C. Morris

Human rights and conflict. Following only news sources. Posts regularly deleted. Frequently on hiatus due to other commitments.

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2026-02-16 00:53:08 UTC

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Dr. Raj T: ‘…The organisations scaling up to replace MSF, NRC, & Oxfam…, claiming to serve beneficiaries while structurally answerable to the power controlling access…ARE the implementing mechanism for Board of Peace "reconstruction."…
Call it what it is: occupation infrastructure implemented through humanitarian mechanisms.’ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rajthamotheram_im-reading-the-new-humanitarians-very-important-share-7428750563867136000-TGFO?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAMq1YoB6hhFxhjRENMfTgr6b8p8swySwaM

2026-02-16 00:40:14 UTC

Compliant aid: Who are the #Israel-approved #NGOs scaling up in #Gaza? “The New Humanitarian…investigation found that the new cohort of Israel-approved groups scaling up in Gaza can roughly be divided into two categories: those that appear well-intentioned but have chosen to barter silence for access, and others that seem more politically aligned with Israeli authorities.” | The New Humanitarian https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2026/02/11/compliant-aid-who-are-israel-approved-ngos-scaling-gaza

2026-02-04 15:44:08 UTC

My piece on the #US #sanctions against #ICC judges, prosecutors & other jurists:
Attacks Against the International Criminal Court: Who Cares About Victims of Atrocity Crimes? “Diplomacy to protect the ICC must go beyond…oblique statements of general support. To prevent further erosion of the international #ruleoflaw, small & middle powers…need to join forces to uphold international #humanrights #law & institutions...” | full article at https://www.slaw.ca/2026/01/28/attacks-against-the-international-criminal-court-who-cares-about-victims-of-atrocity-crimes/ 1/2

2026-01-14 13:43:04 UTC

Sorry, eh. “Like all the best Americans, I'm Canadian, & while I have lived abroad for most of this century, I still hew faithfully to our folkways, which is why I'd like to start this essay by apologizing…
I'm sorry! I'm a technology writer, which means I'm supposed to be encouraging you to throw hundreds of billions of dollars at the money-losingest technology in human history, #AI...” | Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/not-sorry/#mere-billions #BillC11 @npub1fdr…lvhs

2026-01-02 17:57:30 UTC

The Post-American Internet “…there's a third possible response to #tariffs, one that's just sitting there, begging to be tried: what about repealing #anticircumvention #law?… …what if #Canada repealed…the #CopyrightModernizationAct of 2012 (that's our anticircumvention law)?” | from speech by #CoryDoctorow entitled "A post-American, #enshittification-resistant #internet" for #39C3, the 39th Chaos Communications Congress in Hamburg, Germany https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition @npub1fdr…lvhs

2025-12-10 16:05:39 UTC

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the #InternationalCriminalCourt #ICC adopted a unanimous Declaration expressing grave concern about “attempts to undermine the independence of the
Court through #threats & #CoerciveMeasures, including…#sanctions, against elected
officials or those cooperating with the Court, including #CivilSocietyOrganisations…” | Full Declaration at
https://asp.icc-cpi.int/resolutions/sessions/2025-24th-Session

2025-12-07 03:00:34 UTC

UN experts alarmed by #US escalating pressure on Venezuela… ‘…“International law is clear:…the #UnitedStates has no legal authority to ‘close’ another State’s airspace…
US military attacks on alleged drug traffickers at sea, which have killed over 80 #civilians in 21 strikes, are grave violations of the #RightToLife & the #internationalLaw of the sea,” they said. “Those involved in ordering & carrying out these #extrajudicialkillings must be…prosecuted for homicide.” https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/12/un-experts-alarmed-united-states-escalating-pressure-venezuela #law

2025-12-03 05:39:55 UTC

What is the current state of international law on the question of immunity for heads of state indicted before international criminal courts? “The legal truth is this: International law has never recognized #immunity for heads of state before international courts.” | Chile Eboe-Osuji, Lawfare https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/no-immunity-for-heads-of-state-for-international-crimes

2025-11-19 16:21:41 UTC

Framing #Gaza: A Comparative Analysis of #MediaBias in 8 Western Media Outlets. “…Media Bias Meter, a Tech for Palestine project, analyzes…54,449 articles…across 8 major Western news outlets from North America & Europe. Despite their geographic, linguistic & ideological diversity, the news coverage revealed a… consistent pattern: a systemic distortion…that favors Israeli framing while marginalizing Palestinian perspectives…” | Full report: https://www.mediabiasmeter.com/framing-gaza-media-bias-report-2025

