Category: Prison
Source Claims Philip Vance is Wrongfully Convicted, Knows the Real Killer
South Saint Paul, MN — Twenty three years after the killing of South Saint Paul clerk Khaled Al-Bakri, and 21 years since Philip Vance was convicted and given a life sentence for the deadly robbery, an anonymous source has come forward with new details that…
American Freed, Palestinian Prisoners Compare Israeli Prisons to Guantanamo
Gaza, Palestine — Three more Israelis and 183 Palestinians were released during the fifth exchange in the first phase of the shaky Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Seven of the released Palestinians last Saturday were immediately transferred to the hospital for medical treatment and many shared accounts of…
Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Granted Clemency After Decades in Prison
Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier was a political prisoner for nearly half a century until he had his life sentence commuted on Jan 20, 2025, to serve the remainder of this sentence at home, effective February 18, 2025. The 80-year-old member of the Turtle Mountain…
Community Demands Exoneration for Philip Vance on 22nd Anniversary of Murder
South Saint Paul, MN — “I just want the world to know that I am innocent,” said Philip Vance from a prison phone. Volunteers with the Free Philip Vance team braved frigid temperatures to hold a press conference on the 22nd anniversary of the robbery-turned-murder…
After Biden’s Historic Grants of Clemency, Calls to Commute Leonard Peltier Reignite
Washington, D.C. — Last week, after President Biden made the historic act of commuting the sentences of 1,499 Americans in a single day, efforts to free Leonard Peltier have reignited. On Thursday, Dec. 12 — the day after Biden announced clemency — dozens of U.S.…
Fundraising Event Honors Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army Prisoner
West Philadelphia, PA — An event at the OneArt Community Center raised funds to assist with medical costs for Dhoruba Bin Wahad. Formerly a leader in the Black Panther Party who also co-founded the Black Liberation Army (BLA), Wahad was convicted in 1973 for his…
Pakistani Immigrant With Signs of Torture Found Dead in a Greek Police Station
Athens, Greece – Muhammad Kamran Ashiq, a 38-year-old Pakistani immigrant, was found dead at the Agios Panteleimonas Police Station in central Athens, indicating another case of racist police brutality in Greece.
CONTENT ADVISORY: DESCRIPTIONS AND IMAGES OF TORTURE
Missing since September 13, Ashiq was found…
8th Annual Prisoners’ Families Brunch in West Philly
West Philadelphia, PA – Over 100 people came out early Sunday afternoon for a banquet celebrating political prisoners and their loved ones and other supporters.
The 8th annual ‘Prisoners’ Families Brunch’ was held at the OneArt Community Center on 52nd Street, with this year’s event…
Killed by a Vigilante Who Received No Prison Time: The Murder of AJ Stewart
Saint Paul, MN — In the capital city of Minnesota, a middle-aged white man was given no prison time after being convicted of murder for fatally stabbing an unarmed Black man. The 2021 murder of Arnell ‘AJ’ Stewart and the following conviction and sentencing of…
Interview: Breaking Down the Mahdi Ali Case
The brutal 2010 triple murders at the Seward Market shocked the community, and police concluded the killer was fifteen-year-old Mahdi Ali. A new Unicorn Riot investigation raises 27 different issues with that investigation and the murder trial. We circled back with our contributor to break down the major elements people should know about this contentious case.
