Great to catch up with @elainepearson.bsky.social, Asia Director of Human Rights Watch, and listen to her tell @Murdoch.edu.au students about how we, together, have a world to win. 🌍 @hrw.org
A good humanitarian decision by the Albanese government. The Iranian players should now be granted full expedited refugee status. Welcome to Australia!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Taliban have re-imposed oppressive gender apartheid on #Afghanistan. There should be no diplomatic recognition of this evil regime until they recognize the universal human rights of Afghan women and girls. #InternationalWomensDay www.globalr2p.org/countries/af...
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to women human rights defenders everywhere.🌍
🇮🇶Five years after Iraq passed the Yazidi Survivors Law, progress toward justice and reparations for survivors of ISIS atrocities must continue. Full implementation, survivor-centered services and accountability remain essential.
Read the joint statement:
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Women helped lead resistance to the 2021 military coup in #Myanmar. They are also amongst the 22,000 political prisoners still detained by the junta. On #InternationalWomensDay, let's recognize the courage of #Myanmar's women human rights defenders.🇲🇲 www.globalr2p.org/countries/my...
Despite the horrific human rights record of Iran's malignant theocracy, the US-Israeli war on Iran is both illegal and morally indefensible. So argues the indomitable Gareth Evans... prosyn.org/JoEw8Gc
NYTimes investigation confirms a US missile strike killed 175+ people, including many children, at Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...
Politics and the media.
He survived a genocide. Became a refugee. Came to the US legally for protection, only to be tased, detained, then abandoned in winter conditions. This is what happens when cruelty and indifference to human suffering becomes government policy. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
Both of these things are true:
1. Iran is a ruthless theocracy that tortures dissidents and massacres protesters in the streets.
2. The United States & Israel are conducting an illegal war in violation of international law and the UN Charter
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
26 staff from @MSF missing in South Sudan as deadly conflict escalates. The country’s ethnic warlords and predatory militias have a long history of targeting humanitarian workers and committing atrocities.🇸🇸 www.msf.org/south-sudan-...
It’s always important to be honest, but in times of great peril it is indispensable to speak with moral clarity. When governments fail to do so, civil society steps up. www.globalr2p.org/publications...
From @globalr2p.org:
Both of these things are true:
1. Iran is a ruthless theocracy that tortures dissidents and massacres protesters in the streets.
2. The United States & Israel are conducting an illegal war in violation of international law and the UN Charter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Delusional and soulless President Trump starts a war with Iran despite building his political career promising to end all foreign wars, and 6 months after bragging he had utterly destroyed Iran’s nuclear capability. Anything to distract from you know what. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
He survived a genocide. Became a refugee. Came to the US legally for protection, only to be tased, detained, then abandoned in winter conditions. This is what happens when cruelty and indifference to human suffering becomes government policy. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
International justice matters. Despite the efforts of some authoritarian leaders to denigrate, sanction and marginalize the court, the ICC is sometimes the only hope survivors of atrocities have for accountability. The Duterte case is truly historic.⚖️
ICE detained 6 asylum seekers who torture survivors and @cvt.org clients. All were in the US legally. Listen to their stories from the frontlines in Minnesota (via my wonderful former colleague Sara Nelson)... ⬇️ 🇺🇸https://www.cvt.org/articles/torture-survivors-living-in-minnesota-face-ice/
After 15 years living and working outside Australia, I just re-enrolled to vote 🗳️. It was an easy online process overseen by a neutral commission. This is what you do in functioning democracies - you encourage and enable citizens to vote.
Dagalo (Hemedti) has command responsibility for the predatory RSF militia that perpetrated atrocities at El Fasher and across Sudan. He belongs in handcuffs, not sitting on plush diplomatic couches in Uganda. www.bbc.com/news/article...
For more than a decade, political persecution, disappearance and detention—often including torture—have been used to crush dissent in #Venezuela. The new amnesty law should just be the first step. All political prisoners must be freed.🇻🇪 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iran is not just a nuclear threat. It’s theocratic rulers are committing crimes against humanity through the mass killing of protesters, arbitrary arrests, and the ongoing torture of political prisoners.
www.globalr2p.org/countries/ir...
Four years since Russia’s illegal invasion of #Ukraine. Four years of unrelenting war crimes and civilian suffering. Ukraine remains the front line against Putin’s deadly imperial hubris. www.cvt.org/articles/war...
It’s 15 years since South Sudan gained independence. But predatory politicians and rival ethnic militias have condemned the country to recurring civil war and poverty. Without real accountability for past atrocities, the cycle of pointless suffering will not end. news.un.org/en/story/202...
International justice matters. Despite the efforts of some authoritarian leaders to denigrate, sanction and marginalize the court, the ICC is sometimes the only hope survivors of atrocities have for accountability. The Duterte case is truly historic.⚖️
Dagalo (Hemedti) has command responsibility for the predatory RSF militia that perpetrated atrocities at El Fasher and across Sudan. He belongs in handcuffs, not sitting on plush diplomatic couches in Uganda. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bellingcat's latest documentary, Killing Anna, a tale of catfishing Syrian war criminals and exposing their roles in a massacre, will be shown at CPH:DOX in March. The ultimate Doxxing at DOX.
cphdox.dk/film/killing...
For more than a decade, political persecution, disappearance and detention—often including torture—have been used to crush dissent in #Venezuela. The new amnesty law should just be the first step. All political prisoners must be freed.🇻🇪 www.bbc.com/news/article...
ICE detained 6 asylum seekers who torture survivors and @cvt.org clients. All were in the US legally. Listen to their stories from the frontlines in Minnesota (via my wonderful former colleague Sara Nelson)... ⬇️ 🇺🇸https://www.cvt.org/articles/torture-survivors-living-in-minnesota-face-ice/
The US govt secretly deported 9 people to Cameroon, despite them being under protection orders. This is not only illegal, it is also immoral and unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
