Torlando McDonald
Torlando McDonald was awarded the Dawson Prize in Poetry in the 2017 Prison Writing Contest. McDonald is currently incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois.
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The UN human rights investigator for Belarus demanded that the government "stop repressing its own people," referring to thousands detained during protests against Lukashenko. https://bit.ly/3e24Qsi
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Today we join the bipartisan outcry over actions @USAGMgov CEO Michael Pack has taken to diminish the credibility and independence of US government funded broadcasters. Our statement. https://bit.ly/3kDRKUC