(2026-01-25). Minnesota governor slams 'horrific' new killing by ICE agents. newarab.com 
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said Saturday that federal agents deployed in Minneapolis as part of a sweeping immigration crackdown had carried out "another horrific shooting," less than three weeks An video was circulating of a man who was shot during a street disturbance, with several gunshots heard and at least one person in the vicinity wearing a vest marked "POLICE." | The man was later identified by his parents as 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who worked an intensive…
(2026-01-25). Minneapolis Health Care Workers Are Organizing to Defend Their Patients From ICE. truthout.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have created a crisis in Minneapolis hospitals since escalating anti-immigrant operations in the Minnesota city in early December. Health care workers who spoke to Truthout report that the number of agents in hospitals has risen sharply since the beginning of the year, with ailing or injured detainees regularly brought into emergency… |
(2026-01-25). Protest at Santa Clara Hilton Hotel Calls Out Enabling of ICE. indybay.org On January 23, a protest was held at the Santa Clara Hilton Hotel to call out the company's enabling of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The action was one of many organized across the country in solidarity with the general strike called for January 23 in Minneapolis in response to ICE's fascist takeover of the city, and the killing of Renee Nicole Good on January 7.
(2026-01-25). In Minneapolis, resistance to ICE hardens after agent kills another US citizen. scmp.com When Fabiola, a single mother and naturalised US citizen from Latin America, first learned of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, ‚Äåshe said she was heartbroken and terrified. | Then she joined the thousands of other Minnesotans who have volunteered to track ICE agents since Good was killed, despite her fears for herself and her son Asher, who is seven.
(2026-01-25). US immigration detains two-year-old in Minneapolis, sparks massive outrage. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: A 2-year-old child was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Thursday in Minneapolis while she was with her father, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). | Despite a court order demanding the toddler's immediate release, the father and child were flown to Texas, CNN reported. The family's attorney, Kira Kelley, later confirmed that the child had been released and was recovering from the traumatic experience. | Elvis Joel Tipan-Echeverria and his daughter, Chloe Renata Tipan Villacis, were detained in South Minneapolis while returning home from a gr…
(2026-01-25). Video from new angle: ICE agents fatally shoot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – A shocking video was released today from Minneapolis showing ICE agents shooting a man in the street. The person was identified as Alex Pretti, BBC reported.Federal immigration officers have shot and killed Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis amid continued protests following the death of Renee Good, who was also shot dead by an immigration agent in the same city.Renee Good was killed around three weeks ago inside her car after federal officials said she was using her car as a weapon, despite refutations of the claim by authorities in Minnesota.üö®üá∫&u…
(2026-01-25). Punjab recovers 44 rare bar-headed geese in operation. tribune.com.pk 
Punjab's Forest and Wildlife Department recovered 44 bar-headed geese in an operation against mafia allgedly involved in the illegal smuggling of rare birds on Sunday. | Acting on a tip-off, officials recovered 44 bar-headed geese, a migratory species that travels to Pakistan from Siberia during winter. The birds were seized during a raid conducted by the Forest and Wildlife Department's staff. | On the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, the rescued birds will be released into the wild on Wednesday. The department said the geese will be freed at Kala Chitta National Park. | According to a post…
(2026-01-25). Nueva muerte a manos del ICE sacude a Minesota. cubadebate.cu Mineápolis ha vuelto a verse sacudida este mes por otra muerte ocurrida durante un operativo de agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE.UU. (ICE). El hecho tuvo lugar en medio de protestas generalizadas contra el accionar de la agencia, desplegada en el estado de Minesota por órdenes de Donald Trump.
