The Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF) along with many other groups, individuals and PP/POW supporters from around the world use the following definitions to determine who we support for a variety of historical, strategic and practical reasons:
ππ¨π₯π’ππ’πππ₯ ππ«π’π¬π¨π§ππ«: A person incarcerated for actions carried out in support of legitimate struggles for self-determination* or for opposing the illegal policies of the government and/or its political subdivisions. (Special International Tribunal on the Violation of Human Rights of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the United States Prisons and Jails, December 1990)
ππ«π’π¬π¨π§ππ« π¨π πππ«: Those combatants struggling against colonial and alien domination and racist regimes captured as prisoners are to be accorded the status of prisoner of war and their treatment should be in accordance with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. (August 12, 1949, General Assembly Resolution 3103 [XXVIII])
πππ₯π πππππ«π¦π’π§πππ’π¨π§: The right by virtue of which all peopleβs are entitled freely to determine their political status and to pursue their economic, social and cultural development. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic cooperation, based upon the principle of mutual benefit and international law. In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence. (Common Article 1(1) of the International Human Rights Covenants, 1966)
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[https://enoughisenough14.org/2020/07/06/anarchist-black-cross-federation-guide-to-political-prisoners-prisoners-of-war-support/](https://enoughisenough14.org/2020/07/06/anarchist-black-cross-federation-guide-to-political-prisoners-prisoners-of-war-support/)