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DoomsdaysCWDon't give <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> any ideas, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putti</a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RussianParliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussianParliament</a> approves a bill punishing online searches for information deemed ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremist</a>’Updated 6:47 AM EDT, July 25, 2025MOSCOW (AP) — "The Russian parliament’s upper house on Friday quickly approved a bill that punishes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OnlineSearches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSearches</a> for information officially branded 'extremist,' the latest in a series of moves by authorities to tighten control of the internet.The legislation makes what it describes as 'deliberately searching for and accessing extremist materials' online punishable by a fine of up to the equivalent of $64."The bill, which was endorsed by the lower house earlier this week, is now set to be signed into law by President Vladimir <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a>.The official definition of extremist activity is extremely broad and includes opposition groups like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiCorruptionFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiCorruptionFoundation</a>, created by the late opposition leader <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlexeiNavalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlexeiNavalny</a>, and the 'international <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBT</a> movement.'"It’s not clear how authorities will track down violators."Officials and lawmakers said ordinary internet users won’t be affected and only those who methodically seek outlawed content will be targeted. They didn’t explain how authorities would differentiate between them."Russians widely use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VPN</a> services for access to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BannedContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BannedContent</a>, but authorities have sought to tighten restrictions and close the loopholes. The state communications watchdog has increasingly used technology to analyze traffic and block specific VPN protocols."Russian authorities have ramped up their multipronged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> on dissent after sending troops into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> in February 2022."Since then, online <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> and prosecutions for social media posts and comments have soared."Multiple independent news outlets and rights groups have been shut down, labeled as 'foreign agents' or outlawed as 'undesirable.' Hundreds of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activists</a> and critics of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kremlin</a> have faced criminal charges."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RussiaPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussiaPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RussiaFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussiaFirst</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingJournalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a>

beSpacificThe <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Truth</a> Always Finds a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Leak</a>. When truth becomes a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threat</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> hides; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congressional</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> isn’t about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/leaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leaks</a>—it’s about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/silencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#silencing</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accountability</a> before the questions even begin. <a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-truth-always-finds-a-leak" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-truth-always-finds-a-leak</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constitution</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ruleoflaw</a>

JdeB [216.91 ppm]<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MarchOnGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarchOnGaza</a> [4] <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a>"Hossam el-Hamalawy: Egypt's crackdown on activists joining Global Gaza March shows regime's weakness" [6:38 min] by MiddleEastEye<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc3IuAxkpNM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc3IuAxkpNM</a> Quote by MEE: "Jun 12, 2025 In an interview with Middle East Eye, Egyptian journalist and blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy condemned the Egyptian regime’s deportation of international activists arriving to join the Global March to Gaza, calling it a "knee-jerk reaction" rooted in fear of dissent. El-Hamalawy explained that the regime, which emerged from the 2013 military coup, has systematically outlawed public assembly and restructured urban spaces to prevent any form of collective mobilisation. He noted that international activists arriving at Cairo airport were detained, interrogated, and in many cases deported—some on the same flights they arrived on. He also criticised Egypt’s continued closure of the Rafah crossing and its deference to Israeli approval for aid or evacuations, calling it a betrayal of Egypt’s historical stance and evidence of the regime’s weakness."<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NeverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeverAgain</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/STOPtheGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#STOPtheGenocide</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JUSTICEforHindRajab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JUSTICEforHindRajab</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JUSTICEforRifaatRadwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JUSTICEforRifaatRadwan</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LIFEfor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LIFEfor</a>#Netanyahu#Gallant#Gvir#Smotrich

