Alka Pradhan
@alkapradhan.bsky.social
Int'l human rights lawyer at Guantanamo & ICC. Penn Law prof. Chai, cheese, and hotteok connoisseur. I had hot sauce in my bag long before Beyoncé. No DoD opinions here; reposts are not confirmation/denial of classified info. She/Her
Flag at half-staff for Dick Cheney at Camp Justice, Guantanamo Bay.
Photo taken after arriving on a flight carrying ICE agents involved in the new illegal migrant detentions, which expanded the Gitmo population for the first time since 2002 - Cheney's very dark legacy.
Photo taken after arriving on a flight carrying ICE agents involved in the new illegal migrant detentions, which expanded the Gitmo population for the first time since 2002 - Cheney's very dark legacy.
November 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Flag at half-staff for Dick Cheney at Camp Justice, Guantanamo Bay.
Photo taken after arriving on a flight carrying ICE agents involved in the new illegal migrant detentions, which expanded the Gitmo population for the first time since 2002 - Cheney's very dark legacy.
Photo taken after arriving on a flight carrying ICE agents involved in the new illegal migrant detentions, which expanded the Gitmo population for the first time since 2002 - Cheney's very dark legacy.
Such an inspiring keynote
October 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Such an inspiring keynote
Happy 4th from Wolfeboro, where patriotic dissent is alive and well. #nokings #noconcentrationcamps #closegitmo
July 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy 4th from Wolfeboro, where patriotic dissent is alive and well. #nokings #noconcentrationcamps #closegitmo
I spent a morning with the great writer and activist Hwang Sokyong, and it was soul-lifting. Onwards we go.
June 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I spent a morning with the great writer and activist Hwang Sokyong, and it was soul-lifting. Onwards we go.
Pack-out day at Gitmo. Hopefully I boosted the morale of JTF on the “morale bus” with some Lina Makoul.
April 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Pack-out day at Gitmo. Hopefully I boosted the morale of JTF on the “morale bus” with some Lina Makoul.
Reminder: detaining people of color at Guantanamo is not normal or legal or acceptable, whether it started 23 years ago or two months ago, whether it’s DoD or ICE. Horrifying to see these all over Gitmo now.
April 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reminder: detaining people of color at Guantanamo is not normal or legal or acceptable, whether it started 23 years ago or two months ago, whether it’s DoD or ICE. Horrifying to see these all over Gitmo now.
Gitmo-bound, living my best troll life.
April 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Gitmo-bound, living my best troll life.
Here is what Mahmoud Khalil said to the judge who ordered him deported for his speech:
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April 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here is what Mahmoud Khalil said to the judge who ordered him deported for his speech:
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TFW when you realize you’re traveling with your fave sunglasses and also multiple pairs of reading glasses 😎😭 😭 👵🏽
April 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
TFW when you realize you’re traveling with your fave sunglasses and also multiple pairs of reading glasses 😎😭 😭 👵🏽
Spectacular last show by J-Hope in LA tonight; a little inspo in dark times.
April 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Spectacular last show by J-Hope in LA tonight; a little inspo in dark times.
Yoon's impeachment upheld *unanimously* by the Constitutional Court. Sitting here in DC in our own constitutional crisis, watching the South Korean people (who wrestled off bloody dictatorship within living memory) re-affirm democratic principles, gives us some hope.
(from @koreajoongangdaily.com)👇🏾
(from @koreajoongangdaily.com)👇🏾
April 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Yoon's impeachment upheld *unanimously* by the Constitutional Court. Sitting here in DC in our own constitutional crisis, watching the South Korean people (who wrestled off bloody dictatorship within living memory) re-affirm democratic principles, gives us some hope.
(from @koreajoongangdaily.com)👇🏾
(from @koreajoongangdaily.com)👇🏾
March 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Friends, does this seem smart?
(A thousand times, no)
(A thousand times, no)
February 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Friends, does this seem smart?
(A thousand times, no)
(A thousand times, no)
We all need breaks to build resolve for action, and Han Kang has perfect timing:
February 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We all need breaks to build resolve for action, and Han Kang has perfect timing:
When you’re teaching about security, human rights, law, and accountability in the middle of a democratic crisis, there are few better guest lecturers than the amazing @markfallon.bsky.social 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 @pennlaw.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When you’re teaching about security, human rights, law, and accountability in the middle of a democratic crisis, there are few better guest lecturers than the amazing @markfallon.bsky.social 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 @pennlaw.bsky.social
The "worst of the worst" has always been code for non-citizen, non-white men for whom the U.S. wants to strip all legal rights. As horrifying as it is to see new prisoners touch down at Guantanamo, they bring constitutional protections with them to Gitmo and we will enforce them.
