JdeB<p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GazaProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaProtests</span></a> [5] <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CrackDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrackDown</span></a></p><p>"Police questioned Muslim Association of Britain chair, Raghad Altikriti, over a Palestine protest" [ ± 1min]<br>by MiddleEastEye</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3yF93BcKOyM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/3yF93BcKOyM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Quote by MEE:<br>"Apr 16, 2025<br>Police questioned Muslim Association of Britain chair, Raghad Altikriti, over a Palestine solidarity protest earlier this year. <br>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. <br>“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.<br> 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. <br>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.” <br>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.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NeverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopTheGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheGenocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JusticeForHindRajab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForHindRajab</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JusticeForRifaatRadwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForRifaatRadwan</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JailForNetanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JailForNetanyahu</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JailForGallant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JailForGallant</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmotrichRaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmotrichRaus</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>It looks like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> was successful in that now the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> is going to try and silence the organizers!</p><p>Core Democratic groups are preparing to be targeted by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration</p><p> By STEVE PEOPLES<br>Updated 12:14 PM EDT, April 15, 2025</p><p>NEW 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.</p><p>"The Democrats’ dominant national fundraising platform, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ActBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActBlue</span></a>, and the party’s largest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> group, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indivisible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indivisible</span></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.</p><p>"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.</p><p>" '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.</p><p>"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."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/democrats-trump-actblue-indivisible-legal-threat-fbi-42f502bcb5888b12628629710c6eb21b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/democrats-t</span><span class="invisible">rump-actblue-indivisible-legal-threat-fbi-42f502bcb5888b12628629710c6eb21b</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VagueLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VagueLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestOrganizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestOrganizers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSponsors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSponsors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>Emboldened 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:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/anti-protest-bills-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/09/anti-protest-bills-trump</span></a></p><p>US intensifies crackdown on peaceful protest under Trump</p><p>"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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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."</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtests</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonialism</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram”</p><p>by Waqas Ahmed, Nicolas Ridelo, Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussein in Drop Site News on Substack </p><p>“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”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/dropsite</span><span class="invisible">news/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CrackDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrackDown</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Criticism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leak</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HongKong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HongKong</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Article23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Article23</span></a> law used to ‘normalize’ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a> one year since enactment</p><p>Just 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crackdown</span></a> on peaceful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> in the city and beyond, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmnestyInternational</span></a> said.</p><p>" '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.</p><p>" '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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>say</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/write" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>write</span></a>, or for minor acts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a>, intensifying the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateIOfFear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateIOfFear</span></a> that already pervaded Hong Kong. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a> has never been under greater attack.'<br> <br>People convicted and jailed for peaceful expression</p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inciting</span></a> violence without yet disclosing any details.</p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mask</span></a> printed with protest slogans; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/criticizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticizing</span></a> the government <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a>; and writing protest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slogans</span></a> on bus seats. They were sentenced to between 10 and 14 months in prison.</p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seditious</span></a>' posts on social media platforms. </p><p>Article 23 entrenches denial of bail</p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a>-enacted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurityLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurityLaw</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSL</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimmyLai</span></a> and opposition politicians.</p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tiananmen</span></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.</p><p>" '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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSL</span></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.</p><p>" 'The now default use of pre-trial <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></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.”<br>‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>’ as a trump card overriding established laws</p><p>"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'.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"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.</p><p>" '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Retroactively" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retroactively</span></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.