Tag: Prisons

Categories World

‘Literally fascism’: Australian man sentenced to maximum of 8 months in prison for organizing ‘unauthorized’ anti-lockdown protest

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A 29-year-old Australian man has been sentenced to the maximum eight months in prison for helping to organize an anti-lockdown protest in Sydney, which has experienced strict Covid-19 restrictions for several months. … Read More >‘Literally fascism’: Australian man sentenced to maximum of 8 months in prison for organizing ‘unauthorized’ anti-lockdown protest

Categories Latin America

Ex-Bolivian President Anez Tried to Harm Herself While in Jail, Government Minister Says

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Just this Wednesday, the ex-president was reportedly taken to a hospital in El Alto, western Bolivia, without prior notification, for already the third time in two weeks. At the time, local media, citing Anez’s family, stated that she was likely to get a CT scan. … Read More >Ex-Bolivian President Anez Tried to Harm Herself While in Jail, Government Minister Says

Categories Shows

The big AG monopoly, Governor Cuomo’s corruption, corporations turn to prison slave labor

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Naomi Karavani hosts Redacted Tonight this week. A few corporations have taken near-monopoly control over the foods we buy in grocery stores. Karavani exposes how these special interests have managed to win insane subsidies for their businesses and force processed food products on society. It’s a story of lobbying, bribes, and propaganda that lets these corporations get away with putting trash on our tables while paying the people who produce their products peanuts. … Read More >The big AG monopoly, Governor Cuomo’s corruption, corporations turn to prison slave labor

Categories Latin America

At least 18 inmates die, many police injured as more riots break out at prisons in Ecuador

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Ecuador’s prison authority has said that at least 18 inmates have been killed and several police officers injured after riots broke out at two of the country’s jails, showing a disturbing continuation of prison violence. … Read More >At least 18 inmates die, many police injured as more riots break out at prisons in Ecuador

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Julian Assange’s father and brother travel to Washington to oppose US extradition

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The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil speaks with Julian Assange’s brother and father, Gabriel and John Shipton, about their recent tour of the United States. They discuss his experience in prison as well as their reception by the US public. … Read More >Julian Assange’s father and brother travel to Washington to oppose US extradition

Categories EU

Death of John McAfee, bitcoin evangelist and digital outlaw, ruled suicide as family demands second investigation

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Software magnate and bitcoin evangelist John McAfee’s death has been confirmed a suicide, according to a preliminary autopsy conducted in the Spanish prison he had been authorized to leave just hours before his death. … Read More >Death of John McAfee, bitcoin evangelist and digital outlaw, ruled suicide as family demands second investigation

Categories EU

‘Horrible massacre’: More than 50 warders targeted in probe over heavy-handed suppression of Covid-19 riot in Italian prison

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Over 50 warders have been targeted by Italy’s judiciary, with more than 20 in detention or under house arrest, amid a probe into a major prison riot. Warders’ unions branded the measures “disproportionate” and “incomprehensible.” … Read More >‘Horrible massacre’: More than 50 warders targeted in probe over heavy-handed suppression of Covid-19 riot in Italian prison

Categories Asia & Pacific

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern hammered for pushing hate speech law… that even she doesn’t understand

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been accused of “misleading the public” in a disastrous radio interview defending a proposed hate speech law, which could see offenders jailed for three years for offensive words. … Read More >New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern hammered for pushing hate speech law… that even she doesn’t understand

Categories EU

European human rights group ‘extremely concerned’ over French prisoners ‘deliberately beaten’ in custody

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The Council of Europe’s human rights body has stated that it is “extremely concerned” about the treatment of prisoners in French jails and police stations, warning that people in custody have been “deliberately beaten.” … Read More >European human rights group ‘extremely concerned’ over French prisoners ‘deliberately beaten’ in custody