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#germany #israel #genocide #complicity #EU #humanRights #democracy #EuropeanValues berlin.social/@cfahey/11426118…
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian officeLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
Berlin is deporting four foreign residents after their participation in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza. Three are EU citizens, including two from Ireland.The deportation orders are unlawful, but Berlin’s senate is going ahead anyway.
@hahauenstein #Germany #Gaza #Israel #freespeech #fascism
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Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.Hanno Hauenstein (The Intercept)
Key #evidence deleted in case against ex-military man who spied on Julian #Assange for #CIA, says expert report
A hard drive in which the Spanish #police dumped the contents of David Morales’ phones was allegedly tampered with while in the custody of the High Court. Over 17,000 email messages have disappeared
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#spain #justice #fail #backup #scandal #problem #politics #wikileaks #spay #surveillance #humanrights #court #security #democracy #news
Key evidence deleted in case against ex-military man who spied on Julian Assange for CIA, says expert report
A hard drive in which the Spanish police dumped the contents of David Morales’ phones was allegedly tampered with while in the custody of the High Court. Over 17,000 email messages have disappearedJosé María Irujo (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
#MarcoRubio posted on social media that he sent 17 people to #CECOT in #ElSalvador overnight, he claims that they are all Tren de Aragua or MS-13 members.
If they were *deported* under the questionably legal (US is not at war) #AEA, then it was in violation of the court order. Otherwise they would have to have had final orders of removal.
#law #immigration #Trump #AlienEnemiesAct #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #Rendition #Abduction
Solidarity with the trans community on this International Trans Day of Visibility, and every day ✊
“Ankara is too important an ally to alienate, no matter what happens on the streets of Istanbul, politicians and officials tell POLITICO.
The European Union is set to keep pumping billions of euros into Turkey despite President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s sweeping crackdown on political opponents.”
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Write him a fucking blank cheque, why don’t you, you spineless, racist blocks of cheddar. And why? Because he helps keeps the Brown people away from our pristine white shores.
I swear the next person who uses the words “European values” non-sarcastically in my presence will wish they’d stayed in bed that morning.
#demokrasi #insanHakları #ırkcılık #faşizm #Türkiye #erdoğan #AvrupaBirliği #democracy #humanRights #racism #fascism #Turkey #erdogan #EU
Around me in Istanbul there is fear on every face – but I see a resilience that refuses to die
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#türkiye #istanbul #imamoğlu #demokrasi #insanHakları #erdoğan #faşizm #turkey #democracy #humanRights #imamoglu #erdogan #fascism
Around me in Istanbul there is fear on every face – but I see a resilience that refuses to die
Many turbulent years have taught my friends never to make plans. Yet, even after Ekrem İmamoğlu’s arrest, they have hope, says Istanbul-based writer Carolin WürfelCarolin Würfel (The Guardian)
If you're wondering where US political prisoners like Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk have been disappeared to and what their status is, the US Political Prisoner Tracker has the latest and is updated every day.
#Trump #ICE #USpol #US #HumanRights
A blossom tree in the western section of Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow planted in 1986 to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of Amnesty International who work to protect human rights throughout the world.
#glasgow #memorial #treet #blossomtree #amnestyinternational #humanrights #kelvingrovepark
“The lack of detail and clarity regarding the initial investigation—beyond the vague statement that ‘we are investigating and hope to reach a conclusion within 120 days’—is simply not enough."
New: U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey is demanding answers in our ongoing coverage of the ICE prosecutor with an openly white supremacist X account. texasobserver.org/congressman-…
#WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia #ElonMusk #politics #USpol #ICE #immigration #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #news
Congressman Denounces ICE Response About Prosecutor Operating Racist X Account
In response to the Observer’s reporting, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey demanded answers he has yet to fully receive—while ICE refuses to clarify the prosecutor’s current job status.Steven Monacelli (The Texas Observer)
This Is the Land of Wolves Now
Masked agents snatching people off the street. Govt ofcls using caged prisoners for propaganda videos. We are the villains.
“They have clearly been posed by the jailers, forced to hold position so that they can be useful props for the American woman so that she can manufacture #propaganda for her regime.
“We have seen this kind of thing before. Just not from America.”