<br> <br>Extraterritorial application against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overseas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overseas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a></p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> such as their freedom of movement, right to privacy and right to work.</p><p>"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.</p><p>" '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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DraconianLaws</span></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.</p><p>" '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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hongkongers</span></a>, in particular those actively defending human rights, within their jurisdictions.</p><p>" '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.' </p><p>Background</p><p>"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.</p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a>-era <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sedition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sedition</span></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'.</p><p>"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." </p><p>Source:<br><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 noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amnesty.org/en/latest/news/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/hong-kong-article-23-law-used-to-normalize-repression-one-year-since-enactment/</span></a> <br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsViolations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrother</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeverForgetTiananmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverForgetTiananmen</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2024: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsWatch</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a>: Brutal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a>, Voters</p><p>Killings, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassArrests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassArrests</span></a> Following Elections </p><p>(Bogota) – "Venezuelan authorities are committing widespread <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> violations against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bystanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bystanders</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></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. </p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NicolásMaduro</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProGovernment</span></a> armed groups known as '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colectivos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colectivos</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdmundoGonzález</span></a> for '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a>,' 'incitement to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disobedience</span></a>' and other crimes.</p><p>" '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.'</p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></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. </p><p>"The United Nations Electoral Technical Team and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarterCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarterCenter</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>González</span></a> had won the election by a significant margin. </p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a> have taken place. </p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentRetaliation</span></a>.</p><p>"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. </p><p>"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. </p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForoPenal</span></a> recorded over 1,580 '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPrisoners</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incitement</span></a> to hatred,' '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a>,' and 'terrorism.'</p><p>"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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demonstrators</span></a>, and conducting abusive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raids</span></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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BroadPowers</span></a> to control and shut down nongovernmental organizations [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGOs</span></a>]."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/04/venezuela-brutal-crackdown-protesters-voters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hrw.org/news/2024/09/04/venezu</span><span class="invisible">ela-brutal-crackdown-protesters-voters</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionFraud</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BogusCharges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BogusCharges</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murder</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2024: States Are Restricting Protests and Criminalizing Dissent</p><p>United States of Suppression is a series documenting the recent crackdown on dissent and protests in the U.S. This op-ed discusses what happens when protesting becomes a crime.</p><p>By Elly Page and Alana Greer<br>June 26, 2024</p><p>Excerpt: "Since 2017, 21 states across the country have passed new laws that restrict protests — nearly 50 in total — with dozens more being introduced annually.</p><p>"Most of these new laws increase criminal penalties for conduct, like interfering with traffic, involved in some kinds of protests. Under laws passed in states such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arkansas</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iowa</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a>, protesters can spend up to a year in jail for 'obstructing' public <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/streets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streets</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sidewalks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sidewalks</span></a>, even though these are traditional venues for First Amendment-related activities. After protests against the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeystoneXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeystoneXL</span></a> Pipeline, 14 states dramatically increased penalties for trespassing, which would usually amount to a petty offense, if protesters enter lands with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a> construction sites.</p><p>"In many cases, these laws go further than punishing individual protesters to include the people and organizations that support them, putting organizers and community groups at risk. Under a recent law in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a>, an organization that 'conspires' with people to hold a protest can face felony penalties if the protest is deemed to be an 'unlawful assembly' — which state law defines vaguely enough to include a three-person protest that 'disturbs the public peace.' "<br> <br>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/states-restricting-protests-criminalizing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">teenvogue.com/story/states-res</span><span class="invisible">tricting-protests-criminalizing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtestors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisturbingThePeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisturbingThePeace</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BogusCharges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BogusCharges</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VagueLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VagueLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestOrganizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestOrganizers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSponsors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSponsors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a>: The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtest</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> </p><p>In our recently published Rule of Law report, Liberties’ members reported an increase in restrictions on the right to peaceful protest in all countries.