5 h. ago I witnessed US cruelty as a Guantánamo lawyer. Trump’s deportations are disturbingly familiar | Mark Denbeaux

The government’s claims against detainees were paper-thin and the process riddled with errors. Now history is repeatingGuantánamo is a horror Americans have tried to forget. But the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) deportation regime resembles so many of Guantánamo’s evils that it compels comparison. That comparison reveals significant differences but frightening similarities.On 11 January 2002, the detention facility opened. The first detainees, in orange jumpsuits, hobbled along in a parade to show the press the success of the government in this battle of the “war on terror”.The detainee admits he was a cook’s assistant for Taliban forces in Narim, Afghanistan under the command of Haji Mullah Baki.Mark Denbeaux is professor emeritus at Seton Hall Law School and for 18 years represented four detainees held in Guantánamo who had endured torture by the CIA Continue reading...

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44 h. ago George Clooney's lawyer wife Amal could face BAN from US amid explosive Trump sanctions

George Clooney 's attorney wife Amal could face a ban from the US under proposed new sanctions from President Donald Trump.

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67 h. ago Mothers deported by Trump ‘denied’ chance to transfer custody of children, lawyer says

Two women and their children, who are US citizens, held in ‘complete isolation’ before being put on flight to HondurasTwo women who were deported to Honduras alongside their US citizen children were held in “complete isolation” and denied any opportunity to coordinate the care and custody of their children before being put on a flight, according to one of the lawyers representing them.The mothers were unable to contact attorneys or loved ones, and were not allowed the option to transfer the custody of their citizen children to another parent or caregiver, said Gracie Willis, an attorney with the National Immigration Project who is representing one of the families and coordinating with the team representing the other family. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago NY attorney general’s lawyer urges Justice Dept. to reject Trump official’s call for criminal probe

A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday urged the Justice Department to refuse a Trump administration official’s request to prosecute the Democrat for mortgage fraud, calling it “improper political retribution” based on “long-disproven allegations.”

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8 d. ago Inside Place in the Sun star Jasmine Harman's 'vegan' home with 'cruelty

A Place in the Sun host Jasmine Harman transformed her London home into a vegan sanctuary that boasts a "cruelty-free" living room as well as opulent spaces for both adults and kids

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9 d. ago Jennifer Garner slammed for 'animal cruelty' after filming shocking video with her pet cat

The Alias actress randomly filmed her feline in her arms as she spun him around in her living room.

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2 w. ago Woman born in the US gets email from DHS telling her it’s time to leave the country

Connecticut doctor Lisa Anderson receives disturbing message from Department of Homeland Security ordering her to self-deport, despite being an American citizen born in Pennsylvania

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2 w. ago Vile Seattle woman, 30, says her pit bull is ENTITLED to maul other people's pets

Sydney Kelly, 30, was charged with animal cruelty for failing to intervene in the disturbing attack on Friday.

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2 w. ago Mother axes her baby and two young children to death before taking her son, seven, to visit his grandparents because she 'did not have the strength to deal with him'

Mytko is under investigation for the multiple murders of her children 'with particular cruelty' in Kansk, Krasnoyarsk region on April 14.

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2 w. ago Immigration lawyer 'deported' via Team Trump email...but they made huge mistake

US citizen Nicole Micheroni was stunned when she opened the letter from the Department of Homeland Security on Friday morning.

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3 w. ago Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes

Alice Fraser thought she was being paranoid until her lawyer advised her jokes about Donald Trump and Elon Musk could be scrutinised at US airportElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAn award-winning Australian comedian has cancelled a planned trip to the US after receiving legal advice that she could be stopped at the border due to her previous jokes about the Trump administration.Alice Fraser, who has appeared on Australia’s ABC and the BBC and toured internationally, was due to head to New York in the first week of May to promote her recently published book.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Josef Fritzl claims Donald Trump is 'sending him secret messages through hand signals,' lawyer says as the incest monster's bid for freedom continues

Fritzl was jailed for life for the shocking rape and imprisonment of his daughter, who he fathered seven children with, for 24 years in a dungeon built under the family home in Austria.

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4 w. ago Shocking photos show inside house where man says he was held captive for 20 years

The man's stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, is charged with kidnapping, cruelty to persons and other crimes

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4 w. ago US watchdog halts Apple cases after Trump picks group’s lawyer for top job

National Labor Relations Board freezes pair of disputes after Crystal Carey nominated as agency’s general counsel

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4 w. ago Police release shocking photos from inside Connecticut home where man was allegedly held captive for 20 years

Kimberly Sullivan was arrested and charged with assault, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, cruelty and reckless endangerment

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