A sham election with a predetermined outcome. Another failed attempt by #Myanmar’s corrupt and venal Generals to legitimise military rule. 🇲🇲 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

A message from the village of Saugerties, upstate NY.

Christmas blessings to all, but especially to Christians in Palestine, the birthplace of Jesus. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.”— Matthew 5:6

Facts…

“It is unconscionable that companies are allowed to promote these products inside the EU. It is grotesque that such products even exist. This trade in human cruelty should be completely banned.” @simonadams.bsky.social on the need to ban goods used for torture. www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/the-...

At CVT we work with traumatized torture survivors every day. Many are refugees who have come from countries where security forces use the sort of devices that were on sale at the Paris trade fair. This trade in human cruelty should be completely banned. www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/the-...

Film shoot for a documentary this frosty Brooklyn morning…

I’ve done a lot of TV interviews over the years, but this might be my favourite improvised studio - using a laptop balanced on top of a Lego box in a friend’s Brooklyn apartment.

Torturer and war criminal from #DRCongo found guilty of crimes against humanity in a French court. Universal jurisdiction and international justice matter! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mozambique is the new frontline in the war against ISIS-affiliated armed extremists. The govt is struggling to uphold its responsibility to protect civilians.

There are already 30,000+ political prisoners in #Myanmar. The upcoming sham elections are supposed to provide legitimacy to this military dictatorship. The whole world should reject the results.

Horrified by the Bondi Sydney terrorist attack. The perpetrators want to divide us by religion. This hero - Ahmed al Ahmed - saved countless lives. He represents the best of Australia and humanity.

Horrified by the Bondi Sydney terrorist attack. The perpetrators want to divide us by religion. This hero - Ahmed al Ahmed - saved countless lives. He represents the best of Australia and humanity.

Killing children in a kindergarten feels horrifically “on brand” for the predatory RSF militia in #Sudan. When will their UAE sponsors stop funding these atrocities? www.globalr2p.org/publications...

Under Pres Assad, #Syria operated an industrial system of detention, torture, death and disappearance. The true scale of these atrocities is only beginning to be fully documented. www.icij.org/investigatio...

I have visited Minneapolis 26 times since I became President and CEO of @cvt.org in 2021. But this will be my last visit before I step down in January. CVT has served torture survivors and other refugees in this city for 40 years. Proud to be part of that history.

CVT is proud to join this effort to restore humanitarian and immigration programs.

“I was hungry and you gave me food… I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” Sounds consistent with the spirit of Christmas to me.

“Now is not a time for timidity or silence,” – a message from @simonadams.bsky.social, CVT president and CEO, on Human Rights Day. In 2025, it is more important than ever that we stand up for human rights and reject all who want to dilute the protections in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

There are currently 30,000 political prisoners in #Myanmar. There are no human rights under a military dictatorship. Time to end this illegal and illegitimate junta. #HumanRightsDay2025 www.globalr2p.org/countries/my...

At a time of creeping authoritarianism, diminishing democracy and when atrocities are being committed with impunity, we need to stand up for universal human rights. #HumanRightsDay2025

There are 30,000 political prisoners in #Myanmar and rebel groups control half the country. The military junta is planning fake elections in December, excluding 121 constituencies due to “security concerns.” Myanmar needs real democracy, not this charade. www.globalr2p.org/countries/my...

#Syria’s former dictator, Bashar al-Assad, still deserves to live out his remaining days in a prison cell in Damascus or The Hague, not a luxury apartment in Moscow. www.cvt.org/articles/syr...

One year since the fall of the Assad regime. @cvt.org stands with the humanitarian workers and human rights defenders on the frontlines of building a truly free and democratic #Syria. The future belongs to them.

What happens to asylum seekers stranded at the US-Mexico border? @CVT.org is working in Nogales, MX to help provide humanitarian solutions. www.cvt.org/what-we-do/c...

The derogatory comments from President Trump about the Somali community in Minnesota are unconscionable. His words are meant to sow division. CVT stands with the Somali community. Read our statement from @simonadams.bsky.social here: www.cvt.org/statements/c...

Great to catch up with the always impressive Amb James Larsen of @AustraliaUN and also enjoy the impressive view out the window.

No “fog of war.” Just an order to murder unarmed survivors clinging to the side of sinking boat. International law and the Geneva Conventions are clear. The fog of media obfuscation cannot hide this war crime.

