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‘I Was In Constant Fear’: Immigrant Faces Deportation After Prison for Domestic Dispute
Below is an excerpt from an article about Aylaliya Birru, a Black immigrant survivor of domestic violence in California who is incarcerated and faces deportation as a consequence for defending her life. Support the grassroots campaign to #FreeLiya here! Article...
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Marissa Alexander TED Talk
Every day three women in the U.S. are murdered by their domestic partners. But after Marissa Alexander fired a single warning shot as her estranged husband threatened to kill her, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Eventually, Alexander survived both domestic...
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Survivor Solidarity
Survivor Solidarity Community support -- including financial support for legal defense and basic needs, and public demonstrations of support through petitions or court watches -- is an act of solidarity and can make a HUGE difference for survivors who are punished by...
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Events in Mar-Apr 2019!
Join Survived & Punished members at the following upcoming community events: Free Them All: Defending the Lives of Criminalized Survivors of Violence (NYC) March 19 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Brooklyn Law School, Subotnick Center 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY This...
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#FreeLiyah
Liyah Birru, a Black immigrant from Ethiopia, was prosecuted and incarcerated for defending herself against her abusive husband who had subjected her to beatings, sexual assault, verbal abuse, threats, and racial slurs. After serving her sentence, she now faces the...
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Now Available: Research Across the Walls
~NOW AVAILABLE~ Research Across the Walls: A Guide to Participatory Research Projects & Partnerships to Free Criminalized Survivors Download Now! For many survivors, experiences of policing, criminalization, and incarceration are deeply intertwined with...
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Grassroots groups launch new Queens DA accountability coalition and release demands
Photo above courtesy of Andrea Bichan/VOCAL-NY Dozens of criminal justice reform advocates took to the steps of the Queens Criminal Court Monday to demand change at the DA's office. Article by Bill Parry, QNS Dozens of justice reform advocates spent much of Martin...
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S&P NY: Cuomo Denies Clemency to Criminalized Survivors of Gender Violence
Cuomo Denies Clemency to Criminalized Survivors of Gender Violence For the eighth straight year, Governor Cuomo has refused to use his clemency power to combat the rampant criminalization of efforts to survive sexual and domestic violence. Survived and Punished NY...
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Black women punished for self-defense must be freed from their cages
Art above by Adriana Bellet. Black women punished for self-defense must be freed from their cages, by Mariame Kaba, The Guardian; Excerpt below: While self-defense laws are interpreted generously when applied to white men who feel threatened by men of color, they are...
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