UN Experts call on "all member states to suspend arms transfers to Israel while there is credible evidence of serious violations of international humanitarian & human rights law." UN experts condemn Israel’s unprecedented bombing in Lebanon after ceasefire announcement www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

3/3 This conference should not have to be remembered as the first day of yet another year of atrocities against civilians in Sudan.  Read more from HRW: www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

Canada's FM @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social still won't say how a Canadian citizen was killed in southern Lebanon (reports say it was in an Israeli attack) and declined to join a diplomatic push by a large number of allies to demand that Lebanon be included in talks on de-escalating the war. Why?

“Minimal, half-hearted and lackluster responses from the African Union, the UN Security Council and other international and regional actors have only emboldened the perpetrators to continue carrying out these attacks." - @agnescallamard.bsky.social amnesty.ca/human-rights... #KeepEyesonSudan

Abhorrent. One again, those targeted by settler crimes are children and their access to what so many others take for granted: school.

"They handcuffed her hands and feet like she was a dangerous criminal." An 86-year-old French woman who moved to the US last year after rekindling a 1960s romance is being detained at an #ICE in Louisiana: www.bbc.com/news/article... #ICEout

A good move and one that clearly demonstrates how the Federal Government has tools to tackle affordability. We need Ottawa to use them.

"what Israel is choosing here — a one-state reality, which already is and will continue to be understood the world over as apartheid — endangers that state, too. The cost of Israel cannot morally be the permanent subjugation of millions of Palestinians." Exactly, @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

How did the Canadian citizen die in southern Lebanon? Shouldn’t Canada know and communicate this fact, to ascertain whether it was tragic or criminal - a potential war crime - and therefore something to investigate?

I keep coming back to this critical insight 👇 For all the praise Mark Carney got for his Davos speech, I'm glad that people do not simply "take the world as it is", but act, with courage and defiance, to imagine shape the world as they wish it to be. That's how change for the better happens.

🚨 #Lafarge and four former senior executives were found guilty of financing terrorism and violating international sanctions by the Paris Criminal Court! This ruling marks a major turning point in the fight for corporate accountability. www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...

On Saturday, a U.S. boat strike killed another five people, leaving one survivor, bringing the number of people who have been killed in illegal boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 168 since the Trump administration began targeting boats in early September. apnews.com/article/boat...

A great way for Peter Magyar to signal Hungary again respects the int'l rule of law: scrap Orban's move to withdraw from the #ICC & announce that no one with a warrant against them will visit the country. There's still time to reverse the withdrawal before it comes into effect.

🚨 HUGE justice news: #Lafarge found guilty for paying millions to jihadist groups, including ISIS, to keep its business running in Syria. Eight ex-employees were also found guilty of financing terrorism, including former CEO Bruno Lafont who was jailed for six years: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Significant development. UK barrister Martin Hackett appointed as #Gambia's first special prosecutor to try those responsible for atrocities carried out during the rule of ex-President Yahya Jammeh, including cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Yes, I'm cautiously optimistic here. The two-thirds majority is basically absolute power in the Hungarian system; if Magyar is capable of maintaining party unity, Tisza has the capability to undo Orbánism and bring back democracy. But it still won't be easy. bsky.app/profile/saur...

Thus, today's election is not really the end of an authoritarian regime. Rather, it is the first step in a much longer unwinding process. It is massive and absolutely necessary first step — one that anyone who believes in democracy should celebrate. But it's more a beginning than an end.

"Orbán’s Hungary has been the model for the global fascist assault on democracy. Maybe it can also serve as a model for its defeat." Important piece from Jason Stanley for Zeteo on the big story of the day:

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

It is possible. It is possible to defeat autocrats. It is possible to defeat dictators. It is possible to defeat tyrants. It is possible to defeat fascists. Tyranny, fascism, and dictatorship are not inevitable. Orban has fallen. The others will too.

Let’s goooo! 🦖

“This isn’t humanity. This is a war crime." Israeli air strike kills infant girl during father’s funeral in Lebanon: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... cc: @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social

PMJT chimes in on Orbán's loss and what it means for democracy in Hungary and around the world 👇 Very curious if any Conservatives have anything to say about it. Harper was very close with Orbán. If they remain silent on his loss, we'll know why: they wished it wasn't so.

He may not realize it yet, but Trump lost the election in Hungary. Let us hope it's a turning point, a first in a series of losses that turns the tides against growing fascism.

