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Abrego Garcia Was Beaten and Tortured in El Salvador Prison, Lawyers Say

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115 points perihelions | 2 comments | 03 Jul 25 06:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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potato-peeler ◴[03 Jul 25 10:12 UTC] No.44453455[source]▶
Meta comment: have noticed some posts get flagged. Is it because they are political?
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bananapub ◴[03 Jul 25 11:43 UTC] No.44454002[source]▶
no, there's just a concerted flagging campaign for anything about atrocities perpetrated by the US government.
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IAmGraydon ◴[03 Jul 25 16:19 UTC] No.44456612[source]▶
Why does everyone want to invent a conspiracy these days? There's no "concerted flagging campaign". We, the users, are here to uphold the content policies of HN, and we do so by voting to flag posts that violate it. The content policy is what it is, and it doesn't play favorites. There have been MANY political posts in recent times that have not been flagged. Here's a handful in just the last week:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44398710 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44438884 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44448854 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44438360 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44434239

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SauciestGNU ◴[03 Jul 25 17:45 UTC] No.44457484{3}[source]▶
This is new information about the type and extent of extrajudicial torture (and likely murder) the USA is engaging in against its perceived political enemies. This hasn't been discussed in depth since Abu Ghraib.
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1. IAmGraydon ◴[04 Jul 25 05:26 UTC] No.44461362{4}[source]▶
This has already been posted in a thread that was not flagged:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44451722

So no, it's not new information.

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2. SauciestGNU ◴[04 Jul 25 16:26 UTC] No.44465849[source]▶
Ah, a post with 9 votes and no discussion. But it was technically there, so this post with discussion and more eyeballs should be removed. That's a great way to shut down discussion.