The guy that ICE arrested and accused of being in a violent Venezuelan gang — because he had an Autism Awareness tattoo for his autistic brother — also worked at a swim club for neurodivergent children.
He was disappeared to a Salvadoran torture prison without a single hearing.
"No Other Land" Oscar winner Yuval Abraham says his co-director Hamdan Ballal has been beaten and attacked.
“A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co-director of our film ‘No Other Land,'” Abraham posted on X. “They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.”
The alleged attack comes just three weeks after “No Other Land” won the Academy Award for best documentary. On stage, directors Abraham, Ballal, Basel Adra and Rachel Szor took the opportunity to call attention to the destruction happening in Gaza.
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Two photos that should deeply disturb you.
The first photo is of a young Venezuelan named Andrys—a 23-year-old gay makeup artist who was disappeared by the Trump administration, recently identified publicly for the first time.
Last week, he was deported into a Salvadoran mega-prison without due process, without a court hearing, and without evidence—solely based on suspicion of gang ties.
The second photo was captured by an American photojournalist embedded inside that same mega-prison in El Salvador. The journalist documented the experiences of detainees, including American residents who've had their constitutional rights suspended.
This quote from the article should turn your blood cold:
"The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, 'I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.' I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected—he wasn’t a tattooed monster."
Did this journalist unknowingly witness Andrys’s abuse and imprisonment?
Why must we—citizens of the United States—piece together these horrifying details while politicians ignore our courts, our Constitution, and the basic principles underpinning American democracy?
If they can do this to Andrys, who's next?
"Repulsive" and "evil" don't even scratch the surface—this is one of the darkest periods in American history, and we're living through it right now.
The lawyer for Mahmoud Khalil, at today's hearing, said that she has been unable to speak to her client once since his detention.
Does any of this sound like the America you were taught about growing up? A legal permanent resident kept incommunicado with no charges specifically for his speech
charlotte: i can't see his likes anymore :(
miranda: oh so we think women have nothing better to do but sit around all day looking at a man's likes trying to figure out if he's a creep or not?
samantha: i know some privates i'd like to see 😏
carrie: i found big's discord
April 30. On this day 1968, it is the 56th anniversary of the occupation of hamilton hall and other buildings. These images are lionized on columbia’s website.
The real crime is that LAPD helicopters cost taxpayers $50 million a year, or $127,000 a day, according to an audit by LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia. His office also found no empirical evidence that the presence of these helicopters reduce crime.
They told us that sports isn’t the place for politics but then turned around and ran ads for nations that are facilitating genocide during the Super Bowl. Funny how that works.
mere hours before the massacre in rafah, every senate democrat (except warnock, who was absent) voted to advance a package that includes $14 billion for israel
sanders was the only member of the democratic caucus to vote NO. every other senator is complicit in genocide.
this is what the president of the united states is tweeting while over 1 million men, women and children are being slaughtered with weapons he has provided and paid for.