International Solidarity for Political Prisoners (IS4PP) is an international solidarity platform of the Anti-Imperialist Front (AIF).
IS4PP was created to strengthen international solidarity with political prisoners and to unite individuals, organisations and movements in the struggle against political repression, imprisonment, isolation and torture.
Across the world, thousands of people are imprisoned for their political beliefs, their opposition to imperialism, fascism and anti-Zionism, and their participation in struggles for freedom, justice, independence and the rights of the people.
Political imprisonment is not simply an attack on individuals. It is an attempt to silence opposition, intimidate communities, suppress organised resistance and break the will of those who struggle for a better world.
We believe that political prisoners must never be left alone. Their struggle is our struggle.
Our Aims
IS4PP works to:
- Build international solidarity with political prisoners and their families, regardless of nationality or geographical borders.
- Expose torture, solitary confinement, prolonged isolation, arbitrary punishment and other human rights violations in prisons.
- Campaign against S-, R- and Y-type pit-type prisons and other systems of prolonged isolation.
- Raise international awareness of the conditions faced by political prisoners.
- Organise international campaigns, demonstrations, solidarity actions, letter-writing initiatives and public meetings.
- Bring together human rights defenders, lawyers, democratic organisations, anti-imperialist movements and individuals in common solidarity.
- Support the demands of political prisoners for humane treatment, dignity, fundamental rights and freedom.
Our Principles
IS4PP stands on the principles of anti-imperialism, anti-fascism, anti-Zionism, internationalism and solidarity among peoples.
We oppose the use of prisons, torture and isolation as instruments of political repression. We defend the fundamental rights of political prisoners, including access to legal representation, healthcare, communication with their families and protection from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
We recognise that the struggle for the rights of political prisoners cannot be separated from the wider struggle against exploitation, oppression, imperialism and fascism.
Our International Solidarity
As a platform of the Anti-Imperialist Front (AIF), IS4PP seeks to connect struggles across national borders and transform solidarity into collective action.
Through international mobilisation, public awareness campaigns, solidarity statements and coordinated initiatives, we work to ensure that political prisoners are not forgotten, their voices are heard and the violations they face are exposed.
We call upon individuals, organisations, lawyers, journalists, human rights defenders and all those who stand for justice to join us in strengthening international solidarity.
No political prisoner should be forgotten.
No prisoner should face torture or isolation in silence.
Solidarity knows no borders!