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
Going to protests works 
Contacting your representatives works 📬
Building alternative platforms works 
Creating supportive networks works 
Advocating on social media works 🗣️
Stop telling people their action doesn't work, and pick one that works for you.
We need all of this and more to win.
Learn to fight together 💚
#HumanRights #Democracy #Protest #NoKings #USpol #UKpol #EUpol #CanPoli
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Triggerwarning for death-by-neglect and murder-against-females-because-of-patriarchy (=femicide)
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Across #China, tens of thousands of people tagged as troublemakers…are trapped in a #digital cage, barred from leaving their province & sometimes even their homes by the world’s largest digital #surveillance apparatus. Most of this #technology came from companies in a country that has long claimed to support freedoms worldwide: the #UnitedStates.
#HumanRights #Uyghurs #police #government #dissent #PredictivePolicing #DigitalPoliceState #InternationalLaw #law #geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/chinese-surveillance-silicon-valley-uyghurs-tech-xinjiang-8e000601dadb6aea230f18170ed54e88
“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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ICE’s use of full-body restraints during #deportations raises concerns over #inhumane treatment
The Nigerian man described being roused with other detainees in September in the middle of the night. #ICE officers clasped shackles on their hands & feet, he said, & told them they were being sent to Ghana, even though none of them was from there.
#Trump #law #immigration #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PoliceBrutality #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-deportations-trump-administration-civil-rights-84309f534c601befa6e9faeae78bcff5
The U.S. is trying to blackmail Australia much the same way it did Japan recently
"Republicans warn Australia of ‘punitive measures’ over recognition of Palestinian state"
Well, let me be the first Australian to say F*ck right off DT! and keep on F*cking off. 👍
#RemoveTrump #AntiFascism #AntiCorruption #News #USPol #AUSPol #HumanRights
#ICE Is Cracking Down on #Chicago.
Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.
Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal #immigration agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby.
#Trump #law #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #AbuseOfPower #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #PoliceBrutality #MilitaryState #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/chicago-ice-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
🇨🇦 👋 40 Ways to Fight the Far-Right: In Canada
This guide offers ideas for people of all backgrounds, identities, and skill levels. While we encourage people to show up in person, there are also many options for people who aren’t able to do that.
Together, these actions present a variety of tactics which raise the cost of participation in far-right movements and, we believe, will keep communities safer.
#Canada #Resist #Extremism
#Community #Cdnpoli #HumanRights #SocialJustice
20 minute documentary “How to erase a people“
on why settler-colonialism is an aboslute evil, how a people and their culture co-exist and evolve with nature, how their language is specific to their way of life, and how their way of life is shaped by the land on which they live. Ultimately, uprooting a people, forcing them to move to another land, necessarily destroys their way of life and erases their culture.
#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Genocide #HumanRights #SettlerColonialism
80 minute documentary film “Israelism“ (by Vice, on YouTube)This film makes very clear what motivates Jewish pro-Palestinian people in the US to protest, and how their Jewish faith makes their conviction in peace and humanitarianism so powerful.
#USPol #Gaza #genocide #Israel #Palestine #FreePalestine #Judaism #SimoneZimmerman #IfNotNow #Documentary
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New Privacy Guides article 🔓👁️🗨️
by @jw and me:
Outside the Fediverse, you may have
encountered platforms where you were obligated to provide your "real" name.
These so-called "real-name" policies, often in fact requiring legal names, are horrible for everyone's privacy. But it's also important to consider how discriminatory and dangerous they are.
Pseudonymity isn't a trivial matter,
it saves lives.
Fighting against policies attacking
online pseudonymity, such as real-name policies, age-verification policies, and Chat Control proposals, isn't just a banal fight to keep using silly nicknames online. It's a battle for democracy, for civil liberties, and for human rights.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/10/15/real-name-policies/
#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #RealNamePolicies #Meta #Facebook #MassSurveillance #Democracy #HumanRights
I know there's a general "cause fatigue" with the current state of the world, and I feel it too.
But in my years working in privacy,
I don't think I've seen anything as terrifying as this European Chat Control proposal. And I'm not even European.
Everyone needs to pay
much more attention and be much more worried and outraged about this.
This proposal is the most dystopian glimpse into a horrible authoritarian future I have seen so far in the West.
It looks dismal, but we can still stop it
if we all work TOGETHER NOW ✊
There isn't much time left though,
so don't put it to next week.
Democracy dies in silence.
Everyone: Learn more here
Everyone: Spread the word on social media
Europeans 🇪🇺 Contact your local media NOW
Europeans 🇪🇺 Contact your MEPs NOW
The final vote is on October 14th,
but media and representatives need to receive your messages NOW, so they have enough time to act on it.
#ChatControl #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #StopScanningMe #EUpol #UKpol #USpol #CanPoli
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A list of digital service providers located outside the jurisdiction of the United States. This is a public project, and contributions are encouraged.
https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_US_Jurisdiction/src/branch/main/Index.md
#DigitalSovereignty #Sovereignty #USJurisdiction #HumanRights #FreedomOfSpeech #Justice
Our top story: Three of her children left for the birthday party at a rented Airbnb. María wouldn't hear from them for the next three days—and the next six months of her life would be turned upside-down. https://www.texasobserver.org/officials-tren-de-aragua-party-attendees-differ/
#ICE #immigration #HumanRights #police #Texas #CentralTexas #politics #USpol #news
#US Deports Planeload of #Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say
The #deportation flight to #Iran is the most stark push yet by the #Trump admin to deport immigrants even to places with harsh #HumanRights conditions.
#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/world/middleeast/us-iran-deportation-flight.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Madagascar's president fires the government following days of deadly #GenZ #protests
The #UN #HumanRights office said Monday that 22 people had been killed. The UN blamed a “violent response” by #SecurityForces. >100 people also have been injured in the protests, the agency said.
#Protesters & #bystanders were killed by security forces, but some of the deaths also came in violence & looting by gangs not associated with protesters, the UN rights office said.