</p><p>by Flore du Teilleul<br>April 10, 2025 </p><p>Excerpt:<br>"The right to peaceful protest is essential to our democracies, allowing people to come together with a unified voice to support or oppose key issues. It serves as a powerful mechanism for individuals to hold their governments to account and is often the last resort when prior messages go unheard. However, politicians often perceive this right as a threat, especially when force of numbers demonstrates support for an issue.</p><p>"In our recently published Rule of Law report, Liberties’ members reported an increase in restrictions on the right to peaceful protest in all countries - from bans on individual protests to the disproportionate use of force by the police and legislative changes. A widespread trend emerged of restricted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestine</span></a> protests and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDefenders</span></a> receiving particularly harsh penalties.</p><p>Bans on Protests</p><p>"Restrictions on various protest movements justified on public safety grounds were documented in many member states. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, the Berlin Assembly Authorities implemented a temporary blanket ban targeting pro-Palestine demonstrations. Initially, the ban targeted celebrations of the mass murder and pro-Hamas demonstrations but later extended to all pro-Palestinian protests. Similarly, in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvia</span></a>, an unregistered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> movement protest was banned after an assessment by the state security service that the event would, among other risks, harm the country’s international interests.</p><p>"The Estonian police banned a protest in support of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a>, which was later declared unlawful by the administrative court. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a>, Prime Minister <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViktorOrb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViktorOrbán</span></a> publicly prejudiced support for Palestinians by linking it with terrorism, equating solidarity with civilians victims to threats to the public order. As the fifteen attempts to organise protests were successively banned, the government and the Prime Minister re-asserted their power by deciding what can be demonstrated for, namely, topics in line with their political interests. Following the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the Hungarian government has repeatedly declared and extended the state of danger, allowing for the adoption of emergency decrees restricting, among other rights, the freedom to assemble. Both the Hungarian Supreme Court and Constitutional Court upheld the protest bans on the basis of public safety and security, legalising the practice of police-authorised restrictions in times of conflict.</p><p>"Further restrictions, including bans on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slogans</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signs</span></a> during <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/demonstrations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demonstrations</span></a>, sought to criminalise protesters. Several individuals were arrested or fined for displaying signs or slogans related to Palestine. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a>, activists faced administrative sanctions for carrying a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestinianFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianFlag</span></a> or the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/keffiyeh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keffiyeh</span></a>. Similarly, in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a>, attendees of an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtinctionRebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionRebellion</span></a> demonstration were prohibited from mentioning the conflict in the Middle East. The enforcement of restrictions went as far as arrests, as Croatian activists were charged with misdemeanor after projecting a message in support of Palestine on a building across from the Israeli Embassy in Zagreb.</p><p>"In Hungary, a demonstrator faced criminal charges after wearing a gas mask and removing it after being asked by the police. In a worrying trend of criminalising protest activities, several activists were arrested and charged with sedition before an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in the Netherlands.</p><p>Disproportionate use of force by the police</p><p>"The criminalisation of environmental and pro-Palestine protesters was worsened by the violent repression of the police through excessive use of force. This was particularly notable in Sweden, where student encampments in support of Palestinians were forcibly displaced and participants were charged with criminal offenses. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PainGrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PainGrips</span></a>, water guns and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterCannons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCannons</span></a> were used against environmental activists, pro-Palestinian and anti-immigration demonstrators in Germany, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a>.</p><p>"Environmental activists faced similar fates, The NGO ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FranceNatureEnvironnement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FranceNatureEnvironnement</span></a>’ reported concerns to the UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders following the violent repression of protesters during a demonstration against the A69 highway. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a>, a woman was dismissed from her job at the Swedish Energy Agency for participating in an environmental demonstration and a growing number of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EcoActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoActivists</span></a> were fined for participating in peaceful protests." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/rule-of-law-2025-protests/45384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">liberties.eu/en/stories/rule-o</span><span class="invisible">f-law-2025-protests/45384</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EuropeanLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Croatia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Croatia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeGaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalActivists</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>bne IntelliNews – Italian pianist expelled from Serbia for supporting protests <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/902576/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/902576/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bne</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BusinessNewEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessNewEurope</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CivilSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilSociety</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crackdown</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a></p>
