Hacker News with Generative AI: Human Rights

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived (nytimes.com)
“It’s the unmarked cars,” a friend who grew up under an Argentine dictatorship said. He had watched the video of the Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction. In the video, which Khalil’s wife recorded, she asks for the names of the men in plainclothes who handcuffed her husband.
Police Brutality, Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Human Rights, Journalism
38 points by tastyface 7 hours ago | 9 comments
In Alien Enemies Case, Many with Open Asylum Claims Allegedly Removed (lawfaremedia.org)
The Trump administration is wrongfully removing individuals with open asylum cases to an El Salvador mega-prison for terrorists.
Immigration, Law, Human Rights, Politics, Trump Administration
6 points by hn_acker 15 hours ago | 0 comments
The Lawless Evil of Denying Due Process (techdirt.com)
The U.S. government just demonstrated exactly why due process matters. In what should be a shocking admission, the Trump administration revealed in court that it had made a bit of an oopsie (they call it an “administrative error”) — one that resulted in trafficking a Maryland father with protected legal status to a Salvadoran prison. Their response to this horrific mistake? Not contrition or attempts to fix it, but rather an argument that U.S.
Politics, Law, Human Rights
9 points by hn_acker 2 days ago | 1 comments
US accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian prison, can't get him back (independent.co.uk)
The Trump administration accidentally sent a Salvadorian immigrant to a notorious Salvadorian prison and says it can’t do anything to get him back.
Immigration, International Relations, Government, Legal Issues, Human Rights
220 points by croes 2 days ago | 145 comments
'You're His Property': How One Sheriff Used Inmate Labor on His Family Farm (nytimes.com)
In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local sheriff and his associates, a new investigation found.
Prison Labor, Corruption, Mississippi, Law Enforcement, Human Rights
34 points by whack 6 days ago | 5 comments
Iran using drones and apps to enforce women's dress code (bbc.com)
Iran is using drones and intrusive digital technology to crush dissent, especially among women who refuse to obey the Islamic republic's strict dress code, the United Nations has said.
Iran, Surveillance, Women's Rights, Technology, Human Rights
38 points by gnabgib 7 days ago | 6 comments
Masked homeland security abducting foreign graduate student from Tufts (apnews.com)
A Turkish national who is a doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by federal agents without explanation, her lawyer said on Wednesday.
Immigration, Law Enforcement, Higher Education, Human Rights, International Relations
152 points by pmags 7 days ago | 26 comments
RSF condemns China state-backed smear campaign against French journalists (rsf.org)
Two French journalists have been targeted by a massive, ongoing cyber harassment campaign amplified by Chinese state propaganda outlets for their participation in a report on the investigative programme Cash Investigation, aired on the public television channel France 2. The episode revealed that Decathlon, a French outdoor goods and sportswear company, heavily subcontracts to a Chinese company accused by the US Congress and the United Nations of using Uyghur forced labour.
Journalism, China, Human Rights, Censorship, France
6 points by suraci 8 days ago | 9 comments
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced (time.com)
On the night of Saturday, March 15, three planes touched down in El Salvador, carrying 261 men deported from the United States.
Venezuela, El Salvador, Immigration, Deportation, Human Rights
10 points by perihelions 11 days ago | 0 comments
US 'deletes evidence' of Russia's kidnap of Ukrainian children (independent.co.uk)
An international effort to trace and rescue tens of thousands of children kidnapped from Ukraine to Russia and prosecute those responsible has been crippled by the US state department’s deletion of evidence.
Ukraine, Russia, International Relations, War Crimes, Human Rights
27 points by croes 14 days ago | 1 comments
A Billion-Dollar ICE Contractor Pays Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work (propublica.org)
GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.
Immigration, Labor Rights, Human Rights, Law, Business
17 points by hn_acker 14 days ago | 4 comments
Iran is using drones and apps to catch women who aren't wearing hijabs (cnn.com)
Iran, Technology, Surveillance, Women's Rights, Human Rights
13 points by zfg 19 days ago | 6 comments
Is It Constitutional to Deport Immigrants for Political Speech? (reason.com)
Immigrant students who express sympathy for Hamas will have their visas and green cards revoked so that deportation proceedings may be brought against them, Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted to X on Monday.
Politics, Law, Immigration, Human Rights
16 points by clcaev 22 days ago | 2 comments
Mahmoud Khalil's treatment should not happen in a democracy (theguardian.com)
Forced disappearance, kidnapping, political imprisonment – take your pick. These terms all describe what has happened with the Trump administration’s first arrest for thought crimes, something that should never happen in a democracy.
Politics, Human Rights, Democracy, Law
11 points by n1b0m 23 days ago | 16 comments
Former Philippine president Duterte flown to the ICC, crimes against humanity (bbc.com)
A plane carrying the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has left Manila, hours after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly "war on drugs".
