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<p>A new campaign has begun: Let Cuba Play. <br>[Updated with new info] </p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration in the <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> has refused to grant visas to Cuban athletes who need to compete in various events in the upcoming months in order to qualify for the 2028 <a href="/tags/olympicgames/" rel="tag">#OlympicGames</a> in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/olympics/" rel="tag">#Olympics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a><br><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.wales/@HarriettMB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HarriettMB</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.letcubaplay.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.letcubaplay.com/</a></p>

<p>“The whole system is premised on commodifying human beings.” </p><p>From Sandy West in our magazine: In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade, adoptions are on the rise in <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a>. But some private foster care and adoption agencies may have crossed serious ethical lines. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/private-adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/private-adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/private-</span><span class="invisible">adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/roevwade/" rel="tag">#RoeVWade</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/adoption/" rel="tag">#adoption</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in <a href="/tags/cecot/" rel="tag">#CECOT</a> <br>==</p><p>We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT in <a href="/tags/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a> by the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration.</p><p>Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw. </p><p>All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ven</span><span class="invisible">ezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump</span></a></p>

<p>Taiwan&#x27;s support for Israeli settlements in the West Bank is at odds with its own struggle for recognition, writes Kerim Friedman </p><p>&quot;Taiwan needs to stop acting as willing participants in Israel’s policide of Palestine. Silencing Palestinian voices will only hurt its own battle to be heard over Beijing.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://positionspolitics.org/p-kerim-friedman-yes-taiwan-can-help-but-not-if-it-continues-to-ignore-palestinian-voices/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="positionspolitics.org/p-kerim-friedman-yes-taiwan-can-help-but-not-if-it-continues-to-ignore-palestinian-voices/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">positionspolitics.org/p-kerim-</span><span class="invisible">friedman-yes-taiwan-can-help-but-not-if-it-continues-to-ignore-palestinian-voices/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/taiwan/" rel="tag">#Taiwan</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a></p>

<p>NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#civilrights</a></p>

<p>Introducing the September/October 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover art by Adrià Volt, and stories by Michelle Pitcher, Julie Poole, Francesca D&#x27;Annunzio and more. </p><p>Become a member to get our magazine 6 times per year: <a href="https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.fundjournalism.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/join/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a></p>

<p>“This is the most massive secrecy grab in <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> since the adoption of the Public Information Act.” </p><p>New today from Michelle Pitcher: A move to &quot;standardize&quot; <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> personnel files could have devastating consequences for <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#transparency</a>. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-</span><span class="invisible">g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a></p>

<p>😂 😂 😂 </p><p>We just had a blizzard in the Northeast <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> and in <a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#NYC</a> a news reporter just wanted some empty chatter about the weather</p><p>But her interview subject had other ideas</p><p><a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a></p>

20 minute documentary “<a href="https://youtu.be/IcVR3qwdkgM" rel="nofollow">How to erase a people</a>“<p>on why settler-colonialism is an aboslute evil, how a people and their culture co-exist and evolve with nature, how their language is specific to their way of life, and how their way of life is shaped by the land on which they live. Ultimately, uprooting a people, forcing them to move to another land, necessarily destroys their way of life and erases their culture.</p><p><a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/westbank/" rel="tag">#WestBank</a> <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#Genocide</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/settlercolonialism/" rel="tag">#SettlerColonialism</a></p>80 minute documentary film “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQHUro6u6Kc" rel="nofollow">Israelism</a>“ (by Vice, on YouTube)<p>This film makes very clear what motivates Jewish pro-Palestinian people in the US to protest, and how their Jewish faith makes their conviction in peace and humanitarianism so powerful.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/freepalestine/" rel="tag">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="/tags/judaism/" rel="tag">#Judaism</a> <a href="/tags/simonezimmerman/" rel="tag">#SimoneZimmerman</a> <a href="/tags/ifnotnow/" rel="tag">#IfNotNow</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a></p>

<p>The Open Rights Group is a UK non-profit campaigning for digital rights, privacy and civil liberties online. They&#x27;ve created a video account you can follow here:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{&#x27;type&#x27;: &#x27;Link&#x27;, &#x27;href&#x27;: &#x27;https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/a/openrightsgroup/video-channels&#x27;, &#x27;mediaType&#x27;: &#x27;text/html&#x27;}, {&#x27;type&#x27;: &#x27;Link&#x27;, &#x27;href&#x27;: &#x27;https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/a/openrightsgroup&#x27;, &#x27;mediaType&#x27;: &#x27;text/html&#x27;}, {&#x27;type&#x27;: &#x27;Link&#x27;, &#x27;href&#x27;: &#x27;https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/accounts/openrightsgroup&#x27;, &#x27;mediaType&#x27;: &#x27;text/html&#x27;}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openrightsgroup</span></a></span> </p><p>They&#x27;ve already uploaded 10 videos, if these haven&#x27;t federated to your server yet you can browse them all at <a href="https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/a/openrightsgroup/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="peertube.openrightsgroup.org/a/openrightsgroup/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peertube.openrightsgroup.org/a</span><span class="invisible">/openrightsgroup/videos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow their non-video account at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="/tags/civilliberties/" rel="tag">#CivilLiberties</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a> <a href="/tags/unitedkingdom/" rel="tag">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>

