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WIRED
12 hours ago
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Print. Fold. Share. Download WIRED's How to Win a Fight Zine Here
Jun 20, 2025 6:00 AM Never made a zine? Haven't made one since 1999? We made one, and so can you. Photo-illustration: WIRED Staff; Shirley Chong This week, WIRED has been helping readers (that's you!) learn how to win a fight, from understanding the tactics of the Tesla Takedown movement to knowing how to out-troll a troll. We also put together a zine that collects some of the most helpful tidbits in a handy format you can print, fold, and share with friends and family. The zine, which you can download below, condenses crucial advice from multiple articles in a single sheet of printer paper. The adapted articles include tips from WIRED writers on how to protest safely as well as advice for protecting yourself from government surveillance and during phone searches at the US border. The folding process may seem daunting at first, but we promise it's not as hard as it looks. A scannable QR code in the zine links back to our complete package, which is stocked with important reads, like articles about the tech-fueled resistance to the Trump administration and the future of transgender health care. This zine was born out of a desire to create something helpful and tangible for readers during these tumultuous times. Thank you to Shirley Chong and Alex Kent for contributing your wonderful illustrations and photography. And thanks to you, our audience. This zine, all the reporting in these stories, and our daily investigations would not be possible without the support of WIRED subscribers.
Reuters
a day ago
- Politics
- Reuters
Pakistan fears militants will thrive on restive border if Iran destabilised
ISLAMABAD, June 19 (Reuters) - Separatist and jihadist militants on the Pakistan-Iran border could take advantage of any collapse of authority in Iran, fears that Pakistan's army chief pressed in a meeting this week with the U.S. President Donald Trump. Anti-Iranian and anti-Pakistan outfits operate on both sides of the 560-mile (900km) long border. As Israel bombs Iran's nuclear program, its officials have repeatedly indicated that they are seeking to destabilize the Iranian government or see it toppled. As well as worrying about chaos spilling over from Iran, Pakistan is concerned about the precedent set by Israel of attacking the nuclear installations of another country. Nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India fought a four-day conflict in May. Following a Wednesday lunch at the White House with Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, Trump said: 'They're not happy about anything', referring to Pakistan's views on the Israel-Iran conflict. Pakistan's military said on Thursday that the two had discussed Iran,'with both leaders emphasizing the importance of resolution of the conflict'. Pakistan has condemned Israel's attack on Iran as a violation of international law. 'This is for us a very serious issue what is happening in our brotherly country of Iran,' Shafqat Ali Khan, spokesman for Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Thursday. 'It imperils the entire regional security structures, it impacts us deeply.' Some of the militant groups on the border have welcomed the upheaval. Jaish al-Adl (JaA), an Iranian jihadist group formed from ethnic Baluch and Sunni Muslim minorities and which operates from Pakistan, said Israel's conflict with Iran was a great opportunity. 'Jaish al-Adl extends the hand of brotherhood and friendship to all the people of Iran and calls on all people, especially the people of Baluchistan, as well as the armed forces, to join the ranks of the Resistance,' the group said in a statement on June 13. Conversely, Pakistan fears that separatist militants from its own Baluch minority, which are based in Iran, will also seek to step up attacks. "There's a fear of ungoverned spaces, which would be fertile ground for terrorist groups," said Maleeha Lodhi, a former Pakistani ambassador to Washington. Pakistan has unstable borders with Taliban-run Afghanistan and arch-rival India. It does not want to add another volatile frontier on its long border with Iran. The Iran-Pakistan border region is populated with ethnic Baluch, a minority in both countries who have long complained about discrimination and launched separatist movements. On Pakistan's side, the region is a province called Balochistan and in Iran it is Sistan-Baluchistan. Until Israel's bombing of Iran, Tehran was closer to Pakistan's arch-rival India. Pakistan and Iran had even traded air strikes last year, accusing each other of harboring Baluch militants. But the attack on Iran has upended alliances, as India has not condemned Israel's bombing campaign. China has also said that it is deeply concerned about the security situation in Balochistan, with the area being a focus of Beijing's multi-billion dollar infrastructure investment program in Pakistan, centred on the new Chinese-run port of Gwadar. Baluch militant groups in Pakistan have previously targeted Chinese personnel and projects. On Iranian side of the border, Tehran has at different times accused Pakistan, Gulf nations, Israel and the United States of backing the anti-Iran Baluch groups. Simbal Khan, an analyst based in Islamabad, said the different Baluch groups could morph into a 'greater Baluchistan' movement which seeks to carve out a new nation from the Baluch areas of Pakistan and Iran. 'They're all going to fight together if this blows up,' said Khan.
CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
‘We didn't see the daylight': Migrant families describe prolonged detention in border facilities
Migrant families with young children, including toddlers, were held for days and sometimes weeks in US Customs and Border Protection facilities, some with jail-like conditions, according to interviews conducted by attorneys tied to immigrant advocacy groups and submitted Tuesday in federal court. The filings reveal details of families being detained this year in border facilities, which are not designed for that purpose, for extended periods of time despite a steep drop in migrant crossings, raising alarm among attorneys who argue CBP detention is not equipped to care for people, especially children. The court filings are part of a decades-old legal agreement governing conditions for migrant children in government custody. Tuesday's motion requests that CBP stop detaining children for prolonged periods of time in poor conditions and requests more precise data from the agency after recent discrepancies. 'During their extended detention, CBP holds children in increasingly harsh conditions, including in ports of entry ('POE'), which are meant to hold individuals for only a few hours, in violation of (the settlement). Children are particularly vulnerable to the trauma caused by the confusion, cruelty, and deprivation endemic to CBP custody,' the motion reads. The 1997 Flores settlement, as it's known, requires the government to release children from government custody without unnecessary delay to sponsors, such as parents or adult relatives, and dictates conditions by which children are held. It applies to children who crossed the US-Mexico border alone, as well as those who arrived with family. Attorneys who represent the Flores settlement class are permitted to meet with children and their family members in government custody to interview them. In one case, a mother and her toddler, separated from her father, were held at a border facility in California for 42 days, according to the family's telling in a court declaration. The officers allowed the father to visit two times. 'Since being separated from her father, (redacted)'s behavior has changed. She used to speak a lot before, and now she's not speaking anymore. She previously used five or six words, like 'mom' 'dad' and 'yes,' now she doesn't talk at all,' the filing states, detailing a room where 23 women and children were held with no windows. 'It was so crowded that we couldn't even step forwards or backwards,' the declaration says. 'We spent all 42 days in that same place. We didn't see the daylight. We only went outside when we went to the different place where the showers are.' CNN has reached out to CBP for comment. The Flores settlement agreement doesn't prohibit the federal government from deporting a child and their family, but it states that children can't be kept in immigration detention for prolonged periods and should be considered for release. According to Tuesday's filings, 'Instead, CBP keeps accompanied children in its custody until it removes them from the United States or transfers them to ICE custody where they can request parole from ICE.' Attorneys found that even though migrant crossings have plummeted at the US southern border, 301 children were detained in CBP custody for more than 72 hours in February. Of those, the majority were detained for more than seven days. In April, when US Border Patrol encounters hovered around 8,300, 213 children were held more than 72 hours and 14 children were held for more than 20 days, including toddlers, according to the filing. The data is based on reports provided by CBP. 'The number of children crossing our borders is the lowest in decades, but the cruelty they are experiencing in government custody is at an all-time high,' said Leecia Welch, deputy litigation director at Children's Rights, who interviewed some of the families and children in custody. 'We are heaping trauma on defenseless children who came here seeking our protection. With this motion, we return to court once again asking for nothing more than government accountability to ensure the humane treatment of children,' she added. Previous administrations, including the Biden administration, wrestled with border surges that strained federal resources and resulted in unaccompanied children, families and adults staying in border custody for days. Border facilities are intended for relatively short stays. CBP generally releases or transfers those in custody within 72 hours as a matter of practice, though that can often be extended in the event of space limitations for transfers to other agencies, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the past, CBP has also paroled people into the United States on a case-by-case basis, depending on the individual or family circumstance. The Trump administration has moved to terminate the Flores settlement, arguing that it has hamstrung the federal government's policymaking and ability to respond to changing conditions along the border, including surges in recent years. 'The Executive has not been able to react fully and meaningfully to these changes because the (Flores settlement agreement) has ossified federal-immigration policy,' the Trump Justice Department said in a recent court filing. 'Successive Administrations have tried unsuccessfully to free themselves from the strictures of the consent decree and this Court's gloss on it. But detention of juvenile aliens continues to be—as it has been for more than a generation—dominated by the strictures of a 1997 agreement.' But the combination of low border numbers and extended stays in CBP facilities has raised questions for attorneys, including whether some people are coming into CBP facilities from interior enforcement actions. 