Harms Committed
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Independent Journalism on State Violence
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News Service & Research Tool
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curated by morgan harper (they/them)
phd candidate @ university of toronto
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News Service & Research Tool
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curated by morgan harper (they/them)
phd candidate @ university of toronto
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🌀Introduction🌀
Harms Committed is a news service and research tool to help journalists, academics, and activists access independent journalism on state violence.
This thread explains what to expect and how it functions.
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Harms Committed is a news service and research tool to help journalists, academics, and activists access independent journalism on state violence.
This thread explains what to expect and how it functions.
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Reposted by Harms Committed
State Violence News - Jan. 17, 2026
Here is today's roundup of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed.
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Here is today's roundup of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed.
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"[L]ast holdouts, including Heba Muraisi after 73 days without food, Kamran Ahmed at 66 days, and Lewie Chiaramello [..] declared victory."
"Elbit Systems UK [..] was denied a £2 billion Ministry of Defence contract."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Protest #Incarceration #Genocide #Weapons
"Elbit Systems UK [..] was denied a £2 billion Ministry of Defence contract."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Protest #Incarceration #Genocide #Weapons
Victory on Starvation's Edge: Palestine Action Strikers Shame the UK, Echoing Bobby Sands' Unbroken Will
In a defiant stand that has shaken the corridors of British power, the imprisoned activists of Palestine Action have suspended their grueling hunger.
www.counterpunch.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:18 PM
State Violence News - Jan. 17, 2026
Here is today's roundup of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed.
1/21 🧵
Here is today's roundup of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed.
1/21 🧵
State Violence News - Jan. 17, 2026
Here is today's roundup of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed.
1/21 🧵
Here is today's roundup of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed.
1/21 🧵
"[L]ast holdouts, including Heba Muraisi after 73 days without food, Kamran Ahmed at 66 days, and Lewie Chiaramello [..] declared victory."
"Elbit Systems UK [..] was denied a £2 billion Ministry of Defence contract."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Protest #Incarceration #Genocide #Weapons
"Elbit Systems UK [..] was denied a £2 billion Ministry of Defence contract."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Protest #Incarceration #Genocide #Weapons
Victory on Starvation's Edge: Palestine Action Strikers Shame the UK, Echoing Bobby Sands' Unbroken Will
In a defiant stand that has shaken the corridors of British power, the imprisoned activists of Palestine Action have suspended their grueling hunger.
www.counterpunch.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:18 PM
State Violence News - Jan. 17, 2026
Here is today's roundup of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed.
1/21 🧵
Here is today's roundup of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed.
1/21 🧵
"[L]ast holdouts, including Heba Muraisi after 73 days without food, Kamran Ahmed at 66 days, and Lewie Chiaramello [..] declared victory."
"Elbit Systems UK [..] was denied a £2 billion Ministry of Defence contract."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Protest #Incarceration #Genocide #Weapons
"Elbit Systems UK [..] was denied a £2 billion Ministry of Defence contract."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Protest #Incarceration #Genocide #Weapons
Victory on Starvation's Edge: Palestine Action Strikers Shame the UK, Echoing Bobby Sands' Unbroken Will
In a defiant stand that has shaken the corridors of British power, the imprisoned activists of Palestine Action have suspended their grueling hunger.
www.counterpunch.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"[L]ast holdouts, including Heba Muraisi after 73 days without food, Kamran Ahmed at 66 days, and Lewie Chiaramello [..] declared victory."
"Elbit Systems UK [..] was denied a £2 billion Ministry of Defence contract."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Protest #Incarceration #Genocide #Weapons
"Elbit Systems UK [..] was denied a £2 billion Ministry of Defence contract."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Food #Protest #Incarceration #Genocide #Weapons
"ICE kills—full stop."
"[H]e saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar'—Spanish for 'I can't breathe.'"
"I know it's a homicide."
#Texas #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[H]e saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar'—Spanish for 'I can't breathe.'"
"I know it's a homicide."