Geek HobbiesCrackdown - Xbox 360<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/crackdown?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/xbox360?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xbox360</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/xbox?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xbox</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/videogames?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gaming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/videojuegos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videojuegos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/videojogos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videojogos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/geekhobbies?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekhobbies</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixelgaming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixelgaming</a>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> update: Will <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a> face <a href="https://mas.to/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> pressure over his <a href="https://mas.to/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crackdown</span></a> on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>'s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a>? | <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DW</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/yt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yt</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/L5bttj1WNNU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/L5bttj1WNNU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Wait what? Yes, this was before <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crackdown</span></a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a>!<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/crackdown?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/xbox360?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xbox360</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/xbox?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xbox</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/videogames?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gaming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/videojuegos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videojuegos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/videojogos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videojogos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/geekhobbies?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekhobbies</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pixelgaming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixelgaming</a>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> planning to declare <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MartialLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MartialLaw</span></a> on April 20? The frightening claim, explored</p><p>Story by Charlotte Simmons, March 14, 2025</p><p>"First, the essentials. Martial law is the term for when civilian government and legal processes (such as mayoral jurisdiction and police officers, respectively) are overtaken by state military, so as to make demands on behalf of the nation’s leader, and then enforce those demands with their wealth of resources. Typically, martial law is invoked in dangerous situations, such as natural disasters or major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilUnrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilUnrest</span></a>.</p><p>"This is different from the United States’ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InsurrectionAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsurrectionAct</span></a>, wherein those civilian enterprises are not replaced by military personnel and resources, but supplemented by them. More importantly, the official nature of the Insurrection Act allows the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> to deploy the military domestically during emergencies, as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PosseComitatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatus</span></a> Act of 1878 prohibits the use of the military against American civilians. In short, the Insurrection Act can waive the rules of the Posse Comitatus Act to create a sort of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiniMartialLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiniMartialLaw</span></a>. Remember this.</p><p>"Recently, fears have been rising over whether or not the United States could enter martial law on April 20 under Donald Trump. But why then? What is it about April 20 that holds significance? When Trump first took office back on January 20, he signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency at the United States’ southern border, requiring the secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to submit a report about what the 'situation' is at said border, together with recommended actions for 'resolving' said 'situation.' This report needed to be submitted within 90 days.</p><p>"When this order was signed, Trump also declared that 'A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEmergency</span></a> exists at the southern border of the United States…I hereby declare that this national emergency requires use of the Armed Forces…' This, directly references the potential execution of the Insurrection Act.</p><p>"The Secretary of Defense? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a>. The Secretary of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomelandSecurity</span></a>? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a>. Two of Donald Trump’s most prominent yes-men. And guess how many days January 20 and April 20 are apart? Ninety.</p><p>"So, essentially, on April 20, there’s a not-insignificant chance that those two aforementioned Trump yes-men are going to tell Trump whether or not he should deploy the military in the southern United States so as to crack down on immigration. Except, as we saw with the case of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> — a recent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> graduate who played a major role in that student body’s recent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinain</span></a> campus occupations — it doesn’t matter if you have a green card or if you haven’t committed any crimes; under this presidency, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> will illegally detain you if they think you’re troublesome to the vision of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpsAmerica</span></a>. They’re trying to deport Khalil for speaking out against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> as we speak. This is a direct, wholly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> attack on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>.</p><p>"And here’s why that distinction between the Insurrection Act and martial law was so important earlier. On April 20, Trump will constitutionally — through the Insurrection Act — be allowed to deploy the military against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanCivilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCivilians</span></a>, and his government has already demonstrated that legal American civilians who have not committed any crimes are at risk for detention and deportation. It’s not technically martial law, but this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trumpian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpian</span></a> cocktail is just as bad, if not worse.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Khalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khalil</span></a>’s detention — again, occurring in response to his speaking out against the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> people — was made on the grounds of Trump’s executive order prohibiting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiSemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiSemitism</span></a>. How long before more executive orders (none of them made in good faith, let’s be clear on that) just so happen to limit more ways of speaking, acting, and thinking? A scary thought, and a horrifyingly pertinent one."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/is-trump-planning-to-declare-martial-law-on-april-20-the-frightening-claim-explored/ar-AA1AUIqy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/world/is-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-planning-to-declare-martial-law-on-april-20-the-frightening-claim-explored/ar-AA1AUIqy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDAA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExpandedPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExpandedPowers</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPresidency</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BorderEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gitmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gitmo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IllegalDetention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalDetention</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndefiniteDetentionClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndefiniteDetentionClause</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndefiniteDetention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndefiniteDetention</span></a></p>
