Alka Pradhan
@alkapradhan.bsky.social
Int'l human rights lawyer at Guantanamo & ICC. Penn Law prof. Chai, cheese, and hotteok connoisseur. I had hot sauce in my bag long before Beyoncé. No DoD opinions here; reposts are not confirmation/denial of classified info. She/Her
New in PN: A vote away from undoing the civil war "The only role for a functional SCOTUS would have been to deny a cert request by saying, 'Did the lower court stutter?' Instead, we came within one vote of letting the worst people in the country run roughshod over one of America's sacred compacts."
A vote away from undoing the civil war
The birthright citizenship ruling was a wake-up call, not a victory.
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I wrote about how Trump may have burned his bridges by rounding people up en masse and putting them in camps before the administration had managed to suppress dissent.
Shut them down, round them up
Trump's goons got the oppression flowchart backward. Now they aim to fix it.
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“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity. “You are not numbers or case files. “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV
It’s worth mentioning in every news story that this deal is substantially worse for the US, and far more lucrative for Iran, than the Obama nuclear deal Trump blew up almost a decade ago.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2mo agoMehr releases what it says are details of the Iran-US MoU:
The funny thing about “knives out for ODNI” is that it’s DHS that should be abolished and the earth underneath salted.
Last week, I had the great honor of giving the annual Uma and Ashis Nandy Lecture at UC San Diego - entitled "Worst of the Worst: The Long War on Rights." For those interested in the connection bw post-9/11 policies and the descent into fascism, link is below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77qI...
“Worst of the Worst: The Long War on Rights” - The 2026 Uma and Ashis Nandy Lecture at UC San Diego
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The headline here is that the US govt publicly (last week in open court in front of media and observers) used detainee letters to their families, obtained only via @icrc.org functions, as evidence in favor of using torture-acquired evidence in a death penalty trial. @icrc.org, any thoughts?
Gitmo Watch@gitmowatch.bsky.social · 4mo agoEngle argued that the USG’s use of Mr. bin ‘Atash’s @icrc.org letters to his family was “reckless,” and pointed out that the @icrc.org had specifically instructed the parties not to use ICRC documents and information in litigation because it would undermine their humanitarian work.
Granting ICRC access to detainees was a standard risk mitigation measure I used to recommend for U.S. work with military partners. Israel’s refusal to grant ICRC access after Oct 7th was a major red flag—especially after the Biden administration pressed the issue. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
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Listening to the 9/11 prosecution team once again defend/ promote torture - even though everyone knows they’re losing any chance at a trial - really highlights the accountability vacuum that got us to the present day. The current anti-law DOJ stands on the shoulders of the Gitmo MC prosecution team.
This was such a pleasure to moderate, and to learn from @davidakaye.bsky.social an @knundy.bsky.social about an issue that affects everyone around the world. Recording will be up in a few days!
And also this is accurate. The WHCD has long outlived its (dubious) purpose.
August J. Pollak@augustjpollak.bsky.social · 4mo ago“How dare you not show compassion here” say the defenders of a profession that has almost completely ignored the largest number of journalists murdered in a single year for two years in a row because they happen to be considered non-human by (checks notes) the guest of honor at this event.
Oh he’s speaking now? I think I will just wait like a responsible person and see what the actual facts end up being. As always, whenever it is possible to say in this country full of deadly weapons, I am glad no one was hurt.
And so please join us Thursday to hear our free speech/expression experts, @davidakaye.bsky.social and @knundy.bsky.social, speak abt how the rise of authoritarianism has resulted in this and other serious erosions of the right - and what we can do about it: www.ibanet.org/conference-d...
Enforcement or erasure: freedom of speech | International Bar Association
A webinar presented by the IBA Rule of Law Forum, supported by the IBA Human Rights Law Committee and the IBA Judges' Forum. Many international lawyers have noted increasing limits on freedom of speec...
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Adil Haque@adhaque.bsky.social · 4mo ago"There will be no live student speakers at CUNY School of Law or at NYU's school-specific ceremonies after former students gave speeches that were fiercely critical of Israel" "Columbia officials said there will not be a student speaker at the university’s main commencement" Disgraceful. Pathetic.
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Jameel Jaffer@jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 4mo agoThere's no legal basis for these boat strikes, and US officials involved in them should be prosecuted for attempted murder and murder. The OLC memo green-lighting the strikes is still secret, but there's nothing it could say that would make these strikes lawful. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
I am honored to have former UNSR @davidakaye.bsky.social and the formidable advocate @knundy.bsky.social joining me next Thursday for an IBA Rule of Law Forum discussion about safeguarding the right to freedom of expression - please join us! Registration (free) below👇🏾 www.ibanet.org/conference-d...
Enforcement or erasure: freedom of speech | International Bar Association
A webinar presented by the IBA Rule of Law Forum, supported by the IBA Human Rights Law Committee and the IBA Judges' Forum. Many international lawyers have noted increasing limits on freedom of speec...
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It is still a war crime to threaten violence with the intention of instilling terror in civilian populations, TACO or not. It's in the Geneva Conventions and it's in the DoD Law of War Manual. That crime has already been committed.
Here in the U.S. right now we painfully dependent on the willingness of other nations to uphold their international legal obligation not to assist in the commission of an internationally wrongful act. Feeling grateful to UK & Portugal: www.ft.com/content/e7b1...
UK signals it will not let US use British bases to attack Iran’s civilian infrastructure
Downing Street reiterates that Iran conflict ‘isn’t our war’
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I told CNN: Trump's threats to civilian infrastructure are illegal Iran should keep civilians away from threatened sites All States must deny the U.S. use of their territory or airspace for illegal attacks, and demand an immediate end to this lawless war. video.snapstream.net/Play/1ocivPG...
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Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe world not screeching to a halt when the US killed more than 100 little school girls on the very first day of this "liberating war" led us exactly to this moment
"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.
The President is openly threatening genocide. A crime against humanity. He must be removed from office. The 25th Amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress has to do our damn job. Speaker Johnson, call us into session. War powers & impeachment. Remove this man from office.
Somehow “chickens out” (as in the possibility that today will be TACO Tuesday) seems like the wrong term for “delays carrying out a threat to commit war crimes.”
This is absolutely black and white - the US president is ordering war crimes and crimes and humanity.
Jameel Jaffer@jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 5mo agoThese are orders given "under a black flag," and US military personnel should refuse to carry them out.
