#Detention

THREAD:For a month I've been talking to people detained at the Port Isabel Detention Center in the #RGVIt's an @ICEgov facilityThey've been worried about #COVID19 Groups like @RGVEqualVoice have called
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Two members of the Proud Boys indicted for conspiracy THAT INCLUDED MURDERING NANCY PELOSI AND MIKE PENCE. Let's dig into the pre-trial detention memo. It's a doozy.https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two-members-proud-boys-indicted-
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10 yrs after the #Toronto G20, a mass arrest class action just settled. $16.5 million in financial compensation, expungement of arrest records & "a public police acknowledgement regarding the mass
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1/x Thread on immigration detention and family separation during the Obama years.Trump may be awful, but our treatment of immigrant families has been horrendous for years, Democrats & Republicans can't
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How can you advance liberty & justice in the world right now? Some suggestions:1) Directly & effectively help some of the poorest people in the world by donating to effective
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Dear @jrezaian indeed 1. Death is arbitrary by definition if caused by a violation of international human rights law. Whenever the State takes in its custody an individual, it has
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FUCK YEAH "NAZIS BE RISING" SAYS MAN WHOSE OWN PARTY MEMBERS OPENLY SUPPORT AND FRATERNISE WITH WHITE-SUPREMACISTS AND WHOSE LEADER REFUSES TO CENSURE HIS COHORTS OR CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF
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At the risk of being a typical academic tweeting about non news things during newsy times, there was an ISIS arrest in Oregon yesterday that was particularly interesting. A short
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1/8 Reform of the Mental Health Act is long overdue. In 2018 Labour called for the full recommendations from Sir Simon Wessley’s @WesselyS review to be implemented and we will
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The hotel quarantine regulations have just arrived, coming into force 4am on Monday 15 FebThe Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel)(England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/150/co
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How did Disney, one of the savviest companies when it comes to operating in a China, get caught so flat footed? Our deep dive on the Mulan controversy, w/@brooksbarnesNYT Disney
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Australia appeared before the UN Human Rights Council for its Universal Periodic Review in Geneva on January 20, 2021. The UN review made it clear that the Australian government hasn’t
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Two related questions on this for Nick, Kevin, & others reporting on the story: (1) Did this development blindside the Biden Administration? I’m hearing ‘no,’ which makes sense given the
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FACT:https://www.google.com/maps/place/Guantanamo+Bay+Detention+Camp/@19.9082723,-75.0999092,19.89z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x8ecece313c28264d:0xea5ddb2a3e52e6b1!2sGuantanamo+Bay+Detention+Camp!8m2!3d19.9030921!4d-75.0966509!3m4!1s0x8ecece313c
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THREAD THURSDAY #3: DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION@jjhorgan wants to incarcerate young drug users. this is a terrible move that will kill people. why? well... 1/ #bcpoli https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/premier-wants-law-allowing-detaining-of-
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It’s a good time to read @laurawhitehorn 1990 essay written in year five of her “preventive detention.” She contrasts her incarceration to a host of rightwing insurgents who served far
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