International Law, Philippines, Human Rights, Politics
14 points by chaoskanzlerin 23 days ago | 1 comments
Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access 'weaponised' (theguardian.com)
Digital blackouts reached a record high in 2024 in Africa as more governments sought to keep millions of citizens off the internet than in any other period over the last decade.
Internet Shutdowns, Africa, Censorship, Human Rights, Politics
289 points by adrian_mrd 24 days ago | 259 comments
Decathlon's Chinese subcontractor is suspected of using forced Uyghur labor [video] (youtube.com)
Human Rights, China, Labor, Supply Chain, Video
13 points by suraci 24 days ago | 0 comments
Myanmar scam centres: Thousands who have been freed are now stuck in camps (bbc.com)
"I swear to God I need help," said the man quietly on the other end of the line.
Myanmar, Scams, Human Rights, Crime, Social Issues
8 points by speckx 28 days ago | 0 comments
The Secret Campaign in China to Save a Woman Chained by the Neck (nytimes.com)
Three years ago, a video blogger stumbled on a shack in a tiny village in rural China.
Human Rights, China, Social Media, Activism
12 points by erickhill 29 days ago | 0 comments
List of people indicted in the International Criminal Court (wikipedia.org)
The list of people who have been indicted in the International Criminal Court includes all individuals who have been indicted on any counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, aggression, or contempt of court in the International Criminal Court (ICC) pursuant to the Rome Statute.
International Law, War Crimes, Human Rights, Criminal Justice
6 points by vinnyglennon 31 days ago | 0 comments
Thailand Deports Uyghurs to China, Activists Say (nytimes.com)
Thailand on Thursday deported some 40 Uyghur asylum seekers back to China, according to rights groups, ignoring warnings from activists and foreign governments that the men would possibly face torture and long-term imprisonment upon their return.
Human Rights, China, Thailand, Uyghurs
24 points by instagib 35 days ago | 3 comments
Mexico keeps finding clandestine graves (elpais.com)
Immersed in a crisis of violence that seems to have no end, Mexico is adding up dozens of deaths and disappearances every day, as well as shootouts, exploding mines, drones that drop bombs... And then there are the mass graves, clandestine burials that have numbered in the thousands in recent years.
Mexico, Violence, Crime, Mass Graves, Human Rights
9 points by PaulHoule 40 days ago | 0 comments
UN judge forced woman to work as slave, court told (bbc.com)
A United Nations judge deceived a young woman into coming to the UK to work as her slave while she studied at the University of Oxford, a court has heard.
Human Rights, Law, UK, Courts
3 points by impish9208 45 days ago | 2 comments
Analysis: America's gulag': Trump's Guantánamo ploy tars migrants as terrorists (theguardian.com)
It has been denounced as “America’s gulag”: a secretive, abuse-ridden Caribbean prison camp for terror suspects that Donald Rumsfeld once said contained “the worst of the worst”.
Politics, Human Rights, Terrorism, Immigration
13 points by bobongo 63 days ago | 2 comments
Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps (oregoncapitalchronicle.com)
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intensifies its efforts to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants throughout the country, concern is rising among Indigenous communities residing in urban areas about reports of Indigenous people being detained in the Valley.
Immigration, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, Law Enforcement
17 points by mandmandam 67 days ago | 8 comments
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for 'persecuting Afghan women' (bbc.com)
The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan over the persecution of women and girls.
International Law, Afghanistan, Taliban, Human Rights, Women's Rights
6 points by walrus01 69 days ago | 0 comments
Tracing Military Command Chains Through Time and Location (dot.studio)
Under Whose Command, a new platform for command chain analysis in Myanmar, is the culmination of a year–long collaboration between DOT • STUDIO (our agency) and Tony Wilson and Tom Longley at Security Force Monitor (SFM) — an NGO situated at the Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School.
Military, Data Analysis, Myanmar, Human Rights, NGOs
103 points by Gigamouse 77 days ago | 29 comments
Proton: We're giving away over $1M to support a better internet (proton.me)
This year’s Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser was a record-breaking success, generating over $1 million to directly support organizations fighting for privacy, freedom of expression, and human rights worldwide.
Privacy, Human Rights, Nonprofits, Fundraising, Internet
147 points by teekert 79 days ago | 45 comments
The stories of survivors of the Rwandan Genocide (positivenewsus.org)
“Being welcomed by the man I wronged gives me hope.”
Rwandan Genocide, Survivors, Human Rights, Hope, Forgiveness
18 points by timermore 84 days ago | 1 comments
Surveillance and the suppression of civil society in Serbia (amnesty.org)
This report documents how Serbian authorities have deployed surveillance technology and digital repression tactics as instruments of wider state control and repression directed against civil society.
Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Serbia, Human Rights, Repression
71 points by walterbell 90 days ago | 44 comments