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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

#Hegseth’s order, which has not been previously reported, adds another dimension to the campaign against suspected drug traffickers. Some current & former #US officials & #LawOfWar experts have said that the #Pentagon’s lethal campaign—which has killed more than 80 people to date—is #unlawful & may expose those most directly involved to future prosecution.

#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Carribean #Pacific #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers

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Rachel E. S. Lösche
@resl@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

If you understand Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), please let me know if you are also desperate to understand why MMT proponents seem unconcerned that there is effectively only one sovereign state and only one state whose status as global-reserve-currency-issuer is (de jure!) higher than that of any other.

#economics #MMT #MonetaryPolicy #InternationalLaw #geopolitics

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

#Hegseth’s order, which has not been previously reported, adds another dimension to the campaign against suspected drug traffickers. Some current & former #US officials & #LawOfWar experts have said that the #Pentagon’s lethal campaign—which has killed more than 80 people to date—is #unlawful & may expose those most directly involved to future prosecution.

#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Carribean #Pacific #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers

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Miguel Afonso Caetano
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

"Israel is breaching international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said.

In an interview during a recent visit to Brussels, Natalie Boucly, an Unrwa deputy commissioner general, said the whole world – including the EU and US – needed to increase the pressure on Israel’s government to ensure the unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza.

Unrwa has enough food, tents and other essentials to fill the equivalent of up to 6,000 trucks, Boucly said.

“As winter approaches and famine continues to grip the population, it is critical that all this aid is allowed into Gaza without delay,” she said. “Our supplies would be able to provide food … for the entire population for about three months. And that is sitting outside [in Jordan and Egypt], not able to come in. And that is the case for the other UN agencies because the restrictions and the constraints are still there.”

She estimated that only about half, “if that”, of the 500-600 daily truckloads needed were getting into the devastated territory."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/15/israel-breaching-international-law-by-limiting-gaza-aid-says-unrwa-official?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianAid

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Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official

Natalie Boucly says supplies are ready but only about half of what is needed is getting into territory
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Miguel Afonso Caetano
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

"Israel is breaching international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said.

In an interview during a recent visit to Brussels, Natalie Boucly, an Unrwa deputy commissioner general, said the whole world – including the EU and US – needed to increase the pressure on Israel’s government to ensure the unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza.

Unrwa has enough food, tents and other essentials to fill the equivalent of up to 6,000 trucks, Boucly said.

“As winter approaches and famine continues to grip the population, it is critical that all this aid is allowed into Gaza without delay,” she said. “Our supplies would be able to provide food … for the entire population for about three months. And that is sitting outside [in Jordan and Egypt], not able to come in. And that is the case for the other UN agencies because the restrictions and the constraints are still there.”

She estimated that only about half, “if that”, of the 500-600 daily truckloads needed were getting into the devastated territory."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/15/israel-breaching-international-law-by-limiting-gaza-aid-says-unrwa-official?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianAid

the Guardian

Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official

Natalie Boucly says supplies are ready but only about half of what is needed is getting into territory
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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#US #AircraftCarrier arrives in the #Caribbean in major buildup near #Venezuela

The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US #military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops & weaponry could signal for the #Trump admin’s purported drug enforcement campaign in #SouthAmerica.

#law #murder #Constitution #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #authoritarianism #despotism #Autocracy
https://apnews.com/article/aircraft-carrier-venezuela-trump-ford-strikes-drugs-241ea9e039d717b9f80f793922cb7cc9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-16-USS+Gerald+R.+Ford

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#US #AircraftCarrier arrives in the #Caribbean in major buildup near #Venezuela

The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US #military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops & weaponry could signal for the #Trump admin’s purported drug enforcement campaign in #SouthAmerica.

#law #murder #Constitution #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #authoritarianism #despotism #Autocracy
https://apnews.com/article/aircraft-carrier-venezuela-trump-ford-strikes-drugs-241ea9e039d717b9f80f793922cb7cc9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-16-USS+Gerald+R.+Ford

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

…They described routine beatings & humiliations, medical neglect, & severe punishments in an isolation cell referred to as la isla, or the island, according to MJ reporting. “What they did there was #torture us,” one of the men said.

#HRW & #Cristosal found similar evidence of abuse. They concluded that the #Venezuelans sent to #CECOT “were subjected to what amounts to arbitrary detention & enforced disappearance under international human rights law.”

#Trump #law #immigration #HumanRights

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

#HRW & #Cristosal also found detainees were subject to “constant beatings & other forms of ill-treatment,” including #SexualViolence. They noted guards withholding #food & #medicine. “Many of these abuses constitute #torture under international human rights #law,” the report says.

The #HumanRights orgs determined the #abuse was the result of “systematic violations,” rather than independent actions by guards & other ofcls at #CECOT.

#Trump #immigration #Rendition #InternationalLaw

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

As MJ & other outlets have reported extensively, most of the men had NO serious criminal history in the #US or elsewhere in the world. What they often had instead were #tattoos that bore NO relation to the gang.

The new report offers even more evidence of the #inhumane treatment the #Venezuelan #immigrants endured in #ElSalvador.