2025-10-25 20:38:48 UTC

‘In an open letter…460 signatories - including former #Israeli officials, #Jewish artists & intellectuals - urged heads of state to address "the underlying conditions of #occupation, #apartheid and the denial of #Palestinian #rights" absent from the current #ceasefire agreement. …Addressed to the #UN secretary general, the letter called on world leaders to uphold #internationallaw, halt #armssales…as well as ensuring the flow of #humanitarianaid to #Gaza. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hundreds-jewish-figures-and-israelis-urge-world-leaders-hold-israel-accountable-over

2025-10-24 19:22:36 UTC

‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom. “After fleeing Chinese repression, #Uyghurs Idris and Zeynure Hasan thought their family would be safe. But Beijing’s growing influence led to Idris’s arrest and a long battle to be reunited“ | Transnational repression | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/23/china-uyghur-turkey-morocco-arrest #China #Morocco #Turkey #USA #Canada

2025-10-09 15:29:45 UTC

#Ceasefire: “For more than 2 million Palestinians in the occupied #Gaza Strip who have faced 2 years of agonizing suffering, relentless bombardment & systematic starvation amidst #Israel’s…#genocide, for those held #hostage by #Palestinian armed groups, & for those arbitrarily detained by Israel, a deal…[to] put a stop to the horrors of the past 2 years is cruelly overdue… Many will now be watching closely for proof that this is not just another brief respite.” | Amnesty https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/10/israel-opt-ceasefire-pathway-ending-occupation-apartheid-genocide/

2025-09-09 07:43:09 UTC

International Crisis Group adviser Brian Finucane on legality of US strike on #Venezuelan boat. “…when you see the premeditated killing of another person outside of an armed conflict, there's a term for that, & that term is #murder. The administration has not established that the US is in an armed conflict with Tren de Aragua…, has not established that this operation is governed by the law of war & has not established that the targets…were lawful targets…” https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5528890/international-crisis-group-adviser-on-legality-of-u-s-strike-on-venezuelan-boat

2025-09-07 14:06:15 UTC

Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 #Gaza #detainees: A classified Israeli army database indicates that the vast majority of the 6,000 #Palestinians who have been arrested in Gaza and held in appalling conditions in Israeli detention are #civilians, a joint investigation finds. | Yuval Abraham, +972 Magazine
https://www.972mag.com/israeli-intelligence-database-militants-civilians-gaza-detainees/

2025-09-04 18:58:07 UTC

==> #Gaza’s #famine is man-made. And those who are making it happen are doing their best to conceal their crime. The #Israeli government is reading from the same playbook as many architects of calamity from the past 100 years...
1: keep out the press...
2: ban the word ‘famine’...
3: confound the statisticians...
4: attack the sources...
5: confuse the story...
6: blame something or someone else...
7: justify the crime..."
by Alex de Waal, The Observer https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/gaza-famine-playbook

2025-08-31 16:10:57 UTC

Enough with the warlords. There is another way: Israel’s addictive militarism has convinced us that the next dose of the drug will be the one that fixes things forever. But an alternative path exists. | by Orly Noy, +972 Magazine, October 23, 2023 https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-warlords-militarism-alternative/ #October7 #Israel #Gaza #WestBank

2025-08-23 15:53:09 UTC

Israeli military uproots 1,000s of Palestinian olive trees in West Bank:
Israeli destruction in al-Mughayyir near Ramallah is part of push to forcibly displace #Palestinians, researcher says. ‘The army…[said] the trees posed a “security threat” to a main Israeli #settlement road that runs through the village’s lands... The West Bank also has seen a surge in Israeli military & settler violence…10s of 1,000s of Palestinians have been forced out of their homes.’ | AlJazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/23/israeli-military-uproots-thousands-of-palestinian-olive-trees-in-west-bank

2025-08-16 14:41:10 UTC

Here are the names of the journalists Israel killed in Gaza:
Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza.
| Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/11/here-are-the-names-of-the-journalists-israel-killed-in-gaza

2025-08-08 14:52:19 UTC

MSF Report: This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing. ‘In May 2025… Israeli authorities sought to…[replace] the UN-led humanitarian response…with a militarised food distribution scheme run by…the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (#GHF)…operated by the GHF are…under full #Israeli military control & “secured” by private #American armed contractors.
MSF calls for an immediate cessation of the GHF distribution mechanism’ | MSF https://www.msf.org/not-aid-orchestrated-killing

