Human Right Watch have a special prison project and an area
cyberspace dedicated to it. They have
conducted specialised prison research and campaigns for prisoners' rights since 1987, to focus
international attention on prison conditions worldwide.
This is an international project and has vast amounts of information and alerts on Turkey, Israel, the
US, Brazil and many other countries. Available in English, Castillian Spanish, Russian and French the
site addresses questions such as: What human rights violations are commonly inflicted on prisoners?
What human rights protections cover prisoners? What is the United Nations doing about abuses against
prisoners? What other groups are working to protect prisoners from
abuse?
Prison information is arranged by region and by issue.
You can also read Human Rights Watch prison reports
http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/prisons
Anarchist Black Cross Federation
The origins of the ABC date back prior to the Russian Revolution
(1917).
The international ABC Federation currently has two projects to support what they consider to be
political prisoners, and donations can be made via their website.
The site also includes lists of prisoners, information about how you can support anarchist prisoners, and
links to the international ABCs that make up the federation (in Poland, Britain, Australia, Finland,
Belgium and the US). http://burn.ucsd.edu/~abcf/
Amnesty International
Ongoing international work in support of what the organsation considers to be "prisoners of
conscience".
Special section on their main site takes you to monthly appeals for action on behalf of prisoners. "An
appeal from you to the authorities can help the victims of human rights violations whose stories are told
here." November saw appeals for prisoners in Indonesia, the US, Uzbekistan and DR Congo.
http://www.amnesty.org
