The Trump administration continues to disregard court orders regarding migrants; this time, transferring a detained Venezuelan man from Pennsylvania to Texas just 30 minutes after a federal judge blocked his removal from the Western District of Pennsylvania. The man, identified only as A.S.R., had been employed in Philadelphia when he was arrested and detained in a facility in western PA; at some point, he had been moved again, as the flight moving him to Texas departed from Harrisburg in central PA. This move, and other similar moves of migrants in the northeastern US to Texas and other Trump-friendly states, is a blatant attempt at speeding up deportation proceedings. ACLU lawyer Tim Macdonald noted that the government is “finding Venezuelan men, rounding them up and shipping them to the Northern District of Texas,” due to the government seeing the district as a “favorable venue.” This clear attempt at circumventing due process must stop, especially as this tactic is being used to target migrants from Latin America, as well as those from other areas of the world with political views the administration disagrees with. This is not what America stood for, for nearly 250 years, and everyone must stand against Trump’s bigotry, racism, and attacks on the very principles of free speech.
#UnitedStates #Trump #Migration #HumanRights #Deportations
Netanyahu is using the cover of the Gaza war, where the whole world’s attention is focused, to ransack the West Bank. During the past 18 months, 905 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and over 7,300 were injured. There were 1,860 instances of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians from October 7, 2023, to December 31, 2024; under the watchful eyes of the police and the military, settlers regularly attacked Palestinian villages.
#IsraeliPalestinianConflict #WestBank #Palestine #Palestinians #Israel #IsraeliSettlers
What Trump just did should terrify all of us. On March 20, he signed an executive order that tears down crucial privacy protections and gives the federal government sweeping power to access and combine our most sensitive personal data from immigration status and race to sexual orientation, political activity, and even economic background. This isn’t just about “efficiency,” it’s about building a massive government-controlled database that can be used to surveil, target, and discriminate, especially against immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, student protesters, and anyone who challenges the system. Human Rights Watch said it best: “This is every bit as dangerous and dystopian as it sounds.” Once this data is centralized, there’s no going back. It could be used to deny public benefits, deport people, silence dissent, or manipulate elections. And the worst part? Most people don’t even know it’s happening. Congress needs to act now; our rights and our future depend on it, and ominously, are at stake.
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Nayib Bukele’s offer to imprison deportees from the United States, including US citizens, is a horrifying plan that will fuel violence and abuse. The US should not hand people over to a prison system built on suffering and cruelty. It is a crime against humanity, plain and simple.
#ElSalvador #HumanRights #Trump #UnitedStates
Arrested in the middle of the night, her home raided by masked and armed officers. Her only “crime”? Sharing a Facebook post. This is the terrifying reality for Rita Karasartova, a respected human rights defender in Kyrgyzstan. After reposting a letter from a missing activist, she was taken from her home, had her devices seized, and locked in a detention facility, without formal charges. Authorities are now trying to pin her to vague accusations of “mass riots.” Rita has spent years standing up for others, now, she’s the one who needs protection. “Kyrgyzstan’s human rights defenders must be able to carry out their vital work free from harassment or reprisal,” said Amnesty International. This is not just an attack on Rita, it’s an attack on truth, on courage, on freedom itself. If Kyrgyzstan can silence Rita, no one is safe.
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In Lebanon, speaking the truth is becoming dangerous. Since March, journalists from Daraj and Megaphone, two independent media outlets, have been repeatedly called in for questioning just because they reported on possible corruption in the banking sector. One of the lawsuits comes from the CEO of a major bank, SGBL, who accused Daraj of “defamation” after they published investigations about financial misconduct. According to Human Rights Watch, Lebanese authorities are using defamation laws to scare and silence anyone who speaks out—journalists, activists, and even advocacy groups. These cases are meant to intimidate, even if they don’t hold up in court. This kind of pressure can lead to self-censorship, where the media stops reporting the truth out of fear.
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At least 106 people have been executed in just three months in Iran, 24 in the first 15 days of April alone. This is the terrifying pace at which Iran is carrying out secret, unlawful executions, mostly for alleged drug offenses. Most of the victims are poor, powerless, and belong to ethnic and religious minority communities. According to the Center for Human Rights in Iran, they are denied lawyers, and their trials are fast-tracked; families often find out about the executions after their loved ones are already gone, if they find out at all. The Iranian government is using the death penalty not as justice, but as a brutal tool of repression. These executions target those least able to defend themselves: immigrants, ethnic minorities, and the economically marginalized. The UN, EU, and all democratic governments must condemn Iran’s mass executions, demand a full moratorium, and sanction every official involved in this horror. This is not law enforcement; this is mass state murder.
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Iran is a devil state
Hungary is sinking deeper into state-sponsored homophobia and authoritarianism. On April 14, the Orbán government rushed through sweeping constitutional amendments without public debate that attack LGBTQ+ rights, freedom of assembly, and even strip Hungarian citizenship from dual nationals deemed a “threat.” One of the new amendments defines gender solely as biological sex at birth, erasing transgender identities and codifying legal discrimination. Another cloak of discrimination under the guise of “child protection,” giving the state power to ban Pride events and silence LGBTQ+ voices under vague and arbitrary claims. This is not about protecting children. It’s about consolidating power and dehumanizing anyone who doesn't fit Orbán's ultra-nationalist vision. As Human Rights Watch stated, “From scapegoating LGBT people to suspending citizenship of dual citizens, the Hungarian government is cementing a legal framework that is hostile to the rule of law, equality, and democracy.” Hungary is violating EU laws, international human rights norms, and the dignity of its own citizens.
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Because there are only two genders, Hungary gets it, I might move there 👍
You’re a dumbass