#Trump #law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #HumanRights
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This Is the Land of Wolves Now
Masked agents snatching people off the street. Government officials using caged prisoners for propaganda videos. We are the villains.Jonathan V. Last (The Bulwark)
Developing Ethical Ratings for AI - Ethical Revolution
[Read on Ethical Revolution] Ethical Consumer Research Association (ECRA) have announced that they may develop a rating standard for artificial intelligence (AI) use by businesses.Ethical Revolution
"I just hope that people realize that it’s not because we don’t want to serve you. It’s because we have people in power right now who want to break this system and who want to get rid of the fact that #education is an equalizer."
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#politics #USpol #news #Trump #HumanRights #schools #Project2025 #ElonMusk #DOGE
'We're Not Just Some Bureaucrats': DOE Employees on How Their Work Helps Texas Students
Department of Education workers and union leaders in Texas say kids will pay the price for Trump’s decision to “break this system.”Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)
The 🇵🇱 Polish government has suggested new EU rules to ban the #anonymous purchase of #prepaid #SIMcards.
“The main threat associated with prepaid SIM cards is #anonymity,” says a document obtained by @statewatch and one cannot make one's disdain for #humanrights any clearer.
Extensive research has found no evidence that bans on anonymous purchases of SIM cards contribute to reducing #crime.
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Statewatch | EU officials discuss banning anonymous use of mobile phones
The Polish government has suggested new EU rules to ban the anonymous purchase of prepaid SIM cards for mobile phones.“The main threat associated with prepaid SIM cards is anonymity,” says a document obtained by Statewatch.www.statewatch.org
“Don’t believe your eyes.” – Turkish state TV
Imagine the people who work there; imagine your whole sorry existence being the peddling of lies.
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#turkey #türkiye #erdoğan #insanHakları #demokrasi #humanRights #democracy #sansür #censorship
‘It’s disinformation’: Turkish state TV avoids any coverage of mass street protests
News of protests has been preserve of a few newspapers and channels outside well funded pro-government networksRuth Michaelson (The Guardian)
#USA oh no 😱
Source: euronews.com/business/2025/03/…
#child #children #labour #Florida #job #work #news #politics #economy #business #humanrights #fail
Florida to consider relaxing child labour laws to fill vacant jobs
Now that the United States is cracking down on immigration, some low-skill jobs may not be so easy to fill. So the state is debating lifting some child labour laws to involve minors.Doloresz Katanich (Euronews.com)
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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... arguing that the deportees will almost certainly face persecution, arbitrary detention, or worse under the Chinese government.
"The deportations come at a time when #Beijing has been actively seeking to deepen its ties with #Bangkok, particularly over the vast cyberscam industry that has infected most of Thailand's neighbors."
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Do read the excellent article for free:
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Thailand's Uyghur deportations: Balancing China and the West
The recent deportation of more than 40 Uyghur refugees from Thailand has ignited global outrage, and raised questions about Bangkok's geopolitical stance between China and the West.David Hutt (Deutsche Welle)
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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... #PaetongtarnShinawatra — economic growth. "Right now, that is more likely with China than that of the #UnitedStates,"..."
"... a #Thai analyst and columnist, told DW. "#Thailand is playing its usual balancing act and, in this case, it is simply prioritizing immediate interests."
The United States and several human rights organizations had spent months warning against such a move,...
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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... think tank, this case marked an 👉 "inflection point" in #Thailand's geostrategic balancing."👈
"Thailand now is an open pawn in the US-China conflict," he told DW. "👉The big geostrategic danger is that the #Thai elite facing #US sanctions now move ever closer into China's orbit and compromise Thailand's once-famous balancing act."👈
"Instead, it is thinking about the one thing that matters most to #Thai Prime Minister...
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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... global audience sees on a daily basis that decades old military (#NATO) and economic allies (#Canada/ #Mecico) are left hanging in the cold from one day to another. The arcane and insane #Mercantilist trade policies with aggressive, crippling #tariffs will lead to less trade with the #US.
Via #DavidHutt @dw_innovation
"For #ThitinanPongsudhirak, a senior fellow at the #InstituteOfSecurityAndInternationalStudies, a...
