This is obviously not right, legally or morally. Trump is not a king, these things don’t belong to him, and the toadying proponents of ‘unitary executive theory’ are trying to move the country even further towards autocracy.

📍 Outside the U.S. Capitol, @kerrykennedy.bsky.social and @repmcgovern.bsky.social joined civil society organizations in calling for the release of Ruth López. #FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth #HumanRights #ElSalvador

Ruth Lopez has been arbitrarily detained for over a year for exposing the corruption and abuses of the Bukele regime. On behalf of @humanrightsfirst.org, I joined civil society organizations at the US Capitol this week to demand her release and send the message that she is not forgotten. #FreeRuth

The Kennedy Center’s general counsel ordered staff on Thursday to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the building by June 12, according to a memo obtained by CNN, in order to comply with a recent court order. https://cnn.it/4uTzYkk

PEN America called the sentence “disgraceful”. Ahmed Douma’s “case embodies part of an escalating crackdown on writers in Egypt, where poems and articles are routinely weaponised as courtroom evidence,” said Asma Laouira, Senior Research & Advocacy Manager. bsky.app/profile/then...

Further to this -- last week saw a major new batch of sanctions delistings by the Treasury Department, described as part of a "sanctions modernization effort...removing outdated entries."

is he attacking cnn or catcalling a woman on the street and telling her she should smile?

From @transparencyusa.bsky.social: "Strip away the 1776 branding, and this is brazen corruption: Using the power of his office, the president seeks to turn the machinery of government into a taxpayer-funded payout system for his political supporters..."

here's the core of it: "our country deserves accountability". in fact, it's essential for our democracy. no more impunity. no more 'criminalizing policy difference' b.s. no more 'looking forward not backward'. bring back rule of law.

Bahrain is using 2011 crackdown tools against its Shia majority: arrests, disappearances, citizenship revocations and custodial torture. Our @humanrightsfirst.org report covers the repression and Sayed Mohamed Almosawi’s custodial death. humanrightsfirst.org/library/bahr... @dooleydooley.bsky.social

A Ukraine Supreme Court decision recognized a same-sex couple as a family under the law. A draft Civil Code could now make such recognition impossible. I write for @justsecurity.org on these developments and Ukraine’s EU accession path. www.justsecurity.org/139346/ukrai... @dooleydooley.bsky.social

#ICC DP Khan briefed the UNSC today. This is the second time she is unable to do it in person because she did not get a visa to the #US. The Trump administration sanctioned her and others in an attempt to undermine justice before the ICC. #ICC member countries should press the US to change course.

The hearing marked “a truly historic milestone,” presiding Judge Iain Bonomy said, formally ending the proceedings involving the alleged financier of the genocide, Félicien Kabuga, who died on Saturday.

One of the @nba.com's biggest sponsors is the #UAE. They also sponsor a genocidal militia in #Sudan. @nba.com Make the right call. End the @emirates.bsky.social deal. bloodontheball.org/ #NBAPlayoffs #EmiratesNBACup #NBA

Libyan prison chief known as ‘Angel of Death’ appears before ICC accused of war crimes

This guy started a war that's wrecking the world because he was high from the recent kidnapping he did, and thought he could do the same thing and wanted to look smart and strong. Said war can't end because he now has to save face and that's more important than ending it. That's it

We welcome the U.S. court's decision to temporarily block sanctions against UN expert Francesca Albanese and protect the right to free speech. The power to sanction should never be used to punish efforts to report on war crimes and seek accountability.

This is the conversation I've been waiting for - @mashagessen.bsky.social & @rlswrites.bsky.social on the parallels between autocratic control & domestic abusers: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/o...

Announcing America Speaks, a multimedia project to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by exploring the unfinished exercise of free expression in the United States. pen.org/press-releas...

The Trump admin keeps quietly lifting targeted sanctions without explaining why; these actions are rehabilitating the corrupt or well-connected and betraying advocates who sought out U.S. sanctions as a form of accountability. Read more in @justsecurity.org:

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

The Trump admin has been lifting a wide range of targeted sanctions without real explanation. Here, @amandalstrayer.bsky.social and I break down the quiet rehabilitation of corrupt and well-connected figures that appears to be happening behind the opaque procedures of sanctions relief:

"The blunt reality is that when there are no consequences, we humans are capable of immense depravity toward those we are taught to scorn as subhuman."

