Rubio praises deportation to 'excellent prison system' known for abuse

#RubioDefendsDeportation #TrumpAdministrationPolicies #HumanRightsViolations #MarcoRubioSecretaryOfState #BukeleStrongmanElSalvador

dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/20…

Rubio praises deportation to ‘excellent prison system’ known for abuse

Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised El Salvador for having an “excellent” prison system while defending the Trump administration’s deportation actions, which have sent migrants to those ...

^{Daily Kos}

Israel's war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children - new UN Report

#CeasefireViolation #UNReport #ChildrenInWar #MiddleEastCrisis #HumanRightsViolations

juancole.com/2025/03/deliberat…

Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children – new UN Report

By Rachel Rosen, UCL and Mai Abu Moghli, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (The Conversation) - A fresh round of …

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This is absolutely appalling on so many levels. There's the lack of due process, the way these people are being treated, the horrorshow of a prison they were sent to...

It's disgusting that this is happening. Everyone involved in making this happen deserves to be prosecuted for human rights abuses.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

#uspol #HumanRightsViolations #deportation

Trump waging ‘sickening’ psychological war, deported Venezuelan’s lawyer says

One detained man’s lawyer says he is gay artist who had fled persecution, not a gang member, as administration alleges

^{Tom Phillips (The Guardian)}

I am a Palestinian political prisoner in Louisiana. I am being targeted for my activism | Mahmoud Khalil

#FamilySeparation #PoliticalActivism #PalestinianPrisoner #DueProcessDenied #HumanRightsViolations

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I am a Palestinian political prisoner in the US. I am being targeted for my activism

The Columbia graduate and green-card holder, held in Louisiana by immigration agents, dictated this letter to family and friends

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

Trump merges his war on immigrants and war on democracy

#MergingPolicies #WarOnImmigrants #VenezuelanDeportation #HumanRightsViolations #WarOnDemocracy

liberationnews.org/trump-merge…

Trump merges his war on immigrants and war on democracy

Photo: Migrants being led into prison in El Salvador. Credit -- Press Secretary of the Salvadoran presidency In a video produced by Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele and shared widely by figures in th

^{Walter Smolarek (Liberation News)}

Israel's Assault Marks One of the Deadliest Days for Children in Gaza History

#UNInvestigationNeeded #ChildrenInConflict #HumanRightsViolations #ProtectChildrenInWarZones #IsraelPalestineConflict

truthout.org/articles/israels-…

Israel’s Assault Marks One of the Deadliest Days for Children in Gaza History

“Israeli forces have signed a death warrant for Palestinian children in Gaza,” one rights group worker said.

^{Sharon Zhang (Truthout)}

Backed by #Trump, #Israel Shreds #CeaseFire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across #Gaza | Common Dreams

"This return to violence does not come as a surprise," said one advocacy group. "#Netanyahu has, from the beginning, signaled his intention to abandon the cease-fire process before it could become a lasting peace."

by Jake Johnson, Mar 18, 2025

"Muhannad Hadi, humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, said in a statement Tuesday that the fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes 'is unconscionable' and that a cease-fire 'must be reinstated immediately.'

"'People in Gaza have endured unimaginable suffering,' said Hadi. 'An end to hostilities, sustained #humanitarian assistance, release of the hostages, and the restoration of basic services and people’s livelihoods, are the only way forward.'"

Read more:
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#CeasefireNow #FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal #TrumpIsAWarCriminal #USPol #WorldPOL #Genocide #WarCrimes #FreeGaza #NoWar #PeaceNow #PalestinianRights #HumanRightsViolations #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong

Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza

"This return to violence does not come as a surprise," said one advocacy group. "Netanyahu has, from the beginning, signaled his intention to abandon the cease-fire process before it could become a lasting peace."

^{jake-johnson (Common Dreams)}

"Endless Trauma": Israeli Strikes Shatter Gaza Ceasefire as Blockade Starves Palestinian Population

#HumanRightsViolations #EndlessTrauma #IsraeliStrikes #GazaUnderSiege #CeasefireBroken

democracynow.org/2025/3/18/gaz…

“Endless Trauma”: Israeli Strikes Shatter Gaza Ceasefire as Blockade Starves Palestinian Population

We speak with Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed in Deir al-Balah, who says the civilian population and the medical system cannot handle more war.