<p>🇨🇦 👋 40 Ways to Fight the Far-Right: In Canada</p><p>This guide offers ideas for people of all backgrounds, identities, and skill levels. While we encourage people to show up in person, there are also many options for people who aren’t able to do that.</p><p>Together, these actions present a variety of tactics which raise the cost of participation in far-right movements and, we believe, will keep communities safer. </p><p><a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#Extremism</a> <br><a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#Community</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#Cdnpoli</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/socialjustice/" rel="tag">#SocialJustice</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.antihate.ca/40ways" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.antihate.ca/40ways</a></p>

<p>✏️ Sign the EU citizens’ initiative for the full suspension of the EU–Israel Association Agreement:</p><p><a href="https://eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/liberty/" rel="tag">#Liberty</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#NoKings</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/migrantsrights/" rel="tag">#MigrantsRights</a> <a href="/tags/patreon/" rel="tag">#Patreon</a> <a href="/tags/agoodworld/" rel="tag">#AGoodWorld</a> <a href="/tags/statusquo/" rel="tag">#StatusQuo</a> <a href="/tags/corporategreed/" rel="tag">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#Capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/taxtherich/" rel="tag">#TaxTheRich</a> <a href="/tags/arresttherich/" rel="tag">#ArrestTheRich</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#Autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#Tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/dirtypoliticians/" rel="tag">#DirtyPoliticians</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/150475019" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.patreon.com/posts/150475019"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.patreon.com/posts/15047501</span><span class="invisible">9</span></a></p>

<p>Massive <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> raid on <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> apartment building leaves residents reeling: &#x27;I feel defeated&#x27;</p><p><a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> said federal agents with <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a>, the <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> &amp; the <a href="/tags/atf/" rel="tag">#ATF</a> arrested 37 people in the raid.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcoup2/" rel="tag">#TrumpCoup2</a> <br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati</span><span class="invisible">on/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> Is Cracking Down on <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a>.<br>Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.</p><p>Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/rendition/" rel="tag">#Rendition</a> <a href="/tags/statesponsoredabduction/" rel="tag">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#Tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/chicago-ice-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/chicago-ice-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/</span><span class="invisible">chicago-ice-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>

<p>In 1992, Cicih Sukaesih led fellow Indonesian factory workers in a strike, part of a movement that led Nike to create its first code of conduct.</p><p>She&#x27;s proud of the example she set. But she described her work as incomplete, as problems remain, including chronically low wages.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-factory-workers-rights-indonesia-advocate?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nike-factory-workers-rights-indonesia-advocate?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nik</span><span class="invisible">e-factory-workers-rights-indonesia-advocate?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nike/" rel="tag">#Nike</a> <a href="/tags/indonesia/" rel="tag">#Indonesia</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/union/" rel="tag">#Union</a> <a href="/tags/strike/" rel="tag">#Strike</a> <a href="/tags/workers/" rel="tag">#Workers</a> <a href="/tags/advocacy/" rel="tag">#Advocacy</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a></p>

<p>Out today from Gus Bova: Highlights of our newest issue include criminal justice reporting from Michelle Pitcher, exploring <a href="/tags/houston/" rel="tag">#Houston</a> culture with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span>, the war over homelessness policy with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stevanzetti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevanzetti</span></a></span>, and much more. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-january-february-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-january-february-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/editors-</span><span class="invisible">letter-january-february-2026/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/gulfcoast/" rel="tag">#GulfCoast</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>

<p>If you or someone you know in Minnesota has had an encounter with federal agents, the State Attorney General wants to know about any issues or violations of your rights that took place.</p><p>These reports will help in future prosecutions of ICE and other persons involved in the violation of anyone&#x27;s constitutional rights via police state violence or intimidation.</p><p>File a report here: <a href="https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Act</span><span class="invisible">ion/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a></p>

<p>An average worker at the foreign factories that make Nike’s goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says.</p><p>None of the workers The Oregonian/OregonLive spoke with in Nike’s second-largest production hub said they earned that much.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-wages-clothing-shoe-factory-indonesia?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nike-wages-clothing-shoe-factory-indonesia?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nik</span><span class="invisible">e-wages-clothing-shoe-factory-indonesia?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/indonesia/" rel="tag">#Indonesia</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/work/" rel="tag">#Work</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/nike/" rel="tag">#Nike</a> <a href="/tags/wages/" rel="tag">#Wages</a></p>

