The ACLU of Southern California testified before the UN Human Rights Council to highlight the Trump administration’s human rights abuses in the region, including ICE raids, excessive use of force against protesters, and deployment of National Guard and Marines.
Solitary confinement, or “the hole,” is a costly and unregulated practice that violates human rights, increases mental health diagnoses, and disproportionately affects people of color, with many arguing it should be banned.
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) released a report revealing the “human, political and legal effects” of retaining death penalty laws in countries that have halted executions but not repealed capital punishment, urging greater scrutiny of these nations.
The Marshall Project reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased the use of solitary confinement in detention centers under the Trump administration, causing severe psychological harm to thousands of immigrants, with one mother of three from Mexico being held in a windowless isolation cell with a broken toilet for almost two months.
A silent march was held at the Davis farmers’ market to raise awareness and protest the famine in Gaza, a policy of deliberate starvation by Israel, and to demand an arms embargo to stop the violence.
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