Fighting for individuals’ rights. Across all of our work, Amnesty International exposes individual cases of human rights abuses – and fights for freedom. At any given time, we are campaigning for hundreds of people. In many cases, we work for years to win someone’s freedom, and in some cases we’re the only organization fighting for them.

till höger: Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox och Robert Hillary King I juli 2013 krävde Amnesty International att 71-årige Herman Wallace,

"After four decades of isolation, Albert Woodfox’s release is long overdue and undeniably just. Nothing will truly repair the cruel Albert Woodfox’s release was long overdue and undeniably just. Nothing will truly repair the cruel, inhuman and degrading solitary confinement that the state of Louisiana inflicted upon him. But the belated measure of justice, that came on Woodfox’s 69th birthday, was something he had been seeking for more than half his life. 2021-02-19 The imminent release of Albert Woodfox, who has spent around 40 years in isolation after a flawed murder trial in Louisiana, is a long-awaited legal triumph, said Amnesty International today.

Albert Woodfox has been released from solitary confinement! Big thanks to every UWC-USA student who wrote a letter on his behalf. For 23 hours a day, Albert Woodfox is incarcerated in a tiny cell without any social interaction. Day in, day out, he endures conditions condemned as torture by the UN Special Rapporteur.

Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty International's work, and Nearly every day for more than half of his life, Albert Woodfox woke up in a cell

Woodfox har hållits inlåst i en isoleringscell din - En podd för dig som vill synas höras och nå ut. 2 2.0. Image Not Found! Anna och Meja möter Albert Woodfox fri efter 43 i isoleringscell.

18 Feb 2020 Former Black Panther Albert Woodfox's conviction has been overturned three times, and in November an appeals court upheld the latest court

Albert svarade och det han skrev inspirerade henne att skriva låten ”Yellow Ribbon” som nu släpps i samarbete med kampanjen för att han ska friges. Today the last imprisoned member of the ‘Angola 3’, Albert Woodfox, was released after more than four decades in solitary confinement, on his 69 th birthday in a move Amnesty called ‘long overdue and undeniably just’. Jasmine Heiss, Senior Campaigner for Individuals at Risk at Amnesty USA, said: Albert Woodfox’s release was long overdue and undeniably just. Nothing will truly repair the cruel, inhuman and degrading solitary confinement that the state of Louisiana inflicted upon him. But the belated measure of justice, that came on Woodfox’s 69th birthday, was something he had been seeking for more than half his life. Albert Woodfox was freed in 2016 after a long campaign for his release – by the Angola 3 campaign, Amnesty and many other rights groups. His conviction had already been overturned three times, though he had been kept in Angola through the tenacity of state officials determined to keep him in solitary.

He was the USA’s longest serving prisoner held in isolation. Albert Woodfox. Albert Woodfox was born in 1947 in New Orleans. A committed activist in prison, he remains so today, speaking to a wide array of audiences, including the Innocence Project, Harvard, Yale, and other universities, the National Lawyers Guild, as well as at Amnesty International events in London, Paris, Denmark, Sweden, and Belgium. UWC USA Amnesty International, Montezuma, New Mexico. 124 likes · 25 were here.
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Samen met Robert King en Herman Wallace werd hij veroordeeld voor de 18 Feb 2015 Amnesty International USA Although no physical evidence tied African American prisoner Albert Woodfox to the crime, he was immediately Albert Woodfox was born in 1947 in New Orleans. Guild, as well as at Amnesty International events in London, Paris, Denmark, Sweden, and Belgium.

He was the USA’s longest serving prisoner held in isolation. "Amnesty International joins his supporters around the world in celebrating Woodfox and his legal team’s tireless pursuit of justice. While the State of Louisiana did not release Woodfox’s fellow Angola 3 prisoner Herman Wallace until he was on death’s door, it has made a just and humane decision in ensuring Woodfox’s freedom." Albert Woodfox je na slobode!
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Foto: Amnesty . Trots att en federal domstol på måndagen begärde att Albert Woodfox skulle släppas, går nu en delstatsdomstol emot

That he was able to emerge whole from his odyssey within America’s prison and judicial system is a triumph of the human spirit, and makes his book a clarion call to reform the inhumanity of solitary confinement in the US and around the world. Amnesty International UK has released a new interview with Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3. Accompanying the podcast interview is a post on Amnesty UK's blog that features an extended statement by Albert Woodfox, entitled: It's a human right to agitate the 'injustice' system.

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Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty International's work, and Nearly every day for more than half of his life, Albert Woodfox woke up in a cell

His old friend Robert King - who was also imprisoned for decades in the notorious Angola prison - tells us how Albert's political courage and global support are keeping him going, despite the pain and isolation. Hon har länge varit engagerad i Amnesty och på julafton 2013 bestämde hon sig för att skriva ett brev till Albert Woodfox efter att ha sett en uppmaning i Amnesty Press.

Amnesty International has launched a campaign for the release of 'Angola 3' inmate Albert Woodfox, who has been in solitary confinement for decades in a Louisiana prison.

For 23 hours a day, Albert Woodfox is incarcerated in a tiny cell without any social interaction. Day in, day out, he endures conditions condemned as torture by the UN Special Rapporteur. It’s been this way for 42 years. Albert has been held in solitary confinement for longer than virtually any other prisoner in the USA. He is allowed out for only five hours a week for solitary exercise or He had been the longest-serving isolated prisoner in the US, kept almost continuously in a tiny cell for an astonishing 43 years by authorities in the state of Louisiana. On Friday 19 February, Albert Woodfox was suddenly released. Albert had entered solitary confinement aged just 26 and now, as a 69-year-old man, he was allowed to leave isolation and prison altogether.

Nothing will truly repair the cruel, inhuman and degrading solitary confinement that the state of Louisiana inflicted upon him. Albert Woodfox was convicted, together with Herman Wallace, for the murder of a prison guard in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1972. Albert Woodfox spent most of their time in prison confined in a small cell for 23 hours a day, denied access to meaningful social interaction and rehabilitation programmes. Artisten Meja läste om Albert Woodfox i Amnesty Internationals tidning och blev djupt berörd av orättvisan i hans fall. På julafton 2013 satte sig Meja för att skriva ett brev till honom.