Palestine Action Thales activists released from prison on tag
On Monday 18 November, two members of the Palestine Action Thales Five were released from prison in Scotland, having been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in August. They will serve…
HOW is a convicted felon and rapist now US president?
The world is reeling with the news that the US has re-elected Donald Trump as president. Over 71 million Americans have just said they want to put the superficial citrus-tanned…
Early release plans backfire for Labour
It has come to light that the Labour Party government accidentally released 37 prisoners who were serving sentences for breaching restraining orders. They were all released in error under the…
anti-whaling activist held in Greenland prison
This week, authorities in Greenland decided that veteran anti-whaling activist Captain Paul Watson must remain in prison whilst they considered his extradition to Japan – despite global mounting pressure for…
Estonia for prison overcrowding is a thin end of the Starmer wedge
In the Labour Party governments latest ploy, they are looking into sending prisoners to Estonia in an effort to ease overcrowding. As reported by Sky News, the government is considering having offenders…
Palestine Action use prison van to smash into Elbit factory
During the early hours of the morning of Tuesday 6 August, six Palestine Action activists were arrested after they broke inside and damaged weaponry inside the highly secured Bristol manufacturing…
Heathrow Just Stop Oil pair sent to prison immediately
Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been imprisoned after painting Heathrow airport. Their action was part of the international Oil Kills movement, which demands governments establish a fossil fuel treaty,…
Vybz Kartel freed from prison by Jamaican court of appeal
On Wednesday 31 July, the Jamaican Court of Appeal made a monumental decision to free renowned dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, born Adidja Azim Palmer, from prison. This landmark ruling marks…
government should focus on rehabilitation
UK prisons are “on the point of collapse” and in need of reform. This was the verdict from new Labour Party justice secretary Shabana Mahmood. On Friday 12 July, she…
brutal patriarchal state kills over 800 prisoners
Iran’s murderous “war on drugs” and its violent repression of ethnic minorities has turned its prisons into sites of “mass killing”. This was the conclusion of a new Amnesty International…