Surrendering. In a mentally ill prisoner dies in solitary confinement in new yorks Rikers Island. When you put a person in the shu brought to two months, six months, you are breaking this persons mental capacity down to zero. He did something bad, fine. But treat him as a human being, not like an animal. He has rights. We will look at mounting pressure on jails and prisons to reform their use of solitary confinement. We will speak with the psychiatrist who is helping to reduce violence and prisons in the president of the texas correctional employees, the union which represents texas prison guards. They have called for the state to reduce the use of solitary confinement, including on death row, saying solitary confinement makes prisoners more violent. Then we go to the usmexico border where a phoenix man who was deported to mexico will attempt to reunite with his family today by crossing back into the United States. I think they deported me for the Hunger Strike that was happening at ic
It was quite cold. They left me there for 12 hours in the condition. Today, in a democracy now global broadcast exclusive, we spend the hour with one of egypts most prominent dissidents, alaa abd elfattah, speaking in his first extended interview after nearly four months behind bars. An open internet and political activist, alaa has been at the forefront of the struggle for change in egypt for many years and has the distinction of having been actively persecuted for the past four successive rulers in egypt. He could be sent back to prison very soon. He talks about the future of egypt and the ongoing crackdown on activists. There are a couple of cases where citizens are given 14 years, 17 years, 11 years and so on. Frenzy. On a sentencing if it is a war on a whole generation. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The uns top climate body is warning human driven Climate Change is impacted every corner of the g
Surrendering. In a mentally ill prisoner dies in solitary confinement in new yorks Rikers Island. When you put a person in the shu brought to two months, six months, you are breaking this persons mental capacity down to zero. He did something bad, fine. But treat him as a human being, not like an animal. He has rights. We will look at mounting pressure on jails and prisons to reform their use of solitary confinement. We will speak with the psychiatrist who is helping to reduce violence and prisons in the president of the texas correctional employees, the union which represents texas prison guards. They have called for the state to reduce the use of solitary confinement, including on death row, saying solitary confinement makes prisoners more violent. Then we go to the usmexico border where a phoenix man who was deported to mexico will attempt to reunite with his family today by crossing back into the United States. I think they deported me for the Hunger Strike that was happening at ic
Memorial, israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The people of israel bow their heads for the departure of ariel sharon, the former Prime Minister. A warrior. I believe he was one of the greatest military leaders we had in modern days. We will get reaction from noam chomsky. Israeli historian avi shlaim, and Rashid Khalidi. Ariel sharon began his career as a military commander with atrocities in 1953 and continued through masterminding the lebanon war in which 50,000 became casualties. He ended his career as the architect of the israeli expansion in the occupied territories of the west bank, largely his handiwork from 1977 onward. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of thousands of West Virginia residents are on their fifth day without safe cap water after a Chemical Spill in the elk river. The Company Freedom industries leaked up to 7500 gallons of an agent used in coal extraction on thursday
They left me there for 12 hours in the condition. Today, in a democracy now global broadcast exclusive, we spend the hour with one of egypts most prominent dissidents, alaa abd elfattah, speaking in his first extended interview after nearly four months behind bars. An open internet and political activist, alaa has been at the forefront of the struggle for change in egypt for many years and has the distinction of having been actively persecuted for the past four successive rulers in egypt. He could be sent back to prison very soon. He talks about the future of egypt and the ongoing crackdown on activists. There are a couple of cases where citizens are given 14 years, 17 years, 11 years and so on. Frenzy. On a sentencing if it is a war on a whole generation. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The uns top climate body is warning human driven Climate Change is impacted every corner of the globe, with the poor