the Florida Supreme Court in regards to the Yacucci/Smith matter. In typical #LoveFL fashion (our public servants believe they do Floridians a favor … Continue reading

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