This is fascinating.

Staff at the Center for Victims of Torture said that some conditions their clients face in the United States would qualify them for their services had they happened overseas. That includes clients who were recently detained by federal agents.

It’s just racism. There’s no immigration problem

This. The whole institution is rotten to the core. Well said, @attackerman.bsky.social

Today marks one year since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. How has ICTJ been involved in advancing transitional justice in the country this year? Learn more here!

Good reminder from @karenattiah.bsky.social

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

Good one by the Pope.

Lovely poem, happy to repost it here.

Channeling Aristotle and John Locke right there. Very well done.

This sums it up.

Indeed.

Democracy dies in darkness

LOL

👇 sadly relevant these days, by professor @alexhinton.bsky.social

Word.

Rikers Island is a disgrace to all New Yorkers. Should have been closed years ago. I am counting on a major that has the stones to address and end these senseless tragedies for good. Cannot agree more with this.👇

Life in 2025:

Everyone knew this was a terrible idea...

Work day listening: Tom Morello’s ‘F-ck ICE’ Playlist Featuring the White Stripes, Bruce Springsteen, Public Enemy

Young people matter for democracy. Here's why. (A thread 👇🧵; image credit: SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images) 1/6

#COLOMBIA | ICTJ deeply laments the death of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay and sends its sincere condolences to his family and loved ones. For the sake of future generations, we have an obligation to eradicate violence from politics once and for all.

"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945

"Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding' is a great paper. Congrats to Carothers and @brendanhartnett.bsky.social , they did a great job. Very much worth reading!

The Trump regime has removed sections 9 and 10 of the constitution from its website, which include Habeas Corpus, congressional appropriations, and other states rifhts constitution.congress.gov/constitution/

Ed Wexler @edwexler.bsky.social

Joe Heller @joeheller.bsky.social

#Ferrari, why?

Starvation is also being used as a weapon of war in Sudan. Famine and death is on the rise and largely absent from the media. news.un.org/en/story/202...

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

This isn’t just a bill. It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare. Billions taken from one and given to the other.

Same playbook

AI assistants are the new Clippy...

The invisible crime.

Hilarious and super timely. No notes.

Alarming decline in U.S. press freedom. 📉⚠️ The United States has dropped to 57th place in the 2025 Press Freedom Index by RSF — behind Sierra Leone. 🤐 #PressFreedom #HumanRights

#Syria | ICTJ & Bridges of Truth are holding community dialogues across Syria to engage residents about the 14-year conflict and its impact, hear their views on transitional justice, and determine how best to achieve peace and deliver justice from their perspectives.

keep coming back to this Hannah Arendt line from Origins of Totalitarianism:

Sinners is a great movie. I am so glad I went to the theater to see this one. Very much recommended.

Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸 (From @MatttDavies)

Sinners is a great movie, so much worth going to the theater. Don't want to spoil anything, I even recommend not watching any trailers for it, you will enjoy it more. Loved the music and the casting, cinematography, the energy Best time at the movies in the year so far #sinners

On point. 👇

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

In the 15+ years people have been promoting blockchains, this flowchart remains undefeated.

"Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Excellent video from @wired.com featuring history professor @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social talking about fascism and, honestly, doing a fantastic job at it. Please check it out and share accordingly. youtu.be/vK6fALsenmw?...

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

Christopher Weyant @christopherweyant1.bsky.social

Mahmoud Khalil has become a political prisoner for protesting a US-backed genocide. His detention heralds new vistas of repression made possible by institutions and technological developments begun by the War on Terror.

Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...