"half a million people – one in five – facing starvation"
the Guardian
Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade
Report by UN-backed consortium of specialists tells of ‘major deterioration’ since its last assessment in October
 Since October 7, 2023, Israeli authorities have committed the war crime of using starvation as a method of warfare, the crime against humanity of extermination, and acts of genocide.
Human Rights Watch
Israel Again Blocks Gaza Aid, Further Risking Lives
Since March 2, 2025, the Israeli government has again blocked all aid entering Gaza, including fuel, in flagrant violation of international humanit...
Workers for the 7 platforms examined (Amazon Flex, DoorDash, Favor, Instacart, Lyft, Shipt, Uber) are assigned orders, supervised, paid, and fired by algorithms.
Human Rights Watch
US: Major Companies Violate Gig Workers’ Rights
Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers as independent contractors, deny...
Russia disappeared her. Russia tortured her. Russia then returned her mutilated body to Ukraine. Whatever happens next in talks about Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine - peace deal or no peace deal - Russia’s appalling treatment of journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna makes at least 2 things horrifically clear. 1️⃣ There must be justice for such vicious crimes. 2️⃣ Thousands of Ukrainian civilians in Russian detention - facing torture right now - must be freed. My Daily Brief:
Human Rights Watch
Russian Torture : Daily Brief
In Human Rights Watch’s Daily Brief today, Andrew Stroehlein looks at the story of #Ukraine journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was tortured by R...
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It’s too simplistic to dismiss the State Department’s turn away from human rights by saying US foreign policy has never been “human rights first” under any administration. Human rights were always at least some part of the overall mix in the complex machinery of policymaking and diplomacy. Now, the fear is, Trump’s “America First” could mean human rights last – in other words, not at all. My Daily Brief today:
Human Rights Watch
“America First” – Rights Last?: Daily Brief
The goal of the US State Department’s reorganization is “America First.” Does that mean human rights last, or not at all? @hrw @astroehlein...
People are facing jail sentences for giving water to the thirsty and food to the hungry. This is happening in the EU. How did our authorities become so disconnected from the most fundamental instincts of human decency?
EUobserver
Upward trend in people facing EU jails for helping migrants
People continue to face criminal charges for helping migrants, in what activists say is an increasingly common trend through most of the EU.
One of the best pieces I’ve read recently on the algorithmic assault that advances extremism in Europe. “Europeans must have the freedom to communicate with one another without foreign censorship and interference.”
the Guardian
Europe
Ireland holds the algorithm off-switch. Ursula von der Leyen must force Dublin to use it says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan
War-related deaths don’t conveniently stop when the fighting does. My Daily Brief looks at #Syria today… 📰 Read:
Human Rights Watch
Hidden Killers in Syria : Daily Brief
Over 600 people have been killed or injured by landmines and other war-related explosives in #Syria – since December, when the Assad regime was o...
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Human Rights Watch
Hidden Killers in Syria, Daily Brief April 8, 2025.
$45 billion. A fortune in taxpayers' money. To give to private companies. To expand and run a network of internment camps. To rip more families apart. To destroy more dreams.
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly ...
"The U.S. seems to be trying to have it both ways. It doesn't want to pay for or participate in the U.N. but it still wants to boss it around," said Lucy McKernan, Deputy Director for United Nations at Human Rights Watch's Geneva office. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-lobbies-un-rights-council-forsaken-by-trump-diplomats-say-2025-04-04/