DoomsdaysCWAnd who will work in the fields? Children?Folks who have just lost <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoodAssistance</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicare</a>?<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protestors</a> who piss off Trump?<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s Immigration <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a> Hits <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CaliforniaFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CaliforniaFarms</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Farmworkers</a> hid in fields on Tuesday as word spread that ICE agents were conducting raids in California’s breadbasket, an activist said.By Bernard Mokam and Pooja Salhotra June 11, 2025, 9:08 p.m. ETExcerpt: " 'The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration is ramping up its immigration crackdown, with a focus on workplaces with undocumented <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/laborers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#laborers</a>, such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#farms</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/restaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#restaurants</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#construction</a> sites. Estimates show more than eight million undocumented <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> work in the United States. "Last Friday, federal immigration agents swept through the garment district of Los Angeles, setting off protests that have rattled sections of downtown L.A. and have spread to a number of cities across the country. "For <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#farmworkers</a> — about 42 percent of whom are undocumented, according to the Agriculture Department — the escalation in arrests has created widespread fear. " 'Children are terrified,' Ms. Romero said. 'They don’t want to go to school because they don’t know if their parents will be home when they come back.'"Local leaders have rebuked the escalation, which could bring hardship to one of California’s agricultural corridors. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CentralValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralValley</a> — which grows <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/almonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#almonds</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grapes</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/walnuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walnuts</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cherries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cherries</a>, among other crops — produces a quarter of the nation’s food, worth an estimated $17 billion a year, according to federal data. " 'These actions are completely unjustified and harmful,' said Mayor Luis McArthur of Oxnard. 'They create chaos in our city without contributing much to public safety. Furthermore these actions undermine the very principles of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DueProcess</a>.'"The raids this week represent the first organized immigration enforcement from the new Trump administration to hit California’s agricultural region, which covers about 40 percent of the state, Ms. Romero said. A handful of federal operations have been conducted in other rural communities in recent weeks. Last month, federal agents pulled over a bus in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlbionN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlbionN</a>., and detained 14 immigrants who worked at a nearby farm. In April, three children and their mother were detained at an upstate New York dairy. "Rural migrants are particularly vulnerable to immigration enforcement because they stand out in towns that are often racially homogenous, said Will Lambek of Migrant Justice, an advocacy organization for farmworkers in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vermont</a>, where eight dairy workers were detained in April."In California, Ms. Davalos said the agents could have made more arrests had the community been less prepared. Once a volunteer spotted officers in the area, an alert was sent through a network of support."Federal agents were denied entry to at least nine farms in the Central Coast, Ms. Davalos said. Some growers parked their vehicles in front of their gates. Employees also obscured their cars. 'We demonstrated the power of brave, nonviolent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resistance</a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a>’s tactics of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terror</a>,' Ms. Davalos said, lamenting what she described as politically driven attempts to reach a deportation quota. 'At the end of the day, they’re seizing our family, friends, neighbors and co-workers.'"If federal immigration enforcement activities continue, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoodProduction</a> will become increasingly difficult, and food prices could rise, warned Bryan Little, senior director of policy advocacy at the California Farm Bureau." Read more: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/trump-ice-raids-california-farms.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/trump-ice-raids-california-farms.html</a>Archived version: <a href="https://archive.ph/NFWuO" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/NFWuO</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResistICE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationCrackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImmigrationCrackdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICERaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICERaids</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsANazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpIsANazi</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuthoritarianRule</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrantsFeedUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImmigrantsFeedUs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoHumanIsIllegalOnStolenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoHumanIsIllegalOnStolenLand</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HungerGames</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EatTheRich</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThisIsFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThisIsFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Project2025</a>

DoomsdaysCWWTAF! ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoKings</a>’ protest organizer calls <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> deployment an overreaction by Governor by Cora Neas Wed, June 11, 2025 AUSTIN (KXAN) — "A protest planned to occur at the Texas Capitol Saturday comes after Texas Governor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GregAbbott</a>’s deployment of the state’s National Guard to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AustinTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AustinTX</a> and other Texas cities following a Monday night protest in the state’s capital city.[...]" 'Soldiers are on standby in areas where mass <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/demonstrations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demonstrations</a> are planned in case they are needed,' reads part of Mahaleris’s statement. 'Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles. Anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property will be swiftly held accountable to the full extent of the law.'"The Monday night protest, organized by the Party for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Socialism</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Liberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberation</a>, was held to show solidarity with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protesters</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a>."Saturday’s protest, ' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoKings</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KickOutTheClowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KickOutTheClowns</a>,' is part of a nationwide action against a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitaryParade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryParade</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WashingtonDC</a>, also on Saturday. The Austin rally is organized by Hands Off Central Texas (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HOCTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HOCTX</a>), a coalition of liberal activist groups such as #50501, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndivisibleAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndivisibleAustin</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndivisibleRosedale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndivisibleRosedale</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThirdAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThirdAct</a> Texas and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResistAustin</a>."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> Central Texas President Sophia Mirto said that the rally will feature speeches by activists and locally elected politicians, as well as performances."Read more: <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-kings-protest-organizer-calls-211358311.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-kings-protest-organizer-calls-211358311.html</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PosseComitatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PosseComitatus</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TexasResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasResists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResistFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuthoritarianRule</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Steven Saus [he/him](10 Jun) Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws. by Aliyya Swaby ... <a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/j343f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://s.faithcollapsing.com/j343f</a> Archive: ais: <a href="https://archive.md/wip/762d5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/wip/762d5</a> ia: <a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/95mzj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://s.faithcollapsing.com/95mzj</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a>-on-student-threats <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a>