2025-08-06 19:15:48 UTC

Why humanitarians must act to end Israel’s #genocide in #Gaza: With all other actors abdicating responsibility, a broad coalition of #aid organisations must take bold steps to halt Israeli atrocities. | The New Humanitarian https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025/07/28/why-humanitarians-must-act-end-israels-genocide-gaza #HumanitarianAlibi

2025-08-01 16:40:34 UTC

“Faced with a deepening #humanitarian crisis in #Gaza & mounting public pressure, western governments were compelled to act. Most have chosen the symbolic & comparatively cost-free approach of #recognition. They have done so in large part to avoid…concrete measures, such as an #armsembargo, #tradesanctions, or #diplomaticisolation. Yet their response has also demonstrated that…protracted public campaigns…can indeed force governments to change course.” | Middle East Eye https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/Israel-meltdown-western-recognition-palestinian-statehood-deepest-fears

2025-07-31 23:54:57 UTC

👉The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in #Gaza. “Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive… Israel knows how much food is needed. It has been calibrating hunger in Gaza for decades, initially calculating shipments to exert pressure while avoiding starvation… Yet data compiled & published by Israel’s own government makes clear that it has been starving Gaza.“ | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/the-mathematics-of-starvation-how-israel-caused-a-famine-in-gaza?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other /1
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2025-07-27 00:25:25 UTC

Respect for International Law in #Gaza: The Perspective of #Israeli Scholars. “Since October 2023…a group of eminent Israeli #internationallaw scholars has written numerous letters & memos expressing concerns over many aspects of the Gaza war from the perspective of #internationallaw, particularly #InternationalHumanitarianLaw (#IHL).” | Verfassungsblog
https://verfassungsblog.de/international-law-in-gaza/

2025-07-26 21:11:05 UTC

‘#UN experts…expressed grave concern over systematic & ongoing violations by #Israeli settlers and Israeli security forces against #Palestinian peasants & rural workers in the occupied #WestBank, including East Jerusalem….
"The alleged acts of violence, destruction of property, & denial of access to land & resources appear to constitute a systemic pattern of human rights violations," they said…’ | OHCHR https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/07/un-experts-call-end-israeli-state-and-settler-violence-west-bank

2025-07-26 21:07:14 UTC

'I witnessed #warcrimes' in #Gaza…: A retired US special forces officer has revealed why he resigned from his work with #US- & #Israel-backed #GHF aid distribution centres. "I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC. He added that in his entire career he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality & use of indiscriminate & unnecessary force against a civilian [unarmed, starving] population". | watch BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cy8k8045nx9o

2025-07-24 15:29:35 UTC

#AP, #AFP, #Reuters & #BBC joint statement Thursday says their #journalists in #Gaza face #starvation: "…these independent journalists have been the world's eyes & ears on the ground in Gaza. They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering…
The statement called on Israel to allow journalists in & out of Gaza & allow adequate food supplies into the territory." | CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/news-organizations-journalists-gaza-face-starvation-1.7592779
See the joint statement: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/joint-statement-on-gaza-from-afp-ap-bbc-news-reuters

2025-07-19 19:25:20 UTC

“The #Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all US foreign #aid has left dozens of water & sanitation projects half-finished across the globe, creating new hazards for some of the people they were designed to benefit, Reuters has found. Reuters has identified 21 unfinished projects in 16 countries after speaking to 17 sources familiar with the infrastructure plans. Most of these projects have not previously been reported.” | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-funding-cut-stalls-water-projects-increasing-risks-millions-2025-07-19/ #USAID

2025-07-11 00:32:51 UTC

Courts in Conversation: The International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice and their…roles in Addressing International Crimes. “The following essay examines the relationship between the #ICJ and the #ICC, at a time when both courts have increasingly found themselves seized of the same situations of mass #atrocitycrimes, including in #Gaza, #Myanmar, #Ukraine & #Afghanistan…” | Mark Kersten, Justice in Conflict https://justiceinconflict.org/2025/07/10/courts-in-conversation-the-international-criminal-court-the-international-court-of-justice-and-their-mutual-and-respective-roles-in-addressing-international-crimes/

2025-07-10 04:22:14 UTC

#USA: #Sanctions against #UN Special Rapporteur Francesca #Albanese a disgraceful affront to international justice | Amnesty International https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/usa-sanctions-un-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese/