'The lengths in detention are lengthening despite the requirements of Flores and CBP policies and practices themselves. We're seeing a broader variety of troubling sites being put into play,' said Sergio Perez, executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and part of the Flores legal team. A family with a 5-year-old son was taken into custody after a traffic stop in Ohio. The parent and child were taken to an office building in the state where they stayed in a room for five days, according to a court declaration. 'The room had no windows to the outside. We couldn't tell whether it was day or night. There was a large window that looked out on the office space and agents working on their computers. All the agents were men,' the declaration states. 'The room had a toilet that was completely visible to anyone walking by the room. We could only go pee because it was so uncomfortable to go to the bathroom within the view of all those men,' it continues, adding that lights were left on at night. In another case, an 11-year-old and their mother were apprehended when they landed in the United States. They were held at O'Hare International Airport for five days, according to a court declaration. The filings include descriptions from migrants of border facilities with cold rooms, limited access to sanitary items, thin mattresses on the floor, mylar blankets, and limited or no access to the outdoors. The filings also include allegations that CBP officers used profanity, and in one case, told children to 'go home' when they asked for food. One family with two sons, including a 1-year-old and an infant who's only a 'few months,' was detained in a border facility for a month. 'It was extremely cold. My sons both got sick there because it was so cold. They did not allow us extra clothes for the kids. We had only aluminum blankets,' the declaration reads, adding: 'The lights were on all night, they never turned off. We spent these days inside without even seeing the sun.'
CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
‘We didn't see the daylight': Migrant families describe prolonged detention in border facilities
Migrant families with young children, including toddlers, were held for days and sometimes weeks in US Customs and Border Protection facilities, some with jail-like conditions, according to interviews conducted by attorneys tied to immigrant advocacy groups and submitted Tuesday in federal court. The filings reveal details of families being detained this year in border facilities, which are not designed for that purpose, for extended periods of time despite a steep drop in migrant crossings, raising alarm among attorneys who argue CBP detention is not equipped to care for people, especially children. The court filings are part of a decades-old legal agreement governing conditions for migrant children in government custody. Tuesday's motion requests that CBP stop detaining children for prolonged periods of time in poor conditions and requests more precise data from the agency after recent discrepancies. 'During their extended detention, CBP holds children in increasingly harsh conditions, including in ports of entry ('POE'), which are meant to hold individuals for only a few hours, in violation of (the settlement). Children are particularly vulnerable to the trauma caused by the confusion, cruelty, and deprivation endemic to CBP custody,' the motion reads. The 1997 Flores settlement, as it's known, requires the government to release children from government custody without unnecessary delay to sponsors, such as parents or adult relatives, and dictates conditions by which children are held. It applies to children who crossed the US-Mexico border alone, as well as those who arrived with family. Attorneys who represent the Flores settlement class are permitted to meet with children and their family members in government custody to interview them. In one case, a mother and her toddler, separated from her father, were held at a border facility in California for 42 days, according to the family's telling in a court declaration. The officers allowed the father to visit two times. 'Since being separated from her father, (redacted)'s behavior has changed. She used to speak a lot before, and now she's not speaking anymore. She previously used five or six words, like 'mom' 'dad' and 'yes,' now she doesn't talk at all,' the filing states, detailing a room where 23 women and children were held with no windows. 'It was so crowded that we couldn't even step forwards or backwards,' the declaration says. 'We spent all 42 days in that same place. We didn't see the daylight. We only went outside when we went to the different place where the showers are.' CNN has reached out to CBP for comment. The Flores settlement agreement doesn't prohibit the federal government from deporting a child and their family, but it states that children can't be kept in immigration detention for prolonged periods and should be considered for release. According to Tuesday's filings, 'Instead, CBP keeps accompanied children in its custody until it removes them from the United States or transfers them to ICE custody where they can request parole from ICE.' Attorneys found that even though migrant crossings have plummeted at the US southern border, 301 children were detained in CBP custody for more than 72 hours in February. Of those, the majority were detained for more than seven days. In April, when US Border Patrol encounters hovered around 8,300, 213 children were held more than 72 hours and 14 children were held for more than 20 days, including toddlers, according to the filing. The data is based on reports provided by CBP. 'The number of children crossing our borders is the lowest in decades, but the cruelty they are experiencing in government custody is at an all-time high,' said Leecia Welch, deputy litigation director at Children's Rights, who interviewed some of the families and children in custody. 