Neuschrecken<p><b>US arrests</b>: </p><p>„U.S. immigration agents arrested a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York’s Columbia University as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on some anti-Israel activists.“</p><p>via <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-authorities-arrest-palestinian-student-protester-columbia-university-students-2025-03-09/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US immigration agents arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University in Trump crackdown | reuters.com</a> gefunden bei <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@franklinlopez/114138635089130722" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@franklinlopez</a></p><p>Ich muss nicht der gleichen Meinung wie Mahmoud Khalil sein, um seine Deportation bedenklich zu finden. </p><p>Permalink: <a href="https://schoenswetter.servus.at/453/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://schoenswetter.servus.at/453/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://schoenswetter.servus.at/tag/activism/" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://schoenswetter.servus.at/tag/crackdown/" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://schoenswetter.servus.at/tag/israel/" target="_blank">#israel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://schoenswetter.servus.at/tag/palestine/" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://schoenswetter.servus.at/tag/trump-ii/" target="_blank">#trumpII</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://schoenswetter.servus.at/tag/uspol/" target="_blank">#uspol</a></p>
Vida Latina :mastodonworld:<p>📌 "ICE Raids Send Chill Through Migrant Workforces"⤵️ </p><p>🎁 🔗 <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/ice-raids-send-chill-through-migrant-workforces-cddf7537?st=fGKyD8&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/economy/ice-raids-send</span><span class="invisible">-chill-through-migrant-workforces-cddf7537?st=fGKyD8&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink</span></a></p><p>🏷️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Migrants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Britain's Secret Palestinian Authority Control”</p><p>by Kit Klarenberg in Global Delinquents on Substack</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span></p><p>“Numerous leaked documents on the clandestine operations of Adam Smith International, a British intelligence cutout, lay bare the depth of London’s infiltration & control of the Palestinian Authority”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/kitklarenberg/p/britains-secret-palestinian-authority?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/kitklare</span><span class="invisible">nberg/p/britains-secret-palestinian-authority?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authority</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Control</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> #<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AdamSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/International" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>International</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ASI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“WHY IS <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BRITAIN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRITAIN</span></a> STILL SENDING <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SPY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPY</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FLIGHTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLIGHTS</span></a> TOWARDS GAZA?”</p><p>by John McEvoy in Declassified UK <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@Declassified_UK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Declassified_UK</span></a></span> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p><p>“Two RAF surveillance planes have flown over the eastern Mediterranean during the ceasefire, as campaigners demand inquiry into UK intelligence sharing with Israel”</p><p><a href="https://www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-britain-still-sending-spy-flights-towards-gaza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">declassifieduk.org/why-is-brit</span><span class="invisible">ain-still-sending-spy-flights-towards-gaza/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAF</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Participation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Participation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MOD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CrackDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrackDown</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>What the Hell Is Going on at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>?<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> sound the alarm about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> unprecedented “Big Brother” research <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crackdown</span></a>. “pause” goes beyond grant reviews - part of larger <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/blackout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackout</span></a> on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, across federal govt. Trump admin paused all external comms—”health advisories, weekly <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scientific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientific</span></a> reports, updates to websites, social media posts” at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>, which includes the NIH, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>). <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/donald-trump-hhs-nih-cancer-research-pause-crackdown-grant-funding-delays-cancellations-communications/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">01/donald-trump-hhs-nih-cancer-research-pause-crackdown-grant-funding-delays-cancellations-communications/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
Paolo Redaelli<p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nintendo</span></a> Admits <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Emulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emulators</span></a> Are <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> Despite <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crackdown</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Slashdot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slashdot</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/01/16/162245/nintendo-admits-emulators-are-legal-despite-crackdown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">games.slashdot.org/story/25/01</span><span class="invisible">/16/162245/nintendo-admits-emulators-are-legal-despite-crackdown</span></a></p>
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