Tag Archives: Kafkaesque

30,000 California inmates launch hunger strike against ‘state-sanctioned torture’

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“At any one time, California holds about 12,000 inmates in extreme isolation, including some who have been in windowless boxes known as security housing units (SHUs) for decades. They are allowed out for an hour a day to exercise – some in a yard, others in a kennel-size cage. Supporters say the strike is a legitimate response to cruel and inhumane conditions. ‘The use of prolonged solitary confinement is a form of torture,” said Laura Downton, director for US Policy and Program at the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. California has an unusual policy of indefinitely putting suspected gang members in solitary until they identify fellow gang members.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/09/30000-california-inmates-launch-hunger-strike-against-state-sanctioned-torture/

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Russian lawmaker: Snowden agrees to Venezuela offer of asylum

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“NSA leaker Edward Snowden has accepted Venezuela’s offer of asylum, a key Russian lawmaker tweeted Tuesday.  Alexei Pushkov, the chairman of Russian Duma’s international affairs panel, tweeted that Snowden had accepted the offer from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. ‘Predictably, Snowden has agreed to Maduro’s offer of political asylum,’ Pushkov tweeted in Russian, according to Russia Today. ‘Apparently, this option appeared most reliable to Snowden.’ Pushkov later tweeted that his information came from a Russian newcast.  State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki warned Monday of consequences after Maduro made his offer.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/europe/309817-russia-snowden-has-agreed-to-venezuelas-offer-of-asylum

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World Service Authority Issues World Passport to Edward Snowden

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“Edward Snowden is an alleged National Security Agency whistleblower who exposed the mass monitoring of U.S. citizens. Deprived of his United States Passport, he is currently immobilized in a Moscow Airport Transit Lounge with no ongoing ticket to any nation. This is a flagrant violation of Article 13 (2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states the following: (Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.) The World Service Authority (WSA), a Washington D.C. corporation and executive branch of the World Government of World Citizens, has issued Mr. Snowden a World Passport so he can travel without limitation.”

http://www.nostate.com/4358/press-release-world-service-authority-issues-world-passport-to-edward-snowden/

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Is Actor Johnny Revilla Stateless?

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“Actor Johnny Revilla, who starred in ‘The Strangers’, now sits as a representative of the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Family Club in the Philippine House of Representatives, after taking oath on the 26th of June, 2014, could face up to seven years of imprisonment if he is a U.S. citizen.  Documentation obtained from the Philippine Bureau of Immigration shows that he travelled using an American passport from 2002 up to 2009.  According to OFW Family Club Rep. Roy Seneres of OFW, the former Philippine Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Johnny cannot be a citizen of the Philippines if he is a citizen of America.  Yet, such is not the case.”

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2013/07/08/is-actor-johnny-revilla-stateless/

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Snowden fate in balance as Cuba backs asylum bid

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“US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden won support from Cuba for his bid to seek asylum in Latin America as he began his third week in limbo at a Moscow airport on Monday. Cuba, a key transit point from Russia on the way to Latin America, supported the leaders of Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua, who have offered the 30-year-old fugitive a possible lifeline as he remains marooned without documents in the transit area of a Moscow airport.  Even if Snowden receives a new passport or travel document and manages to board a flight to Latin America, there are no guarantees that his plane would not be grounded once it reaches European airspace, analysts say.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/08/snowden-fate-in-balance-as-cuba-backs-asylum-bid/

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Tyranny is Infinitely More Obscene than Naughty Words

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“Barboza wasn’t happy about the ticket. When he mailed his payment to the Sullivan County Court, the 22-year-old included a vulgar message expressing contempt for the town, to which he referred as ‘Tyranny’ rather than ‘Liberty,’ New York. The court rejected his payment and ordered Barboza to make a two-hour trip to attend court. At the October 2012 hearing, a judge upbraided Barboza for his language, and police handcuffed and arrested him for violating the state’s “aggravated harassment” statute. Barboza was booked, fingerprinted, handcuffed to a bench, and forced to pay $200 bail. He has filed a lawsuit against the police officers who arrested him.”

http://prolibertate.us/index.php/how-the-feds-enforce-their-1?blog=7

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When Vice Enforcement is a Capital Crime

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“Alexa Hamme of Salt Lake City was 25 years old when she died in a jail cell. She had been arrested four days earlier on suspicion of drug possession and endangerment of a child or adult. That last charge is a sentence enhancer often tacked on to a drug arrest as a way of escalating the potential penalties and extorting a guilty plea to a lesser charge.  Using drugs is unwise and self-destructive. The same is true of other personal vices, as well. But government has no moral or legal mandate to punish people for indulging vices. Doing so is itself a crime – and as the tragic death of Alexa Hamme illustrates, it is frequently a capital offense.”

http://prolibertate.us/index.php/when-vice-enforcement-is-a?blog=7

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ACLU Sues U.S. Govt Over Secret NO-FLY List

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ACLU Sues U.S. Govt Over Secret NO-FLY List

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Mentally Ill Prisoner Left To Die On Prison Floor In Oklahoma

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“Prison workers refused to treat Williams, saying he was faking paralysis. He remained immobile as workers picked up his body and placed him in a shower cell. He was left there by workers for two hours. Throughout the next three days, Williams remained immobile on his cell floor. He could not reach food or water placed in his cell by prison officials, who still believed he was faking his paralysis. Vomit, saliva, and feces surrounded Williams after days on his cell floor. Prison medical staff checked on Williams and found him almost entirely unresponsive. They returned three hours later to give him CPR. Williams’ was pronounced dead shortly after.”

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/lawsuit-coming-after-mentally-ill-prisoner-left-die-prison-floor-oklahoma-video

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Teen Jailed For Facebook Comment Beaten Up Behind Bars

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“The family of Justin Carter, the 19-year-old Texas gamer who made offensive Facebook comments that landed him in jail, is working with new urgency to get his $500,000 bail reduced because they say he’s getting beat up behind bars. ‘Without getting into the really nasty details, he’s had concussions, black eyes, moved four times from base for his own protection,’ says Carter’s father, Jack. ‘He’s been put in solitary confinement, nude, for days on end because he’s depressed. All of this is extremely traumatic to this kid. This is a horrible experience.’ Carter has been in jail since his arrest in February.”

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/07/03/198129617/teen-jailed-for-facebook-comment-reportedly-beat-up-behind-bars

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