“Running in an election and trying to win it is now a crime that can lead to a decade in prison in Hong Kong.” - Maya Wang, associate China director at Human Rights Watch https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5196040/hong-kong-democracy-activists-sentenced
Good news: The UN Security Council has finally sanctioned two commanders responsible for atrocities in #Sudan. But the international community still has so much to do to help stop the slaughter there. My Daily Brief today: 📰 Read:
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A First Step on Sudan: Daily Brief
New UN Security Council sanctions on two commanders in #Sudan’s atrocity-ridden conflict is welcome news – but it’s only a start. Read @astro...
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A First Step on Sudan, Daily Brief November 18, 2024
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Un premier pas sur le Soudan
Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies a sanctionné deux commandants des Forces de soutien rapide (FSR), l'une des deux principales parti...
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Ein erster Schritt für den Sudan
Der UN-Sicherheitsrat hat zwei Befehlshaber der Rapid Support Forces (RSF), einer der beiden Hauptkriegsparteien im andauernden Konflikt im Sudan, ...
You know atrocities are wrong. Why would that change just because "your side" committed them?
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A Year of Atrocities: Daily Brief
Atrocities in Israel-Palestine didn’t start on October 7, 2023, of course. Still, that day does mark a key moment, an acceleration point for atro...
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#Iran regime plans to open a “hijab removal treatment clinic” for the “scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal”. How about a clinic for religious zealots who force their repressive ideas on others?
the Guardian
Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws
The move has been described as ‘chilling’ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches
Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in #Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. New Human Rights Watch report:
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Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza
Israeli authorities have caused the massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible...
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Remember Washington sent the government of Israel a warning: let more humanitarian aid into #Gaza or face a possible halt to US arms transfers?
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US Warns Israel on Gaza Aid Blockage: Daily Brief
The new US warning will hopefully convince Israel to end its unlawful blockade of #Gaza, but it comes far too late, and it’s not enough. @astroeh...
 Seems it was an empty threat & relief groups report conditions worse now than ever.
the Guardian
US wants Gaza fighting pause, Blinken says, but will not limit arms transfers despite Israel missing aid deadline – as it happened
Humanitarian groups say almost none of the US’s demands that Israel improve conditions in Gaza have been met
📘 Beloved by Toni Morrison; 📘 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut; 📘 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; 📘 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain; Florida removes hundreds of books from schools. A victory for ignorance.
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Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools
Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, among books pulled
Authoritarian regimes use a variety of tricks and threats to keep people quiet, even when people live abroad. In my Daily Brief today: “extortion by passport.” 📰 English:
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Extortion by Passport: Daily Brief
Imagine you live abroad and you have to return to your country of origin to renew your passport – and that country’s authorities have a habit o...
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Extorsion par passeport
Le Turkménistan est un exemple de régime autoritaire qui pratique l'extorsion par le passeport. Les autorités turkmènes obligent les citoy...
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Turkmenistan: Erpressung per Reisepass
Wann hast du deinen Reisepass das letzte Mal erneuert? Es war wahrscheinlich keine große Sache. Vielleicht hast du dich darüber beschwert, dass e...
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Extortion by Passport, Daily Brief, November 12, 2024
Question: How long will it be before Musk and Trump fall out? Egos are too huge for them to work together for very long, and Trump falls out with everyone he works with sooner or later. So, how long before they clash? What’s your prediction?
"The report said the data indicates 'an apparent indifference to the death of civilians and the impact of the means and methods of warfare'." Nearly 70% of #Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says:
Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead women and children - UN
A UN agency verified victims from a six-month period and said it found international law violations.