2025-06-29 13:06:04 UTC

‘An Israeli air attack on Tehran’s #EvinPrison during this month’s 12-day war has killed at least 71 people, Iran’s judiciary says…. The strike…[on 23 June] destroyed part of the administrative building at Evin, a large, heavily fortified complex in northern Tehran that rights groups said holds #politicalprisoners & foreign nationals… [Authorities say] the victims at Evin included…staff, guards, prisoners & visiting relatives…[&] people living nearby…’ | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/gallery/2025/6/29/aftermath-of-deadly-israeli-attack-on-tehrans-evin-prison

2025-06-27 01:02:25 UTC

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“Johnny Noviello moved from #Canada to Daytona Beach when he was 10 years old. He grew up in #Florida & became a lawful #permanentresident. On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after 6 weeks in #immigration detention. Noviello, 49, is the 9th person to die in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement [#ICE] custody since the beginning of the year...” | Miami Herald https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article309501470.html#storylink=cpy

2025-06-26 20:23:29 UTC

Canadian dies in ICE custody in Florida: “Johnny Noviello, 49,… had been in the US since 1988 & became a lawful permanent resident in 1991… In 2023, he was convicted of…offences...
Noviello isn't the only #Canadian…arrested in the #US since the #ICE sweeps began.
#JasmineMooney from BC was…held for nearly 2 weeks after trying to get a work visa renewed. She was…returned to Canada in mid-March. 👉WATCH… Mooney tells…about her…#ICE detention… ‘That place breaks you.’” https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-dies-in-ice-custody-1.7571876

2025-06-19 20:07:44 UTC

In an oral statement to the #UN #HumanRightsCouncil, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (#LRWC), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (#IBAHRI, & the International Service for Human Rights (#ISHR) today called the Council’s attention to the #US government’s “concerted attack on the #ruleoflaw including crackdowns against #peacefulassembly & threats against #humanrightsdefenders, #lawyers, #judges, & civil society groups that uphold human rights.” | https://www.lrwc.org/united-states-halt-crackdowns-against-peaceful-assembly-oral-statement-to-the-un-human-rights-council/ #HRC59
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2025-06-16 23:53:40 UTC

“…#BBC is systematically biased against #Palestinians in #Gaza war coverage. Analysis of 35,000+ pieces of BBC content shows…
Despite Gaza suffering 34x more casualties than Israel, BBC gave Israeli deaths 33 times more coverage per fatality… BBC…applied ‘massacre’ 18x more to Israeli casualties… BBC presenters shut down genocide claims... BBC presenters shared the Israeli perspective 11 times more frequently than the Palestinian perspective (2,340 v 217).” | CfMM report https://cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-israel-one-story-double-standards/

2025-06-14 16:37:25 UTC

Attending a #Protest | #Surveillance Self-Defense. “For quick reference…a handy #guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download)... Protecting your #electronic devices & digital assets before, during, and after a protest is vital to keeping yourself & your information safe, as well as getting your message out. Theft, damage, confiscation, or forced deletion of media can disrupt your ability to publish your experiences..“| EFF https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest

2025-06-09 23:23:30 UTC

The Elders deliver an open letter to the leaders of #Canada, #France and the #UnitedKingdom urging them to fulfil their stated commitment to recognise the State of #Palestine without condition or delay. | The Elders https://theelders.org/news/build-peace-recognise-state-palestine-elders-open-letter-urges-canada-france-and-uk-leaders

2025-05-19 06:56:27 UTC

Genocide Studies | “NRC spoke to seven renowned #genocide researchers about #Gaza. They are not nearly as divided as public opinion: without exception, they qualify the Israeli actions as 'genocidal'. And according to them, almost all their colleagues agree...” | NRC (auto translation from Dutch) https://www-nrc-nl.translate.goog/nieuws/2025/05/14/zeven-gerenommeerde-wetenschappers-vrijwel-eensgezind-israel-pleegt-in-gaza-genocide-a4893293?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

2025-05-14 13:38:56 UTC

‘No aid has entered #Gaza for more than 10 weeks & every single one of the 2.1 million people there faces #famine conditions, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said…Tuesday…to the #SecurityCouncil... [He asked] the international community to reflect on what it will tell future generations about action taken “to stop the 21st century atrocity to which we bear daily witness in Gaza.” He…urged the Council to act decisively to prevent #genocide from happening.’ https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1163206

2025-05-14 13:13:15 UTC

Unified Call to Confront Famine in Gaza: Hundreds of civil society organisations are calling for “immediate organisation & deployment of a #Diplomatic #HumanitarianConvoy to #Gaza,” urging States “to publicly commit to joining the humanitarian convoy by dispatching official diplomatic missions to accompany the #aid trucks into Gaza via the Rafah Crossing. …departure date will be announced soon... “
See the full statement & list of signatories: https://www.globalr2p.org/publications/unified-call-to-confront-famine-in-gaza-launch-the-diplomatic-humanitarian-convoy-now/

