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Actor and political pundit Russell Brand is facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault, London's Metropolitan Police announced on Friday, listing charges that span more than six years.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28120218

cross-posted from: https://hcommons.social/users/adachika192/statuses/114279540131463386

SEIU Launches $100,000 Ad Campaign & Holds 18 Rallies to Release Immigrant Activist (Payday Report, 2025-04-03)

"This week, SEIU launched a major six-figure ad campaign to demand the release of a Turkish national, Tufts University Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk, a member of SEIU 509, who had been involved in Palestinian protests

"Such a large ad buy by a union to protest the detention by #ICE of one union member is unprecedented. Not only did #SEIU buy the ads, but they organized 18 protests nationwide demanding her release."

"As immigrants are illegally deported and detained, more and more unions are stepping up to protest these detentions."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27776806

Shortly after they landed, according to court filings, El Salvador apparently refused to take them. So they were shipped back, to be locked up again on American soil.

Now, for the first time, two of those women are speaking out in an interview with NBC News, describing the chaos they say they witnessed during the Trump administration’s deportation efforts and how, they allege, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deceived them about where they were being taken.

“We were lied to,” said one of the women, Heymar Padilla Moyetones, 24. “They told us we were going to Venezuela, and it turns out that, no. When we arrived at our destination, that’s when they told us we were in El Salvador.”

Trump administration officials have said all of the people it has sent to El Salvador were Venezuelans who were carefully vetted and had clear ties to Tren de Aragua, a gang from Venezuela that the administration has designated a terrorist organization.

But the vetting process apparently did not include determining whether El Salvador would accept female detainees.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250404115848/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/two-women-trump-admin-tried-send-el-salvador-prison-speak-rcna198958

Archive part 1, part 2

Cooperation with federal authorities tests bounds of law and policy, stirs fear in immigrant communities

Archived at https://archive.is/FGQpI

• Large protests are expected across the U.S. on Saturday to express voice discontent with President Trump's administration.
• Organizers aim to make the protests accessible by holding events in many places, including small towns.
• The protests reflect growing momentum and dissatisfaction with Trump's policies on immigration, transgender rights, and the firing of federal workers.

https://archive.ph/089uC

Summary

Harvard faculty are organizing against fears the university will yield to Trump administration pressure after federal threats to revoke $9B in grants over alleged campus antisemitism.

Critics see President Alan Garber's vague response as appeasement. Trump’s actions mirror broader crackdowns on activism nationwide.

Over 600 faculty signed letters urging resistance and legal action. Faculty unions and national groups like AAUP have launched lawsuits and coalitions.

Despite recent program suspensions and resignations, many argue Harvard’s $53B endowment positions it to defend academic independence and resist political interference.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250404120620/https://georgiarecorder.com/briefs/georgia-gop-legislators-push-11th-hour-surprise-to-further-shield-themselves-from-open-records-law/

Heard Island and McDonald Island, two Antarctic outposts, are on the list of places that Trump is putting tariffs on. No human has even visited the islands in a decade. There are only penguins and elephant seals.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250404115842/https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-ice-tried-failed-send-torture-victim-mexico-deport-adriana-quiroz-zapata-ice-colombia

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250404115712/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-student-detainees-louisiana-mahmoud-khalil-alireza-doroudi-rcna198959

Related WSJ, "Inside Columbia Student Mahmoud Khalil’s ICE Detention Center: Detainees are woken for breakfast at 3:30 and sleep in bunk beds, advocates say" (archived)

edit; original headline, "Detained students sent to remote ICE facilities in Louisiana accused of human rights abuses," rephrased for additional clarity

Archived at https://archive.is/fxCdt

In some parts of the state, misdemeanor defendants routinely face charges without representation.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250404120709/https://www.nj.com/essex/2025/04/14-year-old-charged-with-killing-newark-cop-to-be-charged-as-adult-feds-say.html

Thirty employees—including 11 lab heads—at the institute should “immediately return to work,” according to an email the institute’s Office of Human Resources sent to top administration at the institute Wednesday evening.

Trump had sought to bring a suit against former MI6 officer Christopher Steele who authored the so-called Steele dossier which alleged the US leader had been compromised by Russian agents.

https://archive.ph/GTIXj