(2026-01-25). Family ancestry slips through time. tribune.com.pk 
In a quiet room of a house in an old neighbourhood in Lahore, Muhammad Ashfaq shows his children a black-and-white photograph that he nimbly holds in his hand. The three elderly men visible in the picture are his ancestors, but he knows about only one of them, his grandfather. When his children ask who the other two elders are, Ashfaq has no answer. All he knows is that his family migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947, and chose to settle in Lahore. | Although people in his family associate with the Rajput clan, many have chosen different surnames. Ashfaq's story is shared by millions of families across Paki…
(2026-01-25). US preparing to deport Iranians despite unrest, killings: NGO. newarab.com 
(2026-01-25). Mass arrests at UK protest in support of hunger-striking detainee. aljazeera.com Police carried out mass arrests after a peaceful protest outside a London prison in support of hunger-striking detainee.
(2026-01-25). ICE Executes Beloved ICU Nurse in Minneapolis — Nation Erupts, Government Lies Exposed. scheerpost.com By Joshua Scheer Some of the responses to the brutal murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents. Pretti, a U.S. citizen and an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital known for his care and compassion, was shot and killed Saturday morning in Minneapolis. Family members and colleagues say he was participating in protests against …
(2026-01-25). Bay Area Stands with the People of Minnesota. indybay.org In solidarity with the people of Minnesota, Bay Area residents took to the streets of San Francisco on January 23 to protest ICE terror. The protest march started at the Target store located at 4th and Mission.
(2026-01-25). Fresh protests after man shot dead in Minneapolis operation. geo.tv 
(2026-01-25). We Can Fight This: Minnesota's General Strike Shows How. theintercept.com 
Demonstrators participate in a rally and march during an "ICE Out" general strike and day of protest on Jan. 23, 2026, in Minneapolis. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images | There is a possible future in which the events that unfolded in Minnesota on January 23, 2026, are forgotten. The fact of the largest general strike in the state in nearly a century may be only remembered, if at all, as a big day of protests and walkouts, and no more than that. | In that future, the possibility of mass, coordinated, and powerful action is wiped from the public imaginary — because, within 24 hours, federal agents…
(2026-01-25). At "No Tech for ICE" Demo, Deadly Consequences of Palantir's Technology Heavily Protested. indybay.org Hundreds chanted "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Peter Thiel has got to go".
(2026-01-25). Protest at Veterans Administration Medical Center. indybay.org Veterans for Peace Chapter 69 holds regular demos in San Francisco. This was their first at the large VA Medical Center in nearby Menlo Park. There will be more soon, especially in light of this morning's news about a VA nurse murdered by ICE.
(2026-01-25). Monday 1/26: No Monday: Weekly Protest at Tesla in San Francisco. indybay.org At the Tesla Dealership, 999 Van Ness (corner of Van Ness and O'Farrell), San Francisco…
(2026-01-25). Iran must be held accountable for mass killings of protesters and restoration of Internet services. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), together with undersigned organisations, expresses grave concern over the Iranian authorities' nationwide repression of peaceful protests and their systematic use of lethal and excessive force against civilians. As Iran faces a deepening economic crisis, thousands of protesters have reportedly been killed, arbitrarily detained, or subjected to torture, while authorities have imposed an internet shutdown to conceal serious human rights (…) | – |
(2026-01-25). Minneapolis live news: US federal agents shoot dead nurse Alex Pretti. aljazeera.com Videos show the victim holding a phone in his hand, not a handgun, as he ‚Å tried to help other protesters.
(2026-01-25). West Allis, WI, January 25, 2026: Emergency Protest ICE Out of Our Communities! wibailoutpeople.org 
(2026-01-25). Saturday 1/24: Justice for Ronald Tinsley – Protest & Vigil. indybay.org Corner of Palm Ave and Del Monte Blvd, Marina…
(2026-01-25). Iran's Protests are not just about Economics, they're about an Ideological Crisis. juancole.com
(2026-01-25). Manitowoc, January 25, 2026: Stop ICE Terror NOW! Emergency Protest. wibailoutpeople.org 
(2026-01-25). Chabahar Retreat is Political Cowardice. ummid.com Chabahar retreat was a political cowardicea and, a nation that retreats without protest will eventually discover that there is nothing left to retreat from.
