Mental Health and Prison
"Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other" - Angela…
Political Prisoners
Stuck Behind Bars Despite Bail
Despite being granted bail, thousands of undertrial prisoners in India continue to endure inhumane conditions in jail. The issue has been a topic of national discussion for quite some time.…
India’s neo-Nazi `Concentration Camps’
The term `Concentration Camps’ was used to describe the notorious prisons run by the Nazis in the 1930-40 period in Dachau, Buchenwald, Auschwitz and other places in Germany, and occupied …
Appeal to President of India: Set up a legal service authority to get speedy justice to undertrials
An appeal for initiating action to set up a legal service authority to reach out to undertrials and secure access for them to legal assistance for enabling them to get…
A clarion call for the unconditional release of all political prisoners
Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) rose to the very need of the hour by staging a protest meeting for release of political prisoners. Even if not such large…
Release All Political Prisoners
A Great Way of Celebrating 75th Anniversary of Independence is to Release All Political Prisoners. Campaign Should Start Now to be Effective by August 1 In the course of India’s…
“Unbearable”—The Lives of Iran’s Political Prisoners Hang in the Balance, June 13 – A Moment to Act
“Unbearable.” That’s the title of Reza Khandan’s gut-wrenching Ms. Magazine report from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI) Qarchak prison for women. Khandan is the husband of attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is imprisoned…
India’s Ignorance of its Political Prisoners during Pandemic
The second wave in recent weeks has overwhelmed the healthcare system, leaving hospitals and people both struggling to cope with critical drugs and oxygen in short supply. The situation now…
Release Political Prisoners
Though India is one of the worst hit covid affected countries in the world, the plight and plea of political prisoners under trial gets no attention from the state or…
Increasing Worldwide Demand for Release of Political Prisoners in Covid Times
On May 13 Thailand released data of record increase in Covid cases, but perhaps even more worrying was the fact that over half of the new cases were reported from…
The Prison System Around The World Needs a Reform; It Has No Place in Democratic Nations in Current State
The debate about the prison system is nothing new. There are thousands of articles, studies and papers related to this particular subject. The central aim of this article is to…
Female Political Prisoners in West Bengal Jails
The movement to release political prisoners is gaining steam nationwide. There are 75-76 political prisoners in the various districts of West Bengal. Most of them were associated with the historic…
Revolutionaries, Fasts & Prisons – Cue For Jailed Activists!
A grim scenario is unfolding itself in India over the last 6 years and 2 months. Social activists are being arrested on fabricated charges under Draconian laws – where in…
Political Prisoners Remain Behind Bars As Obama’s Term Nears End
In the last full week of Barack Obama’s eight year tenure as President of the United States of America, dozens of political prisoners still sit in cages across the nation’s…
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