WTAF??
The #Trump admin says in its #SCOTUS filing requesting a stay of #Boasberg’s #AlienEnemiesAct #TRO that it can't confirm or deny whether #ElSalvador is complying with #UNCAT [#UnitedNations Convention Against #Torture] because doing so might damage its relationship with El Salvador.
AYFKM???
#gaza
#IsraelTerroristState #torture
@palestine
"Jewish-American volunteer surgeon relates colleague’s torture and abuse by occupation forces"
This is not shocking. This is what the state of Israel does systemically. We know by know.
The Triumph of a Doctrine of Cruelty in El Salvador
“For three years El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has proudly shown the world the terrible treatment given to the country's prisoners.
And now the U.S. is endorsing this view, sending hundreds of people removed from the U.S. to those same prisons.”
#deportation #cruelty #americandystopia #torture #concentrationcamp
#npr #podcast
(5 min)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-the-world-from-npr/id1612459752?i=1000700808047
La torture et la reproduction de l'identité de l'État : De l'exhibition du pouvoir à la personnalisation de la violence
La torture, en tant qu'instrument séculaire d'exercice du pouvoir, a subi au fil du temps des transformations tant sur le plan de sa forme que de sa fonction. Ce que l'on observe dans l'évolution de ce phénomène, c'est un passage progressif d'une torture publique, explicite et corporelle vers une torture plus discrète, psychologique et adaptée aux...
#UnitedStates govt affidavit saying: "While it is true that many of the TdA members removed under the AEA do not have criminal records in the United States"
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.26.1_7.pdf
DOJ brief signed by #Trump’s AG #PamBondi & the senior leadership at the #DOJ saying, "Plaintiffs have not established irreparable harm."
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.26.0_3.pdf
Judge #Boasberg terrifyingly describes the #ElSalvador prison #CECOT knowing that:
- The #Trump admin admitted "many of the TdA members ... do not have criminal records”
- Several cases of misidentification have emerged
- The most senior #DOJ ofcls signed a brief saying these detainees would not suffer "irreparable harm"
!['highly Likely to face immediate & intentional life-threatening harm [El Salvador] govt has boasted that inmates in CECOT "never leave"; indeed, one expert declarant alleges that she does not know of any CECOT inmate who has been released. In a sample of 131 cases, [it was] found that 115 family members of detainees have not received any info about the whereabouts or wellbeing …rarely allowed to leave their cells, have no regular access to drinking water or adequate food, sleep standing up because of overcrowding & are held in cells where they do not see sunlight for days. "tuberculosis, fungal infections, scabies, severe malnutrition & chronic digestive issues are common." disciplined through beatings & humiliation. One inmate clamed that police beat prison newcomers with batons. When he denied being a gang member, they sent him to a dark basement cell with 320 detainees, where prison guards & other detainees beat him every day. On one occasion, one guard beat him so severely that [he] broke a rib." Three prior deportees from the United States reported being kicked in the face, neck, abdomen, & testicles, with one requiring "an operation for a ruptured pancreas & spleen." Needless to say, the risk of torture, beatings, & even death clearly & unequivocally supports a finding of irreparable harm](https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/218/062/180/713/879/original/9c38e9095241315a.png)
Judge #Boasberg also finds that the Foreign Affairs Reform & Restructuring Act (#FARRA) protections likely remain available to #AlienEnemiesAct removals.
Under FARRA, these plaintiffs could seek #UN Convention Against #Torture (#CAT) protections due to *where* they were being taken — #CECOT has been accused of #HumanRights violations before.
