Patrick Lawrence: Free Speech & Its Enemies
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/30/patrick-lawrence-free-speech-its-enemies/
Europe is convulsing as its “centrist” authoritarians impose an unprecedented regime of suppression of speech, but the mainstream media in America is silent about it. By Patrick Lawrence The Floutist This is the first of two essays The Floutist publishes, one glancing back…
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Patrick Lawrence: Free Speech & Its Enemies

Europe is convulsing as its “centrist” authoritarians impose an unprecedented regime of suppression of speech, but the mainstream media in America is silent about it. By Patrick Lawrence The Floutist This is the first of two essays The Floutist publishes, one glancing back and the other f

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I re-watched 'St. Elmo's Fire' for its 40th anniversary and it definitely hits different

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#Georgetown scholar recalls terror and ‘mockery of due process’ in immigration jail

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By OLIVIA DIAZ and BEN FINLEY
Updated 6:34 PM EDT, May 23, 2025

"Then Khan Suri had to use the plane’s bathroom. He said the guards refused to unshackle his wrists.

“They said, ‘No, you have to use it like this or do it in your trousers,’” #KhanSuri recalled of the trip, taking him to a Louisiana detention center. “They were behaving as if we were animals.”"

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Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail

A Georgetown University scholar who was targeted for deportation by the Trump administration said he was terrified in immigration jail. Badar Khan Suri told The Associated Press of using a toilet in a cramped open cell and hugging a prayer rug as if it were his son. He said it took several days to talk to his attorneys. Khan Suri was released on bond last week as his lawsuit against the U.S. government’s deportation case continues. The Trump administration denied any inhumane treatment or lack of due process. The administration said it revoked Khan Suri’s visa because he was spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism.

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Student Jailed for Writing Op-Ed Released From US Detention
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Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Boston at the weekend after being released less than 24 hours after courts ruled that Badar Khan Suri’s case must be heard in Virginia and Mahmoud Khalil’s case must remain in New Jersey. By Julia Conley…
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Student Jailed for Writing Op-Ed Released from US Detention

Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Boston at the weekend after being released less than 24 hours after courts ruled that Badar Khan Suri's case must be heard in Virginia and Mahmoud Khalil's case must remain in New Jersey. By Julia Conley Common Dreams Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, jaile

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LPGA commissioner search narrows, two golf industry leaders emerge

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The LPGA’s search for its 10th commissioner is nearing the home stretch, sources tell Golfweek, and the short list now includes Korn Ferry Tour president Alex Baldwin and PGA of America Chief Operating Officer Craig Kessler.Who is Alex Baldwin?Baldwin was a candidate in 2021 as well, but ultimately took her name out of the race. In January of 2019, Baldwin made history as the first female to lead one of the PGA Tour’s global tours as president. As head of the Pathway Tours, she also oversees PGA Tour University and the Tour’s Qualifying Tournament. Prior to joining the PGA

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francesca albanese will  continue to serve as u.n. special rapporteur until 30 april 2028

from Petition for Peace https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18BR8dELMq/

Ms. Francesca Albanese will continue to serve as Special Rapporteur until 30 April 2028, a spokesperson for the United Nations Human Rights Council said after the vote today in Geneva by the UNHRC to retain her.

The United Nations Human Rights Council today has defied the efforts of Israel, the US, and others blind to the War Crimes of Israel to unseat Ms. Francesca Albanese Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.  Ms. Albanese has been under a ferocious smear campaign for many months by deniers of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, which Ms.Albanese warned about in October 2023, and had continued to document, including her report “Anatomy Of A Genocide” in April 2024:
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/anatomy-of-a-genocide-report-of-the-special-rapporteur-on-the-situation-of-human-rights-in-the-palestinian-territory-occupied-since-1967-to-human-rights-council-advance-unedited-version-a-hrc-55/

Ms. Francesca Albanese was appointed the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, by the Human Rights Council at its 49th session in March 2022 and has taken up her function as of 1 May 2022. Ms. Albanese is an Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University, as well as a Senior Advisor on Migration and Forced Displacement for a think-tank, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD). She has widely published on the legal situation in Israel and the State of Palestine and regularly teaches and lectures on international law and forced displacement at universities in Europe and the Arab region. Ms. Albanese has also worked as a human rights expert for the United Nations, including the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees.