February 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The "worst of the worst" has always been code for non-citizen, non-white men for whom the U.S. wants to strip all legal rights. As horrifying as it is to see new prisoners touch down at Guantanamo, they bring constitutional protections with them to Gitmo and we will enforce them.
Moments of catharsis during a tough week, with @sunitav.bsky.social at the first 2025 meeting of @hfhr.bsky.social 🪔
January 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Moments of catharsis during a tough week, with @sunitav.bsky.social at the first 2025 meeting of @hfhr.bsky.social 🪔
Gitmo gift shop may have jumped the shark.
1. No "vintage cars" here, other than shoddy DoD junkers.
2. Rainbow row houses? Our team is housed in mostly steel trailers.
3. Havana Cathedral is in...Havana.
4. We're not allowed to go to El Yunque.
5. There is a ferry, that one is correct. 🤦🏾♀️
1. No "vintage cars" here, other than shoddy DoD junkers.
2. Rainbow row houses? Our team is housed in mostly steel trailers.
3. Havana Cathedral is in...Havana.
4. We're not allowed to go to El Yunque.
5. There is a ferry, that one is correct. 🤦🏾♀️
January 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Gitmo gift shop may have jumped the shark.
1. No "vintage cars" here, other than shoddy DoD junkers.
2. Rainbow row houses? Our team is housed in mostly steel trailers.
3. Havana Cathedral is in...Havana.
4. We're not allowed to go to El Yunque.
5. There is a ferry, that one is correct. 🤦🏾♀️
1. No "vintage cars" here, other than shoddy DoD junkers.
2. Rainbow row houses? Our team is housed in mostly steel trailers.
3. Havana Cathedral is in...Havana.
4. We're not allowed to go to El Yunque.
5. There is a ferry, that one is correct. 🤦🏾♀️
Back at Guantanamo for our big throw-out-the-torture-evidence arguments, with good luck in the form of my new GTMO keffiyeh from my friend @mansooradayfi441.bsky.social #dontforgetushere #ceasefirenow
January 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Back at Guantanamo for our big throw-out-the-torture-evidence arguments, with good luck in the form of my new GTMO keffiyeh from my friend @mansooradayfi441.bsky.social #dontforgetushere #ceasefirenow
Grateful to @k-interarma.bsky.social for writing so eloquently what I’ve been feeling for months - and particularly this passage that instructs the opposite of the preemptive obeisance we see from too many corners now:
January 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Grateful to @k-interarma.bsky.social for writing so eloquently what I’ve been feeling for months - and particularly this passage that instructs the opposite of the preemptive obeisance we see from too many corners now:
Truly honored to have been named one of the Korea Democracy Foundation's Global Democracy Goodwill Ambassadors, following my work/research over the past few years with colleagues in SK on torture accountability, including the preservation of torture sites in Seoul, Gwangju, and Jeju Island.
December 21, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Truly honored to have been named one of the Korea Democracy Foundation's Global Democracy Goodwill Ambassadors, following my work/research over the past few years with colleagues in SK on torture accountability, including the preservation of torture sites in Seoul, Gwangju, and Jeju Island.
One of the great things about living in DC is that you can finish your Thanksgiving meal, go down to the open museums, and catch this Gitmo shade on Pres Obama’s portrait at the NPG:
November 28, 2024 at 11:40 PM
One of the great things about living in DC is that you can finish your Thanksgiving meal, go down to the open museums, and catch this Gitmo shade on Pres Obama’s portrait at the NPG:
One of the most exciting days of my life was spent sorting through Elizabethan torture warrants at @lampallib.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 9:09 PM
One of the most exciting days of my life was spent sorting through Elizabethan torture warrants at @lampallib.bsky.social
Ok, first post! If you know me from Xitter, you'll know what I mean when I ask you to join me at DC Circuit on 12/9 as we continue a 20-yr fight (against the U.S. government) to get my client Ammar al Baluchi vital medical care for medical conditions caused by @CIA torture.
November 14, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Ok, first post! If you know me from Xitter, you'll know what I mean when I ask you to join me at DC Circuit on 12/9 as we continue a 20-yr fight (against the U.S. government) to get my client Ammar al Baluchi vital medical care for medical conditions caused by @CIA torture.