New Editorial Claims Solitary Confinement is “Torture Chamber for Black Revolutionaries”

In a recent editorial published by Al Jazeera, Bret Grote and Kanya D’Almeida address the issue of solitary confinement in the US as a mechanism of racial oppression, and political suppression. Rather than the traditional criticisms of solitary confinement, although certainly mentioned, the … Continue reading →

Canadian Prisoners Hunger Strike, Protest Solitary Confinement

The Canadian Press reports on a group of inmates in Saskatchewan, currently in solitary confinement, that have begun a hunger strike in protest of their conditions. The prisoners, recently placed in solitary confinement as a result of a prison investigation of a “serious incident”, claim they … Continue reading →

Uganda

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The Anti-Torture Initiative

The Anti-Torture Initiative (ATI) is a project of the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law. It seeks to expand the strategies used by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or … Continue reading →

Watchdog Reports Syria Torture

Human Rights Watch reports that Syrian intelligence agencies are running a network of torture centers throughout the … Continue reading →

Anti-Torture Initiative

with the Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment

Monthly Archives: August 2012

New Editorial Claims Solitary Confinement is “Torture Chamber for Black Revolutionaries”

Canadian Prisoners Hunger Strike, Protest Solitary Confinement

Uganda

The Anti-Torture Initiative

Watchdog Reports Syria Torture