Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2015. Today, eight people were executed in Indonesia for drug offenses. Despite repeated pleas for mercy from family members, citizens, human rights organizations, the United Nations, and governments around the world, Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, Nigerians Martin Anderson, Raheem Agbaje Salami, Okwuduli Oyatanze, and Silvester[Read More…]
Commentary
In Original Essays, Political Leaders Call for End to Mass Incarceration
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2015. With a new essay collection from a bipartisan group of prominent public figures, criminal justice reform has entered the center of American political discourse ahead of the 2016 election. Released today by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the book offers a first-of-its-kind preview[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Freddie Gray and Police/Community Conflict in Baltimore
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2015. The following can be attributed to Susan Goering, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland: As every wisdom tradition recognizes, violence begets more violence. We as an organization stand for interrupting that cycle of violence. The tragic destruction and violence that Baltimore suffered yesterday[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Workers Memorial Day 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2015 On Workers Memorial Day we commemorate all those who have perished on the job. No worker should be exposed to fatal injuries and illnesses at work, yet every day 150 men and women die from a work injury or occupational disease. Their deaths remind us that[Read More…]
Food & Water Watch Denounces USDA Approval of Apples from China
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s approval of imported fresh apples from China could threaten American consumers and apple growers. Thanks to China’s widespread pollution and food safety problems, we could see apples with dangerous chemical residues[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights Attorneys Praise Gitmo Closure Plan, Caution Need for DOD to Get on Board, Stop Holding Up Efforts
New York –-(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2015. Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to a front-page story in The Washington Post about the Obama administration’s plans to close the Guantanamo prison camp: We are encouraged by the Obama administration’s restated commitment to closing the prison before the[Read More…]
How the War on Drugs Contributes to the ‘1.5 Million Missing Black Men’
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 22, 2015. By: Tony Newman On Monday, the New York Times published a deeply upsetting piece titled, “1.5 Million Missing Black Men.” According to the Times, “Black women who are 25 to 54 and not in jail outnumber black men in that category by 1.5 million. …For every[Read More…]
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression on Prosecution of Chicago Police Detective, Dante Servin
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 22, 2015. The following letter was hand delivered on April 16 to the Assistant State’s Attorneys on the case of Dante Servin, the CPD officer charged with manslaughter in the murder of Rekia Boyd. Servin was acquitted of all charges on Monday (April 20) by Judge Dennis Porter in[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Death of Freddie Gray in Police Custody
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. ACLU OF MARYLAND STATEMENT: “Our hearts go out to the families of Freddie Gray and others who have died in police encounters in Maryland. Based on what we have seen, everything about the death of Freddie Gray and the way it was handled captures both the fundamental[Read More…]
Sierra Club Marks 5 Years since BP Oil Disaster
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2015. Today marks five years since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill that killed 11 workers and spewed 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, leaving a lasting legacy of destruction from which[Read More…]
