Human Rights | American Hate: Survivors Speak Out | Teach @ Georgetown Law | Love futbol, animals & the ✨ https://thereimagining.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3mjix5aegz22iExcited to share that American Hate: Survivors Speak was awarded the Grand Jury Prize & Best Documentary Feature at the Las Cruces Int’ll Film Festival in New Mexico last weekend. Thank you to the festival for lifting up these stories & putting on such a great show!15 Apr 2026 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjix5aegz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3mioikacvj22hMy book, American Hate, is now a documentary feature film & premieres next week in New Mexico! The film centers survivors; chronicles the long term impact of hate; and spotlights how communities are resisting. Learn more here & bring American Hate to a city near you! www.americanhatethefilm.com https://www.americanhatethefilm.com04 Apr 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioikacvj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3mfoz3yxau22fAlgorithmic Rage: Is Big Tech Knowingly Inciting Violence? Please join the ABA for a webinar with John Elmore & Kristin Elmore-Garcia on why social media algorithms are dangerous products requiring product warnings. Friday, Feb 27 at 1 pm EST RSVP: https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V6yU2IE6RUW4xRkweME0hw#/registration25 Feb 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfoz3yxau22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3m6wslpz2yc2tSome of the worst human rights abuses are committed in the name of counterterrorism. Consider the US strikes on alleged drug traffickers. Join the ABA on Dec 4 at 5 pm EST for a conversation with UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul on how to hold states accountable. https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qYqjGcp4TvmWp-P4PGW4uQ#/registration01 Dec 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wslpz2yc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3m6kmo2xmbc2qStates commit terrible abuses in the name of counterterrorism. Join the American Bar Association for a conversation with UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul on how to hold states accountable. The Weaponization of Counterterrorism will take place on Dec 4 at 5 pm ET. americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/regist…26 Nov 2025 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kmo2xmbc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lzp2by2oos2tThis year, @democracyforward.org has filed over 100 legal actions challenging the Trump administration. Join @americanbar.org for a conversation with @skyeperryman.bsky.social - Safeguarding Democracy: Stories from the Legal Frontlines. Wed, Oct 8 at 11am EST americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/regist25 Sep 2025 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzp2by2oos2thttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lveanpivxs26Looking ahead - there will be no greater moral and professional shame than being an apologist or defender of Israel while they committed genocide for the entire world to see.01 Aug 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lveanpivxs26https://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lpex4xcdhk2hIt’s so odious to critique people for being singularly focused or too focused on Palestine. A genocide has been broadcast on our feeds & screens every day for more than 1.5 years. It’s an attack on our shared humanity & global order. Israel is devaluing & endangering us all.17 May 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpex4xcdhk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lor6fsnkgk2qIndia leads the world in digital authoritarianism. They’ve ordered X to block over 8,000 accounts across India - refusal to comply could result in fines & imprisonment of X’s local employees. Blocked accounts include human rights defenders & international news outlets.09 May 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lor6fsnkgk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lms2btphls2jJeanette Vizguerra is a longtime immigration activist based in Denver. ICE agents arrested her a few weeks ago & she is now at risk of deportation. I spent time with Jeanette in 2017, and told her story in my book, American Hate: Survivors Speak Out. https://thereimagining.substack.com/p/ice-detains-immigration-activist14 Apr 2025 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lms2btphls2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lm35dcy5tk2bThe U.S. Naval Academy has removed 381 books from its library. American Hate: Survivors Speak Out, my 2018 book on hate violence, is one of them. Solidarity with storytellers everywhere fighting to reclaim our many untold histories. