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Compassion BenchmarkFriday, June 5, 2026No. 52

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Bolivia's sixth consecutive week of lethal protest repression produces a −5.6 downgrade and a new STATE-REPRESSION-IN-FLUX methodology ruling, while the United States' open 06-04 Developing-to-Critical proposal deepens as ICE rescinds its post-release death-reporting requirement and Yemen records a WFP staffer death in Houthi detention.

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1,160 reviewed20 assessed1 score change12 forward watches

Today's numberHIGHpriority signalBolivia
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The STATE-REPRESSION-IN-FLUX ruling scores on attested deaths and detentions, not charge outcomes — but the methodology has not yet specified whether a political settlement extinguishing the charges also extinguishes the scored dimensional harm.

“If Bolivia's ACC and BND dimensional scores decline on attested lethal force (4 killed, 127+ detained) under the STATE-REPRESSION-IN-FLUX ruling, does a subsequent negotiated resolution between the government and COB leadership — without any adjudication of the terrorism charges — constitute sufficient evidence to reverse those dimensional scores toward the 28.4 baseline, or does the attested lethal conduct hold independently of charge outcomes?”
Relatedbolivia
Lead signalcritical

United States 23.4 — ICE Death-Reporting Rescission Reinforces Open 06-04 Proposal; Duplicate-Suppression Discipline Applied

What happened

The June 5 signal — ICE's rescission of the 30-day post-release death-reporting requirement, the 17th detention death of 2026 (approximately one every six days), and a 65% collapse in Fortune 500 DEI disclosures — is same-regime continuation that reinforces the pending 06-04 proposal (23.4→17.5, Developing→Critical) without materially changing the −5.9 magnitude. The 06-04 proposal is grounded in Tier-5 adjudicated judicial findings by Judge Murphy (D.

Why it matters

Mass.) and Judge Cobb (D.D.C.) ruling core deportation architecture unlawful — a conduct layer the June 5 evidence deepens but does not alter. No duplicate proposal was created; the June 5 ICE rescission is logged as corroborating evidence for the open proposal.

Countries
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Score trajectory — united-states
united-states score trajectory: down from 49.2 (2026-05-22) to 16.2 (2026-06-14)
Forward watch12 upcoming triggers
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  • 7 days
    EU Returns Regulation (India, Jordan context)HIGH2026-06-12

    EU Returns Regulation enters force; documented EU-facilitated return to a country where a third-country national faces persecution without individual assessment constitutes a scored signal under th…

  • 10 days
    Oracle CorporationCRITICAL2026-06-15

    WARN Act last-working-day window closes for approximately 30,000 affected workers. Adjudicated finding on the remote-reclassification-as-WARN-avoidance theory in NJ state proceedings or the Washing…

  • 12 days
    AfghanistanHIGH2026-06-17

    UNSC UNAMA mandate renewal vote. Non-renewal reduces accountability architecture without altering the entity's own conduct trajectory. Reversal of Decree No.12 or Decree No.18 constitutes the first…

  • 56 days
    Democratic Republic of CongoHIGH2026-07-31

    Ebola Bundibugyo peak window through July with confirmed Kampala transmission and accelerating trajectory (515/91 from 381/64 in 24 hours). Documented deliberate state obstruction of the WHO respon…

  • 58 days
    All AI LabsHIGH2026-08-02

    EU AI Act GPAI transparency and systematic-risk documentation obligations take full effect. Fines up to €35M or 7% of global annual turnover. No assessed AI lab has published compliance documentati…

  • 87 days
    SudanHIGH2026-08-31

    West and Central Africa lean season peak. Sudan and South Sudan sustain floor designation. Nigeria (21.9) at 1.9pt above Critical; further IPC Phase 5 area expansion or documented state obstruction…

  • TBD
    BoliviaHIGH

    Confirmed extrajudicial-killing findings, mass-casualty escalation, or charge adjudication may warrant further movement within Developing. Negotiated settlement, charge withdrawal, or casualty cess…

  • TBD
    United StatesCRITICAL

    Appellate review of Murphy (D. Mass.) and Cobb (D.D.C.) deportation injunctions. Further ICE in-custody deaths reinforce the proposed 17.5 Critical baseline. Reinstatement of the rescinded 30-day p…

  • TBD
    IndiaHIGH

    Confirmation of 145+ state-attributable enforced disappearances at scale beyond the priced refoulement pattern. Judicial findings on wrongful citizen expulsion also constitute a potential trigger f…

  • TBD
    3M CompanyCRITICAL

    Adverse adjudication or settlement of the Australia $1.43B PFAS claim or the Minnesota MPCA PFOS suit, or rejection of 3M's military-contractor federal immunity defense. A disciplined modeled downg…

  • TBD
    UnitedHealth GroupCRITICAL

    Merits adjudication or settlement of any of the three converging sovereign enforcement actions — DOJ MA-billing criminal probe, MA AG antitrust suit, AZ AG eight-insurer price-fixing cartel suit — …

  • TBD
    AnthropicCRITICAL

    DC Circuit ruling on Anthropic v. Hegseth (Pentagon supply-chain-risk designation). Favorable ruling triggers Functional/Established crossing from 59.1; adverse ruling produces downward movement.