beSpacificThe <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a> Marching Orders That Sparked the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LA</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Migrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Migrant</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a>. After <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportations</a> fell short of President <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#campaign</a> promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to ‘just go out there and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/arrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arrest</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illegal</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aliens</a>’ WSJ gift article - <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/protests-los-angeles-immigrants-trump-f5089877?st=ijdtGp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/us-news/protests-los-angeles-immigrants-trump-f5089877?st=ijdtGp</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/newsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newsom</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/civilliberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#civilliberties</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constitution</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#citizens</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#americans</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/noking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#noking</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vote</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congress</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gop</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maga</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/stephenmiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenmiller</a>

Vida Latina :mastodonworld:🏷️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Los%C3%81ngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosÁngeles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protests</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Clash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clash</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DHS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Raids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/2nd_day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#2nd_day</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protest</a>From today's NYT:

Vida Latina :mastodonworld:CNBCTV18: "ICE Protests LIVE: Protesters Clash With Police Outside Federal Building In Los Angeles."🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2bv_m_IR0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2bv_m_IR0</a>🏷️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/2nd_day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#2nd_day</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/riotgear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#riotgear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#repression</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/teargas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teargas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/losangeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#losangeles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#us</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/livefeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#livefeed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/cnbctv18" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cnbctv18</a>

PrivacyDigestAn $8.4 Billion <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> Hub for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crypto</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crime</a> Is Incorporated in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colorado</a> Before a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telegram</a> , <a href="https://mas.to/tags/XinbiGuarantee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XinbiGuarantee</a> grew into one of the internet’s biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scammers</a> and money laundering. And all registered to a US address. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/xinbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xinbi</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#china</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scam</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/xinbi-guarantee-crypto-scam-hub/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/xinbi-guarantee-crypto-scam-hub/</a>

Geriatric Gardener“New Evidence Suggests The UK Government Collaborated With Israel To Crack Down On Speech”by The Dissident on Substack <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@israel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@UKLabour</a> “An email suggests that the UK government collaborated with Israel to arrest journalists and activists”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/the307/p/new-evidence-suggests-the-uk-government" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/the307/p/new-evidence-suggests-the-uk-government</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Collusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Collusion</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#British</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judicial</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Interference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Interference</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Collaboration</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PalAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalAction</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CrackDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrackDown</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Starmer</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CounterTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CounterTerrorism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Legislation</a>

