Author Bios

Lovisa Stannow has worked in the fields of communications and international human rights for the past 25 years. She joined Just Detention International in 2002 and has served as …

Michael D. Yates is editorial director of Monthly Press. He was a labor educator for 35 years. He is the author of many books, including Why Unions Matter, Can …

Karen Spring is a Honduras-based human rights activist.

Sandra Cuffe is a freelance journalist reporting on human rights, politics, social movements and migration in Central America. Follow her on twitter at @Sandra_Cuffe.

Paul Redd is a plaintiff in the Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement.

J. Baridi Williamson has spent 20 years in SHU. Williamson sent Truthout contributor Victoria Law ‘Why We Strike’ in 2012 after she sent him the one-year hunger strike anniversary …

Jeffrey Franklin is a plaintiff in the Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement.

Michael Stoll is executive director of the Public Press (www.sfpublicpress.org), a startup nonprofit news service for the San Francisco Bay Area that does for print and Web what public …

Mohammed Ilyas has a PhD in sociology. His work focusses on Islamism, Islam, Muslims in Europe and human rights. He is currently working on an International project that looks …