Daily Archives: June 4, 2022

2022-06-04: News Headlines

Editor (2022-06-04). The Chris Hedges Report: The Long Road Home (Part 1). scheerpost.com The United States has 25 percent of the world's prison population, some 2.3 million people, most of whom are poor, although it represents less than 5 percent of the global population. Its prisons are notorious for their violence, overcrowding and human rights abuses, including the widespread use of solitary confinement. But what is often not examined is what happens to those released from prisons into a society where they face legalized discrimination imposed by numerous laws, rules and policies that result in permanent marginalization, thrust into a criminal caste system. These former prisoners are often d…

IMEMC News (2022-06-04). Awawda And Rayyan Continue Hunger Strike Despite Deteriorating Conditions. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Khalil Awawda, 40, and Raed Rayyan, 27, are continuing the hunger strikes they started 94 and 59 days ago, protesting their continued arbitrary Administrative Detention without charges or trial. The PPS said Awawda, from Ethna town northwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, started the …

Staff (2022-06-03). Palestinian Health Activist Shatha Odeh Released From Israeli Imprisonment. peoplesdispatch.org Prominent Palestinian health activist and nurse, Shatha Odeh, has been freed after being detained by the Israeli occupation for 11 months. Her release was confirmed by her daughter, Shirin Odeh, on June 3, Friday. Watch| 60-year-old Palestinian Shatha Oded was set free today after spending 16 months in Israeli occupation prisons. Odeh, who serves as …

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