DoomsdaysCW3 ways <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> could hit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USCitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USCitizens</a>Brittany Gibson, Apr 23, 2025"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration officials are suggesting their immigration crackdown could expand to include deporting convicted U.S. citizens and charging anyone — not just immigrants — who criticizes Trump's policies. "Why it matters: Such moves — described by officials in recent days — would show how U.S. citizens could be impacted by the growing number of tactics President Trump is using to, in his view, improve national security."They'd also be certain to ignite new legal battles over how far Trump's team can go in fighting illegal immigration and responding to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dissenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissenters</a>."Zoom in: Here are three tactics the administration has teased that legal analysts say would challenge Americans' rights:1. Sending convicted U.S. citizens to prisons abroad. This has been floated as a spinoff of Trump's deal with El Salvador, where a high-security prison is holding about 300 U.S. immigration detainees that the administration says are suspected criminals and gang members. "Homegrowns are next," Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele last week, referring to sending Americans convicted of crimes to serve time in foreign prisons. "We always have to obey the laws," Trump said, "but we also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies over the head ... I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country." Trump's suggestion — echoing a similar proposal Bukele made to Secretary of State Marco Rubio in February — drew a storm of criticism from legal advocates, who called it unconstitutional.2. Putting critics of the administration's policies in jeopardy. Some officials say U.S. citizens who <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/criticize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criticize</a> administration policies could be charged with crimes, based on the notion that they're aiding terrorists and criminals. "You have to ask yourself, are they technically aiding and abetting them, because aiding and abetting criminals and terrorists is a crime," White House senior director for counterterrorism Seb Gorka said in an interview with Newsmax. Trump's team also has questioned the legality of civic groups providing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> with "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KnowYourRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KnowYourRights</a>" trainings on how to respond to federal agents. Border czar Tom Homan suggested that such seminars help people evade law enforcement. "They're trying to use terrorism laws to attack people for their speech and for their political activism, and that's an authoritarian effort," said Kerri Talbot, co-executive director of the Immigration Hub, an immigration advocacy group.3. Questioning the authority of court orders. The administration's resistance to returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia — who was legally in the U.S. with an order not to be deported back to El Salvador, but deported to the prison there anyway — has raised questions about how far Trump's team can go in trying to skirt court orders. The White House says the decision to return <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> rests with El Salvador because the U.S. Supreme Court told the administration only to "facilitate" his return, not "effectuate" it.Advocates worry the resulting confusion has laid the groundwork for Trump's team to send a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USCitizen</a> to a foreign prison, then claim that person couldn't be returned. A federal judge raised this concern in Abrego Garcia's case. "If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?" wrote Judge Harvie Wilkinson III. "And what assurance shall there be that the Executive will not train its broad discretionary powers upon its political enemies?"What they're saying: Michelle Brané, former executive director of the Biden administration's Family Reunification Task Force, echoed Wilkinson. "If they can send a noncitizen to a prison in El Salvador without due process ... why would a U.S. citizen be safer?"The White House didn't respond to a request for comment. But officials have argued that they have an electoral mandate for stricter immigration enforcement, and that opposition to their policies is against the will of voters. Trump's handling of immigration polls well in public surveys. But sending immigrants to El Salvador's prison without criminal convictions or due process does not — about 60% were opposed in a recent YouGov survey.Between the lines: U.S. citizens have been mistakenly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) before, including cases this month in Arizona and Florida. "People are realizing that this is going to impact all communities," Talbot said, "and that if one citizen can be picked up, then any of us can be picked up and put into proceedings, or labeled a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terrorist</a>, or removed to a foreign prison." Original article: <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/trump-immigration-crackdown-us-citizens" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/trump-immigration-crackdown-us-citizens</a>Archived version: <a href="https://archive.ph/wUUdG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/wUUdG</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CriminalizingProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontQuestionBigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DontQuestionBigBrother</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MemoryHoled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MemoryHoled</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Orwellian</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThoughtCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThoughtCrime</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resisters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Resisters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRightsDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IhrePapiereBitte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IhrePapiereBitte</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SecretPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecretPolice</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Disappeared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disappeared</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USCitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USCitizens</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEDetention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICEDetention</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IllegalDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IllegalDeportations</a>#CharacteristicsOfFascism <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Deportations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Disappeared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disappeared</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MemoryHoled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MemoryHoled</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NineteenEightyFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenEightyFour</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DoublePlusUngood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoublePlusUngood</a>

DoomsdaysCWFederal authorities arrest two <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judges</a>, escalating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a>"This is a drastic escalation and dangerous new front in Trump’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a> campaign of trying to bully, intimidate, and impeach judges who won’t follow his dictates. We must do whatever we can to defend the independent judiciary in America." - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JamieRaskin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamieRaskin</a>, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee.by Kevin Breuninger, Dan Mangan, Fri, Apr 25 2025"Federal authorities have arrested a former <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a> judge and a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a> judge in two separate cases, accusing them of interfering with Trump administration immigration enforcement efforts."Read more: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arrest-judge-hannah-dugan-milwaukee.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arrest-judge-hannah-dugan-milwaukee.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResistICE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immigrants</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpIsABully</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpIsAFascist</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a>