#Texas #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
'ICE Kills': Guards Reportedly Choked Man to Death at El Paso Detention Center
"Republicans' excessive funding of ICE and DHS, along with Trump's pardons and claims of absolute immunity, are literally killing people," said one House Democrat.
www.commondreams.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"ICE kills—full stop."
"[H]e saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar'—Spanish for 'I can't breathe.'"
"I know it's a homicide."
#Texas #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[H]e saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar'—Spanish for 'I can't breathe.'"
"I know it's a homicide."
#Texas #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"Deaths from hypothermia [..] due to Israel's defiance of its obligations to allow in caravans and shelter materials."
"A one-week old infant named Mahmoud Al-Aqra died."
"A one-year old baby, also in Deir al-Balah, died."
#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Healthcare #Housing #Genocide
"A one-week old infant named Mahmoud Al-Aqra died."
"A one-year old baby, also in Deir al-Balah, died."
#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Healthcare #Housing #Genocide
Babies die of hypothermia in Gaza as Israel blocks shelters
At least 100 children killed during "ceasefire" period.
electronicintifada.net
January 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"Deaths from hypothermia [..] due to Israel's defiance of its obligations to allow in caravans and shelter materials."
"A one-week old infant named Mahmoud Al-Aqra died."
"A one-year old baby, also in Deir al-Balah, died."
#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Healthcare #Housing #Genocide
"A one-week old infant named Mahmoud Al-Aqra died."
"A one-year old baby, also in Deir al-Balah, died."
#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Healthcare #Housing #Genocide
"[P]epper sprayed, thrown in a van."
"I was like, 'We were pepper sprayed. We need medical attention.'" "[W]e heard laughter."
"It's about racism, it's about Nazism, it's about fascism, and we need to do anything we can to stop it."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"I was like, 'We were pepper sprayed. We need medical attention.'" "[W]e heard laughter."
"It's about racism, it's about Nazism, it's about fascism, and we need to do anything we can to stop it."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"[P]epper sprayed, thrown in a van."
"I was like, 'We were pepper sprayed. We need medical attention.'" "[W]e heard laughter."
"It's about racism, it's about Nazism, it's about fascism, and we need to do anything we can to stop it."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"I was like, 'We were pepper sprayed. We need medical attention.'" "[W]e heard laughter."
"It's about racism, it's about Nazism, it's about fascism, and we need to do anything we can to stop it."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"NSPM-7 targets 3 spheres."
"[C]ommunity members that resist fascism." "[M]ovement organizations." "'[F]unding of [..] movements resisting state violence."
"Good's killing now threatens to become the blueprint for how NSPM-7 will be enforced."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[C]ommunity members that resist fascism." "[M]ovement organizations." "'[F]unding of [..] movements resisting state violence."
"Good's killing now threatens to become the blueprint for how NSPM-7 will be enforced."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Renee Good's Extrajudicial Killing Escalated the Normalization of State Terror
What happens next will determine whether Good's killing sets a precedent for more state violence.
truthout.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"NSPM-7 targets 3 spheres."
"[C]ommunity members that resist fascism." "[M]ovement organizations." "'[F]unding of [..] movements resisting state violence."
"Good's killing now threatens to become the blueprint for how NSPM-7 will be enforced."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[C]ommunity members that resist fascism." "[M]ovement organizations." "'[F]unding of [..] movements resisting state violence."
"Good's killing now threatens to become the blueprint for how NSPM-7 will be enforced."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[C]rypto state."
"Left unspoken: A U.S. takeover could weaken [Greenland's] mining laws and ban on private property, aiding Trump donors' plans to profit from the island's mineral deposits and build a libertarian techno-city."
#USA #Greenland #Denmark #Mining #FossilFuels #Climate #Military
"Left unspoken: A U.S. takeover could weaken [Greenland's] mining laws and ban on private property, aiding Trump donors' plans to profit from the island's mineral deposits and build a libertarian techno-city."
