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LulzSec hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, who hacked private intelligence firm @Stratfor and leaked data to WikiLeaks in 2012, is beginning his third week in solitary confinement. He's been accused of "minor assault" for bumping a prison guard with a door theintercept.com/2018/12/04/jer…
UN's expert on torture said solitary confinement "can amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment," and called for an absolute prohibition on >15 days in solitary (about how long Jeremy's been there so far) because it can lead to lasting mental damage
Jeremy has been taking college classes through a prison education system, was on track to getting an Associate's Degree next semester. Since he's been in solitary, he's been forced to miss classes, can't turn in assignments, is missing finals
A disciplinary hearing last week (Jeremy wasn't allowed to attend in person) upheld the charge against him, and recommended he gets transferred to a medium-security prison. If he gets transferred, he'll probably not get to finish his college degree
Because it's a disciplinary charge, not a criminal charge, he wasn't entitled to a lawyer, and doesn't know what evidence was presented against him, if any. He'll probably stay in solitary until the charge against him is resolved, however long that takes
Here's some of the bigger revelations that came from the Stratfor hack: @DowChemical, responsible for killing 25,000 people in a Bhopal, India 1984 gas leak, hired Stratfor to spy on the culture jamming activist group @theyesmen timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Stratfor…
@CocaCola, a sponsor of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, hired Stratfor to spy on activists associated with animal rights organization @peta, worried they might be planning direct action ibtimes.co.uk/wikileaks-gifi…
@APIenergy, the oil and gas industry lobby group, hired Stratfor to spy on nonprofit newsroom @ProPublica, which broke the first stories about the environmental and health risks posed by fracking in 2008 politico.com/states/new-yor…
The Stratfor hack wouldn't have been possible without help from FBI informant Hector "Sabu" Monsegur, who at the direction of the FBI, first told Jeremy about Stratfor, found the initial vuln, and provided an FBI-controlled server to exfiltrate data to theguardian.com/technology/201…
Follow @FreeJeremyNet for updates on Jeremy's situation