JdeB [216.91 ppm]<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GazaProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GazaProtests</a> [5] <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CrackDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrackDown</a>"Police questioned Muslim Association of Britain chair, Raghad Altikriti, over a Palestine protest" [ ± 1min] by MiddleEastEye<a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3yF93BcKOyM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3yF93BcKOyM</a> Quote by MEE: "Apr 16, 2025 Police questioned Muslim Association of Britain chair, Raghad Altikriti, over a Palestine solidarity protest earlier this year. A small demonstration gathered outside Holborn Police Station on Wednesday to show support for Raghad and oppose the Metropolitan Police’s decision to call her in for questioning. “It isn't a pleasant experience. That being called for something, for standing for justice and against oppression is something that would shake anyone,” Raghad Altakriti told Middle East Eye after her Police questioning. Altikriti said the police had summoned her for an interview over an alleged public order offence during a large protest in London, back in January. “I mean, our strength is driven from the fact that we are confident that we have been largely peaceful with even statements from the police confirming that. We're standing by justice. We're standing against the genocide,” she added. “To be honest, it makes us even stronger, because the fact is, that all this intimidation and restrictions just makes us think that we should continue and that it's not about an individual.” Altikriti is one of several individuals who have been summoned by police over alleged public order offences. Letters were also issued to Stop the War coalition officers Lindsey German, Alex Kenny and Andrew Murray, and Friends of Al-Aqsa chair Ismail Patel.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NeverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeverAgain</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopTheGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopTheGenocide</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JusticeForHindRajab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JusticeForHindRajab</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JusticeForRifaatRadwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JusticeForRifaatRadwan</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JailForNetanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JailForNetanyahu</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JailForGallant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JailForGallant</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmotrichRaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmotrichRaus</a>

DoomsdaysCWIt looks like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> was successful in that now the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a> is going to try and silence the organizers!Core Democratic groups are preparing to be targeted by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration By STEVE PEOPLES Updated 12:14 PM EDT, April 15, 2025NEW YORK (AP) — "As President Donald Trump pushes the historical boundaries of executive power, some of the Democratic Party’s core political institutions are preparing for the possibility that the federal government may soon launch criminal investigations against them."The Democrats’ dominant national fundraising platform, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ActBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActBlue</a>, and the party’s largest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protest</a> group, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indivisible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indivisible</a>, are working with their attorneys for just such a scenario, according to officials within both organizations. Trump’s top political allies have suggested both groups should face prosecution."Other Democratic allies are planning for Trump-backed legal crackdowns as well. Wary of antagonizing the Republican president, most prefer to stay anonymous for now." 'Every one of our clients is concerned about being arbitrarily targeted by the Trump administration. We are going to great lengths to help clients prepare for or defend themselves,' said Ezra Reese, political law chair at Elias Law Group, which represents Democratic groups and candidates and is chaired by Marc Elias, the lawyer who has himself been a Trump target."An FBI spokesperson declined to comment when asked about potential investigations into ActBlue and Indivisible. But White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not downplay the threat of a potential criminal probe when asked specifically whether Trump wants the FBI, the Treasury Department or any other federal agency to investigate Democratic