2025-05-09 22:37:35 UTC

Worth following: @npub1fry…zsy8, a historian of the Middle East. #FollowFriday

2025-03-30 23:20:15 UTC

Denmark considered US one of its closest allies. Now many Danes are refusing to buy American. “…a protest against US President Donald Trump & …his obsessive determination to take over #Greenland, an autonomous territory that is part of the Kingdom of #Denmark. Tens of thousands of Danes have joined a Facebook group dedicated to sharing advice about how to avoid American-made products and instead buy local.”
| CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/denmark-u-s-trump-boycott-1.7495396

2025-03-20 11:57:45 UTC

For #Canadians travelling, living or working in the #US, including green card holders. Please read this narrative by #JasmineMooney.
👉Please carry your *passport* with you even if not planning to cross an international border.
👉Please *memorize* key phone numbers & email addresses.
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I’M THE CANADIAN WHO WAS DETAINED BY #ICE FOR TWO WEEKS. IT FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED | By Jasmine Mooney, The Guardian, 19 March 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney

2025-03-18 14:40:11 UTC

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Radio Free Asia & Voice of America have long been a thorn in the side of the region’s repressive governments. “…if the administration wishes to follow a policy of pressuring & containing #China…the decision to shut down RFA & VOA, which did voluminous reporting on Chinese human rights abuses (particularly against the #Uyghurs of the #Xinjiang region) would seem counterproductive.” | Sebastian Strangio, The Diplomat https://thediplomat.com/2025/03/cambodias-hun-sen-myanmar-junta-celebrate-closure-of-us-funded-media-outlets/

2025-03-18 14:25:40 UTC

#Cambodia’s Hun Sen, #Myanmar Junta Celebrate Closure of US-Funded Media Outlets: The US-funded broadcasters #RadioFreeAsia and #VoiceofAmerica have long been a thorn in the side of the region’s repressive governments. “The effusive response extended also to…China’s state-backed Global Times…” | Sebastian Strangio, The Diplomat https://thediplomat.com/2025/03/cambodias-hun-sen-myanmar-junta-celebrate-closure-of-us-funded-media-outlets/ /1

2025-03-14 23:30:19 UTC

You might get hit by "Musk droppings. “One of my favorite places…is Providenciales, part of the Turks & Caicos Islands… A few days ago Providenciales was hit with parts of a #SpaceX rocket that exploded after takeoff. Debris rained down on houses & yards, & in the water, with pieces of rocket washing up on beaches. Let’s call these “#MuskDroppings”. Turks & Caicos isn’t the only place dealing with #Musk’s #spacejunk.” Mark Hurst, January 2025 https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/you-might-get-hit-by-musk-droppings-but-theres/ @npub12jv…2y5m

2025-03-13 07:16:24 UTC

B.C. woman detained at U.S. border, sent to Arizona facility in chains. “Her mother says 35-year-old Jasmine Mooney has been detained in inhumane conditions since March 3… Mooney has not been charged with any crime and does not have a criminal record.“ | Vancouver Sun https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-woman-detained-at-us-border-sent-to-arizona-detention-facility
Update: Jasmine Mooney was scheduled to be released 14 March. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/canadian-detained-us-border-1.7483021
Updated 15 March. She is now home: https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/canadian-woman-who-was-detained-in-us-immigration-jails-returns-to-vancouver/

2025-03-11 03:33:47 UTC

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: Randahl Fink is Danish. @npub1qqm…v4e4
I’m Canadian.
I’m recommending to all Americans who feel powerless that they visit http://5calls.org & use one of the easy scripts there to make a phone call or write a letter to their elected officials.

2025-03-08 07:35:49 UTC

Full text: French Senator Claude #Malhuret: ‘…The American shield is crumbling… Washington has become the court of Nero, a fiery emperor, submissive courtiers & a ketamine-fuelled jester in charge of purging the civil service… Trump’s message is that there is no point in being his ally since he will not defend you, he will impose more customs duties on you than on his enemies & will threaten to seize your territories while supporting the dictatorships that invade you.’ https://archive.ph/wsIkm

2025-02-05 09:28:23 UTC

Statement by the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties in support of the independence and impartiality of the #InternationalCriminalCourt | ICC https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-bureau-assembly-states-parties-support-independence-and-impartiality-international

