Winter Soldier
Testimonies
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Freedom for Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3, After 40 Years in Solitary Confinement? |
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by Katti Gray, The Root (reprinted by Angola 3 News), |
 After four decades of solitary confinement in the nation's most populated maximum-security prison -- and one of its most historically brutal -- a member of the internationally known "Angola 3" has reasonable cause to expect that he will soon be released, his attorneys and supporters say. The request to set free Albert Woodfox, 65, is being heard by the same federal judge who in 2008 ordered that Woodfox be released, a ruling that Louisiana prosecutors successfully appealed and blocked. |
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05 Feb 2013
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Filed under: News / Human Rights : Organizing : Politics : Race : Social Welfare |
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Amnesty International Denounces Torture in California Prisons --Interview w/ Tessa Murphy |
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by Angola 3 News, |
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Two weeks after the release of Amnesty Intl’s new report on the use of prolonged solitary confinement inside California’s ‘Security Housing Units’ (SHUs), entitled "The Edge of Endurance: Conditions in California’s Security Housing Units," prisoners initiated another hunger strike, with 500 participants statewide. In this new interview, Tessa Murphy speaks about her visit to California SHUs and Amnesty's report based on the visit. Our introduction features key excerpts from Amnesty's report detailing how Amnesty thinks the CA authorities have not done enough in response the the 2011 hunger strike. |
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19 Oct 2012
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Filed under: Interview / Human Rights : Politics : Social Welfare |
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