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French man jailed for 4 months after slapping President Macron

Posted on June 11, 2021June 11, 2021By Editor

A French court has handed Damien Tarel, the man who slapped the country’s President Emmanuel Macron, an 18 month sentence, with 14 months suspended. The man also faced other penalties. … Read More >French man jailed for 4 months after slapping President Macron

Shows

Ten demands for abolition w/ AWKWORD, Jeff Bezos leaving Earth

Posted on June 11, 2021June 11, 2021By Editor

Lee Camp is joined by the rapper, journalist, and activist AWKWORD for an interview about the prison abolitionist program he co-founded. The program is named ‘Ten Demands For Justice: The Road To Abolition’. They have a ten point plan that addresses police brutality, mass incarceration, reparations, and more. Camp and AWKWORD discuss the rapper’s upbringing, his introduction to the music industry and activism, the brutal system of mass incarceration that we live under … Read More >Ten demands for abolition w/ AWKWORD, Jeff Bezos leaving Earth

Asia & Pacific

Doctor among 4 arrested in Indonesia for stealing prisoners’ Covid-19 vaccines to sell on black market

Posted on May 28, 2021May 28, 2021By Editor

Indonesian authorities have arrested four people charged with stealing Covid-19 vaccines that had been marked for prisoners. The shots were then being sold to buyers in Jakarta and Medan for $17. … Read More >Doctor among 4 arrested in Indonesia for stealing prisoners’ Covid-19 vaccines to sell on black market

Asia & Pacific

Thailand battles rising Covid cases, as prison infection clusters send cases to record high

Posted on May 20, 2021May 20, 2021By Editor

Thailand saw a record number of new Covid infections nationally on Monday, as an outbreak inside the country’s prison system contributed to a spike in new cases amid a third wave health officials are struggling to contain. … Read More >Thailand battles rising Covid cases, as prison infection clusters send cases to record high

Shows

Nonviolent offenders, the People’s Party, Joe Biden’s climate ‘solutions’

Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021By Editor

Lee Camp dives back into the issue of mass incarceration in the US. He breaks down who is actually being held in the prison system by the numbers. There are a lot more nonviolent offenders and people who haven’t been convicted of any crime yet are stuck in for-profit facilities than you might assume. Camp also covers the candidate selection process of the People’s Party compared to that of America’s two corporate parties. … Read More >Nonviolent offenders, the People’s Party, Joe Biden’s climate ‘solutions’

Two American tourists who killed Italian policeman found guilty and sentenced to LIFE in prison

Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021By Editor

An Italian court has convicted two US tourists for fatally stabbing a Carabinieri officer during a botched drug buy on their Roman holiday. One of them admitted to the act but claimed self-defense. Both received a life sentence. … Read More >Two American tourists who killed Italian policeman found guilty and sentenced to LIFE in prison

Asia & Pacific

Philippines’ Duterte orders arrest of mask violators… after attending Covid-19 meeting without wearing a mask

Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021By Editor

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has issued a directive calling on police to arrest people who refuse to wear masks properly after a meeting with his Covid-19 task force where he was the only person seen not wearing a mask. … Read More >Philippines’ Duterte orders arrest of mask violators… after attending Covid-19 meeting without wearing a mask

USA

South Carolina House OKs bill reviving FIRING SQUADS as execution method for death row inmates

Posted on May 7, 2021May 7, 2021By Editor

Lawmakers in South Carolina have approved legislation that will make death by firing squads a legal option for capital offenders, amid chronic shortages of the drugs used for lethal injections. … Read More >South Carolina House OKs bill reviving FIRING SQUADS as execution method for death row inmates

Russia

Russian ex-police officers face up to 16 years in prison over claims they fabricated false drugs charges against Meduza journalist

Posted on April 29, 2021By Editor

Prosecutors in Moscow are reportedly seeking lengthy jail terms in the case of five former police officers accused of attempting to frame a reporter from Russian-language news site Meduza on trumped-up charges of drug possession. … Read More >Russian ex-police officers face up to 16 years in prison over claims they fabricated false drugs charges against Meduza journalist

Russia

Jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny announces end to hunger strike after seeing private doctors ahead of unauthorized protests

Posted on April 24, 2021April 24, 2021By Editor

Prominent anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny has told supporters that he will call an end to a weeks-long hunger strike, after prison officials arranged for him to be examined by private doctors for his back and leg pain. … Read More >Jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny announces end to hunger strike after seeing private doctors ahead of unauthorized protests