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National Political Prisoner Coalition

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News Air Force Major Jason Watson Remains Jailed After Calling for Trump’s Impeachment
Jason Watson faces military charges over his public criticism of Donald Trump. His attorney reports solitary confinement as the military prosecution continues.
Press Releases NPPC Endorses Congressional Letter Urging Release of Ya’akub Ira Vijandre
NPPC is among 38 organizations endorsing the October 8 letter signed by 23 members of Congress seeking Ya’akub Ira Vijandre’s release and answers from DHS and ICE by October 22.
News DOJ Threatens Foreign-Agent Prosecutions for Protestors Engaging in First Amendment Activity That Aids Foreign Powers
A stand-alone Justice Department warning places public demonstrations inside the enforcement framework of FARA and Section 951, raising concern that foreign-agent investigations co...
News Spain Allows U.S. Extradition Request for Fergie Chambers to Proceed to Court
Spain's cabinet has allowed the U.S. extradition request for Fergie Chambers to advance to judicial review. A final decision on his extradition remains pending.
News Activists Fight Back Against Florida’s Unconstitutional Domestic-Terrorism Designation Law
CAIR and CAIR-Florida argue that Florida’s new designation system lets officials impose sweeping penalties on advocacy groups before meaningful notice or neutral judicial review.
News Flock Taught Police How to Surveil Political Demonstrations
A Flock webinar showed police how to monitor a hypothetical No Kings protest remotely. Separate audit logs reveal that company-controlled accounts searched real cameras for crowds,...
News DOJ’s Protester Prosecutions Are Collapsing in Court
AP tracked 167 protest arrests in four cities. Of 102 felony-assault arrests, every completed trial ended without a felony conviction, while dismissals and misdemeanor pleas domina...
Press Releases NPPC Launches Campaign for Full Pardons for Sacco and Vanzetti by the 100th Anniversary of Their Executions
On August 23, 2026, the 99th anniversary of their executions, NPPC announces a campaign for full posthumous pardons for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti by August 23, 2027.
News The Golden Gate 26: Four Hours of Protest and Two Years of Prosecution
A four-hour 2024 bridge blockade produced 26 prosecutions, a seven-defendant trial, a deadlocked felony count, and 30-day jail sentences that were stayed pending appeal.
News How the NYPD Used 21 Cameras and Facial Recognition to Track a Columbia Gaza Protester
Discovery records show that the NYPD followed a masked protester across 21 camera views for more than two hours, then used facial recognition after the person changed clothes and r...
Reports The Advocacy Gap: Why Political-Prisoner Support Must Become Proactive
Political-prisoner organizations sustain vital correspondence, legal, financial and public-education work. But the movement still lacks a shared system for identifying cases early,...
News Turkish Man Arrested in U.K. on U.S. Charges of Financing Hamas Through a Charity
Mohammad Yousef Hasna was arrested in Britain on U.S. terrorism-financing charges and held pending extradition proceedings.