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/naval-academy-dei-books-removed.html05 Apr 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm35dcy5tk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lluq2ufyac2bNow is a time to affirm free speech, the rule of law & democratic norms. Join us on Wed, April 9 at noon EST for an online discussion on Columbia student activist, Mahmoud Khalil. We will be joined by two of his attorneys, Alina Das & Ramzi Kassem. RSVP below. https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FBUZ5OzsTT-_R55xAqxBmQ#/registration03 Apr 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lluq2ufyac2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3llhhq34jls22ICE detained longtime immigrant rights activist, Jeanette Vizguerra, in Denver last week. She’s at risk of imminent deportation. I spent time with Jeanette in 2017 & compiled a testimonial in her own words for my book, American Hate. Read it here. Join the fight. https://thenewpress.com/blog/book-excerpts/story-of-immigrant-rights-activist-jeanette-vizguerra28 Mar 2025 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhhq34jls22https://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lktgyyrhk22bI’m old enough to remember when the right accused of the left of cancel culture. Now the President and DHS are attempting to strip people of their visas and deport them on account of protected speech. We’ve never seen anything like this before.20 Mar 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktgyyrhk22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lkdw7gv2nk2nModi & the BJP have stripped dozens of individuals of their overseas citizenship because they dared to critique his government. Now a US journalist is suing. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/us-journalist-sues-indian-government-after-losing-his-overseas-citizenship?CMP=share_btn_url14 Mar 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdw7gv2nk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lk7i4wqwvk2oPalestinians are the front line right now. When you protect them from genocide, you protect everyone from cruel violence. When you protect their speech, you ensure free speech for all.12 Mar 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7i4wqwvk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3linyugt3d22dBrian Nesvik is Trump’s nominee to run US Wildlife Service. When Nesvik ran the Wyoming Game Dept, a local ran over a wolf with a snowmobile, taped her mouth shut, paraded her around a local bar & shot her later. The images are haunting. Despite a national outcry, Nesvik only fined the man $250.21 Feb 2025 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3linyugt3d22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3liilmomjqs25It’s honorable to see federal employees resign in protest because they refuse to be agents of authoritarianism & corruption. I only wish more federal employees did the same in support of Palestine. It takes so many people across our govt to carry out the genocide in Palestine.19 Feb 2025 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3liilmomjqs25https://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lifojmoajc2jEnergyTransfer — the Oil company behind Dakota Access Pipeline — is suing Greenpeace USA for $300 million for their role in the uprising. The trial begins next week. The case could set a dangerous precedent allowing attacks on unions, activists & journalists. Take action at greenpeaceontrial.org17 Feb 2025 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifojmoajc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lgw4akdb4k2bThe UN Human Rights Council has publicly called on India to stop targeting Sikh activists in Canada, the U.S. & other countries, and has accused India of multiple human rights violations in a newly released report from UNHRC special rapporteurs. https://pressprogress.ca/un-human-rights-report-accuses-government-of-india-of-carrying-out-systematic-attacks-on-sikhs-in-canada/29 Jan 2025 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgw4akdb4k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lggmaj6bac2oThe Indian government has targeted Sikhs across North America with surveillance, censorship, harassment & murder. Join us for a conversation on how to resist: Tues, Jan 28 at 5:30 pm PST. Link below. sponsored by ASATA, ENSAAF & @jakaramovement.bsky.social https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI%E2%80%A623 Jan 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggmaj6bac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lgbfpswz6c2kBloomberg reports that India is working with the Trump administration to take back 18,000+ undocumented Indian immigrants. Some of these immigrants have legitimate claims to asylum and will be tortured upon their return.21 Jan 2025 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbfpswz6c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3lf4m373etc2xThe CIA just declassified documents confirming that they surveilled Latino activists from 1968 to 1983, including Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, Cesar Chavez & Mexican American student activists. I wonder what Latino activists the CIA & FBI are surveilling today. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cia-releases-documents-showing-past-surveillance-latino-civil-rights-groups-2025-01-06/07 Jan 2025 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf4m373etc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3leq22hec2k2gSome people think it’s too early to discuss the policing & surveillance that will follow today’s events. Now’s exactly the time. We’ve seen how leaders, law enforcement & private industry weaponize these moments. Grieve those who tragically perished, but be sure to protect our civil liberties too.02 Jan 2025 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3leq22hec2k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/asethi.bsky.social/post/3ldyd6afpok2yThere are fewer than 20 red wolves known to be living in the wild, making them the world’s most endangered canids. Excited to join the board of @wildlandsnetwork.bsky.social which helped North Carolina secure funds to create crossings for these wolves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/12/20/red-wolves-north-carolina-extinct/23 Dec 2024 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:sr2m7in4oczkt7syoga7c7tp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldyd6afpok2y