I can’t believe we are watching the deliberate starvation in Gaza and are this helpless. How is this 2025? How did we as a human race allow this to happen? How?

It's out! The Dangerous Rise of "Dual-Use" Objects in War Coauthored with @mararevkin.bsky.social and @azmatzahra.bsky.social. We show that the targeting of dual-use objects over the last several decades has placed civilians at great risk. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“That question mark is hostile!” Same magazine, same punctuation.😅 #IYKYK

Badar’s fellowship is partially subsidized by the Scholars at Risk program, which works with U.S. universities to host international scholars facing threats in their countries. He never imagined that a country with a Scholars at Risk program would one day pose a risk to scholars. A powerful essay ⤵️

"In some 36 strikes about which the UN Human Rights Office corroborated information, the fatalities recorded so far were only women and children." Read that again. www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...

“Ma, forgive me, ma. This is the path I chose — to help people.” Ya Allah. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

@aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social is running an utterly heartbreaking report by Mohamed Vall from the Sudanese capital Khartoum. He says the destruction has rendered the city unrecognizable. And it shows vividly in the report. If you’ve ever been to Khartoum, you’d recognize many places now in ruins.

Eid prayers in Washington Sq Park, NYC. Quite a beautiful sight to behold.

Eid Mubarak 🪬

Video shows former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte being arrested on a plane at Manila airport on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant over alleged crimes against humanity during his crackdown on drugs.

Between 2016-2019, my colleagues & I documented extrajudicial executions under #Duterte’s “drug war” among other violations. The work was cited in the request to investigate him over crimes agnst humanity. That the people of the #Philippines could witness justice served… apnews.com/article/rodr...

Ramadan Kareem 🌙

“Funding freezes implemented by the US govt are straining already fragile public health infrastructure & overburdening essential care programs” What one aid group says abt impact in Haiti. This amid spiraling sexual violence by gangs necessitating a complex response. www.pih.org/article/deca...

🚨 Major threat to academic freedom in NY: Has an American governor ever intervened to shut down a search committee? Here's the key paragraph in Hunter's advert. 1) For starters, "critical lens" doesn't nec mean "supportive lens." 2) Using all terms that follow doesn't make someone antisemitic. 🧵

Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it. They did it for PEPFAR. Now Ebola. I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵

“Perhaps the greatest of these sins is convincing ourselves that posting is a form of political activism, when it is at best a coping mechanism—an individualist solution to problems that can only be solved by collective action.” www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

📢 Join us for an online event to remember #MarieColvin on the 13th anniversary of her killing by Assad's regime and hear about #Syria's post-Assad future from MCJN members who are highly acclaimed journalists from #Syria and #Lebanon. ⏰ Feb 20th | 17:00 to 18:30 GMT Register here 🔗 bit.ly/418RynR

📣 Out Now: @amnesty.org’s report “‘I’m a child, why did this happen to me?’ Gangs’ assault on childhood in #Haiti” Based on 112 interviews, we document ‼️ Recruitment of children ‼️ Rape & sexual violence ‼️ Killings & injuries ‼️ Impact on children with disabilities www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

In September, I went to Haiti with a colleague and we interviewed 50+ children. Our @amnesty.org report on the gangs’ assault on childhood comes out next week.

Charges? “‘The individual hid the item on his person and unveiled it late in the show’… The show continued without interruption...”

ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and it’s an invaluable accessibility service

Sarah wins #Bluesky

A performer who was part of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained by security after waving the Sudanese flag and Palestinian flags together with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on them toward the end of the performance, the NFL says.

Executive order to follow?

You know how football fans are superstitious… Wonder if KC fans will be pondering who’s the unusual visitor who brought them bad luck…

Sudan 🇸🇩 and Palestine 🇵🇸 flags at the half-time show of the Super Bowl.

Amnesty Intl USA isn’t on BlueSky yet, I think. So I’m sharing this post / link to urgent action here. ✊🏼 act.amnestyusa.org/page/165660/...

Where da game at…

Solidarity with all those who just wanted a close, competitive game.

Jon Batiste is a gift to humanity.

In September, I went to Haiti with a colleague and we interviewed 50+ children. Our @amnesty.org report on the gangs’ assault on childhood comes out next week.

* Caesar’s photos were shown to Sec Council to push crimes agnst humanity prosecutions * In 2020 they were used in Konblenz as evidence in court for 1st time * In 2018 German Fed Court issued intl warrant agnst AirForce Intel head on their basis. Criminal proceedings followed in more than 1 country.

Breakfast buffet next to my office. USA 2025.

As a Virginian, I’ve always loved our state seal, but think it especially appropriate these days. Thus always to tyrants indeed.

The return. Gaza. By Salim Assi.

“It’s easy to look at a dark past & warn of a dark future, but we shouldn’t mistake that for seeing the future. What did we learn from Syria? We misread it, condemn it to misery when we don’t listen to the people at the heart of it” aliamalek.bsky.social from Damascus www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...

“It’s easy to look at a dark past & warn of a dark future, but we shouldn’t mistake that for seeing the future. What did we learn from Syria? We misread it, condemn it to misery when we don’t listen to the people at the heart of it” aliamalek.bsky.social from Damascus www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...

Rights groups advocated closely with this office to ensure better protection for civilians and civilian harm reduction. This isn’t about erasing the legacy of a political opponent, this is indicative of a new level of disregard to basic obligations under intl law. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

Rights groups advocated closely with this office to ensure better protection for civilians and civilian harm reduction. This isn’t about erasing the legacy of a political opponent, this is indicative of a new level of disregard to basic obligations under intl law. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

This is what Gaza looks like today. Where does one begin.

I will never forget the fear that struck my heart when the Muslim ban was issued.. and I was/am privileged in many ways. I think of tomorrow and all the communities at risk amid news of impending immigration-related executive orders and pray for everyone.

The nominee for US Secretary of Defense refused to commit to abiding by the Geneva Conventions in his confirmation hearing today. That’s it. That’s the post.

Imagine trashing — diversity equity inclusion like those are bad things. Imagine.

More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”

The irony of Meta deleting comments by their own employees on internal message boards which are critical of Zuckerberg’s decision to get rid of fact checkers… while extolling the virtues of free expression/free speech to get rid of said fact checkers. 😔

Every educational, academic, and cultural institution in Gaza where I studied, worked, or attended a conference or event—every theater, every archive, every historic landmark and site—has been completely destroyed. They no longer exist.

Rest in power, President Carter.

"A Reuters analysis revealed a pattern: Relief rose when the U.S. or other powerful actors raised concerns about food access." "But those increases have always been short-lived and never enough to ease hunger for sustained periods"

“America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way round. Human rights invented America… Our social and political progress has been based on one fundamental principle: the value and importance of the individual.” — Carter