Kevan Thakrar in isolation at Whitemoor HMP
By Anti-Carceral Solidarity
Kevan Thakrar has been placed in solitary confinement. He has no property, his cell doesnt even a toilet seat. Take action against the Islamophobic violence Kevan is being subjected to now!!!
Read MoreRohingya being forcibly conscripted in battle between Myanmar and rebels
Despite being stripped of citizenship, Rohingya are being dragged into the military, even those who fled to Bangladesh. “I don’t feel safe. If I pass through government checkpoints they will force me to serve in military. I just stay in my home to avoid arrest.”
Read MoreAction weeks around the International Conscientious Objection Day 2024
By Payday
On 17 May, as part of the action weeks around the International Conscientious Objection Day (celebrated on 15 May), Payday will join the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network’s weekly protest to highlight the struggles of refuseniks in Israel and Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the US, Myanmar…
Read More‘Strategic Mistake’ – Israeli General Criticizes Rafah Plans as 30 Soldiers Refuse to Follow Commands
By Palestine Chronicle
At least 30 Israeli paratrooper reservists have refused to answer their call-up to participate in a planned ground attack in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Sunday [28 April].
Read MoreScrap the Rwanda Plan
By Payday
The Rwanda Plan is far from a done deal. Immigrant people and asylum seekers, including from the All African Women’s Group, based at our Centre, will continue to resist their own deportation and spearhead campaigns to stop this cruel Plan.
Read MoreSupport Larry Herbert, on hunger strike to oppose the genocide in Palestine
By Veterans for Peace
Support Larry Hebert, VFP member and Senior Airman who took a month’s leave from his duty station in Rota, Spain, to start a “Fast for Gaza” in front of the White House.
Read MoreLawsuit: Alabama Is Denying Prisoners Parole to Lease Their Labor to Meatpackers, McDonalds
By Kim Kelly, In These Times
Ten plaintiffs in a landmark class-action lawsuit are challenging what they and their supporters describe as an unconstitutional forced labor scheme in Alabama’s state prisons. Incarcerated workers save prisons $9+ billion a year in operational costs and earn them $2+ billion in sales of goods and services, while the prisoners make pennies per hour.
Read MoreCANADA – Support regularisation of ALL undocumented migrants
By GWAD & Payday
Ever since the Canadian government promised a programme of regularisation for undocumented migrants in 2021, the movement of migrants and supporters has not stopped to press them to fulfil this promise. “We are close to winning, we need you to join us. Tell the government to “Leave no one behind.”
Read MoreBill to regularize 500,000 migrants in Spain, admitted to Congress with votes of Junts and ERC
By Marti Odriozola i Marcé (El Nacional)
In Spain, following a Popular Legislative Initiative, Congrès has agreed to regularise up to 500,000 undocumented migrants. RegularizacionYa led a campaign that involved 700,000 signatories and 900 organisations supporting the demand for #PapelesParaTodos (Papers for all).
Read MoreI Made 13 Cents an Hour as a Prison Janitor. Here’s Why I Donated My Wages to Gaza Relief
By Hamzah Jihad Furqaani as told to Aala Abdullahi, The Marshall Project
It’s a common misconception that once someone enters jail or prison, they lose their interest in the outside world… For me, at age 56, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
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