Although the Trump administration declined to participate in this year's Universal Periodic Review, American activists and advocates still traveled to the United Nations in Geneva to draw attention to the government's sweeping abuses.

They spoke with the Center for Contstitutional Rights Associate Director of Policy at the Center for Constitutional Rights, "Terrorism is a political framework specifically designed and rooted in attempts to criminalize, dehumanize, and quash anti-colonial movements and movements of people demanding the right to self-determination," said Brad Parker of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Parker noted that the earliest mention of "terrorism" in a federal statute was in 1969 and concerned restricting humanitarian aid to Palestinians."

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