En weer haalt het kabinet bakzeil met een maatregel waarvan van meet af aan duidelijk was dat ie juridisch niet deugde

Happening right now: Greenpeace activists are blocking the liquified gas terminal at Zeebrugge, Belgium in protest at the EU's imports of Putin's and Trump's gas The EU's gas dependency has bankrolled Putin's war – the EU must fully phase out fossil fuels, not swap for imports from another bully

EU reliance on Russian gas is funding the war in Ukraine and jeopardising peace in Europe. Gas imports from Russia must end now – but replacing Russian gas with fracked gas from the US keeps Europe trapped in dangerous dependencies The EU must replace fossil fuels with renewables and energy savings

Since 2004 transgender people in Japan who wanted to legally change their gender needed to apply to a family court. Now a court has ruled that the requirement that transgender people alter the appearance of their genitals to change their legal gender is unconstitutional www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

On #WorldVegetarianDay a reminder that meat and dairy production and factory farming are fuelling climate chaos, cruelty, and environmental destruction. A plant-based meal never did that.

“The Taliban’s moves to cut internet access harms the livelihoods of millions of Afghans and deprives them of their basic rights to education, health care, and access to information. The Taliban should drop its baseless rationales and end these shutdowns.” - @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social / @hrw.org

Welke politieke partij weet de meeste zendtijd te bemachtigen, wie schuift het vaakst aan bij talkshows, en welke politicus domineert het gesprek van de dag? In aanloop naar 29 oktober houden we bij welke politici waar verschijnen, hoe vaak, en met welke boodschap. 👉 buff.ly/sKWhNjF

O o o, de journalistiek. Twee auteurs, de eindredacteur. En dan dit?!

BREAKING Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost a quarter of their volume in the past decade alone, a study warns

Rohingya speakers urge the UN not to forget the plight of minorities in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and refugee camps.

Just work hard. English version of today's cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl. #inequality #poverty #wealth

"This whitewashing comes amid significant increase in repression... including a crackdown on free speech, which many of these comedians defend but people in Saudi Arabia are completely denied.” - @joeyshea.bsky.social

All is not well in the US.

‘Queen Mother’ Blakely is de enige die écht luistert naar alle sprekers bij de VN

10 jaar lang zeiden politici ‘het is 5 voor 12 voor het klimaat.’ Je kunt een 24-uurs montage maken van steeds opnieuw dat zinnetje. De opwarming is 1.5 in 2024, in Europa gaat het sneller dan waar ook, de enige rem; minder emissies. En wat is de trend; doorgaan. En dan ‘burgerschap’ prediken.

Dus dit is ALTIJD het format; geef de problematische figuur nóg meer podium. Laat hem zijn schadelijke ideeën nog eens herhalen. En die stoere meid met een veel interessanter verhaal? Haar ervaring met Temu Tate? Hoe kijkt zij naar deze generatie incels? Nobody cares. Lord, wat haat ik talkshows.

The Taliban claim the ban is to “prevent immorality.” In AFG, authorities have long used “morality” as a tool of oppression applied mostly to women & girls. When Taliban say “immorality,” they often mean immorality caused, seen, or promoted by women, or men being corrupted through the fault of women

It’s taken nearly 2 years of atrocities for the EU to finally propose suspending the #EU - #Israel deal. But without #Germany’s backing, it won’t go anywhere. Berlin should stop opposing EU action, uphold its duties under the #Genocide Convention: hrw.org/news/2025/09... @aussenminister.diplo.de

📢 We call on @iocmedia.bsky.social to stick to its human rights commitments & work with civil society to create a transparent process for this working group that ensures legitimacy and diversity and consults with all affected athletes. ✊ Learn more: sportandrightsalliance.org/olympics-sec...

🚨 The IOC has created a new working group on “Protection of the Female Category.” Unlike other WGs, its members and approach won’t be disclosed – an alarming move that puts the rights and protection of all women at risk. 📢 Read our full statement: sportandrightsalliance.org/olympics-sec...

‘Ik heb mijn kinderen al meer dan twee jaar niet gezien. Hoe dat voelt? Ik voel me soms alsof ik er helemaal niet ben.’ Nieuw rapport @vluchtelingwerk.bsky.social, over de prijs van falend vluchtelingenbeleid⤵️

Breaking: Jian Guo convicted of spying for China for more than 4 years, per German news agency dpa. Guo was long-term assistant to far-right German member of the European Parliament Max Krah, seen as one of the EP's friendliest members towards Beijing wtop.com/europe/2025/...

