Yesterday, the IDF seized 4 students from their homes in the West Bank, including 20-year-old American, Sama Safi.
The Israeli govt didn’t tell her family or the U.S. Embassy where or why she was being taken & is holding her without charges.
America must secure her release NOW.
Violence is never condoned. This however is a friendly reminder that Melissa Hortman, a seated Democrat, was tragically killed alongside her husband and dog just a few months ago. It was targeted attack at her home by a Trump supporter. This story was swept under the rug.
The prominence of Iranian women and girls has been met with fierce crackdowns by the state, which routinely threatens and targets women’s human rights defenders with arrest, torture, sham trials, incarceration, and death sentences.
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Eyvin Hernandez landed on U.S. soil this evening thanks to tireless advocacy by his friends and family as well as steadfast leadership by the Biden-Harris Administration.
On behalf of the entire City of Los Angeles, welcome home Eyvin. @BringEyvinHome
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I met with @BringEyvinHome to discuss the continued push to secure Eyvin's release from wrongful detention in Venezuela. This angel belongs back in the City of Angels. I will continue to work with my @HouseForeign colleagues & the @StateDept to reunite him with his loved ones.
Today I met with family and friends of Eyvin Hernandez, a public defender from LA who's been unlawfully detained by the Venezuelan government since March of 2022. I told them I will work tirelessly to keep the Administration focused on bringing Eyvin back home to his family.
Another week has gone by and still no word from the Biden Admin about the wrongfully detained American citizens in #Venezuela. If the U.S. is easing sanctions on #Maduro's criminal regime, what benefit do we get?
Soon, @POTUS will meet with President Xi in San Francisco.
@SecBlinken promised substantive progress on Kai's case before. We haven't seen that at all.
Please share this letter from @HarrisonLi15 to @POTUS to help #FreeKaiLi and #BringThemHome
@SenAlexPadilla Thank you. Keep pushing for us. You have the opportunities to meet with @POTUS we don't have a chance to get even close to him. @BringEyvinHome
Just spoke with Biden Administration officials to reiterate that any deal to ease sanctions on Venezuela MUST ensure the freeing of wrongfully detained Americans, including Eyvin Hernandez.