The Department of Justice of The United States, through the Federal Bureau of prisons and the Probation Board, want to leave the Patriot Norberto González Claudio imprisoned even after he has completed his mandatory sentence on September 7, 2014. This represents a cruel and unusual punishment in retaliation for Norberto’s protest and for maintaining an upright position before the abuses to which he is constantly subjected in prison.

End the massacre of the Palestinian people now! The World Peace Council expresses its outrage with the ongoing bombardement of the Palestinian Gaza strip by the Israeli occupation forces which have resulted already in more than 100 dead and hundreds of injured, majority civilians and even children amongst them.

On June 23, as the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United Nations was holding its day of hearings on Puerto Rico, a demonstration for Oscar López Rivera was being held in Ralph Bunche Park just across the street.

Hundreds gathered Sunday morning in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in support of independence from the United States. Your Take top contributor Dan Eidsmoe was on the scene as several groups marched.