groups."Source: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/democrats-trump-actblue-indivisible-legal-threat-fbi-42f502bcb5888b12628629710c6eb21b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/democrats-trump-actblue-indivisible-legal-threat-fbi-42f502bcb5888b12628629710c6eb21b</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CriminalizingProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clampdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficInterference</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SLAPPs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VagueLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VagueLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestOrganizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtestOrganizers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSponsors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtestSponsors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtestSupporters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesEmboldened no doubt by the fascist repression and rhetoric deployed by the Trump regime, and a large number of right wing extremists in the US judiciary, state governments all over America are proposing or passing laws that criminalize even peaceful protest - with multi-decade prison terms laid out for dissidents and resisters:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/anti-protest-bills-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/anti-protest-bills-trump</a>US intensifies crackdown on peaceful protest under Trump"Anti-protest bills that seek to expand criminal punishments for constitutionally protected peaceful protests – especially targeting those speaking out on the US-backed war in Gaza and the climate crisis – have spiked since Trump’s inauguration.Forty-one new anti-protest bills across 22 states have been introduced since the start of the year – compared with a full-year total of 52 in 2024 and 26 in 2023, according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) tracker.This year’s tally includes 32 bills across 16 states since Trump returned to the White House, with five federal bills targeting college students, anti-war protesters and climate activists with harsh prison sentences and hefty fines – a crackdown that experts warn threaten to erode first amendment rights to freedom of speech, assembly and petition."I don't know about you, but I've been having arguments with liberals about what constitutes an effective protest since at least the Occupy Wall Street movement, and invariably their excuse for not actually disrupting anything or shutting shit down, is that effective resistance will give the authorities an excuse to crack down on otherwise peaceful protests. So what now folks? If you're gonna be called a domestic terrorist and do twenty years in prison for peacefully disrupting the oil and gas industry or opposing a US-backed genocide conducted by its client state Israel regardless, why remain peaceful? Given that Trump's Attorney General, Pam Bondi, is openly talking about twenty year prison terms for vandalizing a Tesla dealership, it seems pretty clear that the penalties are the same whether you march peacefully waving your little signs, or actually shut the fuck barrel down and hurt these folks where it counts - their wallets.Furthermore, while it's obvious these anti-protest bills are designed to target anti-genocide protestors as part of the Trump regime's crackdown on anyone who doesn't support settler colonialist massacres by Israel in Gaza, don't sleep on the fact that these guys are also targeting climate crisis protestors who disrupt the fossil fuel and energy industries. As I've been telling you for years now, understanding climate crisis and what our leaders already know about it, is crucial to understanding the rise of fascism because these folks absolutely intend to lead us all off the ecological cliff and they know, sooner or later, the public at large isn't going to accept "we think you should all die so a handful of nazi billionaires can keep stacking filthy lucre." All over the Pig Empire, whether your government is overtly fascist, or covertly fascist under the guise of neoliberalism, our states are preparing to meet everyday people rising up against the capitalism that's killing us, with fascist repression - and we've already caught the companies that know they've got bodies on their hands, actively funding the lobbies behind these anti-democratic suppression laws, to protect their business interests.As I've told you a number of times already, it only takes one side to declare war, and the rise of fascism in the so-called West must be understood as part of a much larger class war; a war nazi billionaire cultists and corporate power intend to win, once and for all. It doesn't matter how peaceful you are, the fact that you know the machine is killing your kids for five pennies a share and don't like it, is enough to make you the enemy of a capitalist order increasingly turning to overt fascism to lock in their way of life and future profits, no matter how many of their victims (all of us) don't like it. Whether you fight back, or not, the boot is coming.<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StudentProtests</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassWar</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SettlerColonialism</a>