^{Democracy Now!}

Massacre of Alawites: The Civil War in Syria Continues

#HTS #LeftVoice #MiddleEastCrisis #AlAssadRegime #HumanRightsViolations

leftvoice.org/massacre-of-alaw…

Massacre of Alawites: The Civil War in Syria Continues - Left Voice

The Syrian civil war is far from over, and HTS (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham) is now taking over from the al-Assad regime and committing new atrocities, in the form of the massacres perpetrated after HTS's seizure of power or in recent days against the Alaw…

^{Wolfgang Mandelbaum (Left Voice)}

Hunter becomes the hunted: Trump pulls Secret Service detail

#JaredKushnerWannabeAct #TrumpPullsProtection #JoePardonsHunter #HumanRightsViolations #AshleyBiden

nationalzero.com/2025/03/17/hu…

Venezuela Condemns Washington's Criminalization Of Migrants

#CriminalizationOfMigrants #WashingtonDarkHistory #VenezuelaCondemnsUS #HumanRightsViolations #PropertyExpropriation

popularresistance.org/venezuel…

Venezuela Condemns Washington’s Criminalization Of Migrants

Venezuela has categorically condemned the United States government’s persecution of Venezuelans in the US, calling it an “infamous and unjust criminalization of Venezuelan migrants.

^{Christopher Johnson (PopularResistance.Org)}

War Crimes at Our Doorstep

#ConflictOfInterest #CanadianSoldiersInIDF #IsraeliDefenseForces #HumanRightsViolations #WarCrimes #cdnpoli

bytegeist.net/war-crimes-at-ou…

War Crimes at Our Doorstep

Welcome back! Today, we're diving into a couple of articles because there's a common thread here that's got my progressive hackles up. So, you've probably heard about this list of 85...

^{Bytegeist Media}

Underpaid, Unrecognized Labor of Prisoners During Climate Crises

#PrisonIndustrialComplex #NeglectedInmates #EnvironmentalJustice #HumanRightsViolations #LowCostLabor

projectcensored.org/underpaid-…

Underpaid, Unrecognized Labor of Prisoners During Climate Crises

Inmates in prisons across the US are used as an expendable, low-to-no-cost labor source during natural disasters, according to an October 2024 article by Panagioti Tsolkas for Earth Island Journal.

^{Kate Horgan (Project Censored)}

US immigration gestapo ignores court orders, legal status to carry out abductions

#DetainingLegalResidents #USImmigration #HumanRightsViolations #IgnoringCourtOrders #TrumpAdministrationPolicies

wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/1…

US immigration gestapo ignores court orders, legal status to carry out abductions

Empowered by the Trump administration and with the complicity of the Democratic Party, US immigration police are detaining and deporting legal tourists, multi-decade residents and visa holders in violation of court orders.

^{World Socialist Web Site}

'They killed him in cold blood': the cycle of revenge in north-west Syria

#GovernmentInability #HumanRightsViolations #AlSharaa #AlawiteGenocide #SyrianCrisis

theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

‘They killed him in cold blood’: the cycle of revenge in north-west Syria

Over 1,000 people – including 745 civilians – were killed in attacks last week that mostly targeted Alawite minority

^{William Christou (The Guardian)}

Duterte's ICC Arrest for Crime Against Humanity Strikes a Blow Against Impunity

#FormerPresidentArrested #HumanRightsViolations #WarOnDrugs #DuterteICC #PhilippinesPolitics

truthout.org/articles/dutertes…

Duterte’s ICC Arrest for Crime Against Humanity Strikes a Blow Against Impunity | Truthout

Under the guise of his “war on drugs,” the former president of the Philippines murdered political opponents.

