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USA: state of Louisiana must release last ‘Angola 3’ man Albert Woodfox
New campaign comes a week after Herman Wallace’s death Following the death last week of the “Angola 3” prisoner Herman Wallace, Amnesty International has launched a campaign for the release of his fellow prisoner, Albert Woodfox.
Extended solitary confinement of Angola 3 inmate ‘amounts to torture,’ UN expert says
Albert Woodfox, the last remaining member of the Angola Three behind bars, has been tortured by Louisiana correctional officials, a United Nations official said in a statement Monday. “Keeping Albert Woodfox in solitary confinement for more than four decades clearly amounts to torture and it should be lifted immediately,” said Juan Méndez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture.
Angola Three cases continue as last inmate seeks new trial
The cancer death last week of Herman J. Wallace, who spent nearly 42 years under prison lockdown for the 1972 murder of a security officer at Angola, did not end courtroom wars over Wallace’s rights or those of co-defendant Albert Woodfox.
Torture expert urges end of Angola 3 member’s solitary confinement
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 7 (UPI) — An independent U.N. human rights expert urged the United States to immediately end the solitary confinement of Albert Woodfox, convicted of murder 41 years ago.