DHS deputy secretary Troy Edgar is questioned over Mahmoud Khalil's arrest. When pressed, he cannot give a single example of Khalil's alleged “terrorist” activity, “support of terrorism,” or ANY criminal activity at all.
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International Criminal Court seeks #Israeli PM’s arrest
"ICC issued #arrestwarrants for Benjamin #Netanyahu & his former defence chief as well as Hamas leader Al-Masri, for alleged #warcrimes & #crimesagainsthumanity in the #Gaza #conflict.. #ICC judges said there're reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu & Gallant were criminally responsible for acts incl'g #murder, #persecution & #starvation as #weaponofwar as part of a widespread & systematic attack against civilians"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2906350/international-criminal-court-seeks-israeli-pms-arrest
Bangkok Post · International Criminal Court seeks Israeli PM’s arrest
What #HouseRepublicans did yesterday (https://apnews.com/article/sarah-mcbride-speaker-johnson-transgender-bathroom-f3943e1b3b2dc9c8d62d2ba6660aaf91) isn't just a policy - it's a deliberate, mean-spirited attack on human dignity that should make every single American with a conscience recoil in shame. This isn't leadership; this is #persecution dressed up in the cheap suit of legislative procedure. Their actions are about as un-American as they come.
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Although Vietnam ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2015, such ill-treatment continues in #Vietnamese #prisons. In September and October 2024, four #PrisonersOfConscience went on hunger strike for several weeks to protest their conditions of detention in Prison No. 6 in Nghe An. These four activists included Le Manh Hung, Dang Dinh Bach, Bui Van Thuan and Trinh Ba Tu. They denounced the use of “tiger cages” as a means of #SolitaryConfinement, which were cubes made of iron bars with about 1 meter of space to move around as well as the inability to exit and interact with other prisoners.
The Vietnamese authorities have also increasingly violated human rights beyond their borders through #TransnationalRepression. Blogger Duong Van Thai, who was #kidnapped from #Bangkok in April 2023, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and 3 years probation in a closed-door trial on October 30, 2024 with the charge of “propaganda against the state” (Article 117 of the Penal Code).
Another ongoing case of transnational repression is against Y Quynh Bdap, a #Christian and member of the #Ede ethnic group in Vietnam. Bdap fled to #Thailand in 2018 to escape religious and political #persecution by Vietnamese officials. He was granted #RefugeeStatus by the UN refugee agency. But, under pressure from the Vietnamese government, the Thai police arrested Bdap in June 2024 with the threat of #extradition back to Vietnam.
Besides the case of Duong Van Thai kidnapped in Bangkok in 2023, there were two other cases of transnational kidnapping, which occurred in #Berlin in 2017 (Trinh Xuan Thanh) and in Bangkok in 2019 (Truong Duy Nhat). The three kidnappings happened under the purview of Mr. Tô Lâm, who was Minister of Public Security from 2016 to 2024. With these cases of transnational repression, the Vietnamese authorities are testing how far it can extend its power to #SilenceActivists.
https://viettan.org/en/prisoners-2024/amp/
https://viettan.org/en/prisoners-2024/amp/
Vietnam Prisoners of Conscience 2024 Report
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uO262wuKfi6WWjR81JgwpYhfdoGMDB5Z/view?usp=sharing
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...and on the note of the Israel thing, let's move on to #antisemitism, and #racsim in general.
There is a VERY serious problem, in this country, of people #stereotyping others based entirely on demographics. Too many people in the #US do not understand that you cannot make any assumption about a person based on #SkinColor alone, let alone the complex relationship between #Jewish people, who have suffered 1000s of years of #persecution, and #Israel, a country they see as a last safe-haven in events like the #holocaust.
Tossing aside the stark contrast in expanding protections for #marginalized groups, as opposed to totally ending them, the way people in prominent positions speak plays a lot into this.
Harris's talk of unity, looking past our differences, of accepting each other as #Americans and #Human beings, is exactly what we need a leader to do right now. Contrast with her opponents saying despicable things like "Jews will be to blame".
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