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Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture
Trump’s lawyers claim they’ve found a loophole that will allow Trump to ship immigrants overseas to be tortured.
Probably the most dangerous thing in politics is when a leader needs conflict - when he depends on conflict for his political power, maybe knows no other way to hold on to power. Driving up fears of others, launching deliberate provocations to incite violence, to then expand conflict, all for his own power, with not a thought about the death and destruction others face because of his lust for power.
Israel's "calibrated starvation as policy" in #Gaza https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/gaza-starvation-experiment
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US military strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah, Yemen, on April 17, caused dozens of civilian casualties and significant damage to port infrastructure. The port is a critical entry point for aid in #Yemen and hundreds of workers were present. The attack showed a callous disregard for civilians’ lives and should be investigated as a war crime.
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Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime
US military strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah, Yemen, on April 17, 2025, caused dozens of civilian casualties and significant damage to port...
“It would have been easy for Musk to take his private plane to a country like Uganda to see for himself the work U.S.A.I.D. has done providing medicine to people with H.I.V. or feeding refugees from South Sudan. Instead, he drew on the counsel of internet trolls and staffed DOGE with lackeys who were similarly ignorant.”
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
His decimation of U.S.A.I.D. has had fatal consequences.
"...racial segregation in schools exists today in several countries in the EU. In #Slovakia, more than 60% of Roma children attend schools where they are in the majority."
the Guardian
Segregated classrooms are not a thing of the past – look at what is happening in Slovakia | Kamila Gunišová and Michal Zálešák
As activists against segregation, we’ve been told it’s about language, or behaviour, or choice. In reality, it’s pure discrimination, say Kam...
On May 29, the city of Aachen plans to honor European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with the prestigious Karlspreis award, partly for the “impetus she has given to the Green Deal”. Weird when von der Leyen is in fact dismantling one of the Green Deal’s most meaningful achievements.
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EU Commission President Receives Award for Green Deal Laws She is Undoing
In June 2024, the EU adopted a groundbreaking law requiring large companies to respect human rights and the environment throughout their global val...
EU tells Hungary to scrap its anti-NGO bill or face court (EU Observer):
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EU tells Hungary to scrap its anti-NGO bill or face court
"The Commission has great concerns with this draft. If adopted as it is, it would constitute a serious breach of EU principles and law. ... We will...
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How to Gut Democracy: Daily Brief
Advice for aspiring autocrats – from Andrew Stroehlein in Human Rights Watch’s Daily Brief: