Just spoke to ABC Radio Victoria about my Guardian article re: leaving Trump's America and the ongoing struggle against authoritarianism and for democracy, human rights and science.

My conversation on ABC Radio Victoria about leaving Trump's America and the ongoing struggle against authoritarianism and for democracy, decency, human rights and science www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Just spoke to ABC Radio Victoria about my Guardian article re: leaving Trump's America and the ongoing struggle against authoritarianism and for democracy, human rights and science.

Well, they took their sweet time on this! I was at Sydney airport late Mon night, soooo close to witnessing this! (Except probably he was in the int'l terminal about to leave the country!) #warCrimes #ausLaw #Afghanistan www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

A reminder of why we journalists are big believers in editors: (image is via Steven Pinker)

It’s 32 years since the genocide against the #Tutsi in #Rwanda. As we commemorate that tragic past, we must recognise that from Gaza to Sudan or Ukraine today, we see the cost of international indifference and inaction to atrocities. The world must do better! #R2P #Kwibuka32

After 15 years, I’m leaving Trump’s America and coming home to Australia. It feels like an escape | Simon Adams

CVT joins @amnesty-usa.bsky.social and partners in this call for an end to threats of war crimes.

🕯️🇷🇼 32 years ago today the genocide of the #Tutsi in #Rwanda began. In 100 days over 800,000 people were massacred. Today from Gaza to Sudan to Ukraine we see the cost of inaction. Our remembrance must compel action and protect lives. #Kwibuka32

"I no longer wish to live in a country where performative cruelty has become the guiding principle of government." (My latest in @australia.theguardian.com ⬇️) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Bombing Iran’s universities is a war crime. Sharif University has been a key site of anti-govt protests and dissent in 2026, 2022, 2020. They are destroying Iran’s future.

The President of the United States has lost his mind, threatening 90 million Iranians with war crimes and throwing an epic profane tantrum. Activating the 25th Amendment has now become essential for American democracy and humanity.

Fake election, puppet parliament. Myanmar’s new “President,” General Min Aung Hlaing, is a fugitive from international justice.

Since 2011 Syrians have endured horrific atrocities - including chemical warfare. The interim govt should ratify the Rome Statute of ICC and actively engage with all UN-mandated investigative bodies. There will be no lasting peace without justice. www.globalr2p.org/countries/sy...

General Min Aung Hlaing belongs in a prison cell in The Hague, not in #Myanmar’s presidential palace. His bloodstained fingerprints are on every atrocity committed since the Feb 2021 military coup. 🇲🇲

“Alligator Alcatraz” was a moral abomination and an exercise in performative cruelty. It was also a place of alleged torture and sadistic punishment. Accountability is essential. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

South Korea’s “torture master” under the former dictatorship is dead. Good riddance. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/w...

4 years since approx 600 Ukrainian civilians - including women and children- were killed in the Bucha massacre. From the frontlines to the Kremlin, the war criminals must face justice. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

The predatory RSF militia are guilty of using rape as a weapon of war in Darfur, Sudan. How long will these war criminals continue to be supported by UAE and other regional allies? 🇸🇩

It is a war crime to target and destroy infrastructure that civilians depend upon for survival. But in our new age of impunity, it is being normalised as a military strategy.

General Min Aung Hlaing belongs in a prison cell in The Hague, not in #Myanmar’s presidential palace. His bloodstained fingerprints are on every atrocity committed since the Feb 2021 military coup. 🇲🇲

I spent 4 years trying to get @CVTorg accreditation at the United Nations. At every NGO committee session we would be bureaucratically blocked by a State hostile to human rights. Real independent civil society voices are being obstructed and excluded. thehill.com/opinion/inte...

This is the antidote to authoritarianism. 8 million people march in defence of democracy and the humanitarian impulse. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) norm does not provide a “legal loophole” to justify Trump’s bombing of Iran. This is an illegal war. Full stop. www.globalr2p.org/publications...

Every war criminal and dictator needs a "Plan B" just in case they are overthrown. The family of General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of #Myanmar's military junta, have bought themselves a Bankok retirement mansion. www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmar...

This is a compelling analysis of the systems, both technological and bureaucratic, that have led to the horrific bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school in Minab in the early days of the US/Israel war against Iran; by @kevinbaker.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

#Myanmar by numbers. Since the Feb 2021 military coup: * At least 7,729 people killed * 3.6 million displaced * 22,756 people still in detention, many facing torture and other abuses. The military junta is at war with its own people.🇲🇲 www.globalr2p.org/countries/my...

Horrific beyond words. Inside the predatory RSF’s atrocities in El Fasher, Sudan. 10,000 people massacred. 40,000 still missing. Blood stains visible from space. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Just arrived on the glorious sun-drenched UQ campus in Brisbane to give a speech on “The Future of Human Rights and International Justice in a Fractured World.”

It’s been 4 years, 7 months since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. They don’t fear war or death, but are terrified by girls armed with books and an education. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn www.unwomen.org/en/articles/...

It is a war crime to target and destroy infrastructure that civilians depend upon for survival. But in our new age of impunity, it is being normalised as a military strategy.

#Syria’s devastating civil war resulted in 177,057 missing people, and killed 230,000 civilians - nearly 3% of the population. In addition, nearly half the population were displaced. So what is the state of democracy & justice in the New Syria?🇸🇾⬇️ opiniojuris.org/2026/02/20/a...

#Syria’s devastating civil war resulted in 177,057 missing people, and killed 230,000 civilians - nearly 3% of the population. In addition, nearly half the population were displaced. So what is the state of democracy & justice in the New Syria?🇸🇾⬇️ opiniojuris.org/2026/02/20/a...

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh ó thar lear. 🇮🇪☘️🦘

3 things remain undeniably 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. 3. Civilians will suffer most.

Trump, not content with starting an illegal war with Iran that is destabilising the global economy, now openly threatening/blathering about “taking Cuba.” Anything to distract from you know what.

Could Donald Trump’s illegal war of choice in Iran inadvertently accelerate the shift to renewable energy? Oh the bitter irony.

In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert: 🔺 #Israel escalates atrocities in #Lebanon 🔺New mass abductions in #BornoState highlight worsening insecurity in #Nigeria 🔺Ongoing atrocities amid looming threats of war in #Ethiopia Full issue: bit.ly/4dgcUpO

I guess all those people on X who claimed it was an Iranian missile and Bellingcat had lied about it being a Tomahawk are rushing to correct themselves - U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

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...