2025-01-26 02:23:19 UTC

#USA: #Navajo people being detained in #immigration sweeps... “Since President Donald Trump issued his executive order for an increase in #ICE raids, Navajo tribal leaders have received alarming reports that their tribal members are being detained… 8 Navajo citizens…were detained for hours with no cell phones or ability to contact their families or tribes.” | See the full story in the Arizona Mirror https://azmirror.com/2025/01/24/reports-of-navajo-people-being-detained-in-immigration-sweeps-sparks-concern-from-tribal-leaders/#IndigenousRights #citizenship #ArbitraryDetention #lawfedi #law

2025-01-25 02:02:33 UTC

Belarus: #UN experts alarmed about widespread in absentia trials. “A group of independent human rights experts…expressed concern about the growing practice in #Belarus of conducting #trials #InAbsentia & without basic #fairtrial guarantees, which can result in lengthy prison sentences, deprivation of property & housing, or…death penalty.
“We have received numerous reports of individuals prosecuted in absentia in Belarus who learn of their prosecution by chance...” | OHCHR https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/01/belarus-un-experts-alarmed-about-widespread-absentia-trials

2025-01-08 09:08:59 UTC

Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia. “The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.” | Molly White https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/#reference-anchor-24 #Musk #Wikipedia

2024-12-10 12:39:23 UTC

Israeli attacks destroy ‘important military sites in #Syria’. “…#Israel’s latest raids targeted…airports – in #Homs, #Qamishli & #Damascus – as well as weapons depots & other…military sites… The flurry of air strikes came after Israeli troops also seized more territory in a #bufferzone near the occupied Syrian #Golan heights. The incursion trampled on a 50-year ceasefire agreement with Syria, which established the buffer zone, according to UN peacekeepers.” | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/10/barrage-of-israeli-attacks-destroys-important-military-sites-in-syria

2024-12-10 06:02:54 UTC

#Syria: Assad's police threatened to bury me & my reporting. Now I'm back, & free. “There's…joy…in Damascus, despite worries about Islamist rebels being in control & whether they'll ensure safety... …HTS fighters have protected public institutions from looting after mobs stormed the presidential palace, & prisoners have been freed. An HTS group met with Christian residents…in Damascus, to give assurances they were not seeking to limit their freedoms.” | Lina Sinjab, BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c791dye1z2lo

2024-11-22 01:28:40 UTC

A 2017 ThinkProgress series by @npub1sr5…49x7 for those seeking to understand:
1. Why #ChristianNationalists love Trump https://archive.thinkprogress.org/trumps-christian-nationalism-c6fe206e40cc/
2. Historians of #ChristianNationalism are alarmed by its appearance in American pulpits: …dangers to the United States. https://archive.thinkprogress.org/history-christian-nationalism-e3303b46c3bc/
3. How Trump’s presidency reveals the true nature of Christian nationalism: Scholars say #ChristianNationalism isn’t dead yet. It could be more powerful than ever. https://archive.thinkprogress.org/christian-nationalism-religion-research-b8f9cdc16239/

2024-11-18 07:52:59 UTC

Malala: I never imagined women's rights would be lost so easily. “A bullet failed to silence her, now #Malala Yousafzai is lending her voice to the #women of #Afghanistan….Malala has a personal history with the #Taliban across the border in Pakistan, after a gunman from the hardline Islamist group shot her as she sat on a school bus. The speed of change in Afghanistan, if not the brutality, has surprised Malala…"I BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86q5yqz0q2o

2024-11-15 16:23:08 UTC

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What is ethnic cleansing? #EthnicCleansing refers to a stronger party removing an ethnic group from its land & sometimes replacing them with another demographic… The term does not exist in international humanitarian #law but suggests that a number of #CrimesAgainsthHumanity & #WarCrimes are being committed at once, according to legal scholars. One such crime against humanity is the forceful transfer of a population...” | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/13/is-israel-committing-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza 2/2

2024-11-15 16:23:07 UTC

Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity in #Gaza: #ForcedDisplacement of Palestinians Leaves Much of Area Uninhabitable. “Israeli authorities have caused the massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza… & are responsible for #WarCrimes & #CrimesAgainstHumanity, …[HRW] said in a report…published at the time of an ongoing Israeli military campaign in northern Gaza that has most likely created a new wave of forced displacement...” | HRW report https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/14/israels-crimes-against-humanity-gaza 1/2

2024-11-10 00:34:25 UTC

Michael #Kovrig shared this today. I believe this quote from Blaise #Pascal (1623-1662) is useful at this time.
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2024-11-05 04:14:38 UTC

