After arriving in 2015, Ortiz was released to pursue her #asylum claim when an officer found she had a credible fear of #persecution, docs show. But she never received an #immigration court hearing notice & was ordered deported after failing to show up to court in 2018.
Ortiz’s immigration lawyer requested #humanitarian relief from the US govt on Jan 8, saying she faced danger in #ElSalvador & that her son would not have access to services for #autistic children.
‘Where is the evidence?’ #CNN anchor presses #DHSgov spokesperson on claim of #genocide on White South Africans
#SouthAfrica #asylum #Afrikaners #race #Trump #Congo #Sudan #Rwanda #Cambodia #Bosnia #persecution #discrimination #eminentdomain
"The #SouthAfrican President says the people arriving in the #US today do not fit the definition of refugees and that what #Trump has been told about their #persecution is false."
#KarolineLeavitt says white South Africans are fleeing to the U.S. because of “racial #persecution.”
Let’s talk about persecution. In 1913, Black South Africans were banned from owning land. 93% of farmland was handed to white settlers. Entire communities were bulldozed for white expansion.
Fast forward: white #SouthAfricans make up 7% of the population, yet still own 72% of private farmland.
But yeah, they’re the oppressed ones.
This isn’t refugee policy.
https://www.europesays.com/2058248/ Russian Airstrikes and the Crime of Persecution in Ukraine #airstrikes #ArmedConflicts #AttacksOnCulturalHeritage #CivilianHarm #education #persecution #Russia #RussiaUkraine #RussiaUkraineWar #sovereignty #Ukraine
“The act of deporting people who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme #poverty, #insecurity, #exploitation, #persecution or serious deterioration of the #environment, damages the #dignity of many men and women, and of entire families, and places them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness,” #PopeFrancis wrote in a recent letter to U.S. bishops.
Forcibly returning a #refugee or #asylum-seeker to a home country where they may face #torture or #persecution will no longer be highlighted, nor will serious #harassment of #HumanRights organizations.
Acc/to an editing memo & other documents…, #State Dept employees are directed to "streamline" the reports by stripping them down to only that which is legally required. The memo says the changes aim to align the reports w/current #US #policy & "recently issued #ExecutiveOrders."
DHS deputy secretary Troy Edgar is questioned over Mahmoud Khalil's arrest. When pressed, he cannot give a single example of Khalil's alleged “terrorist” activity, “support of terrorism,” or ANY criminal activity at all.
#PaulWeiss #TargetingLawFirms #Revenge #Persecution
So he’s actually going for specific lawyers as well as destroying The Rule Of Law. These are the actions of a criminal despot.
—Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to suspend security clearances held by individuals at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest," the White House said in a fact sheet.
"On the morning of March 3rd, I was notified of an online report about me. An obscure AI-powered right-wing Zionist platform called “Jewish Onliner” published a report falsely accusing me of being a “terrorist”. Rather than defend me, the Yale Law School moved within less than 24 hours of learning about the report to place me on leave."
I think we can safely use the term "political persecution" for what is happening in the US.
Columbia University facilitated the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil (a lawful green card holder) from his home as his pregnant wife watched, following orders from the White House.
#Refugees getting the #shuffle
from the #U.S., #Panama, #Russia, #China, #Pakistan, #Afghanistan, #Iran, #Nepal, etc. #Disenfranchised and nowhere to go, they are the scourge of the world w/out #HumanRights. They are a #global #homeless #crisis.
#Systemic #persecution.
The #indigenous people 'breathing last breath' in #Putin's war 4,000 miles from home
by Josh Leyton, February 28, 2025
"One of the world’s oldest continuous communities is ‘breathing its last breath’ as some of its few remaining men die fighting for #Russia more than 4,000 miles away in #Ukraine.
"The #Yupik are among the threatened #IndigenousPeoples in the remote far north-east of the federation whose numbers are being further depleted by Vladimir Putin’s war.
[...]
"Recruits from a #ReindeerHerding community around 2,000 miles from the frontline are among those who have been conscripted or promised large payments to join the Kremlin’s war machine.
"The fate of those being mobilised, who are mainly drawn from the north, Siberia and far east, was revealed last week by the testimony of a 19-year-old soldier taken prisoner by Ukraine."
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/society-culture-and-history/general/the-indigenous-people-breathing-last-breath-in-putin-s-war-4-000-miles-from-home/ar-AA1zZCzT
#Putin #IndigenousPeoples #Persecution #Genocide #Oppression #SamiPeoples #PutinsWar
From 2021: #Indigenous Leaders Speak Out About #Criminalization and #Silencing by #Putin Administration
"Indigenous organizations in Russia, allied organizations, and #CulturalSurvival have released an Open Letter to the Putin administration sounding an alarm about the growing intimidations and reprisals against #IndigenousActivists and rights defenders in Russia.
