This is a great book about our times and about India's slide into authoritarian rule www.alpashah.co.uk/incarcerations

Iranian authorities have denied Narges Mohammadi access to adequate and timely health care despite her poor health and torture related injuries. The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Narges Mohammadi.

Since her arbitrary arrest on 12th December 2025, Iran's authorities have denied her access to family and lawyers, including in court, and have held her incommunicado in harsh conditions in a Mashhad detention facility.

Amidst an ongoing crackdown on dissent in the aftermath of the January protest massacres in Iran, a Court convicted human rights defender Narges Mohammadi for her human rights activism after a grossly unfair trial and sentenced her to 7.5 years in prison.

A glowing endorsement by a politician who is clearly adored by his people, just like Gianni is by the 211 Member Associations of Fifa. Kagame has been repeatedly re-elected president in Rwanda since 2000, with 99.18% of the vote in the last election. Gianni did better in 2019 & 2023, though: 100%.

this is a such a well argued and evidenced piece - and its conclusions are frightening: "How tech turned against women" www.ft.com/content/60e2...

The Epstein files grant us a rare glimpse into the kind of machinations that must be happening all the time. As @bylinetimes.bsky.social reveals, Trump's fixer, Steve Bannon, helped Boris Johnson overthrow Theresa May. Blatant foreign interference in our politics. 🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Proud that @amnesty.org is supporting this

The scale and intensity of its attacks on vital energy infrastructure clearly indicate a strategy to spread despair among Ukraine’s civilian population and break its morale. Take action now: bit.ly/3Zx7I95

Russia isn’t just waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, it is subjecting the entire civilian population to a campaign of extreme cruelty. Amnesty International's staff members in Ukraine have spoken of stone-cold apartment blocks, frozen and burst pipework and disrupted phone networks.

Daniel Levine-Spound has published a legal analysis of Rwanda's war in DRC in Harvard's International Law Journal. However long these things take - and God knows the international climate is hardly propritious - there is eventually a legal reckoning. journals.law.harvard.edu/ilj/volume-6...

And that the answers to difficult problems are completely obvious.

Hugely depressing days as the dinosaur climate deniers are claiming "total victory" in their war against climate legislation in the US - a total "f@ck you" to the poor and vulnerable in so many frontline and low-lying communities, as well as future generations www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

UK backs biggest English onshore windfarm in a decade among 190 green energy projects - Government also offers contracts for record number of solar schemes as it aims to create clean electricity system by 2030 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Companies told to protect nature now or face extinction themselves reut.rs/4rGdRfg

The Trump administration can claim Venezuelan oil is up for grabs all they want; companies that opt to trade in illegally seized or produced oil can still be held accountable in a court of law, a UN expert tells @ninalakhani.bsky.social drilled.media/news/hopenhaym #Venezuela #climate

Intriguing email sent by David Stern, an aide to the ex Prince Andrew (referred to as PA), to Epstein. Fergie (F) apparently hoped to make $6m from a trade in Nigerian oil. Yes it looked "fishy"

Haiti 🔥 (Shame the IOC made them remove the image of Toussaint Louverture for being too ‘political’) apnews.com/article/hait...

now we're talking www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

A businessman writes cheques to the long term partner of the minister responsible for business. The payments are undeclared. Isn’t this called corruption?

My old team is looking for a new boss. In case anyone here is interested: "Amnesty International is recruiting a Regional Director for Europe on a permanent basis." London-based. careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy...

New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor. Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time. A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.

The corruption went into overdrive even before the inauguration. People saying that the American system of checks and balances is holding are detached from reality. When it comes to checking corruption, they don’t seem to exist. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

This is a bombshell report that other papers aren't yet following. is it plausible? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them

Five years since the coup attempt, its been "460 days since the British government took any action to try to reduce the flow of arms, equipment and money to the Burmese military" says @burmacampaignuk.bsky.social. British government has "gone from leader to laggard" buff.ly/Lk4ym31

"Five years on, the Myanmar junta has failed to break the will of the people to resist its tyranny and system of repression. It has neither legitimacy nor mandate, and can only resort to violence against the ppl." ✊🏽End impunity! #Rejectshamelection & institutions formed as a result buff.ly/3wLxuZA

The Iran protests: what happened and why www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

India’s Supreme Court’s redefinition of the Aravalli hills has triggered nationwide protests, with environmentalists warning that mining and real estate expansion could endanger India’s oldest mountain system and vulnerable communities.

French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help ICE in US

Wow -- incredible!!!

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.

This is v.good. I get the boycott calls, but the discussion cannot stop there. We also need to know how FIFA will protect fans from ICE, allow peaceful protest, ensure fans can travel safely. We need to dissect the responsibilities of FAs and sponsors. And work out how to hold people accountable.

Cattle ranching is the leading driver of deforestation in Brazil + traceability is essential to stop deforestation and protect local communities. Postponing Pará’s cattle traceability system until 2030 weakens transparency and allows deforestation-linked beef to keep flowing through supply chains.

Least surprising news - Trump's oil buddies are targeting the EU's new corporate regulations designed to protect the climate and human rights, because hey, who cares about the climate and human rights? www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/t...

This is a victory not only for valued colleagues, but for the cause of corporate accountability and justice everywhere! This was a classic SLAPP. Shame on the company for pursuing the authors of this report trialinternational.org/latest-post/...

what passes for US diplomacy these days.... www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

As EU Foreign Ministers discuss the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tomorrow, they must act with urgency matching the seriousness of this devastating conflict. Quiet diplomacy is not enough. Congolese need to see you act. (1/4)

#EU 's passivity on eastern #DRCongo crisis is no sign of leadership. At #FAC today, EU ministers should: ⛑️Increase humanitarian aid ⚖️Call for accountability 🚫Urge end of #Rwanda's support to #M23 & #DRCongo's to abusive groups ✍️ Sanction commanders responsible of crimes @eudiplomacy.bsky.social

‘Shameful’: Trump’s EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health

Human trafficking to scam compounds in SE Asia is a catastrophe for forced laborers and their scam victims worldwide. One individual, Red Bull, gave @agreenberg.bsky.social incredible insight into the situation over months from inside. Then he attempted an escape www.wired.com/story/he-lea...

It also seeks to close impunity gaps that may arise from the ambiguity and qualifications in the existing draft articles. [3/3]

This position aims to amend the International Law Commission's Draft articles on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity, which are now being negotiated by the UN Preparatory Committee to create at a binding treaty on crimes against humanity. legal.un.org/ilc/texts/in... [2/3]

Amnesty International endorsed the briefing published by @trialinternational.bsky.social supporting the position that there must be accountability for all persons that commit crimes against humanity including legal persons such as corporations. trialinternational.org/wp-content/u... [1/3]