This thread will covers the violations of human rights which affected this former police officer traveling to Hawai'i from Australia to visit her US Army Lieutenant husband:
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2/ Right to Due Process and Fair Treatment
Australian woman detained at US border for 24 hours without clear charges, denied legal representation, and officials broke promise to contact her husband.
Basic fair treatment protections completely ignored.
Australian woman detained at US border for 24 hours without clear charges, denied legal representation, and officials broke promise to contact her husband.
Basic fair treatment protections completely ignored.
3/ Right to Human Dignity and Protection from Degrading Treatment
Forced intense cavity search, strip search, and public humiliation while handcuffed through airport–all without criminal charges.
Treatment designed to degrade and humiliate an innocent traveler.
Forced intense cavity search, strip search, and public humiliation while handcuffed through airport–all without criminal charges.
Treatment designed to degrade and humiliate an innocent traveler.
4/ Right to Personal Security and Safety
Placed overnight in federal prison with convicted murderers, denied food and shower.
An official acknowledged she shouldn't be there, but left her in dangerous conditions anyway.
Placed overnight in federal prison with convicted murderers, denied food and shower.
An official acknowledged she shouldn't be there, but left her in dangerous conditions anyway.
5/ Right to Privacy and Protection of Personal Information
Forced to surrender phone and passcode, questioned about private marriage details, and made to provide DNA samples, all without a warrant or any legal justification for her innocent border crossing.
Forced to surrender phone and passcode, questioned about private marriage details, and made to provide DNA samples, all without a warrant or any legal justification for her innocent border crossing.
6/ Right to Freedom from Arbitrary Detention
Held 24 hours in federal prison based only on suspicion about luggage quantity.
No evidence of wrongdoing, yet treated like a dangerous criminal for visiting her military husband.
Held 24 hours in federal prison based only on suspicion about luggage quantity.
No evidence of wrongdoing, yet treated like a dangerous criminal for visiting her military husband.
7/ Right to Consular Access and Communication
Left completely cut off from family and consular officials while mother and husband desperately searched for her whereabouts.
Basic communication rights violated during traumatic detention.
Left completely cut off from family and consular officials while mother and husband desperately searched for her whereabouts.
Basic communication rights violated during traumatic detention.
8/ ADDING: Fellow detainee from Fiji was forced to take pregnancy test + unknown injection w/o consent or explanation. Detained for days bc officials couldn't find her a flight home. Medical procedures on detained travelers w/o informed consent raises severe human rights concerns
9/ 4A protections against unreasonable search and seizure were violated without probable cause.
While non-citizens have limited constitutional rights at borders, the extreme nature of this detention exceeded legal boundaries and violated basic due process protections. FIN
While non-citizens have limited constitutional rights at borders, the extreme nature of this detention exceeded legal boundaries and violated basic due process protections. FIN
Source: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
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