#intimidation

#intimidation

The Indiana legislature does not keep its constituents at a great distance. As lawmakers convened in Indianapolis on Monday to consider a bill backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state's congressional map, all that separated them from protesters who had gathered in a corridor just outside the capitol chamber was a series of glass windows. Inside the room, chants of "Just vote no!" and "We want fair maps!" could be heard as clearly as the legislative debate.

Steven Lacey Steven Lacey had gone his whole life without being the target of hate crime, until this last year, in which he has already been abused four times. The 52-year-old, from London, is physically disabled. He has a cleft hand, a missing fibula and a shortened tibia. Steven says the last 12 months have been the worst he's experienced in terms of discrimination, and he says he thinks it's not going to improve any time soon.

Mr Harris said he did not believe the political system was taking matters of security and threats "seriously enough" Tánaiste Simon Harris has refused to speculate on his political future following several recent threats against his family, saying he had to "dig pretty deep" to show up to today's Fine Gael think-in.

Dozens of masked and armed Border Patrol agents turned up at the press conference, held at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Regional Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino declared that his crew was making 'Los Angeles a safer place, since we don't have politicians who can do that. We do that ourselves.' Some of his men brandished rifles.

The Freedom of the Press Foundation expressed serious concern about ICE agents harassing journalists, indicating that their conduct raises significant First Amendment and press freedom issues.

Rushanara Ali stated that MPs are experiencing industrial levels of intimidation and harassment, with a disturbing increase in hostility impacting political participation among young individuals.

Beginning in March 2024, a woman identified in court documents as Victim 1 and her family member, Victim 2, began receiving threatening phone calls and text messages demanding $150,000 and warning they were not safe.

Tempo, a respected nonpartisan news outlet in Indonesia, faces severe harassment that threatens independent journalism and fact-checking efforts.