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Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza.bsky.social · 5h

Under Vladimir Putin, the scale of repression against those who disagree with the Kremlin has surpassed anything seen in our country since the death of Stalin. The number of known political prisoners in Russia already exceeds the respective figure for the whole of the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s.

Opinion | What Putin is crushing in Russia

The arrest of opposition leader Maxim Kruglov is a blow against the last vestiges of Russian democracy.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 1d

Alex de Waal on last week's conviction in the ICC's Darfur investigation: "The Kushayb trial demonstrates that the ICC is scrupulous and just. The question is whether the governments that are members of the court, such as the UK and all European Union states, will rally to support it."

Alex de Waal | At the ICC

Last Monday, three judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague delivered their verdict on Ali Abdelrahman...

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Human Rights First @humanrightsfirst.org · 23d

Alongside 268 faith-based, NGO, & civil society orgs, we call on UN Member States to uphold and strengthen international refugee, human rights, and humanitarian treaties and reject efforts to undo or undermine these legal norms. Read more ⬇️

Upholding Not Undermining International Law: Civil Society Open Letter to States - Human Rights First

The 268 faith-based, non-governmental, and other civil society organizations listed below call on UN Member States to uphold, preserve, strengthen, and celebrate international refugee, human rights, a...

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 24d

In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal.

Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 27d

“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”

That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.

Nicht vor MAGA-Kult einknicken

Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband ruft die Verantwortlichen der großen US-Medien dazu auf, ihren Journalistinnen und Journalisten den Rücken zu stärken, statt…

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29d

Hey, foreign reporters, you better be as pathetically supine as the American ones or President Whiny McAddlepate will tattle to your leaders about what a big ol' meanie you were to him.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29d

President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Sep 11

Though she tried to distance herself from the crimes of her husband former US Senator Bob Menendez, today Nadine Menendez -- who the judge considered a "central participant" in the corruption scheme involving the Egyptians -- was sentenced to 4.5 years www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/n...

Nadine Menendez Blames Her Husband Before Being Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · Sep 8

Among myriad problems with this ruling, can we pause to appreciate the childlike naïveté exhibited by Cavanaugh on the barely-worth-mentioning inconvenience of being detained and interogated by ICE? We are approaching Plessy levels of obtuseness, or feigned obtuseness.

Kavanaugh: Under this Court's precedents, not to mention common sense, those circumstances taken together can constitute at least reasonable suspicion of illegal presence in the United States. Importantly, reasonable suspicion means only that immigration officers may briefly stop the individual and inquire about immigration status. If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter. Only if the person is illegally in the United States may the stop lead to further immigration proceedings.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · Sep 6

How is this not a screaming massive headline across every news site? This is insane, a virtual declaration of civil war. We fought a revolution to not be subjected to this kind of tyranny

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · Sep 4

My government is now sanctioning three leading Palestinian human rights groups:

(1) Al Haq Law in the Service of Mankind;

(2) Al Mezan Center for Human Rights;

(3) Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Utterly disgraceful.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · Sep 4

Legally speaking, this is all complete nonsense from SecDef.

For use of force purposes, drug smuggling is not/not an imminent threat.

Just because the administration mislabels some criminal gang a "foreign terrorist organization" does not make them the equivalent of al Qaeda.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · Sep 4

This strike is outright murder even if you accept all the legal arguments the Obama admin made in support of its drone strikes, which you shouldn’t. www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...

Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean

The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.

www.justsecurity.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 26

this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 26

Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "Mr President, I invite you see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor because you are really the transformational president of the American worker, along with the American flag and President Roosevelt."

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · Aug 26

There’s a high bar to attacking a hospital under the law of war and this explanation doesn’t clear it.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 26

BREAKING: The Israeli military says its strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people, including five journalists, was aimed at what it believed was a Hamas camera.

