A Saudi student at Leeds University who had returned home to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissidents and activists.
Source: Saudi Woman Given 34-Year Prison Sentence for Using Twitter | Portside
Israel will keep Palestinians imprisoned on the Gaza Strip, and continue to slowly suffocate them for another 15 or even 150 years if the world does not wake up and say “enough.”
Source: Opinion | It’s Time to Free Gazans From the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison | Haidar Eid
Almost four years—that’s how long Air Force veteran Daniel Hale will spend in prison thanks to a recent court decision. He pled guilty on a single charge related to disclosing classified documents related to the U.S. government’s drone assassination program.Hale joins a long list of whistleblowers that have been charged and incarcerated under the Espionage Act. Passed in 1917 shortly after the U.S. entered WWI, the act prohibited any activity that could “injure” the United States.
Source: Whistleblowers Like Daniel Hale are Vital Checks on Government | Portside
The danger of impeaching Trump without removing him from office has always been that we will have blown the last “check” we have on him. When the Senate lets him off without even a slap on the wrist, Trump will be even more unrestrained than ever. Steel yourself. We’re about to get Donald Trump squa
I was in Kashmir when India launched its brutal crackdown last month. Before I knew it, my beloved home had been turned into an open-air prison.
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