#USA #Greenland #Denmark #Mining #FossilFuels #Climate #Military
Billionaires' Dreams of a Cryptostate Undergird Trump's Push for Greenland
Tech titans also have an eye on plundering the country for resources that are crucial to the AI boom.
truthout.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"[C]rypto state."
"Left unspoken: A U.S. takeover could weaken [Greenland's] mining laws and ban on private property, aiding Trump donors' plans to profit from the island's mineral deposits and build a libertarian techno-city."
#USA #Greenland #Denmark #Mining #FossilFuels #Climate #Military
"Left unspoken: A U.S. takeover could weaken [Greenland's] mining laws and ban on private property, aiding Trump donors' plans to profit from the island's mineral deposits and build a libertarian techno-city."
#USA #Greenland #Denmark #Mining #FossilFuels #Climate #Military
"With these vetoes, the [American Historical Association's] Council has silenced Palestinian scholars and colleagues, placed historians of Palestine at greater professional and personal risk, and fed rising authoritarianism at home and abroad."
#Gaza #Palestine #USA #Israel #Education #Genocide
#Gaza #Palestine #USA #Israel #Education #Genocide
AHA's Leaders Vetoed Its Members' Condemnation of Scholasticide in Gaza — Again
American Historical Association members are undaunted by the veto: "We educate. We organize. We have to keep fighting."
truthout.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"With these vetoes, the [American Historical Association's] Council has silenced Palestinian scholars and colleagues, placed historians of Palestine at greater professional and personal risk, and fed rising authoritarianism at home and abroad."
#Gaza #Palestine #USA #Israel #Education #Genocide
#Gaza #Palestine #USA #Israel #Education #Genocide
"[P]unitive and unlawful."
"[F]iring his B&T GL06 40mm less-lethal launcher at protesters five times in five minutes."
"Four of these shots appeared to be aimed directly at protesters' faces at close range."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Weapons
"[F]iring his B&T GL06 40mm less-lethal launcher at protesters five times in five minutes."
"Four of these shots appeared to be aimed directly at protesters' faces at close range."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Weapons
Analysing One Federal Agent's Use of Less-Lethal Launcher in Minneapolis
After the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Border Patrol agent "EZ-17" was filmed shooting less-lethal munitions at protesters five times in five minutes.
www.bellingcat.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"[P]unitive and unlawful."
"[F]iring his B&T GL06 40mm less-lethal launcher at protesters five times in five minutes."
"Four of these shots appeared to be aimed directly at protesters' faces at close range."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Weapons
"[F]iring his B&T GL06 40mm less-lethal launcher at protesters five times in five minutes."
"Four of these shots appeared to be aimed directly at protesters' faces at close range."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Weapons
"First they blocked our access to water from the canal and to the grazing lands."
"Then they attacked us on the road every time we went to [the nearby town of] Auja."
"25 families here are being displaced, heading into the unknown."
#WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Water #EthnicCleansing
"Then they attacked us on the road every time we went to [the nearby town of] Auja."
"25 families here are being displaced, heading into the unknown."
#WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Water #EthnicCleansing
The calculated erasure of Ras Ein Al-Auja
Israeli state-backed settler violence is displacing the southern Jordan Valley's last herding community, advancing efforts to empty Area C of Palestinians.
www.972mag.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"First they blocked our access to water from the canal and to the grazing lands."
"Then they attacked us on the road every time we went to [the nearby town of] Auja."
"25 families here are being displaced, heading into the unknown."
#WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Water #EthnicCleansing
"Then they attacked us on the road every time we went to [the nearby town of] Auja."
"25 families here are being displaced, heading into the unknown."
#WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Water #EthnicCleansing
Jake Lang: "[W]e're even further to the right than the Nazis."
He "spent four years in federal prison for attacking Capitol police."
"Lang's rally will begin in downtown Minneapolis at city hall" on Saturday, Jan. 17.
#Minnesota #USA #Israel #Media #Protest #Pardons #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
He "spent four years in federal prison for attacking Capitol police."
"Lang's rally will begin in downtown Minneapolis at city hall" on Saturday, Jan. 17.