'We are heaping trauma on defenseless children who came here seeking our protection. With this motion, we return to court once again asking for nothing more than government accountability to ensure the humane treatment of children,' she added. Previous administrations, including the Biden administration, wrestled with border surges that strained federal resources and resulted in unaccompanied children, families and adults staying in border custody for days. Border facilities are intended for relatively short stays. CBP generally releases or transfers those in custody within 72 hours as a matter of practice, though that can often be extended in the event of space limitations for transfers to other agencies, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the past, CBP has also paroled people into the United States on a case-by-case basis, depending on the individual or family circumstance. The Trump administration has moved to terminate the Flores settlement, arguing that it has hamstrung the federal government's policymaking and ability to respond to changing conditions along the border, including surges in recent years. 'The Executive has not been able to react fully and meaningfully to these changes because the (Flores settlement agreement) has ossified federal-immigration policy,' the Trump Justice Department said in a recent court filing. 'Successive Administrations have tried unsuccessfully to free themselves from the strictures of the consent decree and this Court's gloss on it. But detention of juvenile aliens continues to be—as it has been for more than a generation—dominated by the strictures of a 1997 agreement.' But the combination of low border numbers and extended stays in CBP facilities has raised questions for attorneys, including whether some people are coming into CBP facilities from interior enforcement actions. 'The lengths in detention are lengthening despite the requirements of Flores and CBP policies and practices themselves. We're seeing a broader variety of troubling sites being put into play,' said Sergio Perez, executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and part of the Flores legal team. A family with a 5-year-old son was taken into custody after a traffic stop in Ohio. The parent and child were taken to an office building in the state where they stayed in a room for five days, according to a court declaration. 'The room had no windows to the outside. We couldn't tell whether it was day or night. There was a large window that looked out on the office space and agents working on their computers. All the agents were men,' the declaration states. 'The room had a toilet that was completely visible to anyone walking by the room. We could only go pee because it was so uncomfortable to go to the bathroom within the view of all those men,' it continues, adding that lights were left on at night. In another case, an 11-year-old and their mother were apprehended when they landed in the United States. They were held at O'Hare International Airport for five days, according to a court declaration. The filings include descriptions from migrants of border facilities with cold rooms, limited access to sanitary items, thin mattresses on the floor, mylar blankets, and limited or no access to the outdoors. The filings also include allegations that CBP officers used profanity, and in one case, told children to 'go home' when they asked for food. One family with two sons, including a 1-year-old and an infant who's only a 'few months,' was detained in a border facility for a month. 'It was extremely cold. My sons both got sick there because it was so cold. They did not allow us extra clothes for the kids. We had only aluminum blankets,' the declaration reads, adding: 'The lights were on all night, they never turned off. We spent these days inside without even seeing the sun.'
CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
‘We didn't see the daylight': Migrant families describe prolonged detention in border facilities
Migrant families with young children, including toddlers, were held for days and sometimes weeks in US Customs and Border Protection facilities, some with jail-like conditions, according to interviews conducted by attorneys tied to immigrant advocacy groups and submitted Tuesday in federal court. The filings reveal details of families being detained this year in border facilities, which are not designed for that purpose, for extended periods of time despite a steep drop in migrant crossings, raising alarm among attorneys who argue CBP detention is not equipped to care for people, especially children. The court filings are part of a decades-old legal agreement governing conditions for migrant children in government custody. Tuesday's motion requests that CBP stop detaining children for prolonged periods of time in poor conditions and requests more precise data from the agency after recent discrepancies. 'During their extended detention, CBP holds children in increasingly harsh conditions, including in ports of entry ('POE'), which are meant to hold individuals for only a few hours, in violation of (the settlement). Children are particularly vulnerable to the trauma caused by the confusion, cruelty, and deprivation endemic to CBP custody,' the motion reads. The 1997 Flores settlement, as it's known, requires the government to release children from government custody without unnecessary delay to sponsors, such as parents or adult relatives, and dictates conditions by which children are held. It applies to children who crossed the US-Mexico border alone, as well as those who arrived with family. Attorneys who represent the Flores settlement class are permitted to meet with children and their family members in government custody to interview them. In one case, a mother and her toddler, separated from her father, were held at a border facility in California for 42 days, according to the family's telling in a court declaration. The officers allowed the father to visit two times. 