Signal stack

13 signals
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Countries — Developing Band Movement

Bolivia −5.6 on lethal protest repression and labor-leader terrorism charges; STATE-REPRESSION-IN-FLUX (SCORABLE) ruling established; US 06-04 proposal reinforced

medium

Countries — Absolute Floor Cohort (0.0)

Seven floor confirmations; Yemen WFP staffer death in custody is the cycle's deepest gravity escalation within the floor

medium

Fortune 500 — Boundary and Enforcement Cluster

Oracle WARN deadline 10 days out; 3M boundary at 0.3pt above Critical; AZ AG cartel suit sustains UnitedHealth enforcement density

medium

Humanitarian and Health Emergencies

Ebola Bundibugyo accelerates to 515/91; Strait of Hormuz food-crisis amplifier; EU Returns Regulation June 12; UNAMA vote June 17

medium

ICE Detention and Transparency — US Immigration Enforcement

ICE rescinds 30-day post-release death-reporting requirement; 17th detention death reinforces open 06-04 proposal

medium

AI Labs — EU AI Act Countdown and OpenAI Assessment Gap

EU AI Act GPAI enforcement 58 days out; OpenAI comprehensive assessment overdue; no assessed lab has published compliance documentation

Risk signals

Developments that may affect future scores. Watch items from the Jun 5 briefing.

Risk

Bolivia's protest repression has already exceeded the June 5 modeled magnitude — subsequent reporting through June 9 documents 10 killed and 365 arrested — deepening the STATE-REPRESSION-IN-FLUX pattern within the Developing band.

Risk

The United States' open 06-04 Developing-to-Critical proposal accumulates corroborating evidence each cycle; the ICE death-reporting rescission documents a transparency-degradation pattern that compounds the already-proposed ACC 1.4 floor.

Risk

The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak is accelerating faster than the 06-04 trajectory: 515 cases / 91 deaths (up from 381/64 in 24 hours); Uganda urban spread; 20% contact tracing; CDC worst-case 20,000.

Risk

Oracle sits 0.6 points above Critical with the WARN Act sign-or-forfeit window closing June 15 — the most proximate hard trigger date across all assessed entities.

Risk

India's 145 reported disappearances among ~5,000 deportees document a potential new category of state-attributable harm beyond the priced refoulement and expulsion pattern.

Risk

The EU Returns Regulation enters force June 12 — seven days from this cycle — creating structured enforcement mechanisms for third-country return procedures consequential for entities with standing non-refoulement profiles.

Risk

EU AI Act GPAI transparency and systematic-risk documentation obligations take full effect August 2 — 58 days from this cycle — with no assessed AI lab having published compliance documentation.

Risk

The West Africa and Sahel lean season is tracking 52.8 million food-insecure — the regional humanitarian load continues building toward the August peak with funding gaps across the full cluster.

Score movements

Entities with score changes this cycle, followed by confirmed positions.

20 assessed
Countries
Bolivia

Four protesters killed and 127+ detained; terrorism charges filed against COB labor chief and 24 union leaders.

28.422.8-5.6ACC −0.40
euronews.com
Countries
United States

ICE rescinded 30-day post-release death-reporting requirement; 17th detention death of 2026; DEI disclosures down 65%.

23.423.4ACC 0.00
Countries
India

Deportee count escalated from 1,500 to ~5,000; HRW documents citizens expelled without verification; 145 reportedly disappeared.

15.615.6EQU 0.00
Countries
Yemen

WFP staffer died in Houthi detention; UNSC unanimous demand for release of 73 detained UN and CSO staff; WFP terminated 365 contracts.

00BND 0.00
2.5 above Critical
Countries
Iran

612 executions YTD; June 1 secret executions of Kurdish prisoners; June 3 execution of January protester Avari; 41+ at imminent risk.

2.52.5BND 0.00
2.3 above Critical
Countries
Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola Bundibugyo reached 515 cases / 91 deaths; Uganda spread continues; CDC worst-case 20,000; contact tracing at 20%.