#Minnesota #USA #Israel #Media #Protest #Pardons #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Jake Lang's Campaign of Terror
"Me? I'm an American," He said in response to heckling from protesters, one calling him a Nazi. "I think we're even further to the right than the Nazis were."
unicornriot.ninja
January 17, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Jake Lang: "[W]e're even further to the right than the Nazis."
He "spent four years in federal prison for attacking Capitol police."
"Lang's rally will begin in downtown Minneapolis at city hall" on Saturday, Jan. 17.
#Minnesota #USA #Israel #Media #Protest #Pardons #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
He "spent four years in federal prison for attacking Capitol police."
"Lang's rally will begin in downtown Minneapolis at city hall" on Saturday, Jan. 17.
#Minnesota #USA #Israel #Media #Protest #Pardons #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[G]reen light, by way of state law, [for] the ability to commit hate crimes against the transgender community."
"[R]equire a court to view a parent's non-support of a transgender child's gender identity as a 'factor to favor awarding custody.'"
#Utah #Identification #Education #Healthcare #Courts
"[R]equire a court to view a parent's non-support of a transgender child's gender identity as a 'factor to favor awarding custody.'"
#Utah #Identification #Education #Healthcare #Courts
Anti-transgender bill among 'most harmful and outrageous' Utah LGBTQ+ advocates have seen
Ahead of the 2026 Utah Legislature, LGBTQ+ advocates are bracing a fifth year of multiple bills targeting transgender people.
utahnewsdispatch.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"[G]reen light, by way of state law, [for] the ability to commit hate crimes against the transgender community."
"[R]equire a court to view a parent's non-support of a transgender child's gender identity as a 'factor to favor awarding custody.'"
#Utah #Identification #Education #Healthcare #Courts
"[R]equire a court to view a parent's non-support of a transgender child's gender identity as a 'factor to favor awarding custody.'"
#Utah #Identification #Education #Healthcare #Courts
"[T]housands gathered outside the US Embassy in Havana on Friday."
"A day after receiving the remains of the 32 Cubans killed during the Trump administration's invasion of Venezuela."
"[W]e are in the streets, and we will not rest."
#Cuba #USA #Venezuela #Protest #Military
"A day after receiving the remains of the 32 Cubans killed during the Trump administration's invasion of Venezuela."
"[W]e are in the streets, and we will not rest."
#Cuba #USA #Venezuela #Protest #Military
Thousands of Cubans Protest US Assault on Venezuela, Demand Maduro's Release
"No, imperialists, we have absolutely no fear of you... and we don't like to be threatened," said Cuba's president.
www.commondreams.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
"[T]housands gathered outside the US Embassy in Havana on Friday."
"A day after receiving the remains of the 32 Cubans killed during the Trump administration's invasion of Venezuela."
"[W]e are in the streets, and we will not rest."
#Cuba #USA #Venezuela #Protest #Military
"A day after receiving the remains of the 32 Cubans killed during the Trump administration's invasion of Venezuela."
"[W]e are in the streets, and we will not rest."
#Cuba #USA #Venezuela #Protest #Military
"[R]everse Virginia's lifetime ban on voting for people with felony convictions, a 124-year-old Jim Crow relic designed to uphold white supremacy."
"[S]tate legislature advanced a constitutional amendment to repeal the ban."
#Virginia #USA #Voting #Incarceration #Marriage #Healthcare
"[S]tate legislature advanced a constitutional amendment to repeal the ban."
#Virginia #USA #Voting #Incarceration #Marriage #Healthcare
Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia's uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
boltsmag.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"[R]everse Virginia's lifetime ban on voting for people with felony convictions, a 124-year-old Jim Crow relic designed to uphold white supremacy."
"[S]tate legislature advanced a constitutional amendment to repeal the ban."
#Virginia #USA #Voting #Incarceration #Marriage #Healthcare
"[S]tate legislature advanced a constitutional amendment to repeal the ban."
#Virginia #USA #Voting #Incarceration #Marriage #Healthcare
"[O]nly two credible measures that explain levels of homelessness: rents and vacancy rates."