It's been almost fifteen years of wrestling with the implications of Orbanism in Hungary, and practically every year feeling like it only got more radical and more dangerous for the world. Immensely satisfying to see it refuted by Hungarians.

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And let's not forget ordinary people taking to the streets to oppose what they believe is wrong, and contacting their representatives to remind them why they were elected.

It is possible to defeat autocrats. It is possible to defeat dictators. It is possible to defeat tyrants. It is possible.

This. Democracy isn't just the ballot box. It's measured by the independence and strength of civil society, journalism, academia, the rule of law, etc. Today is the victory of all those who fought for so long to resist autocracy in Hungary 👇

for sure, congratulations to magyar. but the real heroes imo are those in civil society & journalism & rank-and-file opposition & academia who have fought against the disintegration of rule of law, the weaponization of the courts/media, & so much more for so long. 🇭🇺

That Orban lost after massive foreign interference from the Trump administration and attempts to curry favour with Putin is... the sweetest of music and a potential turning point for democracy everywhere. Fascism, dictatorship and autocracy lost this election, alongside Orban.

As my pal Benjamin Timoner, who walked across the U.S for cancer research, said: “Although he succumbed to his disease before finishing his run, his fight continues, nearly $1B has been raised in Terry's name in the fight against cancer. I wouldn't be the same person without his shining example.”

Congratulations, democracy! Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat, ending 16 years in power for a notable figure in the far-right movement allied with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin: www.cbc.ca/news/world/h... #Hungary

“I got satisfaction out of doing things that were difficult. It was an incredible feeling." Forty-six years ago today, Terry fox "dipped his artificial leg in the murky waters of St John’s harbour and set off on the greatest adventure of his life." terryfox.org/wp-content/u... #TerryFox

Reports say Ottawa has established a legal mechanism to transfer interest from immobilized Russian funds to Kyiv, as Ukraine continues to push for full confiscation of $300 billion in state assets: www.kyivpost.com/post/73766 #Reparations

Nearly 60% of Canadians support becoming a full member of the European Union, poll says theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

The horror of bombing a funeral & killing a child in the process is staggering. If your first response is “there were also terrorists” or “but Hezbollah", please stop. Reflect. This child was an entire world. Her killing is another loss to our collective humanity. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Let this sink it!

A lobbying group for “one of the world’s largest oil and gas corporations, with headquarters in Irving, Texas,” was a client of a massive hacking-for-hire scheme that targeted climate advocates, according to a grand jury indictment. One suspect's lawyers "identified...the company as Exxon Mobil."

Reminder that Carney is cutting funding to Environment and Climate Change Canada by 45%. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

What Canada & others should do in response to Israel's violations of int'l law, war crimes, and genocidal acts is quite simple: Exactly what would be done if any other state committed those violations & atrocities: support ICJ cases, support #ICC investigations, sanctions, etc.

Canada should be bringing in the Israeli Ambassador and asking about this.

For standing against violations of international law &, more importantly, for the preservation of human life, Israel boots Spain from the Civil-Military Coordination Center, which oversees the ceasefire in Gaza, & threatens that other Weestern states will pay an “immediate price”.

RCMP seem to argue they aren't subject to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal: thetyee.ca/News/2026/04... via @amandafollett.bsky.social

Israeli military spokesman says IDF will target ambulances in Lebanon, claiming they are used by Hezbollah. The IDF has a staggeringly long record of targeting medical personnel, facilities and vehicles without providing evidence of their use by enemy actors. #NotATarget

“We should not let Lebanon become the new Gaza.” PM of Slovenia joins his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez in calling for the EU-Israel Association Agreement to be suspended in response to ongoing, escalating & unlawful Israeli attacks in Lebanon👇

In a nutshell: it's wrong, it's illegal, but we won't pursue even the most obvious of consequences for it, namely sanctions. The people of Lebanon and the Lebanese people of Canada deserve better than this.

Trial of Syrian man accused of charges of torture and sexual violence during Syria's civil war begins in the Netherlands: www.pbs.org/newshour/wor... #UniversalJurisdiction

Again, good rhetoric, including a call for Israel to respect Lebanon's territorial integrity and protect civilians 👇 But no action, no justice, no accountability. No intervention to stop Israel's crimes & just now Ottawa said it won't even sanction those responsible: www.ctvnews.ca/world/mideas...

Will there always be double-standards from “middle power” states like the Netherlands and Canada when it comes to international law? From Ukraine to Gaza to Iran, we discuss states’ reactions and what happens when they do turn to the courts. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...