Day 33

February 21, 2025

3 documented events

  1. Serious Rights Violation Foreign Policy & War

    Emergency Arms Sales to Gulf States: $23 Billion Bypassing Congressional Review

    The Trump administration has invoked emergency authority to push through over $23 billion in arms sales to Gulf states including the UAE, Kuwait, and Jordan, bypassing the mandatory congressional review process. The UAE has been documented arming the RSF in Sudan's genocide. The administration also rescinded NSM-20, the human rights safeguard policy for arms transfers.

    From: Emergency Arms Sales to Gulf States: $23 Billion Bypassing Congressional Review

  2. Serious Rights Violation Federal Dismantlement

    Pentagon announces 5,400 probationary worker cuts

    The Department of Defense announces plans to cut approximately 5,400 probationary workers beginning the following week, extending the mass firings to the military's civilian workforce.

    From: DOGE-Directed Mass Firings and Forced Resignations of Federal Workers

  3. Major Abuse of Power Civil Rights

    State Department halts gender marker changes on passports

    The State Department implements the executive order by refusing to issue or renew passports with gender markers that differ from the applicant's sex assigned at birth, leaving transgender and nonbinary Americans unable to obtain accurate travel documents.

    From: Executive Orders Targeting Transgender Rights and Gender Identity Recognition