"If we decide to align our laws and our budgets with our humanity, we can solve our nation's housing crisis."
"Every person in the U.S. can have a home." "Let's fix this shit."
#USA #Housing
"If we decide to align our laws and our budgets with our humanity, we can solve our nation's housing crisis."
"Every person in the U.S. can have a home." "Let's fix this shit."
#USA #Housing
Our Housing System Assumes Homelessness
Our lack of affordable housing isn't a failure on the part of the people seeking housing—it's a failure of the market.
shelterforce.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
"Oz asserted that robotic ultrasounds will help to reduce Alabama's maternal mortality rate."
"It's not safe to be an OB-GYN in red states, so they are turning to robots to care for pregnant woman."
"This is not an innovation success story. It's a dystopian horror story."
#Alabama #USA #Healthcare
"It's not safe to be an OB-GYN in red states, so they are turning to robots to care for pregnant woman."
"This is not an innovation success story. It's a dystopian horror story."
#Alabama #USA #Healthcare
'A Dystopian Horror Story': Dr. Oz Slammed Over Praise for Robot Ultrasounds in Alabama
"It's not safe to be an OB-GYN in red states, so they are turning to robots to care for pregnant woman. This is not an innovation success story."
www.commondreams.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
"Oz asserted that robotic ultrasounds will help to reduce Alabama's maternal mortality rate."
"It's not safe to be an OB-GYN in red states, so they are turning to robots to care for pregnant woman."
"This is not an innovation success story. It's a dystopian horror story."
#Alabama #USA #Healthcare
"It's not safe to be an OB-GYN in red states, so they are turning to robots to care for pregnant woman."
"This is not an innovation success story. It's a dystopian horror story."
#Alabama #USA #Healthcare
"We've suffered for years and years."
"1.4 million Rohingya - nearly the entire population - have been displaced."
"A minority within a minority, R’s plight is made even more difficult by being transgender."
#Myanmar #Gambia #Bangladesh #Military #Genocide #Torture #Courts
"1.4 million Rohingya - nearly the entire population - have been displaced."
"A minority within a minority, R’s plight is made even more difficult by being transgender."
#Myanmar #Gambia #Bangladesh #Military #Genocide #Torture #Courts
Trans Victims Fight for Rohingya Justice in The Hague
Targeted for rape and harrassment, visibly trans members of Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic group are among the most vulnerable victims of the regime.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"[A]udit from the Department of Labor in what the [Chicago Teachers Union] sees as an attack fueled by conservative dark-money groups aligned with" Trump.
"[T]arget for right-wing entities looking to damage the labor movement and public education in one big blow."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Labour
"[T]arget for right-wing entities looking to damage the labor movement and public education in one big blow."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Labour
Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union
Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union's finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.
theintercept.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"[A]udit from the Department of Labor in what the [Chicago Teachers Union] sees as an attack fueled by conservative dark-money groups aligned with" Trump.
"[T]arget for right-wing entities looking to damage the labor movement and public education in one big blow."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Labour
"[T]arget for right-wing entities looking to damage the labor movement and public education in one big blow."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Labour
"Education Secretary Linda McMahon has temporarily suspended the [..] plan to resume garnishing the wages of defaulted student loan borrowers."
McMahon "told reporters [..] wage garnishment efforts have 'been put on pause for a bit,' without providing specifics."
#USA #Education #Labour
McMahon "told reporters [..] wage garnishment efforts have 'been put on pause for a bit,' without providing specifics."
#USA #Education #Labour
Facing Backlash, McMahon Pauses 'Reckless' Plan to Garnish Wages of Student Borrowers
Advocates warned wage garnishment "would have risked pushing nearly 9 million defaulted borrowers even further into debt."
www.commondreams.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"Education Secretary Linda McMahon has temporarily suspended the [..] plan to resume garnishing the wages of defaulted student loan borrowers."
McMahon "told reporters [..] wage garnishment efforts have 'been put on pause for a bit,' without providing specifics."