^{Samantha Borek (Truthout)}

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to appear in Hague accused of crimes against humanity over war on drugs - live

#WarOnDrugsPhilippines #InternationalCriminalCourt #DuterteICC #DrugPolicyReform #HumanRightsViolations

theguardian.com/world/live/202…

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to appear in Hague accused of crimes against humanity over war on drugs – live

Duterte faces charges over his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights groups say killed tens of thousands

^{Tom Ambrose (The Guardian)}

UN experts accuse Israel of sexual violence and 'genocidal acts' in Gaza

#HumanRightsAbuses #SexualViolence #PalestinianRights #GazaStrip #HumanRightsViolations

bbc.com/news/articles/clyr1543…

Gaza war: UN experts accuse Israel of 'genocidal acts' and sexual violence

Israel strongly rejects the findings of the report and accuses the UN Human Rights council of antisemitism.

^{David Gritten (BBC News)}

'I'd never heard of this type of torture before'. Human rights observer says Russia's first monitoring mission in Ukraine documented the Kremlin's evolving state terror system

#WarCrimesDocumented #UkraineInvestigation2025 #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #MemorialHRCenter #HumanRightsViolations

meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/1…

‘I’d never heard of this type of torture before’

Human rights observer says Russia’s first monitoring mission in Ukraine documented the Kremlin’s evolving state terror system

^Meduza

Philippines' Duterte in The Hague after ICC arrest over drug war

#DuterteLegacy #HumanRightsViolations #PhilippinesPolitics #ICCArrest #CrimesAgainstHumanity

bbc.com/news/articles/c9819r2e…

Rodrigo Duterte: Ex-Philippine leader in The Hague after drug war arrest

Duterte, who led a "drug war" that killed thousands, was arrested for alleged crimes against humanity.

^{Joel Guinto (BBC News)}

Rodrigo Duterte's arrest could be telling blow in the Philippines' dynastic feud

#CrimesAgainstHumanity #MarcosJrVsDuterte #TheHagueTrial #HumanRightsViolations #ActivistEfforts

theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest could be telling blow in the Philippines’ dynastic feud

Former president was surrendered to The Hague amid a row between his family and that of the current president

^{Rebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)}

"Monumental Step": Ex-Philippines Pres. Duterte Arrested, Sent to Hague for Crimes Against Humanity

#ICCProsecution #DuterteArrested #HumanRightsViolations #EndImpunity #InternationalJustice

democracynow.org/2025/3/12/wal…

“Monumental Step”: Ex-Philippines Pres. Duterte Arrested, Sent to Hague for Crimes Against Humanity

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is being flown to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court over his brutal “war on drugs,” during which police extrajudicially killed thousands of people, inc…

^{Democracy Now!}

#PortlandME - The American Civil Liberties Union of #Maine says dozens of federal detainees are currently being held at the #CumberlandCountyJail and many others are being held at the #FederalPrison in #BerlinNewHampshire.

"Last week, the #ACLU of New Hampshire said it confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was already holding prisoners in Berlin. The Los Angeles Times has reported more than 500 detainees could be held at #FCIBerlin.

"As of Monday, March 10, 2025, at ACLU says there were 61 people held in ICE custody at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland."

Read more:
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#HumanRightsViolations #ICEDetention #IndefiniteDetention #PrivatePrisons #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ResistICE #ImmigrantsRights

The Guardian view on Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague: a warning to rogue leaders | Editorial

#Lawlessness #SummaryExecutions #InternationalJustice #HumanRightsViolations #BrutalPresidency

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The Guardian view on Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague: a warning to rogue leaders

Editorial: The extradition of the former president of the Philippines on an ICC warrant is an affirmation of the principles of international justice

^{Editorial (The Guardian)}

Mother of two sons shot in Duterte's 'war on drugs' dares hope for justice

#RodrigoDuterte #DuterteArrestWarrant #SarahCeliz #MotherOfTwoShot #HumanRightsViolations

theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

Mother of two sons shot in Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ dares hope for justice

Sarah Celiz among tens of thousands feeling only relief that ex-Philippines president will finally face the courts

^{Rebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)}

Philippines' ex-president Rodrigo Duterte arrested over 'war on drugs,' government says

#HumanRightsViolations #GlobalJustice #InternationalCriminalCourt #InterpolArrestWarrant #PhilippinesExPresident

cbc.ca/news/world/duterte-arre…

Former Philippine Leader Duterte Arrested On An International Criminal Court Warrant

#FormerPresidentArrested #RodrigoDuterte #PoliceAction #ICCWarrant #HumanRightsViolations

huffpost.com/entry/philippines…

Former Philippine Leader Duterte Arrested On An International Criminal Court Warrant

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by police in connection with a case of crime against humanity filed against him.

