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You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
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Informe a la Comision de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas - Contrainsurgencia contra los Prisioneros Politicos… Informe a la Comision de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas - Contrainsurgencia contra los Prisioneros Politicos…
Authors: Jan Susler, Michael DeutschPublisher: Attorneys and Legal Representatives for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of WarYear: 1987Format: ReportCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Submission to the UN Human Rights Commission in support of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War - lays out historical issues re colonialism and human rights violations in Puerto Rico and legal basis for resistance.
Appeal from Notice of Action to the National Appeals Board Appeal from Notice of Action to the National Appeals Board
Author: Jan SuslerYear: 1994Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Appeal to the United States Parole Commission, United States Department of Justice Regarding unjust denial of parole to Carlos Alberto Torres
The Legal Context of the Campaign for the Release of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War The Legal Context of the Campaign for the Release of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
Author: Jan SuslerPublisher: People's Law OfficeYear: 1995Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Report delivered at the International Seminar for Liberation of Puerto Rican political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
Conditions of Incarceration Conditions of Incarceration
Author: Jan SuslerPublisher: Ofensiva '92Year: 1992Format: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Covers the terms and conditions of incarceration for 18 Puerto Rican political prisoners. Includes photographs.
A Public Report About Violent Mass Assault Against Prisoners and Continuing Illegal Punishment & Torture of the Prison Population at the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois A Public Report About Violent Mass Assault Against Prisoners and Continuing Illegal Punishment & Torture of the Prison Population at the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois
Authors: Dennis Cunningham, Jan SuslerPublisher: Marion Prisoners' Rights ProjectYear: 1983Format: ReportCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Details events and conditions of the initial Marion Lockdown.
An Updated Public Report about the Continuing Lockdown and Torture of the Prisoners at U.S. Penitentiary, Marion An Updated Public Report about the Continuing Lockdown and Torture of the Prisoners at U.S. Penitentiary, Marion
Authors: Jan Susler, Michael Deutsch, Jim Roberts, Dennis CunninghamPublisher: Marion Prisoners' Rights ProjectYear: 1984Format: ReportCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
3/26/1984 update on conditions of the Marion Lockdown. Accounts of food tampering, abuse, neglect, isolation and cancel of rehabilitation programs included.
Report to the Prisoners at Marion About the Congressional Hearing on March 29, 1984 Report to the Prisoners at Marion About the Congressional Hearing on March 29, 1984
Authors: Jan Susler, Jim RobertsPublisher: Marion Prisoners' Rights ProjectYear: 1984Format: ReportCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
3/26/1984 Report of testimony to the inumane, unconstitutional and counter-productive conditions of the Marion Lockdown.
Marion Prisoners Rights Project update, The Lockdown Marion Prisoners Rights Project update, The Lockdown
Authors: Jan Susler, Jim RobertsPublisher: Marion Prisoners' Rights ProjectYear: 1984Format: ReportCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
10/11/1984 report on the conditions of the Marion Lockdown and the struggle against it's inhumane existance.
Response to Report & Recommendations of Breed and Ward Report to the Judiciary Committee on Marion Federal Prison Response to Report & Recommendations of Breed and Ward Report to the Judiciary Committee on Marion Federal Prison
Authors: Jan Susler, Dennis CunninghamPublisher: Marion Prisoners' Rights ProjectYear: 1985Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
3/1985 Response to investigation and report by Allen breed and David Ward at the behest of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Jstice
Correspondence to Honorable Robert Kastenmeier Re: USP Marion Correspondence to Honorable Robert Kastenmeier Re: USP Marion
Author: Jan SuslerPublisher: People's Law OfficeYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 1/10/1990 letter to Congressman Kastenmeier regarding conditions at USP Marion.