#Philippines [AFP] - A new arrest warrant from the #InternationalCriminalCourt (ICC) was made public today, 11 May 2026, against Ronald Marapon Dela Rosa, a former Philippine police officer who took part in the Duterte anti-drug campaign and is now a senator. www.justiceinfo.net/en/159019-ne...

The confirmation of charges hearing for Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri marks a significant step toward accountability for detention-related crimes in Libya, with allegations linked to Mitiga Prison in Tripoli now before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

By this time tomorrow, Péter Magyar will be inaugurated as the new 🇭🇺 PM and with that, the 16 year nightmare of the Orbán era officially ends. In my piece for @istinomer.bsky.social, I argue that the real story is much bigger than one election result. (🧵/1) english.istinomer.rs/analyses/wha...

The State Department keeps finding new ways to misuse its authorities -- here, blocking any U.S. travel by several executives of a newspaper that has criticized Costa Rica's president. How exactly would their visiting the United States threaten U.S. interests?

Cuba is a sovereign nation, not a plaything for the sociopathic imperialist in the White House. We must not normalize Presidents blithely threatening to take over other countries. (1/2)

Who knew that authoritarianism, persecution of foreigners, and the wanton torching of US soft power would be bad for the US hospitality industry?

@vkaramurza.bsky.social: “‘It will turn into a witch-hunt,’” government officials shrugged at Bukovsky’s calls for accountability. ‘Then the witches will return and start hunting us,’ he responded — and, of course, turned out to be right.”

it's really hard to take seriously an administration that fakes outrage about european speech laws while prosecuting former officials for non-threatening speech and censoring comedians for joking about dear leader.

The United States is ruled by the American people, via a Constitution that establishes three coequal branches of the federal government. It is not ruled by a monarch, a dictator, or any other individual. No living politician’s face or signature should stain our money or our passports.

⚖️ It's a big day in Syria today, where the trial of a number of former regime officials kicks off. First on trial is Atef Najib, cousin of Assad and former head of the Political Security Branch in Daraa, whose story is deeply interwoven with the story of the revolution. (1)

@aliceautin.bsky.social: "Magyar’s statements are a good start. He should now follow through and bring Hungary back into the community of states committed to ensuring justice for serious international crimes."

Good message from @sarajacobs.house.gov. The lawless killings at sea can't become mere background noise.

Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.

A powerful reminder that no one responsible for grave crimes is above the law.

🚨Great news! Today #ICC judges confirmed all the charges against ex-Philippine president #Duterte and sent his case to trial. This opens the door to long awaited justice for the families of "drug war" victims and is an important acknowledgment of their suffering. www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

We're tracking how the Trump administration has increasingly been lifting sanctions with little explanation or transparency, even when those sanctioned for corruption or human rights abuses have not been held accountable. See our tracker and learn more here: humanrightsfirst.org/library/dubi...

Magyar: “No mercy, they will need to take responsibility for all their actions.”

We joined 200+ organizations & experts in condemning President Trump’s threats against Iran. Congress must act urgently to end this conflict & prevent the commission of grave crimes. U.S. officers & servicemembers must refuse unlawful orders. Read the letter: humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/u...

"The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket. What’s needed now: diplomacy, international legality, and peace.” - Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez on Iran-US ceasefire: www.aa.com.tr/en/world/spa...

invoke the 25th and start impeachment anyway

This is simply genocidal language and is a horror in itself.

just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him

It's time to stop dismissing Trump's comments as those of a "madman." Our failure to take seriously what he has said and our willingness to look the other way is why we are here. POTUS has a responsibility to speak responsibly and I, as a citizen, refuse to accept any less.

"I don't want to happen but it probably will" is classic abuser language: "look what you made me do." Except it's not on the scale of a household, but of a nation of 90 million and millennia of civilization.....

Donald Trump must be removed from office. Not only is he waging an illegal war—he’s threatening war crimes. To the members of our military: remember, you do not have to follow illegal orders.

I think people are allowed to draw conclusions about the American people based on their decision to put this man in office bsky.app/profile/pear...