"Farage was given a deadline of 1pm on Tuesday to respond to the Guardian about this article. He gave a video address at 2pm announcing he would force a byelection in his seat of Clacton-on-Sea."

“I am the most verbally and physically attacked public figure or politician of modern times.” The disgraceful Nigel Farage. Remembering Labour MP Jo Cox, born 1974, murdered 2016.

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's lawyer said he struggled to breathe and speak and seemed close to losing consciousness several times, during a Thursday visit, and said the doctor told him he fears he would be killed in Israeli custody @nirhasson.bsky.social www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-07...

Darth always has the best descriptive language, is perfect. (And… many Russians not happy at all the sitzing either.)

That is QUITE some statistic. Which presumably has implications at some point?, especially combined with the impacts on the economy at home

I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house

Iranian officials said they have closed the Strait of Hormuz, citing what they said was the U.S. failure to stop fighting in Lebanon.

Such a familiar response from Danon

The Lafarge trial in France set a historic legal precedent: corporations, not only individuals, must be held accountable for committing & perpetrating international crimes In April, the Lafarge company was convicted of financing terrorism in #Syria syriaaccountability.org/lafarge-tria...

All four of Moscow’s airports shut down arrivals and departures amid the largest Ukrainian drone attack on the capital since the start of the full-scale war. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Guess we f*cked around and found out, an insightful Moscow resident says as he watches the Moscow oil refinery burning.

This is pretty awful. www.cnn.com/2026/06/17/m...

Trial begins of former Central African leader Bozizé www.justiceinfo.net/en/160374-tr...

If you remember how the world reacted to the Notre Dame catching on fire in Paris - the Lavra site is not only older, but also more significant in Ukrainian (and regional) Orthodoxy. The Lavra is an example of Ukrainian Baroque style.

This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

What a beautiful piece, says so much, so many perfect stories

Russia's Aerospace Forces have their third commander since the start of the full-scale invasion: Colonel General Alexander Chayko, whose troops carried out mass killings of civilians in Bucha before Russia was driven back from Kyiv. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

„… while simultaneously calling for the extradition of Assad” (!) This key moment has been looming all this time. Assad thought he was „safe” in his luxury apartment in Moscow; but he no longer has value to the Kremlin… Never say never, on this & all justice questions

Good to talk to @ruchikumar.com on people’s tribunals. So many ways of moving towards justice, even in darkest times

German, Polish, Japanese now out, with Arabic & others to come. Now… updated US edition of Prosecuting the Powerful, happy for that. Crazy Guy in DC (& his friends) makes sure themes stay relevant, for sure

Former #ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Israeli threats against the court: justice is being sacrificed to political interests. @aljazeera.com

Special east European plea for bureaucratic corridors in Wajda’s fabulous Man of Marble — which helped pave way for end of Communism. Sight&Sound 1979: „Final sequence marching along TV corridors to liberate truth marks it as an ultimately optimistic film.” (Rightly, as history showed: Man of Iron)

One doesn’t strike struck Beaufort Castle by mistake. An intentional airstrike would constitute a war crime.

This was a truly extraordinary achievement — against all possible odds. The relevance of that for today, as @reedbrody.bsky.social points out, is huge. If Reed and brave determined Chadians he was working with had listened to the “realists”, none of this would have happened #lessonsfortoday

I loved seeing this slogan on a prominent shelf (a gift from her ICC colleagues) when I met the court’s ex-chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. She has lived the slogan in recent days, calling on governments to stand up against those who think trampling justice is a good idea (spoiler: it’s not)

Love that former #ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is never frightened to say things as they are; governments show much too great timidity on Trump’s threats against justice www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may...

Geniuses of Russian marketing. An ad for the Russian military contract reads: "A job for real men." The name of the bus stop: "Meat Processing Plant." Perfect.

A corner of Syria is now effectively a narco-state, run by former Assad officers and organized crime figures, and shielded by Israel. @charleslister1.bsky.social explains how it got this way and why outside powers are running out of options. newlinesmag.com/argument/how...

Q: Admiral Cooper was asked yesterday about the strike on the girls' school-- TRUMP: Well, it's under investigation Q: Are you able to confirm it was a US missile TRUMP: Who are you with? Q: BBC TRUMP: Fake BBC. You mean the ones that put AI in my mouth?

A really interesting @kyivindependent.com piece on the extraordinary Mendel Zelensky-trashing interview, giving context that has been missing elsewhere

In four years, Israel fell 30 points in the press freedom index. And this year’s ranking is the lowest it’s ever been, reflecting censorship, political interference, and killing of journalists in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.

OTD in 1901 Witold Pilecki was born. He voluntarily entered Auschwitz to prove its existence and was later shot by Stalin's secret police for “working with foreign imperialism”.

Dutch officials are investigating two London-based private intelligence bureaus that collected sensitive personal information for months on employees of the International Criminal Court involved in the sexual assault charges against the chief prosecutor. nltimes.nl/2026/05/12/d...

One of the most chilling stories you’ll read. Exclusive: On Facebook, she was a beloved Damascus hairdresser with 7,000 followers. Inside prison, survivors knew her as the guard with the green pipe. newlinesmag.com/reportage/in...

The thing is: NONE of these people ever see it coming — from Pinochet to Milošević to Duterte. That can be true also for others—in Moscow, Jerusalem & elsewhere—who think they are safe for all time

“The desire not to have an argument means we rarely make an argument.” Deadly & succinct — a political obituary summarised

Tremendous work. “This report does not preempt the judiciary, because it is written alongside it. The documents have been handed over to the Syrian Transitional Justice Authority to facilitate accountability.”

The shameless ability to replace known truths with lies is remarkable. Little wonder that Trump and Putin so often share common language & goals

#ChemicalWeapons #Syria #Justice #WarCrime Syria arrests ex-Assad era general over 2013 chemical attack www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-ea... Syria’s Interior Ministry announced Friday the arrest of a former general from the era of ousted regime leader Bashar Assad over alleged involvement in a ...

The trial of Atef Najib opened in Syria on April 26, with Najib facing charges related to "crimes against the Syrian people." Perpetrators should be held accountable, but accountability only lasts if the process itself is solid. HRW's Hiba Zayadin is in Damascus ⤵️

WHAT a story, truly remarkable, full of such astonishing detail

Excellent 🧵 by @maitelsadany.bsky.social on prosecuting war criminals of the Asaad regime and the need for transitional justice

Great that this report by @coalitionfortheicc.org is gaining interest — governments have until now been absurdly unwilling to confront threat to global justice. Yes this is far from over. But also: yes, resistance to Trump’s destructive urges is badly needed

I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:

They never know it’s coming … till it does. This is an important moment — may there be many more such to come

Tomorrow marks 3 years of senseless war in Sudan. A country torn apart by greed & violence. Exposed by failure & apathy from international community. 34m people - two thirds - need humanitarian aid: world's largest humanitarian crisis. My statement: bit.ly/4mqjIUi

Excited & honoured to be working with @hakusuisha.bsky.social on Japanese publication of Prosecuting the Powerful. — can there be a more important moment for discussing these themes?