U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has scaled back a key government report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of countries such as El Salvador and Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/world/politics/us-state-department-trump-human-rights/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #marcorubio #humanrights #us #donaldtrump #republicans #elsalvador #nayibbukele #lgbtq #israel #jairbolsonaro

The Trump administration plans to scale back criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia over human rights, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing drafts of the State Department's annual human rights report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/us-human-rights-el-salvador-israel-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #humanrights #elsalvador #israel #russia #us #donaldtrump #republicans #benjaminnetanyahu #lgbtq

@thejapantimes On the plus side, #Israel is being publicly lumped in with #ElSalvador and #Russia in terms of #HumanRights now, and that's being tacitly acknowledged by the #Whitehouse...

I suppose that's at least a theoretical accidentally useful thing to come out of this abomination.

The Trump administration plans to scale back criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia over human rights, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing drafts of the State Department's annual human rights report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/us-human-rights-el-salvador-israel-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #humanrights #elsalvador #israel #russia #us #donaldtrump #republicans #benjaminnetanyahu #lgbtq

Lawyers for Venezuelans sent to a prison in El Salvador say new evidence "contradicts” the U.S. government’s assertions that Salvadoran officials have legal authority over the men. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/world/politics/lawyers-trump-el-salvador-prisons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #elsalvador #immigration #us #donaldtrump #republicans

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#KilmarAbregoGarcia said he suffered severe #beatings, severe #SleepDeprivation & #psychological #torture in the notorious #ElSalvador prison #Trump deported him to in March, acc/to court docs filed Wed.

He said he was kicked & hit so often after arrival that by the following day, he had visible bruises & lumps all over his body. He said he & 20 others were forced to kneel all night long & guards hit anyone who fell.

#law#HumanRights#CrimesAgainstHumanity #immigration
https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation-mistake-salvadoran-prison-40ce4ab7e93517e018715943afa0464e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-02-Breaking+News

#KilmarAbregoGarcia said he suffered severe #beatings, severe #SleepDeprivation & #psychological #torture in the notorious #ElSalvador prison #Trump deported him to in March, acc/to court docs filed Wed.

He said he was kicked & hit so often after arrival that by the following day, he had visible bruises & lumps all over his body. He said he & 20 others were forced to kneel all night long & guards hit anyone who fell.

#law#HumanRights#CrimesAgainstHumanity #immigration
https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation-mistake-salvadoran-prison-40ce4ab7e93517e018715943afa0464e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-02-Breaking+News

…The new details of #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s incarceration in #ElSalvador were added to a lawsuit against the #Trump admin that Abrego Garcia’s wife filed in Maryland federal court after he was deported.

…On March 15, Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador & sent to the country’s mega-prison known as the Terrorism Confinement Center, or #CECOT.

#law#HumanRights#CrimesAgainstHumanity #immigration

#KilmarAbregoGarcia said he suffered severe #beatings, severe #SleepDeprivation & #psychological #torture in the notorious #ElSalvador prison #Trump deported him to in March, acc/to court docs filed Wed.

He said he was kicked & hit so often after arrival that by the following day, he had visible bruises & lumps all over his body. He said he & 20 others were forced to kneel all night long & guards hit anyone who fell.

#law#HumanRights#CrimesAgainstHumanity #immigration
https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation-mistake-salvadoran-prison-40ce4ab7e93517e018715943afa0464e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-02-Breaking+News

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to deport migrant Kilmar Abrego for a second time but does not plan to send him back to El Salvador, where he was wrongly deported in March. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/world/trump-abrego-trial-deport/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #venezuela #elsalvador #us #republicans #donaldtrump #immigration #kilmarabregogarcia #humanrights