Geriatric Gardener“Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram”by Waqas Ahmed, Nicolas Ridelo, Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussein in Drop Site News on Substack “A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CrackDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrackDown</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Criticism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Leak</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Censorship</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HongKong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HongKong</a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Article23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Article23</a> law used to ‘normalize’ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#repression</a> one year since enactmentJust one year after its passage, Hong Kong’s Article 23 law has further squeezed people’s freedoms and enabled authorities to intensify their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> on peaceful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activism</a> in the city and beyond, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmnestyInternational</a> said." 'Over the past year, Article 23 has been used to entrench a ‘new normal’ of systematic repression of dissent, criminalizing peaceful acts in increasingly absurd ways,' said Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks." 'People have been targeted and harshly punished for the clothes they wear as well as the things they <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/say" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#say</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/write" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#write</a>, or for minor acts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protest</a>, intensifying the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateIOfFear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateIOfFear</a> that already pervaded Hong Kong. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomOfExpression</a> has never been under greater attack.' People convicted and jailed for peaceful expression"The Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (known as Article 23) took effect on 23 March 2024. Amnesty International’s analysis shows that 16 people have since been arrested for sedition under Article 23. Five of them were officially charged under the law, and the other 11 were released without charge. None of those arrested is accused of engaging in violence, while the authorities have accused two of them of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inciting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inciting</a> violence without yet disclosing any details."Three of the charged individuals – after facing around three months’ pre-trial detention – were convicted for, respectively, wearing a T-shirt and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mask</a> printed with protest slogans; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/criticizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criticizing</a> the government <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#online</a>; and writing protest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slogans</a> on bus seats. They were sentenced to between 10 and 14 months in prison."The remaining two charged people have been held in detention awaiting trial since November 2024 and January 2025, respectively. They are accused of publishing '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seditious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seditious</a>' posts on social media platforms. Article 23 entrenches denial of bail"The presumption against bail in national security cases, originally imposed by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beijing</a>-enacted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurityLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalSecurityLaw</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSL</a>), has now been extended to offences under Article 23. Among the five individuals charged under Article 23, the two who applied for bail had their applications denied because the magistrate believed they may 'continue to commit acts endangering national security' – the same reasoning used to deny bail to others prosecuted under the NSL, including newspaper founder <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JimmyLai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JimmyLai</a> and opposition politicians."The remaining 11 individuals arrested under Article 23 are variously accused of publishing 'seditious' posts, commemorating the 1989 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tiananmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tiananmen</a> crackdown and spreading 'disinformation'. Despite having been released by the police without official charge, they remain at risk of prosecution at any time because Article 23 does not impose a time limit on bringing criminal charges." 'Article 23 has been wielded by the Hong Kong government as a tool to suppress critical voices with the ultimate aim of eradicating them. Alongside the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSL</a>, it has handed the authorities virtually unchecked power to arrest and jail anybody criticizing the government. The result is a Hong Kong where people are forced to second-guess what they say and write, and even what they wear,' Sarah Brooks said." 'The now default use of pre-trial <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#detention</a> and refusal of bail are alarming examples of how Article 23 has been used to reinforce the repressive tools first introduced under the NSL.” ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a>’ as a trump card overriding established laws"Article 23 has also been weaponized to impose additional punitive measures against dissidents already serving sentences. Under the existing Prison Rules, last amended in 2014, prisoners with good conduct were eligible for early release after serving two-thirds of their sentences. However, according to new rules set by Article 23, the prison authorities can waive this practice if the release would be 'contrary to the interests of national security'."Notably, at least two jailed activists have been denied early release, despite the fact that they were not convicted under Article 23 and had already begun serving their sentences before its enactment."One of the activists – who was convicted of incitement to wound, a charge unrelated to any national security legislation – was barred from early release despite Article 23 expressly stating that the new rules apply only to prisoners convicted of offences endangering national security." '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Retroactively" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retroactively</a> denying early release based on vague national security justifications undermines legal certainty and due process. The government’s failure to comply with the very text that it drafted further raises serious concerns about the arbitrary application of Article 23,' Sarah Brooks said. Extraterritorial application against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overseas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#overseas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activists</a>"The worrying impact of Article 23 on human rights is not restricted to Hong Kong. Authorities have invoked Article 23’s extraterritorial scope to penalize a total of 13 Hong Kong activists residing overseas, including in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a>. These penalties have included the cancellation of passports, suspension of lawyer licenses, removal from company directorships and prohibition of financial transactions, restricting a range of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> such as their freedom of movement, right to privacy and right to work."These measures have been imposed alongside arrest warrants issued under the NSL, each carrying a HK$1 million (US$128,700) bounty, for these 13 individuals and six other overseas activists." 'By sanctioning activists overseas, the Hong Kong government is attempting to extend its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DraconianLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DraconianLaws</a> beyond its borders to target potentially anyone, anywhere. The situation has resulted in a chilling effect on individuals who persist in exercising their freedom of expression, even after departing from the city. The international community cannot afford to ignore Article 23’s intended extraterritorial reach,' Sarah Brooks said." 'We urge the Hong Kong and Chinese governments to immediately repeal Article 23, the NSL and any other legislation which violates international human rights laws and standards. We also call on other governments to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hongkongers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hongkongers</a>, in particular those actively defending human rights, within their jurisdictions." 'The rising risk of transnational repression, which Amnesty has documented and which is explicitly tied to Hong Kong’s national security legislation, demands a response by governments worldwide. As a start, that means denouncing incidents of transnational repression and pursuing accountability for criminal acts targeting activists and others in the country of residence.' Background"On 19 March 2024, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council unanimously voted to pass the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance based on Article 23 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution."The law, which took effect on 23 March 2024, introduced China’s definition of 'national security' and 'state secrets', together with other broadly defined offences which further restricted freedom of expression and the right to protest. It also replaced a widely used <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colonial</a>-era <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sedition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sedition</a> law with its own provisions on sedition which now expressly cover acts or speech which do not incite violence. The maximum prison sentence for sedition was increased from two to seven years, or up to 10 years if involving 'collusion with an external force'."Amnesty International submitted an analysis of its proposals to the government during the consultation period, concluding that the offences and changes to investigatory powers are contrary to Hong Kong’s human rights obligations. After the law was passed, Amnesty International issued a briefing paper providing an in-depth analysis of the effects of the law on both Chinese and non-Chinese individuals, in particular via its purported extraterritorial application." Source: <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/hong-kong-article-23-law-used-to-normalize-repression-one-year-since-enactment/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/hong-kong-article-23-law-used-to-normalize-repression-one-year-since-enactment/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CriminalizingProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRightsViolations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigBrother</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeverForgetTiananmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeverForgetTiananmen</a>