"These attacks are exemplified by the recent illegal detention of activist #AndreiDanilov (#Sámi) in the #Murmansk region. Danilov, Director of the Sámi Heritage and Development Foundation, was detained on August 29, 2021. Andrei Danilov was unlawfully detained by the police after, fearing for his safety, he refused to present his belongings for inspection without witnesses. He was detained for five days, charged with 'failure to comply with the lawful order of a police officer.'
"Danilov’s arrest is just one of the latest incidents in a series of acts of harassment against Indigenous activists and rights defenders in Russia in recent years. Days before, another Indigenous rights defender #StepanPetrov was declared a 'foreign media acting as a foreign agent' in the Republic of #Sakha on August 20, 2021. The 2012 Russian law on foreign agents, originally created to restrict international funding to Russian NGOs, is now being used to target individuals. Stepan Petrov (Sakha) is the first Indigenous person in Russia to receive the 'foreign agent' label. Petrov chairs the nonprofit group #Yakutia – Our Opinion, which is well-known in the region of the Republic of Sakha for their human rights work. The activist submitted numerous appeals to the United Nations calling on the Russian government to adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (#UNDRIP) and to support civil society in Russia."
Read more:
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/indigenous-leaders-speak-out-about-criminalization-and-silencing-putin-administration
#Putin #IndigenousPeoples #Persecution #Genocide #RepublicOfSakha #Oppression #SamiPeoples
‘We’re all afraid’: Austria moves to deport Syrian refugees | Nation https://www.byteseu.com/800611/ #Austria #CivilianCasualties #CulturalGlobalization #ForcedMigration #HumanMigration #HumanRightsAbuses #Immigration #InternationalRelations #partners/afp #persecution #Politics #refugee #Refugees #RefugeesOfTheSyrianCivilWar #RightOfAsylum #Syria #SyrianCivilWar #War #WarCasualties
“[T]his is a gross breach by #Australia of our international obligations to provide protection to people who have a well-founded fear of #persecution”.
Qui sont les réfugiés ?
Le HCR, l'agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, veille à ce que chacun ait le droit de demander l'asile et de trouver un refuge sûr, après avoir fui la violence, la persécution ou la guerre dans son pays.
https://www.unhcr.org/fr
#ONU #HCR #réfugiés #guerre #violence #persécution #asile #refuge #monde #Montréal #Québec #Canada
Although Vietnam ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2015, such ill-treatment continues in #Vietnamese #prisons. In September and October 2024, four #PrisonersOfConscience went on hunger strike for several weeks to protest their conditions of detention in Prison No. 6 in Nghe An. These four activists included Le Manh Hung, Dang Dinh Bach, Bui Van Thuan and Trinh Ba Tu. They denounced the use of “tiger cages” as a means of #SolitaryConfinement, which were cubes made of iron bars with about 1 meter of space to move around as well as the inability to exit and interact with other prisoners.
The Vietnamese authorities have also increasingly violated human rights beyond their borders through #TransnationalRepression. Blogger Duong Van Thai, who was #kidnapped from #Bangkok in April 2023, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and 3 years probation in a closed-door trial on October 30, 2024 with the charge of “propaganda against the state” (Article 117 of the Penal Code).
Another ongoing case of transnational repression is against Y Quynh Bdap, a #Christian and member of the #Ede ethnic group in Vietnam. Bdap fled to #Thailand in 2018 to escape religious and political #persecution by Vietnamese officials. He was granted #RefugeeStatus by the UN refugee agency. But, under pressure from the Vietnamese government, the Thai police arrested Bdap in June 2024 with the threat of #extradition back to Vietnam.
Besides the case of Duong Van Thai kidnapped in Bangkok in 2023, there were two other cases of transnational kidnapping, which occurred in #Berlin in 2017 (Trinh Xuan Thanh) and in Bangkok in 2019 (Truong Duy Nhat). The three kidnappings happened under the purview of Mr. Tô Lâm, who was Minister of Public Security from 2016 to 2024. With these cases of transnational repression, the Vietnamese authorities are testing how far it can extend its power to #SilenceActivists.
https://viettan.org/en/prisoners-2024/amp/
https://viettan.org/en/prisoners-2024/amp/
Vietnam Prisoners of Conscience 2024 Report
Download the report in pdf 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uO262wuKfi6WWjR81JgwpYhfdoGMDB5Z/view?usp=sharing
#ProjectEsther : A Trumpian #blueprint to crush #anticolonial #resistance.
The #HeritageFoundation strategy offers an insight into the #persecution #antiZionists will face in #Trump 's America.