"This is the latest step in Trump’s implementation of the autocrat’s handbook, with the aim of chipping away at the checks and balances on presidential authority." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tijdens de Holocaust zijn minstens duizend leden van Nederlandse voetbalclubs vermoord. Alleen al op 30 september 1942 verloor de Rotterdamse voetbalclub Sparta 48 leden, zo toont onderzoek van René Schouten aan. Al die namen staan op sportgeschiedenis.nl/sporten/voet...

Elon Musk’s X is the “go-to platform for antisemitic posters,” according to a new year-long study shared exclusively with CNN: https://cnn.it/3Wbsj0W

The Council of Europe is ready to create a special tribunal for Ukraine, but member states need to make the final move to make it becoming a reality, the body's secretary-general tells Euronews in an interview. #EuropeNews

Gemiddeld negen ophangingen per dag in Iran, zegt VN; experts zien ‘dramatische escalatie’

Trump’s attack on George Soros is the next step in the autocrat’s handbook | Kenneth Roth

“President Trump’s order mobilizing federal law enforcement to investigate perceived opponents of his administration turns reality on its head. It fabricates a nonexistent plot as a pretext to suppress speech and ideas across the US political spectrum.”

Meet Buzurgmehr Yorov, a human rights lawyer who's serving a 23(!)-year prison sentence in Tajikistan because of his work representing political opposition leaders. He has been wrongfully imprisoned for 10 years now... Yorov should be released immediately.

“Concerned countries should push back against these efforts by pressing the Chinese government to scrap the law and stop persecuting ethnic minority communities and their supporters.”

Het veelvuldig gebruik van een term als ‘remigratie’, eufemisme voor ‘deportatie’, past in de tactiek van extreem-rechts om denkbeelden salonfähig te maken.

UN member states meeting on September 30 to discuss the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence. #JusticeMatters #Myanmar #Bangladesh New from @hrw.org / @loucharb.bsky.social ⤵️

Zolang de Haagse politiek niet volmondig achter de spreidingswet gaat staan, worden gemeentebestuurders geterroriseerd.

🚨Deepening repression threatens October 29 elections in Tanzania. Stop wrongful arrests, media crackdown; ensure all parties an fairly participate, says @hrw.org. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Did you know that momentum is mounting toward a new global treaty to strengthen every child’s right to free education? This is great news! @bedeonkidrights.bsky.social has all the details⤵️ www.norrageducation.org/un-progress-...

"Terwijl internationale comedians worden uitgenodigd die zich regelmatig uitspreken over het belang van vrijheid van meningsuiting, lopen Saudiërs die hetzelfde doen het risico gevangengezet of geëxecuteerd te worden, zegt HRW."

AzG-directeur Karel Hendriks: ‘We mochten een meisje met leukemie niet uit Gaza naar Nederland halen. Nu is ze dood’

Een absoluut dieptepunt in onze parlementaire democratie is dat een PVV’er ,die de omvolkingstheorie aanhangt, Kamervoorzitter is geworden. Ik wil dat toch nog even markeren want ook dit begint langzamerhand te wennen.

#JusticeMatters, also in Sri Lanka.

Cambodian lenders have marketed microfinance loans as a pathway out of poverty, but they have pushed Indigenous families into over-indebtedness. These loans have cost many people their land, their health, and sometimes their lives. New @hrw.org report www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

No tolerance for free expression in Vietnam. Activist Trinh Ba Phuong is serving 10 years in prison. Authorities have now added another 11 year prison term, convicting him of "anti-state propaganda" because he made & hid a sign in his cell condemning the Communist party. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

‘Mijn natie is geen door bestaansdrift en machtsdrang bijeengedreven horde, maar een in recht en menselijkheid gewortelde gemeenschap. Daarom vraag ik dit recht en deze menselijkheid. Mijn volk wortelt niet in de duistere driften van bloed en bodem, maar in een erkenning van normatieve zedelijke …

A @greenpeace.org.br investigation raises concerns that beef from cattle raised on protected Indigenous land entered supply chains of #JBS, the world’s largest meat company. EU must reject Mercosur + enforce the Deforestation Law. At #COP30, leaders must act for forests. #RespectTheAmazon

💩 Wall Street just got a whiff of reality. JBS’ inclusion in major US stock indexes means our money is linked to deforestation and climate chaos. The world needs to know what JBS really stands for: Just. Bull. Sh*t. #RespectTheAmazon #StopBigAg

Don’t give in to hopelessness. Everything we do helps, no matter how small.

Direct getekend, dank voor de tip @roosvonk.bsky.social!

Vandaag cruciale verkiezingen in #Moldavië. Blijft het land behouden voor Europa, ondanks Russische inmenging? Met dank aan @marinaohan.bsky.social van @clingendael.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... in @nrc.nl

Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow