1. Introduction: prison as a source of politics -- 2. Politics and prison: a background -- 3. Resistance for survival -- 4. Resistance beyond survival -- 5. Prisoner politics and organization on ...

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Former South African political prisoners and exiles, alongside Palestinians, social justice activists, Global Sumud Flotilla ...

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa, June 14 (Reuters) - A small but much-prized soccer trophy on display in a cell of Robben Island prison is a reminder of how football touched the lives of the activists ...

AFA copy 39088019764646 is a gift from Janet Stanley. Robben Island-best known as the place where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for eighteen years-has been a place of harshness and brutality; its ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

The group compared Israel's detention and justice system to apartheid South Africa "It's the first time I'm going to visit a jail freely," German activist Yasemin Acar, a member of the Global Sumud ...

The items are owned by Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe and former Robben Island warden Christo Brand. A South African appeals court has ruled against a government heritage agency’s attempt to prevent the ...