'Since being separated from her father, (redacted)'s behavior has changed. She used to speak a lot before, and now she's not speaking anymore. She previously used five or six words, like 'mom' 'dad' and 'yes,' now she doesn't talk at all,' the filing states, detailing a room where 23 women and children were held with no windows. 'It was so crowded that we couldn't even step forwards or backwards,' the declaration says. 'We spent all 42 days in that same place. We didn't see the daylight. We only went outside when we went to the different place where the showers are.' CNN has reached out to CBP for comment. The Flores settlement agreement doesn't prohibit the federal government from deporting a child and their family, but it states that children can't be kept in immigration detention for prolonged periods and should be considered for release. According to Tuesday's filings, 'Instead, CBP keeps accompanied children in its custody until it removes them from the United States or transfers them to ICE custody where they can request parole from ICE.' Attorneys found that even though migrant crossings have plummeted at the US southern border, 301 children were detained in CBP custody for more than 72 hours in February. Of those, the majority were detained for more than seven days. In April, when US Border Patrol encounters hovered around 8,300, 213 children were held more than 72 hours and 14 children were held for more than 20 days, including toddlers, according to the filing. The data is based on reports provided by CBP. 'The number of children crossing our borders is the lowest in decades, but the cruelty they are experiencing in government custody is at an all-time high,' said Leecia Welch, deputy litigation director at Children's Rights, who interviewed some of the families and children in custody. 'We are heaping trauma on defenseless children who came here seeking our protection. With this motion, we return to court once again asking for nothing more than government accountability to ensure the humane treatment of children,' she added. Previous administrations, including the Biden administration, wrestled with border surges that strained federal resources and resulted in unaccompanied children, families and adults staying in border custody for days. Border facilities are intended for relatively short stays. CBP generally releases or transfers those in custody within 72 hours as a matter of practice, though that can often be extended in the event of space limitations for transfers to other agencies, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the past, CBP has also paroled people into the United States on a case-by-case basis, depending on the individual or family circumstance. The Trump administration has moved to terminate the Flores settlement, arguing that it has hamstrung the federal government's policymaking and ability to respond to changing conditions along the border, including surges in recent years. 'The Executive has not been able to react fully and meaningfully to these changes because the (Flores settlement agreement) has ossified federal-immigration policy,' the Trump Justice Department said in a recent court filing. 'Successive Administrations have tried unsuccessfully to free themselves from the strictures of the consent decree and this Court's gloss on it. But detention of juvenile aliens continues to be—as it has been for more than a generation—dominated by the strictures of a 1997 agreement.' But the combination of low border numbers and extended stays in CBP facilities has raised questions for attorneys, including whether some people are coming into CBP facilities from interior enforcement actions. 'The lengths in detention are lengthening despite the requirements of Flores and CBP policies and practices themselves. We're seeing a broader variety of troubling sites being put into play,' said Sergio Perez, executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and part of the Flores legal team. A family with a 5-year-old son was taken into custody after a traffic stop in Ohio. The parent and child were taken to an office building in the state where they stayed in a room for five days, according to a court declaration. 'The room had no windows to the outside. We couldn't tell whether it was day or night. There was a large window that looked out on the office space and agents working on their computers. All the agents were men,' the declaration states. 'The room had a toilet that was completely visible to anyone walking by the room. We could only go pee because it was so uncomfortable to go to the bathroom within the view of all those men,' it continues, adding that lights were left on at night. In another case, an 11-year-old and their mother were apprehended when they landed in the United States. They were held at O'Hare International Airport for five days, according to a court declaration. The filings include descriptions from migrants of border facilities with cold rooms, limited access to sanitary items, thin mattresses on the floor, mylar blankets, and limited or no access to the outdoors. The filings also include allegations that CBP officers used profanity, and in one case, told children to 'go home' when they asked for food. One family with two sons, including a 1-year-old and an infant who's only a 'few months,' was detained in a border facility for a month. 'It was extremely cold. My sons both got sick there because it was so cold. They did not allow us extra clothes for the kids. We had only aluminum blankets,' the declaration reads, adding: 'The lights were on all night, they never turned off. We spent these days inside without even seeing the sun.'
