Colombian repression swells ranks of political prisoners
The growing mass of Colombian political prisoners has gained less international attention than the murdered and "disappeared," than millions displaced from their land, than epidemic spying and fear-mongering.
Petitioners urge President Obama, Free the Cuban Five!
The Let Cuba Live Committee of Maine has launched a petition drive to put pressure on President Obama to free the Cuban Five political prisoners.
FARC releases prisoners as prelude to exchange
Colombia guerrillas unilaterally release prisoners as a step towards political solutions to the 40-year civil conflict.
Free Liliany Obando
Now and then one individual stands out as an indictment against injustice. That would be Liliany Obando, incarcerated in Bogota's Buen Pastor Women's Prison for almost two years.
Memory, injustice, and the Cuban Five
Question: with legal remedies exhausted, will the Cuban Five be forgotten? Answer: Never, as long as Gerardo, Ramón, Antonio, Fernando and René are not free.
