The goal is always the same, though: To use #prisoners’ bodies as weapons of political war & to do so against their will.
This is what evil, #illiberal regimes do.
Liberal regimes have standards for the treatment of prisoners. These standards are codified under the #GenevaConventions, which the #UnitedStates has signed & ratified.
Among the standards dictated by the Geneva Conventions is this: Prisoners may not be publicly exploited for purposes of #propaganda.
The use of #prisoners for #propaganda is as old as war itself. But there are a few recent examples you may recall. ISIS made extensive use of videos & pictures of imprisonment & execution. The Viet Cong & North Vietnamese alternated their approach. Sometimes they used American POWs as props to suggest that all was well in their camps & prisoners were being treated properly. (They were not.) Other times, they used images of American prisoners as tools to spread #fear.…
@palestine @israel
#UN report of sexual abuse of #Palestinian detainees “horrifying”
Sari Bashi from Human Rights Watch unpacks a UN report accusing Israel of systemic sexual violence and genocide.
Sari Bashi, a programme director at Human Rights Watch, discusses a UN report that accuses Israel of systemic sexual violence and genocidal acts against Palestinians. #Israel denies the claims.
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/quotable/2025/3/18/un-report-of-sexual-abuse-of-palestinian-detainees
#hrw #sexualviolence #sexualabuse #warcrimes #IsraelWarCrimes #palestine #prisoners #prisons
Today in Labor History March 5, 1940: Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, signed an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, cops and military officers. 14,700 of them were prisoners of war. This extrajudicial mass execution was known as the Katyn massacre. Afterwards, the Soviets tried to cover their tracks by blaming the Nazis for the massacre. They continued to deny responsibility until 1990, when the government finally acknowledged and condemned the killings and cover-up.
#Zelensky of #Ukraine on Tuesday offered a course of action that he said could end the #war, while trying to assure the #Trump administration that his government was dedicated to peace. The Ukrainian leader said he was ready to release #Russian #prisoners of war, stop long-range drone and missile strikes aimed at Russian targets, and declare a truce at sea immediately — moves that he said would help establish a pathway to #peace. #war #trump #russia #drones #politics https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/world/europe/ukraine-us-trump-military-support.html
Is Georgia experiencing its own Belarus moment? https://www.byteseu.com/791588/ #Belarus #Georgia #prisoners #Protests
*Must read* & please boost!
“‘Gaza is ours': Palestinians release counter-video to Trump's bizarre Gaza AI clip”
by Lara Alagha in Middle East Eye
@palestine
@israel @gazawatch @lebanon
“Response to US president's Gaza ‘riviera’ video depicts a lively Gaza rebuilt by Palestinians”
https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/palestinians-gaza-react-counter-video-bizarre-ai-trump-video
10,000+
Palestinians are being held in Israeli prisons
under grave conditions
3,300+
are held without charge or trial
2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
"Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of 'need.' The people tend to look the other way or even approve of #torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of #prisoners.
Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine.
https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/
#USPol #Guantanamo #GuantanamoBay #AsylumSeekers #Migrants #ICE
People embrace and react as Palestinian prisoners arrive on a bus after they were released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman
“During the first period in jail, we were handcuffed and blindfolded for 90 days, you see no one and no one sees us."
"The period of captivity was not just being held captive – it was torture, torture beyond description.”
Eyad al-Saudi
Quds Network Sources regarding exchange deal updates:
As part of the first phase, Thursday has been designated for the exchange of the remaining bodies, along with a new list of Palestinian female and child prisoners from #Gaza.
On Thursday, #Israel is expected to release the group of prisoners whose release was postponed last Saturday, estimated to be over 600 detainees, in addition to a new batch.
The exchange will take place simultaneously between the occupation and the Palestinian resistance, with #Egypt overseeing the coordination to ensure Israel complies with the release of Palestinian #prisoners.
#CeasefireViolations #IsraelTerroristState #netanyahu
This Black-Owned Bank Is Disrupting Recidivism With Financial Education in Prisons:
Industrial Bank is one of two American financial institutions that allows incarcerated individuals to open savings, CD & retirement accounts.
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/industrial-bank-recidivism-financial-education-in-prison
#prisoners #inmates #banking #WashingtonDC
#Ukraine: Fighters of the #Russian #neoNazi #paramilitary unit “#Rusich” have posted footage of them executing #Ukrainian #prisoners of #war. Per capita, Rusich is the largest paramilitary unit currently fighting for #Russia in east Ukraine. They’re backed by the #Kremlin and have also been seen fighting in #Africa and #Syria, previously with close links to the neo-Nazi mercenary unit #PMC #Wagner.
“You have received your POWs so why delay the handing over of our Palestinian POWs? This is something that hurts the heart, the lack of commitment and a disregard for all international standards and laws, and a disregard for the countries sponsoring this agreement.”
Bassam al-Khatib
Lest we forget; this is also how the British behaved in Palestine during the Mandate! Israel has copied our torture techniques & developed them much further!
“Video: ‘They put viruses in our food, cut off legs, fingers’ – Palestinians allege Israeli prison experiments, torture”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
A freed Palestinian prisoner holds a child after being released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
A reunion
A Palestinian prisoner reunites with his daughter.
@photography
@palestine
#Gaza
#WestBank
#prisoners
#children
Four human rights organisations are calling on the negotiating parties in the Gaza ceasefire agreement to secure the release of hundreds of essential healthcare workers in Gaza unlawfully detained by the Israeli military.
The groups noted that releasing the health workers is a necessity since medical personnel are protected under international humanitarian law.
![Israeli forces have repeatedly attacked hospitals in Gaza, killing hundreds of health workers, and detaining many more [File: Khalil Ramzi Alkahlut/Anadolu]
Picture shows a hospital bed in a ruined ward.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/994/921/957/970/961/original/a920dc37b0872758.webp "Israeli forces have repeatedly attacked hospitals in Gaza, killing hundreds of health workers, and detaining many more [File: Khalil Ramzi Alkahlut/Anadolu]
Picture shows a hospital bed in a ruined ward.")
#israel
#palestine #prisoners
@palestine
Going back to Netanyahu's complaint that the 3 Israeli hostages released today had lost weight
"Hamas has slammed Israel’s policy of the "slow killing" of Palestinian abductees in its jails after 7 prisoners were hospitalized immediately after being released"
"Palestinian detainees freed from Israeli prisons showed severe health deterioration, with many exhibiting significant weight loss, clear evidence of deliberate starvation"
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/08/742438/Hamas-decries-Israel-slow-killing-Palestinian-detainees-prison-ceasefire-deal-prisoner-swap