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2024-11-04 21:35:46 UTC

One of the very Greatest:
“#MurraySinclair,…Anishinaabe senator &…Manitoba #lawyer who led the…[#TRC] has died... "Mazina Giizhik (the One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky) committed his life in service to the people: creating change, revealing truth & leading with fairness…," the [family| statement said. "The impact of…[his] work reached…across the country & the world. From #ResidentialSchool survivors to #law students to those who sat across from him in a courtroom..” https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/murray-sinclair-death-1.7372862

2024-11-04 16:12:15 UTC

#Gaza #polio #vaccinations to resume after #WHO reports strike on clinic. “…6 people, including 4 children, were injured following a strike on the Sheikh Radwan clinic [reportedly by an Israeli quadcopter]. …Israel said it is investigating but does not believe it was responsible… The 2nd phase of the vaccine rollout began on Saturday after being postponed in October due to intense Israeli bombardments, mass displacement & lack of access...” | BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2mnlg43k4o.amp

2024-11-02 00:22:48 UTC

#Trump tries to gaslight…voters over his #Israel-#Gaza policy. “…during the 1st presidential debate, Trump said…Biden should let Israel “finish the job.” And recently, he claimed the president is “trying to hold” Netanyahu back. But don’t just take Trump’s word for it: There’s also his terrible record on the #Palestinians when he was president…
-Moving the US Embassy to #Jerusalem…
-Eliminating restrictions on spending…in…#IllegalSettlements…”
More: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-gaslight-gaza-israel-middle-east-rcna178427?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

2024-10-29 02:23:44 UTC

Trump’s Election Lawyers Must Heed Their Ethical Duties. “ …#Trump relied on #lawyers to plan & implement false claims of a stolen #election in 2020... Lawyers…swear…allegiance to the Constitution & are subject to #ethical duties that prohibit…#dishonesty… Many of Trump’s 2020 election lawyers violated these…duties & ended up…#disbarred, or…#disciplined… Lawyers…tempted to engage in similar #misconduct this time…should…consider…decisions involving…these lawyers.” | Justia https://verdict.justia.com/2024/10/16/trumps-election-lawyers-must-heed-their-ethical-duties

2024-10-22 23:53:24 UTC

My little friend likes autumn. He is helping me take breaks from the vicissitudes. #DogsOfMastodon
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2024-10-19 23:10:04 UTC

‘Belgian authorities…have launched an investigation into possible #WarCrimes committed by #Belgian-#Israeli soldier fighting for #Israel in #Gaza. The federal prosecutor's office said the probe focuses on a Belgian member of an elite unit of the Israeli military comprising several other dual passport holders… The suspect, who has not been named, is said to be a man in his 20s... The investigation…stems from the work of Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi.’ | Justice Info https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/137242-belgium-opens-war-crimes-probe-into-soldier-fighting-for-israel-in-gaza.html

2024-10-18 22:45:09 UTC

‘The #UN #peacekeeping mission in southern #Lebanon, #UNIFIL, has said it will maintain its positions even as the #Israeli military repeatedly demands that its troops evacuate the area… Andrea Tenenti of UNIFIL said a "unanimous" decision has been taken to hold the mission's positions by the 50 countries contributing to the 10,000 person force, as well as the UN Security Council.’ | Euronews https://www.euronews.com/2024/10/18/un-peacekeepers-in-southern-lebanon-refuse-to-evacuate-despite-israeli-warnings #impunity #IHLviolations

2024-10-14 16:00:53 UTC

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I see that the American news has an article about Canadian thanksgiving: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/travel/traditional-canadian-thanksgiving-food-october. We had vegetarians over for dinner last evening, so we had salmon instead of turkey. We had pumpkin pie for dessert, though. It’s still thanksgiving long weekend here, for which we’re also thankful. 😊

2024-10-14 03:51:55 UTC

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it is thanksgiving here in Canada. 🍁 😄

2024-10-14 00:54:47 UTC

My little friend is decked out for thanksgiving. We have been duly advised by his human that he determined to take part in our thanksgiving feast. Here he is, sitting for his portrait. Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone. #DogsOfMastodon
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2024-10-05 16:41:07 UTC

Macron urges halt to arms deliveries to #Israel for use in #Gaza | Le Monde https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/05/macron-urges-halt-to-arms-deliveries-to-israel-for-use-in-gaza_6728282_4.html

