Day 54

March 14, 2025

6 documented events

  1. Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights

    Native American Tribal Sovereignty Violations: Executive Order Revoked, Clean Energy Funding Terminated, ICE Encroachment

    The Trump administration revoked a key executive order expanding tribal sovereignty, terminated $1.5 billion in tribal clean energy funding affecting nearly 1,600 projects, and ICE agents entered tribal lands and questioned Navajo citizens' citizenship despite Certificates of Indian Blood — prompting formal complaints from the Navajo Nation to DHS.

    From: Native American Tribal Sovereignty Violations: Executive Order Revoked, Clean Energy Funding Terminated, ICE Encroachment

  2. Serious Rights Violation Press Freedom

    USAGM and Voice of America Broadcasting Dismantlement

    The Trump administration attempted to dismantle the United States Agency for Global Media, placing approximately 1,300 VOA journalists on leave, terminating RFE/RL's grant agreement, and firing hundreds of staff — before a federal judge ruled that Kari Lake had illegally served as Acting CEO and voided the layoffs.

    From: USAGM and Voice of America Broadcasting Dismantlement

  3. Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights

    Badar Khan Suri arrested at his Virginia home

    Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and Georgetown University scholar whose research focuses on peacebuilding in the Middle East, is arrested at his Virginia home after his J-1 visa is revoked. He is detained by ICE.

    From: Political Prisoners: Detention of Campus Activists for Pro-Palestinian Speech

  4. Serious Rights Violation Foreign Policy & War

    FDD publishes analysis advocating restructuring

    The Foundation for Defense of Democracies published an analysis advocating for 'evolving' the CHMR program to support 'precision lethality.'

    From: Dismantlement of Pentagon Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Program

  5. Serious Rights Violation Foreign Policy & War

    Conventional arms transfer policy (NSM-18) rescinded

    President Trump rescinds NSM-18, the conventional arms transfer policy. The revocation leaves the United States without a CAT policy for the first time since 1977, eliminating the framework governing how the world's largest arms exporter evaluates sales.

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

  6. Serious Rights Violation Federal Dismantlement

    Judge Alsup orders reinstatement across 6 agencies

    Judge William Alsup's reinstatement order takes effect, requiring six federal agencies to bring back thousands of fired probationary workers. The order represents the most significant judicial pushback against DOGE's workforce reduction campaign.

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