Prince William was asked to raise the case of a Manchester man detained in Saudi Arabia during his first official trip to the country, according to a letter exclusively shared with Sky News by Amnesty International. The organization is advocating for Ahmed al-Doush, a father of four and senior banking analyst for Bank of America, who was detained while returning from a holiday.
Meanwhile, in the United States, an Irishman named Seamus Culleton, who has been detained by ICE for five months, described the facilities as "like a modern-day concentration camp," according to Sky News. Culleton, who has lived in the US for nearly 20 years and is married to a US citizen, expressed his desire for Irish premier Micheal Martin to raise his case with US President Donald Trump.
In Hong Kong, the leader celebrated the 20-year jail sentence given to British pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai, stating the media tycoon had "poisoned" the city, as reported by Sky News. This celebration coincided with China releasing a white paper outlining plans to further enhance a national security law.
In response to these events, employees at Salesforce are circulating an internal letter to CEO Marc Benioff, urging him to denounce recent actions by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), prohibit the use of Salesforce software by immigration agents, and back federal legislation that would significantly reform the agency, according to Wired. The letter specifically cites the recent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis as catalysts.
Palantir employees also sought answers regarding the company's work with ICE. Palantir CEO Alex Karp appeared to give some answers in a prerecorded, nearly hour-long video conversation about Palantir's involvement with ICE, shared with employees, Wired reported. The video was shared in an email from Courtney Bowman, Palantir's global director of privacy and civil liberties engineering.
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