2.32.3SYS 0.00

Next signal: — Ebola peak window through July; documented deliberate state obstruction of WHO response breaks NATURAL-DISASTER-OVERLAY hold

Fortune 500
UnitedHealth Group

DOJ MA-fraud probe, AZ AG cartel suit, MA antitrust greenlight, and AI-denial class action sustain near-floor sovereign-enforcement density.

10.210.2ACC 0.00
0.6 above Critical
Fortune 500
Oracle Corporation

WARN Act June 15 sign-or-forfeit window 10 days out; ~30,000 workers affected; NJ and Washington proceedings active.

20.620.6EMP 0.00
Boundary

Next signal: — WARN Act last-working-day window closes; NJ state WARN proceedings and Washington class action on remote-reclassification avoidance theory

0.3 above Critical
Fortune 500
3M Company

Australia $1.43B and Minnesota MPCA PFAS suits carry forward; military-contractor immunity defense pending; Phase-2 MDL July 31.

20.320.3ACC 0.00
Boundary

Next signal: — Phase-2 MDL deadline; merits adjudication or settlement of Australia $1.43B claim or Minnesota MPCA suit; ruling on military-contractor immunity defense

Countries
Russia

June 2 Kyiv attack killed 22 civilians including children; Putin rejected peace talks June 6; 60,659 UN-verified civilian casualties since 2022.

00BND 0.00
Countries
Myanmar

June 1 junta airstrikes on IDP camps in Rakhine while residents slept; 4 heavy bombs on Kyaung Cha Twin camp.

00BND 0.00
Countries
Sudan

19.5M acutely food-insecure; 135,000 IPC-5; UN fact-finding cites RSF hallmarks of genocide against Zaghawa and Fur in El Fasher.

00EMP 0.00
Countries
Afghanistan

4.7M at severe food-insecurity risk (+50% YoY); 3.8M girls out of school; Hormuz closure exogenous overlay; UNAMA June 17 milestone.

00EQU 0.00

Next signal: — UNSC UNAMA mandate renewal vote; reversal of Decrees 12/18 constitutes first scored improvement signal

Countries
Syria

15.6M need aid; appeal 18% funded; WFP halved food assistance to 1M; Hormuz closure exogenous cost overlay.

00EMP 0.00
Countries
Israel

856 Palestinians killed since Oct 2025 ceasefire; aid trucks cut from 4,200 to 590/week; 37 aid groups banned; 36,000+ displaced in West Bank.

00BND 0.00
Countries
Panama

Rotation confirm; stable Developing; EQU 2.0 single laggard on Darien transit pressures; reconstruction exact.

37.537.5EQU 0.00
Countries
Jamaica

Rotation confirm; stable Developing; EQU 2.0 laggard on violent-crime and extrajudicial-killing concerns; reconstruction exact.

37.537.5EQU 0.00
Countries
Bulgaria

Rotation confirm; EQU/BND/ACC 2.0 laggards; ad-hoc reconstruction 29.4 vs published 30.4 — validator is authoritative, not a math-hygiene flag.

30.430.4EQU 0.00
Countries
Jordan

Rotation confirm; EQU 2.0 laggard on refugee-hosting strain; regional Hormuz and Gaza spillover treated as exogenous overlay.

35.935.9EQU 0.00
Countries
Kenya

HRW World Report 2026 documents anti-protest crackdowns and plain-clothes disappearances; no new acute June 5 spike; continuation pattern priced.

35.935.9EQU 0.00

Evidence ledger

Primary sources reviewed in this briefing cycle. 1 source linked.

Primary sources reviewed in this briefing: domain, source type, entity linked, dimension, and external link.
SourceTypeEntityDimensionLink
euronews.comNewsBolivia—Open

Floor designations

·8 entities at composite 0 with documented evidence pattern

Composite scores resolving at zero — methodology disclosure

These entities have all 8 dimensions resolving at the lowest behavioral anchor (1.0/5.0) across multiple assessment cycles. Read the methodology.

Ai Labs

Character AI

Floor
BNDACCEMPINT

Ai Labs

Palantir AI

Floor
AWREMPACCEQUINT

Ai Labs

xAI/Grok

Floor
AWREMPACCINT

Countries

Israel

Floor
AWREMPEQUBNDACCINT

Countries

Myanmar

Floor
AWREMPEQUBNDACCINT

Countries

South Sudan

Floor
AWRACTEQUACCSYSINT

Countries

Sudan

Floor
AWRACTEQUBNDACCINT

Robotics Labs

Ghost Robotics

Floor
BNDACCINT

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