(2026-01-25). Iran: Over 30 NGOs raise alarm over dire situation for detained human rights defenders amid rising protest death toll. fidh.org
(2026-01-25). Australia's Lack Of Speech Protections Means We Should Be MORE Hostile To Speech Regulation. caitlinjohnstone.com.au A normal, healthy person would look at Australia's lack of free speech protections and say "Hmm, Australian leaders should be extremely resistant to new laws and policies which restrict speech then, because it would be very easy for those restrictions to become abusive." | Australian leaders look at our lack of free speech protections and say "See? This means we get to take away your right to protest genocide!" | Nowhere is this more clearly exemplified than the repeated statements from New South Wal…
(2026-01-25). Iran: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 23 January 2026, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement during the 39th Special Session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. The statement highlighted the Iranian government's "extraordinarily harsh crackdown" on protesters, which included thousands of summary killings and arbitrary detentions, and called for the release of all those detained in connection with the protests. Read the (…) | – |
(2026-01-25). Across Wisconsin Sunday, January 25, 2026: Stop ICE Terror Now! Protests (City Listings). wibailoutpeople.org 
(2026-01-24). US could deport large number of Iranian ICE detainees: NIAC. newarab.com 
Rights advocates say they have reason to believe that the US government plans to send a large group of Iranians on a If this happens, it would be the third such flight in five months. The first was in September and the second was in December. | "We've heard from a few sources. The main ones are lawyers of detainees in ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] detention," Ryan Costello, policy director at the Washington, DC-based…
(2026-01-24). DAILY MEMO: About Five Schools Went Into Lockdown Due To Immigration Raids in Anaheim. lataco.com Memo asks police a question: If you're not allowed to interfere with Immigration enforcement, then why interfere at all with community responders and patrollers doing the protecting and serving you can't and wont do?
(2026-01-24). Protestan en Mineápolis contra el ICE con "apagón económico" cubadebate.cu Una red de sindicatos, organizaciones progresistas y clérigos llevaron a cabo un "apagón económico" y una movilización masiva en Mineápolis, en protesta contra la violenta aplicación de las leyes migratorias del presidente Donald Trump por parte de los agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas.
(2026-01-24). "We Ran from Monsters:" Germany now deporting Yazidi Refugees from ISIL to Limbo. juancole.com By (The Conversation) — The sun burns down on a small village less than 20 miles north-east of Mosul, Iraq. Milisia, 14, and her sister Madlin, 13, greet me at the gate in flawless, almost accent-free German. They lead me into the yard of a grey, rectangular, one-story building where their family rents a single room. | We sit in the heat, joined by their mother and two younge…
(2026-01-24). Sunday 1/25: Stop the War on Kurdistan Protest. indybay.org San Francisco Civic Center…
(2026-01-24). Iran thanks Pakistan for opposing UN rights vote in Geneva. tribune.com.pk 
Iran's ambassador to Pakistan has publicly thanked Islamabad for opposing a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that deepens international scrutiny of Tehran's crackdown on protests. | "I extend my sincere gratitude to the esteemed Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, under the leadership of the Honorable Prime Minister, H.E. Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Muhammad Ishaq Dar," Iran's Ambassador Raza Amiri Moghadam said in a post on X. | I extend my sincere gratitude to the esteemed Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakista…
(2026-01-24). Joint sitting passes bill on domestic abuse. tribune.com.pk 
The joint session of parliament on Friday passed three bills — the Daanish Schools Authority Bill 2025, the Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025, and the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill 2025 — amid protest by the opposition. | During the session, opposition members, led by opposition leaders in the Senate and National Assembly — Abbas and Mehmood Khan Achakzai — gathered near the speaker's dais and protested against the bills. | President Asif Ali Zardari had returned the bills last month despite their passage by parliament. | With regards to the Daanish Schools Authori…