#USA #Education #Labour
McMahon "told reporters [..] wage garnishment efforts have 'been put on pause for a bit,' without providing specifics."
#USA #Education #Labour
"Israeli forces killed or wounded dozens of Palestinians within the past 24 hours amid widespread skepticism over the Trump administration's announcement that the second phase [..] has begun."
1,200+ "violations of the three-month ceasefire."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide #Military
1,200+ "violations of the three-month ceasefire."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide #Military
'All Lies': Gazans Say There's No Ceasefire as Phase 2 Begins Amid Israeli Strikes
"Where is the ceasefire?" asked the father of a teenage girl killed in an Israeli strike on their family home.
www.commondreams.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate."
"'[R]etribution' for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples."
Daria Egereva "could be sentenced to as long as 20 years in prison."
#Russia #Siberia #Climate #Incarceration
"'[R]etribution' for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples."
Daria Egereva "could be sentenced to as long as 20 years in prison."
#Russia #Siberia #Climate #Incarceration
Daria Egereva fought for Indigenous voices at the UN. Now she's in a Russian jail.
Observers say Egereva's case highlights the risks Indigenous advocates face when they challenge powerful governments on climate and human rights.
grist.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
"Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate."
"'[R]etribution' for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples."
Daria Egereva "could be sentenced to as long as 20 years in prison."
#Russia #Siberia #Climate #Incarceration
"'[R]etribution' for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples."
Daria Egereva "could be sentenced to as long as 20 years in prison."
#Russia #Siberia #Climate #Incarceration
"[L]ife-threatening seizure disorder."
"[M]issed several doses of lifesaving anticonvulsant medication under the feds' watch."
"Immigration officials denied a 'humanitarian request for release.'"
#Illinois #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Asylum #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[M]issed several doses of lifesaving anticonvulsant medication under the feds' watch."
"Immigration officials denied a 'humanitarian request for release.'"
#Illinois #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Asylum #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Hyde Park Man Detained By ICE Was Denied Lifesaving Meds, Attorneys Say
Albeiro Ropero Remolina and his wife were arrested and detained Dec. 29, after which ICE failed to give him at least two doses of needed anticonvulsant medication for seizures, his attorneys said.
blockclubchicago.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM
"[L]ife-threatening seizure disorder."
"[M]issed several doses of lifesaving anticonvulsant medication under the feds' watch."
"Immigration officials denied a 'humanitarian request for release.'"
#Illinois #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Asylum #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[M]issed several doses of lifesaving anticonvulsant medication under the feds' watch."
"Immigration officials denied a 'humanitarian request for release.'"
#Illinois #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Asylum #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"How can a breeze bring down a building?"
"Ahmad and Walaa had been married for only three days when it happened."
"'Ahmad is no longer able to speak,' the father said. 'The horror and the grief made him lose his voice.'"
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Marriage #Housing #Genocide
"Ahmad and Walaa had been married for only three days when it happened."
"'Ahmad is no longer able to speak,' the father said. 'The horror and the grief made him lose his voice.'"
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Marriage #Housing #Genocide
How a winter storm in Gaza killed his wife
Ahmad was married to Walaa for three days when a wall collapsed onto their tent during a winter storm in Gaza, killing her. In mourning, Ahmad now refuses to clean her blood off his mattress. His family says even though he survived, he is destroyed.
mondoweiss.net
January 17, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"The partial reopening of the Islamic University is more than an academic step; it is a declaration that education in Gaza refuses to die and a reminder that knowledge remains one of Gaza's most enduring forms of resistance."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Genocide
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Genocide
'Now I feel like I'm truly studying': First-year students savor in-person learning at the Islamic University of Gaza
The university, bombed heavily during the genocide, finally opened its doors to first-year students late last year within what’s left of its buildings
prismreports.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
"The partial reopening of the Islamic University is more than an academic step; it is a declaration that education in Gaza refuses to die and a reminder that knowledge remains one of Gaza's most enduring forms of resistance."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Genocide
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Genocide