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Ekpar Asat Has Been in a Chinese Prison for Ten Years. The Crime Was Building a Platform for His People.
In the spring of 2016, Ekpar Asat returned to Urumqi from the United States, where he had recently completed the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Is Still in Prison. His Body Is Breaking Down. No One Has Been Charged.
On December 27, 2024, Israeli soldiers attacked Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza’s only functional major medical institution. Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the

James Broadnax
James Broadnax, 38, has been in prison since 2008 after being convicted for the deaths of Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler near their music studio

Sde Teiman: Israel’s “Black Site” in the Negev Desert
A military base in the Negev desert, roughly 50 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, has been called by Israeli media as “Israel’s Guantanamo Bay.” The

April 17 is Palestinian Prisoner Day, Nearly 10,000 People are Still Waiting. Israel Just Passed a Law to Execute Them.
Every year on April 17, Palestinians commemorate the Palestinian Prisoner Day, which was first established in 1974 to commemorate the first prisoner exchange between Israel

Tortured for Silence: The Death of Sayed Mohammad Al-Mousawi and Bahrain’s War on Dissent
Sayed Mohammed Al- Mousawi went out for suhoor, the pre-dawn meal eaten during Ramadan, with friends on the evening of March 19, 2026. He was
Kirk Bloodsworth
Kirk Bloodsworth is a man from Maryland who became the first person in the United States to be sentenced to death and later exonerated through

Roxsana Hernández
Roxsana Hernández was a 33-year-old transgender woman from Honduras who died while in ICE custody at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May