National Political Prisoner Coalition
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The police bombing of MOVE’s home killed eleven people, including five children, and destroyed a neighborhood. The fortieth anniversary is a day of remembrance and an unfinished re...
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NPPC Launches the Political Prisoner Database Live Tracker
The National Political Prisoner Coalition has launched the Political Prisoner Database Live Tracker — a public, continuously updated dashboard mapping U.S. political prisoners, the...
International students across the United States began discovering, in the spring of 2025, that their legal status had simply vanished: no hearing, often no notice, sometimes no exp...
The detention of pro-Palestinian students and scholars prompted legal challenges over whether immigration powers were being used to punish protected speech.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on April 1, 2025, that she had instructed acting U.S. Attorney for Manhattan Matthew Podolsky to pursue the death penalty against Luigi Mangion...
Leonard Peltier left the federal prison in Coleman, Florida, on February 18, 2025, to begin home confinement in North Dakota. He was 80 and had spent nearly 49 years in custody.
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In the last hours of his presidency, Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement elder who has spent nearly fifty years in federal prison for t...
Assange’s release, the end of Hale’s home confinement and Peltier’s parole denial were among the year’s major developments.
The legal consequences of the spring protests varied by campus and jurisdiction. Arrest figures cannot establish how many people were convicted or disciplined.
The Atlanta Solidarity Fund case and sanctions against Samidoun illustrate distinct uses of criminal law and financial restrictions.
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Justice, at Last: All Felony Charges Dropped Against Joliet Police Whistleblower Javier Esqueda
On the morning his two-day trial was set to begin, the Kendall County State's Attorney moved to dismiss all four felony counts against retired Sgt. Javier Esqueda — the 29-year Jol...
Siddiqui’s family and supporters sought clemency during 2024 while she served an 86-year federal sentence.