<p>📌 The demolition by Israeli authorities of the facilities of the 🔵 <a href="/tags/unitednations/" rel="tag">#UnitedNations</a> Relief and Works Agency for <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a> Refugees (UNRWA) in <a href="/tags/eastjerusalem/" rel="tag">#EastJerusalem</a> constitutes a serious violation of Israel’s obligations as an occupying power </p><p>🔹 It reflects a deliberate <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> to undermine the United Nations, reduce its presence and role in the city, and impose new on-the-ground and administrative realities that entrench Israeli control <br>--</p><p>Euro-Med <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> Monitor JAN-20</p><p><a href="https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6965/Israel%E2%80%99s-demolition-of-UNRWA-facilities-undermines-UN,-imposes-de-facto-annexation-in-East-Jerusalem" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6965/Israel%E2%80%99s-demolition-of-UNRWA-facilities-undermines-UN,-imposes-de-facto-annexation-in-East-Jerusalem"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">euromedmonitor.org/en/article/</span><span class="invisible">6965/Israel%E2%80%99s-demolition-of-UNRWA-facilities-undermines-UN,-imposes-de-facto-annexation-in-East-Jerusalem</span></a></p>

<p>Each time a new privacy-invasive <br>feature like facial scanning is implemented, if people in majority comply and accept to use it, it will soon become normality, and other options will be marginalized or even removed entirely.</p><p>If each time a new privacy-invasive <br>feature is implemented people opted to refuse it, it would soon be discontinued.</p><p>Each individual opposition to privacy-invasive features matters. </p><p>It is an act of self-protection but, <br>perhaps even more importantly, <br>it is also an act of protest. </p><p>A protest against the normalization of mass surveillance and the loss of privacy rights.</p><p>The fact that there are other cameras around doesn&#x27;t mean that more cameras or additional scanning is not making things even worse.</p><p>If we do not refuse, <br>if we do not fight for our privacy rights, <br>we will lose them all.</p><p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/masssurveillance/" rel="tag">#MassSurveillance</a> <a href="/tags/ageverification/" rel="tag">#AgeVerification</a> <a href="/tags/facialrecognition/" rel="tag">#FacialRecognition</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#DigitalRights</a></p>

<p>中华人民共和国的种族主义与民族歧视<br>——以维吾尔人为例<br>Racism and Ethnic Discrimination in the PRC<br>The Case of the Uyghurs<br>原文：<a href="https://uyghurhjelp.org/2026/02/%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD%E7%9A%84%E7%A7%8D%E6%97%8F%E4%B8%BB%E4%B9%89%E5%92%8C%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F%E6%AD%A7%E8%A7%86%EF%BC%9A%E4%BB%A5%E7%BB%B4%E5%90%BE%E5%B0%94/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="uyghurhjelp.org/2026/02/%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD%E7%9A%84%E7%A7%8D%E6%97%8F%E4%B8%BB%E4%B9%89%E5%92%8C%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F%E6%AD%A7%E8%A7%86%EF%BC%9A%E4%BB%A5%E7%BB%B4%E5%90%BE%E5%B0%94/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uyghurhjelp.org/2026/02/%E4%B8</span><span class="invisible">%AD%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD%E7%9A%84%E7%A7%8D%E6%97%8F%E4%B8%BB%E4%B9%89%E5%92%8C%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F%E6%AD%A7%E8%A7%86%EF%BC%9A%E4%BB%A5%E7%BB%B4%E5%90%BE%E5%B0%94/</span></a><br><a href="/tags/uyghur/" rel="tag">#Uyghur</a> <a href="/tags/cerd/" rel="tag">#CERD</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a></p>

<p>Good News! 🚨👀</p><p>I am delighted to finally announce today what I&#x27;ve been working on in the past few weeks:</p><p>Privacy Guides&#x27; new Activism section! <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/infosec.exchange/awesome.png" class="emoji" alt=":awesome:" title=":awesome:"> <br><a href="https://privacyguides.org/activism/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>privacyguides.org/activism/</a> </p><p>The Activism section offers a new way to empower the digital rights community. It will progressively grow with more tools to support the community in its privacy activism effort, both for individuals and organizations 💛</p><p>As Privacy Guides&#x27; new Activism &amp; Outreach Lead, I will be working hard on developing this section even further in the coming weeks, adding many more tools to support our community.</p><p>I hope this can be a helpful resource for anyone who is ready to fight for privacy rights ✊🔒</p><p><a href="/tags/privacyguides/" rel="tag">#PrivacyGuides</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#Activism</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a></p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/116191613149406682" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mstdn.social/@Npars01/116191613149406682"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@Npars01/11619161</span><span class="invisible">3149406682</span></a></p><p>there are 800 billionaires in the United States. wouldn&#x27;t it be funny if there were a mapped directory of all their homes, businessses and properties? </p><p>let’s assume they consider themselves human. since they don&#x27;t believe in the human right to privacy, then we should apply their stalking of the rest of us to them. </p><p>n’est ce pas?</p><p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanRights</a></p>