Meredyth Yoon

human rights lawyer. prison and border abolitionist. internationalism, socialism and freedom of movement. the end of U.S. imperialism everywhere

[Meredyth Yoon @mereyoon]

El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! The people united will never be defeated! #ShutDownFIPC #AbolishICE

[Reuters @Reuters]

🔊 ‘They cocked their guns and told me to get on my knees.’ A US deportee in Equatorial Guinea describes the clash with police and it’s raising questions about the US third-country deportation deal. Listen now to the Reuters World News podcast https://t.co/Jxwfg0zVXa

[Jake Flores 🇵🇸🇲🇽 @feraljokes]

Ignore the chaos on this site for a moment and really take this in, it is a profound point

[Reuters @Reuters]

Witnesses said Equatorial Guinea police pointed guns at migrants deported from the US during a dispute over mobile phone access at a hotel in Malabo https://t.co/gJuHwywGJ5

[Reuters @Reuters]

EXCLUSIVE: Equatorial Guinea police pull guns on migrants deported by Trump, witnesses say https://t.co/IQJPJLa8jl https://t.co/IQJPJLa8jl

[Meredyth Yoon @mereyoon]

*Almost

[Iran Embassy in Sierra Leone @IRANinSalone]

Finally, Canada and Mexico solved the world's biggest problem.

[Iran Embassy in Sierra Leone @IRANinSalone]

Finally, Canada and Mexico solved the world's biggest problem.

[Zoom Afrika @zoomafrika1]

This is the real Africa Map.

[Meredyth Yoon @mereyoon]

Meanwhile 🙄

[Meredyth Yoon @mereyoon]

The statement reads like ravings of a cartoon villain

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

It is worth reading the US EOV explaining why they voted against "correcting the map"--namely viewing it as an unserious DEI initiative that is a slippery slope towards new demand for slave reparations.

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

This story is wild and is a real reflection on the callousness of US policy. "Four Cubans, one Brazilian and one Cameroonian refused to disembark in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 20 August; some of them were allegedly assaulted by ICE agents, who returned them to the plane and promised they would be taken back to the US. A few hours later, however, they were dropped off in another African country: Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most repressive and corrupt regimes, where armed men took them to a former luxury hotel turned detention centre in the capital, Malabo, where they have been held ever since." https://t.co/iPSqBk7k3y

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Spain has found no evidence to conclude that July's deadly border rush from Morocco into its enclave of Ceuta was orchestrated by Moroccan authorities, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday, countering allegations in a Spanish police report. https://t.co/h708JIPJhz

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

If every one of the "potential" noncitizens voted in the 2024 election, that would be 0.008% of votes in Georgia — less than one hundreth of a percent.

Of course, the actual number is smaller, as this is since 1996 and some of the "potential" noncitizens were probably citizens.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

After ten months in ICE detention in Georgia, Yaakub Vijandre says he feels hopeful following a federal magistrate judge’s rejection of the Trump administration’s effort to dismiss his challenge to his detention. His lawyers have said he was detained over social media posts supporting Palestine.

“In the ten months I have spent in this prison, I have had moments where I have felt hopeless,” Vijandre said in a statement shared by his attorney Eric Lee. “But, after reading Magistrate Cheesboro’s words today, I feel hopeful.”

Vijandre remains detained. “Another turn and hopefully the door to my freedom will open and I can clear my name.”

[Meredyth Yoon @mereyoon]

Powerful!

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

Statement from Yaakub Vijandre regarding today's decision by a federal magistrate judge denying the Trump admin's motion to dismiss his case.

[Laila El-Haddad @gazamom]

Yaakub Ira has been locked up by ICE for nearly a year now, targeted in retaliation for his pro-Palestinian activism and protected free speech. I had a chance to visit him a few days ago. A federal judge today JUST rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to shut down his case

[tanvi @Tanvim]

👀 this is huge and lawyers/human rights groups have been trying to figure out what exactly these agreements entail!

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

Last post was censored so here's another:

Big news!

Yaakub Vijandre has been been in ICE detention for opposing genocide/mistreatment of prisoners for ~11 months.

Today a fed'l magistrate judge DENIED the government's motion to dismiss his habeas petition!

Free Yaakub!

[Laila El-Haddad @gazamom]

🚨 BREAKING: The Trump administration tried to shut down Yaakub Ira’s federal habeas case.

A federal judge just said no, but he remains behind bars .

Nearly ONE YEAR in ICE custody over protected political speech in defense of Palestinian rights. FREE YAAKUB NOW!

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

Very good news!

Today a fed magistrate judge DENIED in part the gvm't's motion to dismiss Yaakub Vijandre's habeas petition. A significant blow to Trump admin's effort to classify free speech as "domestic terrorism"

He is one step closer to release!

Our press release: 1/3

[Sovereign Media @sov_media]

WAS JESUS A SOCIALIST?

American Christian theologian Brian Recker was asked on The Michael Knowles Show whether Jesus would have been considered a socialist.

His answer was simple: Jesus’ message was not only a spiritual one, but also a material one, a message that, at its core, involved the redistribution of wealth and challenged the hegemony of empire at the time.

Recker clarifies that although capitalism and socialism did not exist as political and economic systems during Jesus’ lifetime, if Jesus were around today, he would most definitely be considered a socialist.

Recker explains that Christianity and socialism are often taught as opposites. Yet, his own experience led him to a very different conclusion: “But the reality is that I became a socialist because of my Christianity, not in spite of it.”

What do you make of Recker’s take on Jesus, Christianity and socialism?