‘No ICE’ Zones During US Elections. Voters in the United States are heading to the polls. Though Election Day officially falls on November 3 this year, in-person early voting is already underway in most states. 

But as voters cast ballots, fears are mounting that federal agents could be sent near election sites. Human Rights Watch is calling on the US government to publicly order federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers not to operate in the vicinity of polling places, early voting locations, or drop boxes during the midterm electoral period. 

ICE officers’ abuses have already seriously affected US citizens who have been stopped, beaten, detained, deported, and even killed, and their presence during elections could also cause people to be afraid to vote. 

Executed for a Childhood Offense. Hassan Zaki al-Faraj was executed in Saudi Arabia for crimes allegedly committed when he was just 14 years old. 

His unconscionable death, announced by Saudi authorities this week, highlights the imminent risk of execution others face in Saudi Arabia for childhood offenses.