When U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited the mega prison in El Salvador on Wednesday and posed with the bare-chested and head-shorn inmates behind her, Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Michael Franken responded to Noem on X: “It is a violation under the Fourth Geneva Convention to pose with prisoners.”

Franken, also the former Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) who served under Presidents Obama and Trump, added: “The first three Geneva Conventions dealt with combatants. The 4th with civilian prisoners. They are either combatants in MAGA minds or civilians without due process. Geneva signatory is germane.”

Kristi Noem Violated Geneva Convention “To Pose with Prisoners” Says U.S. Former POW/MIA Director – MAGA Defends Her

Trump Administration officials continue to defend its use of extraordinary war powers to deport more than 200 Venezuelan migrants accused of being criminals to a new mega prison in El Salvador. The President’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798​ to allow the deportation has ignited a legal battle. Note: Chief DC District Judge James Boasberg issued a […]

Kristi Noem Violated Geneva Convention “To Pose with Prisoners” Says U.S. Former POW/MIA Director – MAGA Defends Her

The first sentence of article 2 of the Fourth Geneva Convention very clearly states that it applies in peacetime:

In addition to the provisions which shall be implemented in peacetime, …

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.33_GC-IV-EN.pdf