Israeli military says strike on Gaza hospital was targeting a Hamas camera

The Israeli military says its strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people, including five journalists, was aimed at what military officials believed was a Hamas surveillance camera, as well as people they identified as militants.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 25

trump very clearly sees any attempt to hold a criminal head of state accountable as a threat to his own standing

John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · Aug 25

This sounds like a defense of fellow wannabe dictator Yoon Suk Yeol

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · Aug 23

Imagine getting up in the morning and going to work for the USG to participate in this disgraceful, sadistic scheme.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Aug 23

JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers say the Trump administration is trying to coerce him to plead guilty to the charges he is facing by promising to deport him to Costa Rica — and threatening to deport him to Uganda if he doesn’t. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 22

Remember how the Trump administration claimed that Kilmar Abrego Garcia had to be brought back to the United States to "face justice"? That it wasn't about the deportation case, they just HAD to prosecute him?

They lied! The whole thing was a lie! And they don't care at all that you know that.

June 6, 2025, 4:01 PM EDT / Updated June 7, 2025, 12:15 PM EDT
By Suzanne Gamboa, Tom Winter and Chloe Atkins
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whose erroneous deportation to El Salvador became a protracted battle over due process and a test of wills, was returned to the United States to face human smuggling charges in Tennessee and appeared in federal court Friday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday in a news conference that he had landed in the U.S. “to face justice.”

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Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · Aug 20

A bit late given today's new sanctions. But here's a new blog post for @humanrightsfirst.org analyzing the U.S. sanctions on the UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, apparently based on her communications with the ICC and in violation of her UN immunities.
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Unpacking the U.S. Sanctions on a UN Special Rapporteur - Human Rights First

In its zeal to punish the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigating in Gaza, the Trump administration in February created a sanctions program so expansive that it could be used to target ev...

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Tjaša Feher @tjasafeher.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thrilled to be part of Thursday’s @humanrightsfirst.org panel (5pm CET / 11am EST) alongside some fantastic people.
We’ll be covering corruption, human rights, and sanctions, and what recent changes mean for accountability. It’s August, but this promises to be great summer brain food. Join us!

Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · Aug 18

Join us @humanrightsfirst.org this Thursday at 11 am ET for a virtual panel on the Trump administration's thinly-justified lifting of several targeted sanctions related to human rights abuse and corruption. Sign up here:
humanrightsfirst.org/events/sanct...

Sanctions Misuse: The Dubious Lifting of U.S. Targeted Sanctions - Human Rights First

Sanctions Misuse: The Dubious Lifting of U.S. Targeted Sanctions Date & Time:Thursday, August 21, 202511:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET Event Description:Under the new Trump administration, the U.S. government h...

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Aug 18

statehood for DC on demand and without apology. If you live outside the district and care about democracy, a thing you can do is to decry the actions of the federal government under Trump to senators and representatives and urge them to support statehood for DC and withdrawal of Trump's forces there

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Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our fabulous panel includes @tjasafeher.bsky.social,
@omerman.bsky.social, @charityryerson.bsky.social, and
Justyna Gudzowska of @thesentryorg.bsky.social. We will discuss developments related to Hungary, the West Bank, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere.

Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · Aug 18

Join us @humanrightsfirst.org this Thursday at 11 am ET for a virtual panel on the Trump administration's thinly-justified lifting of several targeted sanctions related to human rights abuse and corruption. Sign up here:
humanrightsfirst.org/events/sanct...

Sanctions Misuse: The Dubious Lifting of U.S. Targeted Sanctions - Human Rights First

Sanctions Misuse: The Dubious Lifting of U.S. Targeted Sanctions Date & Time:Thursday, August 21, 202511:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET Event Description:Under the new Trump administration, the U.S. government h...

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NJ.com @nj.com · Aug 10

While Menendez serves prison time, the foreign government that corrupted him is poised to receive even more aid than they sought through bribery.

Menendez is in jail, but his foreign bribers are still cashing in. Why? | Opinion

While Menendez serves prison time, the foreign government that corrupted him is poised to receive even more aid than they sought through bribery.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · Aug 17

Present at the Destruction.

Once upon a time, the U.S. Secretary of State understood that it was in the enlightened self-interest of the United States to oppose aggression and territorial conquest.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 17

Rubio: "The war in Ukraine gets a lot of attention, and it's a very tragic thing, but life in America on a daily basis will be largely unaffected whether there's peace in Ukraine or not. That's just a fact."

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