June 16, 2018: Debbie Sims Africa is released after serving nearly 40 years of unjust political imprisonment in the state of …
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Political Incarceration
FREEDOM FIGHTER Against Genocide: Leonard Peltier
June 1, 1977: Leonard Peltier sentenced to two consecutive life sentences The 1973 occupation of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation began a …
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1981: IRA Political Prisoner Bobby Sands transitions while on hunger strike
May 5, 1981: 27-year-old Irish Political Prisoner, Bobby Sands, a leader in the struggle against British imperialism and occupation of Northern …
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Thin Blue Wall of Silencing: Jalil Muntaqim vs. The (Language) Police
By the Spirit of Mandela Writing Committee, published by the Black Agenda Report 06 Apr 2022 Former political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim is still …
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MANDELA FREEDOM DAY: February 11
February 11th (1990) marks 32 years since the release of South Afrikan Freedom Fighter and former Political Prisoner, Nelson Mandela, from 27 years of …