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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*"#Thai authorities deported a group of 40 #Uyghur men to #China last month"..."the hell those 40 #Uyghurs will face back in #Xinjiang"*
The last time #Bangkok did this was in 2015.
👉It is possible to see this as a precursor to the #US' waning geopolitical influence, as the disastrous #Trumpean #Foreign, #Economic, and #Security policies of the #AmericaFirst.👈 The...
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Thailand's Uyghur deportations: Balancing China and the West
The recent deportation of more than 40 Uyghur refugees from Thailand has ignited global outrage, and raised questions about Bangkok's geopolitical stance between China and the West.David Hutt (Deutsche Welle)
Yes, "Buy #European" is trending but it also sucks. A lot.
Hear me out: I understand and also feel the urge for tech #independence, particularly from the US, right now.
But just because something is European doesn't make it good or ethical.
@Tutanota People shouldn't trust you because you're "from Europe" or German or whatever. But because you have an #ethical business model, employ good people, care about your users, respect #humanrights and build free and #opensource software.
#UnitedStates govt affidavit saying: "While it is true that many of the TdA members removed under the AEA do not have criminal records in the United States"
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DOJ brief signed by #Trump’s AG #PamBondi & the senior leadership at the #DOJ saying, "Plaintiffs have not established irreparable harm."
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#law #Constitution #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #HumanRights #torture #DualState #ConstitutionalCrisis #AlienEnemiesAct #CrimesAgainstHumanity
Judge #Boasberg terrifyingly describes the #ElSalvador prison #CECOT knowing that:
- The #Trump admin admitted "many of the TdA members ... do not have criminal records”
- Several cases of misidentification have emerged
- The most senior #DOJ ofcls signed a brief saying these detainees would not suffer "irreparable harm"
#law #Constitution #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #HumanRights #torture #DualState #ConstitutionalCrisis #AlienEnemiesAct #CrimesAgainstHumanity
!['highly Likely to face immediate & intentional life-threatening harm [El Salvador] govt has boasted that inmates in CECOT "never leave"; indeed, one expert declarant alleges that she does not know of any CECOT inmate who has been released. In a sample of 131 cases, [it was] found that 115 family members of detainees have not received any info about the whereabouts or wellbeing …rarely allowed to leave their cells, have no regular access to drinking water or adequate food, sleep standing up because of overcrowding & are held in cells where they do not see sunlight for days. "tuberculosis, fungal infections, scabies, severe malnutrition & chronic digestive issues are common." disciplined through beatings & humiliation. One inmate clamed that police beat prison newcomers with batons. When he denied being a gang member, they sent him to a dark basement cell with 320 detainees, where prison guards & other detainees beat him every day. On one occasion, one guard beat him so severely that [he] broke a rib." Three prior deportees from the United States reported being kicked in the face, neck, abdomen, & testicles, with one requiring "an operation for a ruptured pancreas & spleen." Needless to say, the risk of torture, beatings, & even death clearly & unequivocally supports a finding of irreparable harm](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/4626608 "'highly Likely to face immediate & intentional life-threatening harm [El Salvador] govt has boasted that inmates in CECOT \"never leave\"; indeed, one expert declarant alleges that she does not know of any CECOT inmate who has been released. In a sample of 131 cases, [it was] found that 115 family members of detainees have not received any info about the whereabouts or wellbeing …rarely allowed to leave their cells, have no regular access to drinking water or adequate food, sleep standing up because of overcrowding & are held in cells where they do not see sunlight for days. \"tuberculosis, fungal infections, scabies, severe malnutrition & chronic digestive issues are common.\" disciplined through beatings & humiliation. One inmate clamed that police beat prison newcomers with batons. When he denied being a gang member, they sent him to a dark basement cell with 320 detainees, where prison guards & other detainees beat him every day. On one occasion, one guard beat him so severely that [he] broke a rib.\" Three prior deportees from the United States reported being kicked in the face, neck, abdomen, & testicles, with one requiring \"an operation for a ruptured pancreas & spleen.\" Needless to say, the risk of torture, beatings, & even death clearly & unequivocally supports a finding of irreparable harm")
Judge #Boasberg also finds that the Foreign Affairs Reform & Restructuring Act (#FARRA) protections likely remain available to #AlienEnemiesAct removals.