The Special Rapporteur is an independent expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to follow and report on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The task of the Special Rapporteur is to assess the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, report publicly about it, and work with governments, civil society and others to foster international cooperation. The Special Rapporteur undertakes regular visits or missions to the Occupied Palestinian Territory and reports annually to the Human Rights Council. OHCHR provides the mandate holder with logistical and technical assistance.

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur derives from the 1993 resolution from the Committee of Human Rights. The mandate calls on the Special Rapporteur:
a. To investigate Israel’s violations of the principles and bases of international law, international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
b. To receive communications, to hear witnesses, and to use such modalities of procedure as he may deem necessary for his mandate; and
c. To report, with his conclusions and recommendations, to the Commission on Human Rights at its future sessions, until the end of the Israeli occupation of those territories.

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francesca albanese will  continue to serve as u.n. special rapporteur until 30 april 2028

from Petition for Peace https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18BR8dELMq/

Ms. Francesca Albanese will continue to serve as Special Rapporteur until 30 April 2028, a spokesperson for the United Nations Human Rights Council said after the vote today in Geneva by the UNHRC to retain her.

The United Nations Human Rights Council today has defied the efforts of Israel, the US, and others blind to the War Crimes of Israel to unseat Ms. Francesca Albanese Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.  Ms. Albanese has been under a ferocious smear campaign for many months by deniers of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, which Ms.Albanese warned about in October 2023, and had continued to document, including her report “Anatomy Of A Genocide” in April 2024:
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/anatomy-of-a-genocide-report-of-the-special-rapporteur-on-the-situation-of-human-rights-in-the-palestinian-territory-occupied-since-1967-to-human-rights-council-advance-unedited-version-a-hrc-55/

Ms. Francesca Albanese was appointed the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, by the Human Rights Council at its 49th session in March 2022 and has taken up her function as of 1 May 2022. Ms. Albanese is an Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University, as well as a Senior Advisor on Migration and Forced Displacement for a think-tank, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD). She has widely published on the legal situation in Israel and the State of Palestine and regularly teaches and lectures on international law and forced displacement at universities in Europe and the Arab region. Ms. Albanese has also worked as a human rights expert for the United Nations, including the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees.

The Special Rapporteur is an independent expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to follow and report on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The task of the Special Rapporteur is to assess the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, report publicly about it, and work with governments, civil society and others to foster international cooperation. The Special Rapporteur undertakes regular visits or missions to the Occupied Palestinian Territory and reports annually to the Human Rights Council. OHCHR provides the mandate holder with logistical and technical assistance.

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur derives from the 1993 resolution from the Committee of Human Rights. The mandate calls on the Special Rapporteur:
a. To investigate Israel’s violations of the principles and bases of international law, international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
b. To receive communications, to hear witnesses, and to use such modalities of procedure as he may deem necessary for his mandate; and
c. To report, with his conclusions and recommendations, to the Commission on Human Rights at its future sessions, until the end of the Israeli occupation of those territories.

#AnatomyOfAGenocide #ArabRenaissanceForDemocracyAndDevelopment #ARDD #CommitteeOfHumanRights #FrancescaAlbanese #Gaza #GenevaConvention #genocide #genocideAgainstPalestinians #GeorgetownUniversity #humanRights #HumanRightsCouncil #internationalCooperation #internationalHumanitarianLaw #internationalLaw #Israel #NazioniUnite #OHCHR #Onu #Palestine #PalestinianTerritories #ProtectionOfCivilianPersonsInTimeOfWar #SpecialRapporteur #UN #UNHRC #UnitedNations #UnitedNationsHumanRightsCouncil #warCrimes #WestBank

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Georgetown University student detained by immigration authorities

Badar Khan Suri, an Indian academic on a student visa, is being held at a deportation facility in Louisiana.

🚨 Trump prosecutor goes OFF THE RAILS with horrific move

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Fellow Brethren are among over two dozen religious groups suing the United States federal government for infringing on religious liberty by having a policy of rounding up (purported) immigrants in houses of worship: https://mailchi.mp/brethren/newsline-special-feb-11-2025

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