Is the UK’s SAS in trouble? High level whistle-blowers, tenacious victims, their lawyers & some damning journalism is rocking the reputation of the #UK’s most storied special forces. @rachelreid.bsky.social takes a look. #Afghanistan bit.ly/4rDORpQ

Rachel Reid breaks down the evidence behind “Who Dares, Kills?” — alleged extrajudicial killings by UK special forces in #Afghanistan. #WarCrimes Watch the clip👇Read the investigation bit.ly/4rDORpQ

Who Dares, Kills? My new report on alleged war crimes and cover-ups by Britain’s special forces in Afghanistan. www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/themed-re...

UN Rights Council Creates Afghanistan Accountability Body - a victory for human rights defenders who have fought for this. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem- sexual assaults/misconduct reported EVERY 8 MINUTES www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...

Important editorial from @theguardian.com on the inhumanity of forced deportations to Afghanistan. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The International Criminal Court just issued warrants for 2 top Taliban leaders for persecution of women & girls. The warrant is sealed, but I wrote about the details of the prosecutor's requests for @aanafgh.bsky.social in January. www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/r...

My latest report, on the state of the Afghan human rights movement, which is still finding ways to resist, despite brutal repression: www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/themed-re...

Despite IEA’s severe restrictions, Afghan human rights defenders persist.Many work from exile and a new wave of women's rights activists has emerged in #Afghanistan. @rachelreid.bsky.social has been speaking to human rights defenders about adaptation and survival in the new era. bit.ly/4kRiSOX

NEW: 3 in 5 Brits would support sanctions on Israel, to exert pressure on it to stop its attacks on Gaza 65% would support a COMPLETE arms sales ban to Israel. And 60% would support an end to the trade deal between the UK and Israel. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Out now: the brilliant Candace Rondeaux’s new book on Putin’s Sledgehammer, the Wagner Group. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Annoyed by google’s unbidden Ai results? Put -ai at the end of your search.

Microsoft pulled the plug on its tech to the International Criminal Court - a stark lesson to civil society to ween itself off US tech, while it can. www.thedissident.news/internationa...

More chilling revelations of war crimes by British special forces - now implicating the SBS as well as SAS. A veteran tells the BBC their actions could be "barbaric". Watch Panorama on the BBC iplayer, story here, important journalism: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The infamous Haji Zaher Qadir has finally fallen, caught (or entrapped?) by the exceptionally long arms of the US ‘war on drugs’. www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/p...

“The percentage of Republican men who agree that women should return to their traditional roles increased from 28 percent in May 2022 to 48 percent in November 2024. Among Republican women, there was an increase from 23 percent to 37 percent.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

Moving tale of one teacher's attempts to keep teaching under the #Taliban #girlseducation #Afghanistan

Meanwhile, over in #Gilead, Donald Trump creates a Faith Office.

I keep wondering if we need a new word. Perhaps not. By @rubenbolling.bsky.social

While everything Trump says & does is extreme, what he just proposed on Gaza is unquestionably the most deranged and grotesque policy he's unveiled in his entire presidency across both terms.

It’s the combination of ethnic cleansing with dollar signs in his eyes for those “great beaches”that is so terrifying and dehumanising. #Gaza

On Trump’s ethnic cleansing-real estate Gaza plan, Palestinian UN envoy: “For those who want to send the Palestinian people to a ‘nice place’, allow them to go back to their original homes in what is now Israel…the Palestinian people want to rebuild Gaza because this is where we belong.”

This is ethnic cleansing. Live Updates: Trump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ but to Leave Gaza www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Admirable honesty from Labour's Clive Lewis about government u-turns on green priorities. @labourlewis.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Moving report on men’s feelings about restrictions on women by the Taliban. Distress, vulnerability and despair, particularly for their daughters. @aanafgh.bsky.social www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/themed-re...

Beautiful piece by Fergal Keane on the work of happiness, to escape PTSD, depression & addiction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good news: ICC issues indictments for two Taliban leaders for gender persecution. While crimes against women and girls are appalling and urgent, the ICC must show balance over time and investigate perpetrators from all sides, including pre 2021. www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...

What difference will Trump make to Afghanistan? Aid diplomacy, Guantanamo, prisoner swaps, accountability (hah!), foreign terrorist designations.. It's all here from @clarkkate.bsky.social explores for @aanafgh.bsky.social www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/i...

At last! ICC prosecutor breaks his silence on Afghanistan - says they’ve made significant progress on investigating Taliban crimes against women and he’s “confident that I will soon be in a position to announce concrete results” (Ie, Indictments) www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...

Will the Taliban’s oppression of women and girls inspire the creation of a new Crime Against Humanity? I consider the #genderapartheid campaign for AAN: www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/r...

The momentous ICC arrest warrants showed necessary courage from the court. But it is testament to decades of courageous work by Palestinian human rights defenders. We should all be in awe of PCHR, Al Haq, Al Mezan, DCI Palestine, Addameer and more. [Photo Hamza Arman, @MuseumPalestinianPeople].

Against the odds, three Iraqi men could bring CACI to justice for the government contractor’s alleged role in Abu Ghraib abuses.

Must Watch! Monday 10pm C4: Undercover - Exposing the Far Right. An urgent new doc on @HopeNotHate and their courageous work to expose racist hate groups.

🎥NEW DOCUMENTARY: Undercover: Exposing the Far Right. This is the first time we’ve allowed cameras to follow our undercover team as they infiltrate far right networks in the UK & Europe. Monday 21st October, 10pm @Channel4 ⏰Sign up for a reminder: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/159194/...

Disturbing investigation by @hopenothate into the eugenics revival, including The Human Diversity Foundation, a company built to advance race science, backed by a multimillionaire tech tycoon. hopenothate.org.uk/eugenics-rev...

What are the chances of the Taliban being hauled before the World Court for their persecution of women and girls? I consider in this piece for AAN. www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/i... #Afghanistan #women’srights #ICJ

Worth a watch today: latest instalment in the SAS / Tory government attempt to cover up hundreds of war crimes by British special forces. “Questions for Wallace over war crimes bill change that would have protected SAS” www.bbc.com/news/article...