Under FARRA, these plaintiffs could seek #UN Convention Against #Torture (#CAT) protections due to *where* they were being taken — #CECOT has been accused of #HumanRights violations before.
#law #immigration #Trump
More than 1,100 detained in Turkey amid huge demonstrations over mayor’s arrest
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#Turkey #Erdoğan #fascism #İmamoğlu #humanRights #democracy
More than 1,100 detained in Turkey amid huge demonstrations over mayor’s arrest – Europe live
Tens of thousands gathered in Istanbul with unrest likely to continue over treatment of presidential challenger to ErdoğanHayden Vernon (The Guardian)
What do you call a warning that comes seven years too late?
#capitalism #surveillance #SiliconValley #BigTech #peopleFarming #humanRights
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Aral Balkan (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)
23andMe Sold Access to Your DNA Library to Big Pharma https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwkaz3/23andme-sold-access-to-your-dna-library-to-big-pharma-but-you-can-opt-out If only some of us had seen this coming and warned people… oh, wait… …Aral’s fediverse server
US ‘deletes #evidence’ of #Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian #children
source: independent.co.uk/news/world/e…
The #Trump #administration cut funding to #Yale #University’s Humanitarian #Research Lab, which was compiling a #database of alleged Russian #war #crimes, including the #abduction of an estimated 35,000 children from occupied areas of #Ukraine, last month.
#politics #warcrime #war #terror #fail #problem #humanrights #usa #news
US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 childrenSam Kiley (The Independent)
#Trump suggests sending #UnitedStates #citizens to a prison in a foreign country known for #HumanRights violations without #DueProcess.
This is no longer a #ConstitutionalCrisis.
The #USA is an established #authoritarian #MafiaState.
My “not a book review” of Careless People – the book Facebook doesn’t want you to read.
With highlights on Ireland’s complicity and the lengths people farmers (as I call them) will go to to appease authoritarian regimes like China.
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It’s clear from this that Ireland should be stripped of the authority to enforce GDPR and, really, people farmers – and the business model of people farming in general – should be banned in the EU.
(Don’t hold your breaths.)
#carelessPeople #facebook #peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #USA #fascism #technofascism #EU #Ireland #tax #GDPR #tech #humanRights #democracy
Careless people
Notes from “Careless People: A story of where I used to work: Power. Greed. Madness.” by Sarah-Wynn WilliamsAral Balkan
Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, a certified nurse midwife, and Jose Ley, 29 and her employee, were charged with the illegal performance of an #abortion, as well as practicing medicine without a license. The abortion charge is a second-degree felony, which comes with up to 20 years in prison. texasobserver.org/texas-first-…
#Texas #health #healthcare #politics #USpol #news #HumanRights
Texas’ First Abortion Arrests Stem from Monthlong Attorney General Investigation
These represent the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.Eleanor Klibanoff (The Texas Observer)
The U.S. government is taking people off the street and sending them to the place in the bottom picture without charges filed, no arraignments, no due process and without notifying anyone of the people’s whereabouts.
El Salvador intends to never release anyone from CECOT.
#Trump admin deported a 10-year-old #UScitizen recovering from brain cancer surgery
The family of the girl recovering from brain surgery described ‘serious abuses’ while detained in #US
#immigration #law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #CivilRights
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Family of girl recovering from brain surgery describes ‘serious abuses’ while detained in US
US citizen girl deported with mixed-status family, who filed complaint over denied healthcare and poor conditionsAnna Betts (The Guardian)
The rule-based world order is based on rules that are not defined anywhere and that the strongest can determine according to their own interests.
#wisdom #quote #law #democracy #oligarchy #capitalism #constitution #politics #system #ethics #power #society #humanity #humanrights
#Trump to invoke #wartime #Alien #Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out #deportations to #Guantanamo
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Those subject to the Alien Enemies Act would not be allowed to have a court hearing or an #asylum interview since they would be processed under an emergency, wartime authority — not immigration law. Instead, they would be eligible to be detained and deported, with little to no due process, under Title 50, the section of the U.S. code housing America's war and defense #laws.
#law #usa #migration #court #deportation #border #humanrights #news #politics #enemy #war
Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out deportations to Guantanamo
President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants.Camilo Montoya-Galvez (CBS News)
