Most of my posts focused #humanrights and #ruleOfLaw in the #US are posted on a separate account. And that’s where I primarily follow American commentators. If you want to know where this account is, feel free to indicate below by “liking,” making a comment, or sending a private message, and I’ll send you the name of the account privately.
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“This is the most massive secrecy grab in #Texas since the adoption of the Public Information Act.”
Our top story, from Michelle Pitcher: A move to "standardize" #police personnel files could have devastating consequences for transparency. https://www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/
#politics #USpol #HumanRights #journalism #media #TXlege #news
"What Are Human Rights?
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination." #HumanRights https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/human-rights?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20126487822&gbraid=0AAAAAD9kiAc5P0U_ubTz3hqOmgS6XHVPQ
It's unbearable. The Free Software community can no longer remain silent about the #genocide in #Palestine.
As the author and project leader of @gnuhealth , I ask any freesoftware project to join forces and publicly condemn this atrocity. Our values must go beyond coding. ❤️
#GNU #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #HumanRights
A useful list of all the products coming out of Israel of which to #Boycott
“This is the most massive secrecy grab in #Texas since the adoption of the Public Information Act.”
New today from Michelle Pitcher: A move to "standardize" #police personnel files could have devastating consequences for #transparency. https://www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/
#news #politics #USpol #fascism #TXlege #journalism #HumanRights #news #democracy
Introducing the September/October 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover art by Adrià Volt, and stories by Michelle Pitcher, Julie Poole, Francesca D'Annunzio and more.
Become a member to get our magazine 6 times per year: https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/
#journalism #media #HumanRights #healthcare #Texas #politics #USpol #news #disability #nonprofit
Yesterday: He survived the treacherous Darien Gap to come to the U.S. Then #ICE agents called him a member of Tren de Aragua. No criminal record, no gang tattoos, he was deported over the sneakers he wore. https://www.texasobserver.org/a-venezuelan-was-detained-as-a-documented-gang-member-by-ice-which-refused-to-provide-proof/
Latest comic on prison labor in the US food supply chain
Triggerwarning for death-by-neglect and murder-against-females-because-of-patriarchy (=femicide)
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“This is really its own illness, lots of times affecting young, healthy people.”
Millions of Texans have already come down with long #COVID symptoms, and many more could be at risk in the future if we don't make changes. For this @TexasObserver magazine feature, I interviewed both sufferers and medical experts about solutions we can take: https://www.texasobserver.org/long-covid-texas-clearing-the-air/
#news #politics #USpol #healthcare #health #disability #HumanRights #Texas #Austin #pandemic #science
Federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin ordered the #Trump admin to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors in #immigration proceedings.
“Terminating funding for direct #LegalRepresentation for unaccompanied #children, without any plan to ensure continuity in representation, potentially violates Congress's express directive….”
#law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Constitution #RightToCounsel #6thAmendment #CivilRights #HumanRights
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.447078/gov.uscourts.cand.447078.33.0.pdf
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If you're an American born after 1969, you've never lived under a liberal-leaning U.S. Supreme Court.
If Hillary Clinton had been elected in 2016, that could have changed.
The U.S. could be much different.
Roe would still be the law of the land.
Justice and equality could move forward, not backward.
The Supreme Court, and federal courts, are reason enough to vote for Democrats.
“Of all people, you have a #disability so you can relate, I hope.”
Out today from Austin Free Press: Disability rights activists protested outside the Governor's Mansion, for the "liberation" of more people from institutions, marking the anniversary of a key #SCOTUS decision:
https://austinfreepress.org/wheres-abbott-austin-disability-activists-picket-one-of-their-own-at-governors-mansion/
#news #politics #activism #health #HumanRights #disabled #protest #GregAbbott #USpol #politics #law #CivilRights
(1/2) Ep 27: Space Exploration, Civil Rights and Governance #WisdomWithWes
https://youtu.be/yUP-ZK3z8Y0
#Hope #future #HealOurCulture #HumanRights #ConCW #SpaceEd #nasa
Some reflections on connections between our reignited drive to explore the heavens, return to the moon and set foot on Mars, the struggle for civil rights and human rights, and our drive to improve our systems of governance to support representative democracy, the rule of law, and a just society for all.
I’m Wes Fryer of Charlotte
“The South really did not lose [the Civil War] when it came to maintaining this form of free labor.”
New from @josephinelee and Michelle Pitcher in our magazine, tracing two centuries of forced labor in Texas: https://texasobserver.org/texas-prison-plantations/
#prison #slavery #history #news #politics #HumanRights #labor #WorkersRights
Predictive policing is UNJUST.
It tramples on the presumption of innocence to reproduce existing discrimination.
With 16 other civil society groups, we say:
BAN biometric surveillance and the use of AI to ‘predict’ crime.
Read our open letter ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/app/uploads/2024/07/SafetyNotSurveillance-open-letter-Jul-24.pdf
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Please read & share my latest article, “Dehumanization is Wrong” posted to my blog as well as Medium:
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2024/08/06/dehumunization-is-wrong/
https://medium.com/@wfryer/dehumunization-is-wrong-2492623c5bbe
In the article I address ideas in the 2024 book “Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them)” by Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec.
#ethics #HumanRights #dehumanization #unhuman #politics #polarization #election #election2024
Add #AlsuKurmasheva to the list of American #journalists jailed in #Russia
The #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty editor was detained in 2023. Her husband & daughters came to Washington to raise awareness & ask for help.
#InternationalLaw #law #Putin #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #HumanRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/07/29/alsu-kurmasheva-journalist-russia-detained/
The fediverse didn't turn me trans, but it has helped me to realize my neurodivergence.
Yesterday, today and forever,
#TransRights are #HumanRights
SCOOP from Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio: Texas Department of Public Safety is committing to a five year, $5.3 million contract for Tangles, an AI #surveillance tool that can track cell phones without a court order. (🧵 1/2) https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-tangle-cobwebs/
#Texas #politics #USpol #news #police #tech #privacy #HumanRights #activism #AI
Not Pollution. Not Global Warming. Not Corruption. Not Corporations that won't pay taxes.
It's migrants who are at fault for all the troubles in your life. Since you're not man enough to shoulder life's responsibilities, your start picking on a vulnerable group, like migrants, and you start bullying them, like a coward. Try helping people for a change!
#MigrantsRights #HumanRights #Pollution #CorporateGreed #DirtyPoliticians #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
"You can’t reform a system that is built on slavery, on Indigenous genocide, on transphobia, and through all forms of degradation — we have to abolish it."
#TransRights #HumanRights #FairSociety #Justice #Genocide #Slavery #Transphobia
https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/06/25/why-is-anti-trans-violence-on-the-rise-in-america/
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: #Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
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We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before #Trump took office.
#ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
#News #Government #HumanRights #Police #Courts #Politics
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/
Democracy literally means rule of the common people. If your country is ruled by corporations and billionaires, then it is most certainly NOT a Democracy!
#Freedom #Humanity #HumanRights #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #Justice #Friday