DoomsdaysCWFrom 2024: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRightsWatch</a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Venezuela</a>: Brutal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protesters</a>, VotersKillings, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassArrests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MassArrests</a> Following Elections (Bogota) – "Venezuelan authorities are committing widespread <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> violations against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protesters</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bystanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bystanders</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opposition</a> leaders, and critics following the July 28, 2024, presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. Concerned governments should push for independent verification of the electoral results and support international efforts to ensure accountability. "International observers have raised serious concerns about the July 29 announcement by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nicol%C3%A1sMaduro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NicolásMaduro</a> had been re-elected president. Following the announcement, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets, in largely peaceful protests, to demand a fair counting of the votes. Human Rights Watch has documented that Venezuelan authorities and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProGovernment</a> armed groups known as '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colectivos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colectivos</a>' have committed widespread abuses, including killings, arbitrary detention and prosecution, and harassment of critics. On September 2, a judge issued an arrest warrant against opposition candidate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EdmundoGonz%C3%A1lez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdmundoGonzález</a> for '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a>,' 'incitement to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disobedience</a>' and other crimes." 'The repression we are seeing in Venezuela is shockingly brutal,' said Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. 'Concerned governments need to take urgent steps to ensure that people are able to peacefully protest and that their vote is respected.'"Venezuelans voted in the presidential election in large numbers, despite irregular government actions and human rights violations in the lead-up to the election, including arrests of opposition members, arbitrary disqualifications of opposition candidates, and restrictions on Venezuelans <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voting</a> abroad. Several hours after polls closed, Venezuela’s electoral council declared that Maduro had won the election with over 51 percent of the vote. The Electoral Council has not released the tally sheets from the election, nor conducted the audits and citizen verification processes required by law. "The United Nations Electoral Technical Team and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarterCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CarterCenter</a>, which observed the elections, said the process lacked transparency and integrity, and questioned the declared result. They indicated that, instead, the precinct-level tally sheets that the opposition made public were reliable. The Carter Center noted that the tally sheets showed, with 81 percent of the votes counted, that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gonz%C3%A1lez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#González</a> had won the election by a significant margin. "Venezuelans have taken to the streets across the country, particularly in low-income areas traditionally supportive of the Chavismo movement, where many incidents of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#repression</a> have taken place. "Human Rights Watch received credible reports of 24 killings in the context of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protests</a> from independent local groups, including Foro Penal, Justicia Encuentro y Perdón, Monitor de Víctimas, and Provea, or discovered them on social media. Human Rights Watch independently documented 11 of these cases, including by reviewing death certificates, verifying videos and photographs, and interviewing 20 people, including witnesses and other local sources. Many relatives, witnesses, and others were not willing to be interviewed because they feared <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernmentRetaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GovernmentRetaliation</a>."Human Rights Watch analyzed and verified 39 videos and 2 photographs of protests found on social media platforms or sent directly to researchers by people close to the victims, and by local organizations and journalists. "Researchers confirmed the exact locations where these videos were filmed; used information such as shadows, weather patterns, and upload dates to determine the time of day; and consulted with forensic pathologists and arms experts, who analyzed the injuries and weapons that were seen and heard. "According to Venezuelan authorities, they arrested over 2,400 people in connection with protests. The local pro bono group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForoPenal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForoPenal</a> recorded over 1,580 '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliticalPrisoners</a>' who have been arrested since July 29, including 114 children. Prosecutors have charged hundreds with sometimes broadly defined crimes carrying harsh sentences, such as '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/incitement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#incitement</a> to hatred,' '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resistance</a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authority</a>,' and 'terrorism.'"The government has also intensified its broader repressive tactics, cancelling passports of critics to prevent them from leaving the country, encouraging citizens to report on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/demonstrators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demonstrators</a>, and conducting abusive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raids</a>, especially in low-income communities. On August 15, Maduro’s supporters in the National Assembly passed a law that grants the government <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BroadPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BroadPowers</a> to control and shut down nongovernmental organizations [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NGOs</a>]."Read more: <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/04/venezuela-brutal-crackdown-protesters-voters" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/04/venezuela-brutal-crackdown-protesters-voters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionFraud</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protesters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protesting</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BogusCharges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BogusCharges</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Murder</a>

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