President Putin is a war criminal. Among other crimes, he is responsible for Russia’s massive system of detention and torture of Ukrainian POWs and other detainees. www.rferl.org/a/russia-pri...

“We need governments to invest more in humanitarian solutions to global problems, not spend billions of dollars more every year on the manufacture and marketing of shiny new killing machines.” @simonadams.bsky.social comments on the rise in global arms sales. pressnewsagency.org/africa-risin...

International law and the Geneva Conventions are clear: ordering the killing of unarmed survivors of an airstrike is a war crime. Period. thehill.com/policy/defen...

In this new age of impunity, conflict and creeping authoritarianism, we need governments to invest in humanitarian solutions to global problems, not spend billions of dollars more every year on the manufacture and marketing of shiny new killing machines. pressnewsagency.org/africa-risin...

The US govt believes “the military regime in #Myanmar has carried out atrocities against its own citizens, including… appalling human rights violations and abuses.” So why is it denying Temporary Protective Status to desperate people who fled from there? www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

NEW: CVT stands with the Somali community after recent negative remarks from President Trump. “The president’s derogatory comments about the Somali community in Minneapolis are deeply harmful and divisive, and palpably untrue,” said CVT's @simonadams.bsky.social www.cvt.org/statements/c...

Scapegoating Somali and Afghan refugees and asylum seekers doesn't "make America great again." President Trump's words diminish and denigrate us all. www.cvt.org/statements/c...

“Democracy does not always expire with a single event, like a military coup. Sometimes it slides slowly into the darkness, corroding norms and corrupting independent modes of thought along the way.” Honoured to give this speech for @cvt.org @MurdochUni @RadioNational www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Colleagues from @amnesty.org @Omega_RF recently discovered Chinese companies marketing illegal torture equipment at the Milipol security trade fair in Paris. @cvt.org condemns this illegal trade in human cruelty. omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/milipol...

There are 30,000 political prisoners in #Myanmar and rebel groups control half the country. The military junta is planning fake elections in December, excluding 121 constituencies due to “security concerns.” Myanmar needs real democracy, not this charade. www.globalr2p.org/countries/my...

1400 students have been kidnapped from schools since notorious Chibok abduction a decade ago. Almost 400 since 17 Nov this year. The #Nigeria government is failing to adequately uphold its responsibility to protect children from armed groups & “bandits.” www.globalr2p.org/publications...

The US govt believes “the military regime in #Myanmar has carried out atrocities against its own citizens, including… appalling human rights violations and abuses.” So why is it denying Temporary Protective Status to desperate people who fled from there? www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Colleagues from @amnesty.org @Omega_RF recently discovered Chinese companies marketing illegal torture equipment at the Milipol security trade fair in Paris. @cvt.org condemns this illegal trade in human cruelty. omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/milipol...

Good morning from the Bay Ridge ferry to downtown Manhattan

NEW: “ . . . we’ve been downscaling and had to shut down programs providing essential care to people. And that’s heartbreaking,” said @simonadams.bsky.social in the @startribune.com. He adds, “But what keeps me awake at night is I fear they also cost us lives.” www.startribune.com/give-to-the-...

This is a must listen on ABC Radio National's BIG IDEAS wherever you pick up your favourite podcasts. Thanks Simon, and welcome back to Australia.

“Democracy does not always expire with a single event, like a military coup. Sometimes it slides slowly into the darkness, corroding norms and corrupting independent modes of thought along the way.” Honoured to give this speech for @cvt.org @MurdochUni @RadioNational www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Universities and other antidotes to authoritarianism. (Where I ask the question, what would George Orwell or Hannah Arendt expect of us?) Thanks @natashamitchell.bsky.social ‬⁩from Big Ideas at ⁦‪@RadioNational in Australia for broadcasting this. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Saudi government agents didn't just murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi. They trapped him, murdered him, dismembered his corpse, and then tried to secretly dispose of his remains. Inside a Saudi embassy. All because he criticized the Saudi monarchy.

Russia has abducted thousands of Ukrainian children. f24.my/BZLM

The Trump administration deported people to an El Salvadorian prison where they knew they would probably be tortured. Unconscionable and illegal. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I am a Citizen of @skateistan.bsky.social. And maybe you should be too? youtu.be/9ytuFe5ar-w?...