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We will not stand idly by while our iconic steel and aluminum industries are being unfairly targeted,
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said today
Russia has not had free elections for almost 20 years. An aggressor state cannot give lessons in democracy,
the ministry saidThe infatuation with institutional neutrality,
he saidThere are a lot of facts in that case that are tricky and not all public,
Mizelle replied, ... according to Cheney
Unless you have a green card,
Howell replied, an apparent reference to Khalil's legal issuesMy husband was kidnapped from our home, and it’s shameful that the United States government continues to hold him because he stood for the rights and lives of his people,
Khalil’s wife said in a Wednesday statement read by attorney Shezza Abboushidallal
The United States government has taken the position that it can arrest, detain and seek to deport a lawful permanent resident exclusively because of his peaceful, constitutionally protected activism ― in this case, activism in support of Palestinian human rights and an end to the genocide in Gaza,
said Baher Azmy, a member of Khalil’s counsel and the legal director for the Center for Constitutional RightsHis disappearance has devastated our lives. Every day without him is filled with uncertainty – not just for me, but for our entire family and community. Our loved ones are struggling with the pain and fear of his sudden absence,
she continuedThe government takes the position that because the secretary of state finds his dissent unacceptable or contrary to U.S. foreign policy, he can be deported,
he continuedEvery day that Mahmoud spends in detention in Louisiana is a day too long. We and he fully intend to vindicate not just his First Amendment rights, but those of all Americans, frankly, and all lawful permanent residents and anybody who wants to speak out,
Ramzi Kassem, one of Khalil’s attorneys, told reporters as protesters could be heard loudly calling for the activist’s freedomIt cannot be the case that you can be disappeared at night, off the streets of New York city, simply because the current administration in the White House dislikes what you have to say,
Kassem said
Mr. Khalil’s detention has nothing to do with security. It is only about repression,
Azmy saidEssentially they are a form of punishment and retaliation for the exercise of free speech,
he addedWe have not been able to confer with our client once,
Kassem saidFor the Trump administration to come and say you, as a green card holder, can just be picked up from your home one night with no due process, this should be completely appalling to every single American,
she addedNo matter what your political opinions are in this country, you have a right, constitutionally, to be able to express them, and that is exactly what Mahmoud Khalil was doing,
she saidIf we don't stand up now, citizens are next,
he saidWhere exactly are we in the poem that begins, ‘When they came for the communists, I did not speak out’? Well, they’ve already come for the asylum seekers,
he saidAnd they also allege that he is being targeted simply because of his activism in support of Palestinian rights and calling for an end to genocide in Gaza,
Saloomey said
This is about people that don’t have a right to be in the United States to begin with,
the top US diplomat told reporters at Ireland’s Shannon Airport during a refuelling stop after a trip to Saudi Arabia