2024-10-04 15:19:58 UTC

“#Racism has been the achilles heel of #American #democracy since its founding as a racialized project, predicated on theft of land, of labor & of the reproductive autonomy of Black women. These are truths that Maga extremists want to erase. But…it isn’t just Maga that has acquiesced. …the dangerous nexus between anti-democratic forces…& its racist foundations is among the least talked about dimensions of our slide into fascism…“ | Kimberlé W #Crenshaw, Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/06/us-racism-maga-fascism-anti-woke-democracy #CRT

2024-10-01 02:29:27 UTC

‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That | The Onion, October 2023
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2024-09-22 09:12:46 UTC

#Gaza: Doctor dies in Israeli custody after being abducted from al-Shifa Hospital, officials say. Ziad Mohammed al-Dalou is the third physician from Gaza to die in Israeli detention within 11 months
| Middle East Eye, 18 September 2024 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-doctor-dies-israeli-custody-after-being-abducted-al-shifa-hospital-officials-say

2024-09-22 09:10:44 UTC

“At 3am, heavily armed Israeli soldiers raided…#AlJazeera in #Ramallah…and handed the bureau head…a notice to shut it down. The soldiers ordered everyone working the overnight shift at the bureau to leave… The order came from the Israeli military authority despite the bureau being in #AreaA…delineated as being under Palestinian control in the #Oslo Accords...“
| Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/israel-closes-al-jazeera-bureau-in-ramallah-all-you-need-to-know

2024-09-08 13:15:37 UTC

Counting the dead in #Gaza. “…there will continue to be…indirect deaths…from causes such as reproductive, communicable & non-communicable diseases… In recent conflicts…#indirect #deaths range from 3 to 15 times the…direct deaths. Applying a conservative estimate of 4 indirect deaths per 1 direct death to the 37,396 deaths reported,…186 ,000…deaths could be attributable to the current conflict...” | #Lancet
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
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2024-08-29 20:30:53 UTC

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Israel ramps up military assault on occupied #WestBank for second day. ‘Palestinian rights groups, including the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Al-Haq, and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, warned on Thursday of Israeli tactics in the territory that “mirror” those used in “Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza”.’ | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/29/israel-ramps-up-military-assault-on-occupied-west-bank-for-second-day

2024-08-29 12:46:50 UTC

Israel has launched a massive assault on the West Bank. Why & why now? ‘…the far right has been vocal about its desire to annex all of the #WestBank as it grows stronger under the government of…Netanyahu… Israel’s continued fight on multiple fronts is likely to continue… “…when…impunity is… virtually guaranteed because of the #UnitedStates’s very specific role in this & to a lesser but still significant extent the #EU’s role in all of this,” [said] Elia Ayoub… | AlJazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/israel-launched-a-massive-assault-on-the-west-bank-why-and-why-now

2024-08-23 21:42:02 UTC

“The #WorldBank has ceased all paid advertising on Elon #Musk's social media platform #X,…formerly Twitter, after a #CBS News investigation found promoted advertisements from the organization showing up under a racist post from an account that prolifically posts pro-Nazi & white nationalist content. CBS News found a verified X account with more than 115,000 followers that had posted a racist image alongside a post praising Europe's colonization of Africa.” | CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-bank-advertising-elon-musk-x-racism-pro-nazi-accounts/

2024-08-17 23:15:15 UTC

‘Mark Smith, a diplomat at the… #FCDO, resigned…Friday, raising concerns about the #UK’s complicity in #Israel’s war in #Gaza… He added that he was “a subject matter expert in the domain of armed sales policy”…
Smith said: “Each day we witness…unquestionable examples of #warcrimes & breaches of #InternationalHumanitarianLaw in Gaza perpetrated by…#Israel… Smith added that there is “no justification” for the UK’s continued #ArmsSales to Israel.’ | The National https://www.thenational.scot/news/24524719.foreign-office-diplomat-quits-israel-arms-sales/

2024-08-17 00:20:09 UTC

Happy Friday everyone. My little friend is away for a few days with his human. I’ll miss seeing the little guy’s smiling face this weekend. #DogsOfMastodon
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2024-08-08 15:45:52 UTC

#Bangladesh: ‘Look at these kids, look how they handle it’: Students win over city dwellers with traffic management. “#Traffic personnel across the country have been absent on the streets…after…Sheikh #Hasina's resignation in the face of mass movement, spearheaded by the #AntiDiscrimination Movement & the widespread turmoil. …the students have taken to the streets once again, to fill up the absence of traffic personnel & clean the cities up.” | Business Standard https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/look-these-kids-look-how-they-handle-it-city-dwellers-relish-students-shine-managing