🚨 Publishing Mon 15 April, 10.01 BST 🚨

#Syria : Mass death, torture and systematic violations against people detained in aftermath of Islamic State defeat - extensive new @Amnesty report

For more information, contact Laurie Hanna or email pressAmnesty International.org

Very helpful overview from my colleague Sarah Elaine Harrison on the laws and policies that govern US security assistance and arms sales and how they are being interpreted in the context of the war in Gaza.

Truth hurts.

Ads that have not aged well, from a July 2022 The New Yorker.

This reporting would sound alarmist and hyperbolic except that this tracks exactly with the cases we’ve investigated over the last 6 months.

Dystopian read, from Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם.

'One source stated that human personnel often served only as a 'rubber stamp' for the decisions ... they would devote only about '20 seconds' to each target before authorizing a bombing—just to make sure the Lavender-marked target is male.'

Tough to square the White House stance that Israel has committed zero IHL violations in Gaza with what Haaretz reports here—a widespread practice of declaring free-fire zones around IDF positions, within which IHL principle of discrimination is abandoned haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Really enjoying this epic travelogue from Michael Engelhard. Across the Brooks Range - the scale of this is incredible. Mountaineers Books mountaineers.org/books/books/ar…

🧵One year ago today, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job.

He remains in a Moscow prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

#Mali : Army, #Wagner Group Atrocities Against Civilians
“Mali’s gvt is not only committing horrific abuses, but it's working to eliminate scrutiny into its human rights situation. Authorities should work with indpn't experts towards accountability,” Human Rights Watch
hrw.org/news/2024/03/2…

I’ve worked on human rights in #Kosovo for nearly 30 years, testified in 5 war crimes trials, and today – 25 years since NATO’s air campaign in Yugoslavia began – justice efforts are fragmented, stalled and woefully incomplete. An impunity thread 🧵

Good to see that my impression that X is becoming a bit of a ghost town wasn't just me going crazy.

Also, good to see social media use in general drifting downward. Humankind is slowly adapting and learning how to handle this new technology.

Wintertime attacks on energy infrastructure are why the ICC issued two arrest warrants to Russian commanders earlier this month.

More than 1.3 million pieces of open-source information related to protests in Iran are now forensically preserved to support accountability proceedings & investigations.

The Iranian archive, led by Mnemonic, is a collaborative effort of several human rights organisations.

Doesn't surprise me that the first ship of food aid to reach Gaza came from World Central Kitchen.

So many places I have been in the world, I see WCK quietly doing something simple and powerful: Let's just feed people
thehill.com/policy/interna…

Horrifying videos of mangled bodies on the streets of Odesa. Authorities now report 14 dead in today’s Russian missile strike, many more wounded. This is not the full toll yet.

Now available for US pre-orders through UChicagoPress!

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…