Support Daniel Hale, drone whistleblower in prison
Jesselyn Radack, Whistleblower & Source Protection Program (WHISPeR)
Daniel’s journey took him to the dark heart of the War on Terror abroad, and as reward for blowing the whistle, he has been sent to its darkest corner on American soil, a facility that has been dubbed “Guantanamo North”.
Read MoreMillions farm workers defeat unjust laws in India
By Payday
With the Global Women’s Strike and Women of Colour GWS, Payday has supported the Indian farm workers whose struggles brought the repeal of the hated Farm Laws in India in 2021.
Read MoreDetainees win historic ruling on minimum wage
By Gene Johnson, Seattle Times
A US federal jury has determined that The GEO Group must pay minimum wage — rather than $1 a day — to immigration detainees who perform tasks like cooking and cleaning at its for-profit detention center in Washington state.
Read MoreProtesting Royal College of Psychiatrists endorsement of abuse and cruelty
By Payday men’s network
On Monday 28 June, Legal Action for Women, Payday men’s network and Women of Colour Global Women’s Strike coordinated a protest against the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) supported by Prisoner Solidarity Network, Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association, Community Action on Prison Expansion and Figh
Read MoreNo to solitary confinement: Free Kevan Thakrar
Payday men’s network
Kevan Thakrar was wrongly convicted of murder and attempted murder in 2008 under “joint enterprise”, the legal rule by which a member of a group can be convicted of a crime even if he/she didn’t commit it. In 2010, he was was put in solitary confinement in Close Supervision Centres (CSC), locked in his cell 23 h/day.
Read MoreSolitary confinement is a crime Webinar
By Legal Action for Women, Women of Colour Global Women’s Strike, Payday men’s network
Watch a wide-ranging panel of speakers from around the world as well as so many justice campaigners making their case against cruel and inhumane solitary confinement.
Read MoreObjector: a film on Israeli refuseniks
By Payday men’s network
In 2021, we co-hosted with many organisations the online showing of the film Objector organised by the Jewish Network for Palestine and others.
Read MoreSupporting Israeli Shministim
By Payday men’s network
One of the movements that has recreated itself one generation to the next, has been the Shministim, a movement of high schools students who have pledged to refuse to do their military service.
Read MoreOppose the Overseas Operations Bill
By Payday men’s network
In 2021, with GWS and Women of Colour GWS we campaigned against the Overseas Operations Bill and with other anti-war and human rights organisations we defeated the government who conceded that prosecuting War Crimes should not be time limited.
Read MoreChildren don’t need violent fathers
Michael Kalmanovitz, Payday men’s network
Most family court cases involve domestic violence (70-90%), overwhelmingly against women. As a father, a former social worker and children’s home worker, I am horrified at the denial of domestic violence by the fathers’ lobby, and the harmful influence they have had over the family courts.
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