3,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israel on hunger strike on Prisoners’ Day
Palestinians burn Israel's national flag during a rally in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City marking Palestinian Prisoners Day April 17, 2012. The Israeli Prisons Authority said on...
View ArticleTorture in Israeli jails
A report based on interviews with former Palestinian prisoners and detainees by UFree Network Media centre Israel is considered by both international human rights organizations and media polls as one...
View ArticleIllinois prisoners in Menard High Security Unit plan to begin hunger strike...
by Alice and Staughton Lynd The following information is based on numerous letters from prisoners in the High Security Unit at Menard Correctional Center in Illinois written in December 2013. These...
View ArticleUpdate from Menard hunger strikers: We need outside support, force feeding...
The following information is drawn from letters received from prisoners in Administrative Detention at Menard Correctional Center in Menard, Illinois, and compiled by attorney Alice Lynd. “Force...
View ArticleMenard hunger strikers endure beating, threats by nurses but vow, ‘We will...
The following information is drawn from letters received from prisoners in Administrative Detention at Menard Correctional Center in Menard, Illinois, and compiled on Jan. 25 by Attorney Alice Lynd....
View ArticleMenard hunger strikers cheered by protesters, threatened by staff
The following information is drawn from letters received from prisoners in Administrative Detention at Menard Correctional Center in Menard, Illinois, and compiled on Feb. 2 by Attorney Alice Lynd....
View ArticleMenard hunger strikers refusing water until face-to-face hearings begin
by Attorney Alice Lynd The Menard hunger strikers have apparently decided to go without liquid as well as food, and their physical condition could deteriorate rapidly. According to Illinois Department...
View ArticleFeedback from Menard hunger strikers on noise demonstration: ‘Never stop...
by Anti-State STL The following excerpts are from people locked up at the High Security Isolation Unit at Menard Correctional Facility in Illinois. They are responding to a noise demonstration by...
View ArticleMenard hunger strikers still fighting to be treated like human beings
by Jesus Vega I am currently incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center in Illinois and housed in the high security unit in administrative detention. I was one of the inmates who was on hunger strike...
View ArticleRetaliation against hunger strikers at Menard – windows blocked, strikers...
The following consists of excerpts, lightly edited by Alice Lynd, from letters by eight men in Administrative Detention at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois, dated April 12-14, 2014. Windows...
View ArticleFrom Palestine to Pelican Bay, prisoners and their loved ones fight for...
by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network Palestinian children deliver messages to the ICRC in Gaza City on June 18, calling for intervention on behalf of hunger strikers. – Photo: Ashraf Amra,...
View ArticleSolitary confinement tricknology at Menard Concentration Slave Camp
by Muntu Sun Ra Okito (Percell Dansberry) In the spirits of Denmark Vesey and Red Cloud, revolutionary greetings are sent to the Bay View family and all prisoners of consciousness from the captives...
View ArticlePalestinian women prisoners escalate struggle against repression
Palestinian women in HaSharon prison are continuing their protest against the imposition of surveillance cameras on Sept. 5 in the prison yard. The placement of surveillance cameras also covers the...
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