Between private military + security companies and state clients, who bears legal responsibility for violence? @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social + @amandaghahremani.com offer reflections based on HRC's investigation into the Wagner Group in Mali / @opiniojuris.bsky.social: opiniojuris.org/2025/07/17/s...

NEW: Every year, the Elie Wiesel Act requires the president to report to Congress on how the government is preventing mass atrocities. This year, that report never came. In its absence, at least 10 former US federal employees who worked on atrocity prevention released a Shadow Report.

"This devolution of civilization and show of savagery is no longer just the stuff of overwrought fiction. It exists today as a real-world horror — broadcast on the open internet for the world to witness." @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social for @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/war-...

Don't miss my conversation w/ @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social on today's @lawfaremedia.org podcast about @hrcberkeley.bsky.social's investigation into the Wagner Group's "war influencers" and their ICC submission advocating for prosecution of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali

On today’s Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com sits down with @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social to discuss how and why “war influencers” linked to private military companies such as the Wagner Group in the Sahel are posting “conflict content” online. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

"As the world largely focuses on wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, the Sahel has become the deadliest place on earth for extremism," —@monikapronczuk.bsky.social + @smednick.bsky.social / @apnews.com highlighting our ICC submission re. the Wagner Group’s atrocities in Mali: apnews.com/article/wagn...

"Allowing the worldwide publication of war crimes on the open web emboldens perpetrators, demoralizes victims, and frustrates national law enforcement, who rarely have jurisdiction to act when crimes are committed outside their territories," writes Lindsay Freeman.

"The #ICC plays a critical role in international & national security—sanctions undermine its work & damage a valuable tool for combating emerging transnational threats," — HRC Director of Tech, Law & Policy @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social for @lawfare.bsky.social: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/dear...