^{AP (HuffPost)}

Arrested Philippine ex-President Duterte to face legacy of thousands killed in drug crackdown

#PhilippinePolitics #RodrigoDuterte #AntiDrugsCampaign #HumanRightsViolations #ThousandsKilledInDrugWar

independent.co.uk/news/world/e…

Arrested Philippine ex-President Duterte to face legacy of thousands killed in drug crackdown

Philippine ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, who left a savage legacy over his deadly anti-drugs crackdown, was arrested on an international warrant as he returned to Manila

^{Jim Gomez (The Independent)}

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila after ICC warrant

#DuterteArrested #ManilaAirportArrest #HumanRightsViolations #RodrigoDuterte #ICCWarrant

theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila after ICC warrant

Duterte is wanted by the international criminal court over his so-called ‘war on drugs’, which rights groups say left 30,000 people dead

^{Rebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)}

Philippines ex-leader Duterte arrested on ICC warrant over drug killings

#ManilaAirport #InternationalCriminalCourt #PhilippinesPolitics #HumanRightsViolations #RodrigoDuterte

bbc.com/news/articles/cp9ykn85…

Rodrigo Duterte: Philippines ex-leader arrested after ICC warrant

Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by police in Manila airport shortly after his arrival from Hong Kong.

^{Joel Guinto (BBC News)}

After Dissing Black Americans and Voting for Trump, Latino Voters Want Black Folks to Join Their Fight, But Is it Too Late?

#BlackLivesMatter #RaceRelations #LatinoVoters #CommunityOrganizing #HumanRightsViolations

theroot.com/after-dissing-blac…

After Dissing Black Americans and Voting for Trump, Latino Voters Want Black Folks to Join Their Fight, But Is

More than half of Latino voters chose Trump back in November... so now, what's changed?

^{Phenix S Halley (The Root)}

Columbia Protestor DISAPPEARED by ICE As Rubio Says He'll Illegally RESCIND His Green Card

youtube.com/watch?v=rrTe4t-HBb…

#ICE #detention #1srAmendment #kidnapping #humanRightsViolations #legalStatus #politics #fascism #Trump #MAGA

The Illegality and Human Rights Violations in El Salvador's Bizarre Offer to House US Prisoners

#HumanRightsViolations #CrimeAndPunishmentReforms #IllegalImmigrationPolicies #USPrisonerExtradition #ElSalvadorPrisonTransfer

justsecurity.org/108825/el-sal…

El Salvador’s Bizarre Offer to House US Prisoners is Illegal

There is no modern precedent for sending U.S. citizens who are convicted of crimes to other countries for punishment. Doing so is a crime.

^{Lauren-Brooke Eisen (Just Security)}

The Illegality and Human Rights Violations in El Salvador's Bizarre Offer to House US Prisoners

#JustSecurityAnalysis #CrimeAndPunishmentReforms #HumanRightsViolations #ElSalvadorPrisonTransfer #PrisonerTransferLegality

justsecurity.org/108825/el-sal…

El Salvador’s Bizarre Offer to House US Prisoners is Illegal

There is no modern precedent for sending U.S. citizens who are convicted of crimes to other countries for punishment. Doing so is a crime.

^{Lauren-Brooke Eisen (Just Security)}

Myanmar junta's promise of elections denounced as 'sham' by experts

#HumanRightsViolations #ShamElections #CredibilityConcerns #PoliticalRepression #Dictatorship

theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

Myanmar junta’s promise of elections denounced as ‘sham’ by experts

There are fears military will deploy further violence in run-up to any poll, which is unlikely to be viewed as credible

^{Rebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)}