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NGOs call for immediate release of ​Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid, whose 14-year sentence was upheld We, the undersigned organisations, express deep concern over the continued arbitrary detention of the Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid, whose 14-year prison sentence was recently upheld.

EFF joins our allies in calling for the immediate release of Saudi Wikipedia contributor and friend of EFF Osama Khalid, whose 14-year sentence was recently upheld. alqst.org/en/post/ngo...

An NYT headline reading: Homeland Security Expands Deportation Fleet With High-End Jets

My headline from April 15 reading: Water is wet, and DHS's 'deportation fleet' boondoggle expands under Markwayne

The hed and dek of my story from February reading: ICE FLIGHTS Noem's luxury 'deportation' jet is the tip of the ICE-berg Kristi Noem's DHS has acquired at least nine new aircraft in recent weeks, with another one on the way. Half are luxury jets. Gillian Brockell 26 Feb 2026 - 9 min read

Hey @nytimes.com, I already reported this earlier this week.

And the G650s you mention? I reported on those in FEBRUARY.

You credit NBC News and WSJ for first reporting parts of your story. Please credit me, too.

Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts student detained be ICE last March who repeatedly won legal battles, has finished her Ph.D and returned to her native Türkiye (aka Turkey), the ACLU says in a press release.

There is a settlement agreement as well.

www.aclu.org/press-releas...

This outcome was expected. The Trump administration has made clear that any judge who rules against them on these cases will be fired, and the legal precedent around Rubio's authority left the Board little choice but to deny the appeal.

Even more unprecedented, the entire case was decided in weeks.

Matter of M-K-, Respondent Decided by Board April 9, 20261 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) The Secretary of State’s letter that the respondent’s presence in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences is presumptive and sufficient evidence that the respondent is removable under section 237(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(4)(C)(i) (2024). (2) The respondent’s failure to disclose his involvement with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees on his Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, constitutes a material misrepresentation rendering him removable under section 237(a)(1)(A) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(A). (3) The Immigration Judge properly denied the respondent’s application for a waiver under section 237(a)(1)(H) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(H), where equities in his case were outweighed by the negative factors, including the Secretary of State’s letter that the respondent’s presence in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences. FOR THE RESPONDENT: Marc Van Der Hout, Esquire, San Francisco, California FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: Numa Metoyer, Deputy Chief Counsel BEFORE: Board Panel: MALPHRUS, Chief Appellate Immigration Judge; HUNSUCKER and GEMOETS, Appellate Immigration Judges. MALPHRUS, Chief Appellate Immigration Judge:

NEW: The Board of Immigration Appeals, fresh off of a complete purge of all Board members not aligned with Trump's mass deportation agenda, has released its decision from last week denying Mahmoud Khalil's appeal.

Decision: www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...

"The day-long prohibition came less than a week after Middle District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell issued an order expanding Alligator Alcatraz detainees’ access to their lawyers and their ability to use phones at the remote pop-up facility."

Darn it, I was gonna ask what that "one" was...

πάλι καλά που δεν προσέφερε μπάμιες...

"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be Pope" is a whole new take on things. 😂
Anyways, standing with the oppressed is kind of the Church's stick (aspirationally). If you're the oppressor, that does put you in a tough spot, what can I say...

Nemzeti Választási Iroda - Országgyűlési képviselők választása Választási szervek - Nemzeti Választási Iroda

At 98.67% of votes reported, it does seem like a supermajority for the incoming party in Hungary is guaranteed. Great news!
See vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026 for the numbers.

At last. May the tide turn everywhere against autocrats and their ilk!

Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students

I think we are far beyond the point where a serious person can plausibly claim that the immigration courts are offering a fair adjudication consistent with foundational principles of the American legal tradition. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

"The Times’s analysis shows that the damage was often caused by strikes in crowded neighborhoods"

"In most instances examined by The Times, the intended target of a strike was not clear. In some cases, schools and health care facilities ... were directly hit."

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

BREAKING: Fifth Circuit will not review the 2-1 decision OKing the Trump administration's mandatory detention policy with an en banc rehearing by the full court. No judge sought a vote, and no one wrote.

The means only SCOTUS review is possible.

Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Murphy rules that Secretary Noem flagrantly ignored the legal requirement to carry out a meaningful consultation with other agencies about whether conditions in a country had actually changed for the better before making her decision to terminate TPS.

Read for yourself.

We didn't deserve this day.

Iran has accepted terms of ceasefire, per NYT www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

🚨 TRUMP: “I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.”

In case you need to convince someone to act now instead of waiting it out:

Order on Motion for Partial Summary Judgment – #125 in Doe v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (D. Vt., 2:25-cv-00240) – CourtListener.com OPINION AND ORDER granting 117 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. Signed by Chief District Judge Christina Reiss on 4/7/2026. (law) (Entered: 04/07/2026)

Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This news follows a win for Petrova in her criminal case last week.

Magistrate judge found sufficient evidence to allow discovery on vindictive or selective prosecution.

I don't generally repost politicians. But this is their job right here; stop this threat before Trump can order it to be carried out. Whatever is the fastest route, do it. Camp on your colleagues' doorstep, call their personal cells and insist, whatever it takes. Every one of you. Get it done!

This should not even need to be said.

This is a do or die moment: we stop this today, or we change human history changes for the unimaginably worse.

Now is the time to remind every person in the military that unlawful orders should not be obeyed and that there are consequences for participating in war crimes, no matter how far down the chain you are. Refuse to implement Trump's statement "A whole civilization will die tonight". This is courage.

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you.

If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can.

Everyone give this a share after.

Ο Μανώλης Γλέζος στην ΕΡΤ ως ο πρόεδρος του χωριού του Μιλά στην εκπομπή «Η ΕΤ1 σε όλη την Ελλάδα».

6 χρόνια, σήμερα, από τον θάνατο του σπουδαίου αντιστασιακού και αγωνιστή της Αριστεράς. www.e-tetradio.gr/Article/4564...

Order on Motion for Leave to File Document AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion to Certify Class – #243 in C.M. v. Noem (M.D. Fla., 2:25-cv-00747) – CourtListener.com Order on Motion for Leave to File Document AND Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion to Certify Class

So proud to announce that detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz won their preliminary injunction and motion for class certification in challenging lack of access to counsel. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71155... /1

Preach!!

Design: A backdrop of the World Map overlayed by red shackled hands breaking a chain. Words accompanying list the date "March 25." And "International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Ghana has been in the news recently as they have submitted a draft resolution before the UN declaring the Atlantic Slave Trade the gravest crime against humanity.

In the spirit of that, March 25 is also International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade