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Large placard with '15 months in prision for a peaceful protest? "Seriously Australia?" #FreeVioletCoco ' written on it and a photo of Deanna Maree “Violet” Coco. Two people are in the background but you can only see the lower parts of their bodies.

7 Mar 2023 3 minute read

How to fight the clampdown on climate activism

Governments are pushing back against climate activism with violence, anti-protest laws and prison sentences. But we can resist...

Protesters march with a banner that reads: 'Disarm, defund, abolish' in red capital letters

28 Apr 2022 3 minute read

10 steps towards prison abolition

A world without incarceration and police may seem a long way off, but there are plenty of things we can change on the way....

Jessie jokes with his dad. Jessie wrote to Briarpatch: ‘Growing up, my dad was in prison. When I got a life sentence, he changed his life and stayed out and has been my support. This picture is me mimicking my nieces, who pull on his beard – it’s something I never got to do as a kid...’ JESSIE MILO

25 Apr 2022 5 minute read

Healed people heal people

Writing from a Californian prison, Jessie Milo sets out his vision for a more caring society.

Through Abraço Campeão, Alan Duarte works with young people to see a future amid the pressure of constant violence and police raids. JOSIANE SANTANA

25 Apr 2022 7 minute read

So, what’s the alternative?

Community-based initiatives are helping keep people safe where the police fail. Lucilla Harrell and...

13 Apr 2022 6 minute read

Resisting the cop in our heads

Abolition can be an everyday practice. Sarah Lamble explores how.

Riot police hit protesters participating in a demonstration against lawmakers’ salary demands outside the parliament buildings in Nairobi in May 2013. THOMAS MUKOYA/REUTERS/ ALAMY

12 Apr 2022 6 minute read

Colonize and punish

Mass imprisonment and merciless policing were the preferred tools of control for European colonizers. Patrick...

Terrence Floyd, George Floyd's brother, speaks at his brother's memorial at Chicago Ave and E 38th St in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Credit: Lorie Shaull/Flickr

4 Jun 2020 7 minute read

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Police brutality is not just a US problem

Amy Hall on why the Black Lives Matter movement is once again resonating around the world.

A Roma camp attacked by far-right activists

5 Jul 2018 5 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Ukrainian police connive with far-right hate

Attacks on Roma and others have been ignored by law enforcement. Now two lie dead. Madeline Roache reports...

29 Apr 2018 5 minute read

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Protests continue in Nicaragua

Social security reforms have triggered an unprecedented wave of anger against the government. Dánae Vílchez...

EU border towns: Migrants sleeping under Via Europa, the bridge linking Italy and France in the border town of Ventimiglia. Photo by Fotomovimiento

18 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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(Dead) end of the journey: when migrants reach border towns

Europe’s response to migration: more police, more walls – for no reason. Alex Fusco writes.

1 Oct 2017 10 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

‘We have a lot to teach the city’

Favela dwellers speak to Vanessa Baird about police violence and creative resistance.

1 Sep 2017 5 minute read

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When the police are paid by the mine

In Peru, private corporations are hiring public law enforcers, writes Stephanie Boyd.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Arrest, harass… and counsel?

Uzma Falak questions police tactics in Kashmir.

14 May 2015 4 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Dilemma of justice under Indian rule in Kashmir

Uzma Falak reports on a problem of powerlessness and the struggle against it.

27 Nov 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

To kiss or not to kiss? A very Indian question

Mari Marcel Thekaekara looks at moral policing and ‘immoral’ activities.

6 Nov 2014 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Curfew and killings in Kashmir

Uzma Falak on the aftermath of the deaths of two teenagers shot by the Indian army.

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