#Trump #law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #InternationalLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

#Beatings. #SexualAssault. #PsychologicalAbuse. These are some of the horrors endured by the >250 men the #UnitedStates sent to #ElSalvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, acc/to a new comprehensive report released on Wednesday by #HRW & #Cristosal, a #HumanRights group focused on #CentralAmerica.

#Trump #law #Constitution #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CECOT #DueProcess #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity
https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/11/12/you-have-arrived-in-hell/torture-and-other-abuses-against-venezuelans-in-el

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Venezuelan #military preparing #guerrilla response in case of #US attack

#Venezuela is deploying #weapons, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, & is planning to mount a guerrilla-style resistance or sow chaos in the event of a US air or ground attack, according to sources with knowledge of the efforts & planning documents seen by Reuters.

#Trump #law #WarPowers #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #InternationalLaw #LawOfArmedConflict #authoritarianism #autocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-military-preparing-guerrilla-response-case-us-attack-2025-11-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Venezuelan #military preparing #guerrilla response in case of #US attack

#Venezuela is deploying #weapons, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, & is planning to mount a guerrilla-style resistance or sow chaos in the event of a US air or ground attack, according to sources with knowledge of the efforts & planning documents seen by Reuters.

#Trump #law #WarPowers #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #InternationalLaw #LawOfArmedConflict #authoritarianism #autocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-military-preparing-guerrilla-response-case-us-attack-2025-11-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

…the #Trump admin has argued that the #US #military can legally kill suspected traffickers because they pose an imminent threat to Americans & are “enemy combatants” who are in an “armed conflict” with the US, acc/to a memo sent by the admin to #Congress. The #DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion, which is still classified, reinforcing that argument, …& Trump has designated a number of drug cartels as “foreign terrorist groups.”

#law #murder #DueProcess #WarPowers #InternationalLaw

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The White House has said repeatedly that the #Trump admin’s actions “comply fully with the Law of Armed Conflict,” the area of #InternationalLaw that is designed to prevent attacks on #civilians.

But legal experts say the #LawOfArmedConflict would still apply to civilian drug traffickers, & the designation of a group as a foreign #terrorist organization does not automatically authorize the use of lethal force.

#law #murder #DueProcess #WarPowers #Congress

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Good. Stop enabling the fascist #Trump regime’s #ExtrajudicialKillings

#UK suspends some #intelligence sharing with #US over boat strikes in major break

The #UnitedKingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the #Caribbean because it does not want to be #complicit in US #military strikes & believes the attacks are #illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

#law #murder #DueProcess #WarPowers #Congress
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us

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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics

The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

…the #Trump admin has argued that the #US #military can legally kill suspected traffickers because they pose an imminent threat to Americans & are “enemy combatants” who are in an “armed conflict” with the US, acc/to a memo sent by the admin to #Congress. The #DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion, which is still classified, reinforcing that argument, …& Trump has designated a number of drug cartels as “foreign terrorist groups.”

#law #murder #DueProcess #WarPowers #InternationalLaw

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Børge
@forteller@tutoteket.no  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Get genocided – get one free genocide!?

Will future Palestinians be allowed to do a tiny, little genocide also, or is it just the first group that gets genocided that can genocide someone else as a compensation? Is there some sort of percentage of the previous genocide that is allowed, or can they go all the way up to the original genocide numbers if they want?

Just want the rules to be clarified here. Thanks

#genocide #InternationalLaw #Israel #Palestine #Gaza

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

#Trump has accused boat crews of being *narco-terrorists*. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a fmr military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.

#law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #DueProcess #WarPowers #propaganda #AbuseOfPower #InternationalLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-07-AP+Investigation

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Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

#Trump has accused boat crews of being *narco-terrorists*. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a fmr military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.

#law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #DueProcess #WarPowers #propaganda #AbuseOfPower #InternationalLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-07-AP+Investigation

AP News

Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The men had little in common beyond their Venezuelan seaside hometowns & the fact all 4 were among the >60 people killed since early Sept when the US #military began attacking boats the #Trump admin alleges were smuggling drugs. Trump & top US ofcls alleged the craft were being operated by narco-terrorists & cartel members bound with deadly drugs for #US communities.

#law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #DueProcess #WarPowers #propaganda #AbuseOfPower #InternationalLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

#Trump has accused boat crews of being *narco-terrorists*. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a fmr military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.

#law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #DueProcess #WarPowers #propaganda #AbuseOfPower #InternationalLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-07-AP+Investigation

AP News

Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last month

#Senate #Democrats renewed their request for more info about the strikes in a [strongly worded] letter on Friday to Secy of State #MarcoRubio, DNI #TulsiGabbard & #Hegseth.

"We also request that you provide all legal opinions related to these strikes & a list of the groups or other entities the President has deemed targetable," the senators wrote.

#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers #AbuseOfPower #Autocracy #MafiaState

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last month

The #US #military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the #Caribbean Sea, #Defense Sec #PeteHegseth announced.

#Hegseth in a social media posting said the vessel was operated by a US designated terrorist organization but did not name which group was targeted. He said 3 people were killed in the strike.

#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #fascism
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/02/nx-s1-5594753/us-strike-caribbean-kills-3-drug-smugglers

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