War resister Travis Bishop released from Ft. Lewis brig!
Afghanistan war resister Travis Bishop was released from the brig at Fort Lewis today. Travis originally was sentenced to 12 months in prison in a court-martial at Fort Hood.
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Travis Bishop wins three month reduction in sentence
Sgt. Bishop’s clemency application included a legal brief (alleging problems at trial, problems with the processing of Bishop’s conscientious objector claim.
Read MoreTravis Bishop from the Ft. Lewis stockade
Serving a 12-month prison sentence as an Amnesty International designated “prisoner of conscience,” Travis refused to deploy to Afghanistan based on his religious beliefs after having had filed for a conscientious...
Read MoreAttorney reports human rights abuses of GI resisters
Attorneys and veteran’s groups are alarmed by recent reports that two US Army soldiers imprisoned at the Fort Lewis Regional Correctional Facility (RCF) have been subjected to human rights abuses and violations of their constitutional rights.
Read MoreArmy prisoners isolated, denied right to legal counsel
Afghanistan war resister Travis Bishop has been held largely “incommunicado” in the Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Read MoreSgt. Travis Bishop sentenced for resisting deployment
Sergeant Travis Bishop, with the US Army’s 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, pled not guilty at a special court martial on Thursday to two counts of missing movement.
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