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Human Rights Center

@hrcberkeley.bsky.social

Investigating war crimes, pursuing justice, and preparing tomorrow's advocates. https://humanrights.berkeley.edu/

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Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · 2w ago

@hrcberkeley.bsky.social's report should be a wakeup call about the day-to-day horrors in our own local streets. The First Amendment doesn’t make us a bastion of free speech, it just makes these acts that much more shameful when our government routinely violates it.

Sean Beckner-Carmitchel@acatwithnews.bsky.social · 2w ago

New photos and words from me at the Ten Four: Law enforcement agencies allegedly misused crowd-control weapons at least 412 times during immigration enforcement protests across the United States between June 2025 and May 2026. latenfour.com/2026/07/22/l...

UC Berkeley School of Public Health@publichealth.berkeley.edu · 3w ago

New resesarch from @hrcberkeley.bsky.social and Physicians for Human Rights led by Assistant Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and ER doctor Rohini Haar shows that crowd-control weapons can cause lasting harm. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #PoliceViolence Read more: ow.ly/eO5O50ZnTZH

Widespread Misuse of Crowd-Control Weapons by Law Enforcement at Immigration Enforcement Protests

Law enforcement agents misused crowd-control weapons during protests against immigration enforcement operations in 412 verified incidents.

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UC Berkeley Law@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Physicians for Human Rights & @hrcberkeley.bsky.social documented 412 incidents between June 2025 & May 2026 where law enforcement agents used excessive force or chemical weapons on ICE protesters, children, journalists, legal observers, & bystanders." —via @theintercept.com: https://bit.ly/4vFytWh

In the Wake of Fatal ICE Shootings, Democrats Drag Their Feet

The Democrats’ response to the shootings of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo has been lackluster.

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Human Rights Center@hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 3w ago

More reporting on the Human Rights Center and Physicians for Human Rights report "Charting the Crackdown" from @thehill.com: thehill.com/homenews/adm...

ICE misused crowd control weapons against protesters 412 times within 1 year: Analysis

A new report shows Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers engaged in a misuse of force against individuals at immigration protests 412 times over the span of a year.  The report w…

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Tyler McBrien@tylermcbrien.com · 3w ago

Major new report from PHR and @hrcberkeley.bsky.social documented 412 times between 06/25-26 that immigration enforcement officers used excessive force or misused crowd-control weapons on protesters. Nearly half of all victims had "explicit legal protections" or required "special caution."

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Human Rights Center@hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 3w ago

New from @theguardian.com: "A new report lays bare the scale of the use of...crowd control weapons during anti-immigration demonstrations across the US, including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries," ft. new PHR + HRC report: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds

Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’

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Alexa@alexakoenig.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our teams at Physicians for Human Rights + @hrcberkeley.bsky.social's Investigations Lab spent a year documenting + verifying improper crowd-control tactics across the U.S., creating a dataset for reporters + lawyers, spotlighting violations of US Constitutional + human rights law. More below 👇

Human Rights Center@hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 U.S. law enforcement agents misused crowd-control weapons during protests against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations in 412 verified incidents across 16 U.S. cities from June 2025 until May 2026, Physicians for Human Rights and HRC found: phr.org/charting-the...

Graphic with a black "BREAKING" banner. Text reads: "U.S. law enforcement misused dangerous crowd-control weapons against protesters more than 400 times during demonstrations against Trump’s immigration enforcement actions." The phrase "400 times" is highlighted in red. The bottom includes a red arrow pointing right, plus logos for "CHARTING THE CRACKDOWN", "PHR", and "HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER UC Berkeley School of Law" against a blurry background of a person holding a weapon.
Human Rights Center@hrcberkeley.bsky.social · last mo.

1/2: "Despite an expected inundation of climate-displaced people, international legal systems...have failed to provide adequate protection for cross-border migrants, particularly women," writes @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's Jessie Boswell for our student essay series: medium.com/humanrightsc...

Identifying Protection Gaps in International Law for Climate-Displaced Women

From the drought-impacted marshlands of Iraq to the rain-sodden suburbs of North Carolina, climate change is taping eviction notices on…

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Human Rights Center@hrcberkeley.bsky.social · last mo.

1/2 "Where sexual violence is motivated by climate events, the role of the climate event... often takes a backseat to the violence itself," writes Wesley McCormick in our latest blog. How can asylum law adapt to provide proactive protection? medium.com/humanrightsc...

Preempting Violence: Rethinking the Posture of Climate Displacement in Asylum Law

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) often emerges as a direct result of climate-induced displacement or disruption. Where sexual…

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Human Rights Center@hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the new @amnesty.org report "Erasing Anything Palestinian," our Investigations Lab students verified and geolocated online footage of violence by Israeli soldiers & settlers against West Bank Palestinian communities (2023–2025). Read the report here: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/re...

Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Palestinian communities

An ethnic cleansing campaign targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in the West Bank is being carried out by Israel in a context of apartheid and unlawful occupation.

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Human Rights Center@hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

At the 2026 IBA War Crimes Committee Conference, @asymmetricalh.bsky.social spoke with @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social to discuss how AI is reshaping human rights investigations and accountability work. Listen below! 🔗https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/justice-update-iba-conference-calls/

Justice Update – IBA Conference Calls

Last month Janet sent Steph off to round up interesting speakers at the IBA war crimes conference held in The Hague and see what they had to say about the future of international justice. If it&#82…

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Human Rights Center@hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Speaking truth to power by investigating the experience of Venezuelan detainees at #CECOT & contradicting the administration’s narrative feels essential" wrote HRC Lab student Maneh Davityan, whose research supported @hrw.org's report. 🔗 Read the piece: medium.com/humanrightsc...

Investigating hell: How our students supported Human Rights Watch’s report on El Salvador’s CECOT

This is a co-authored post by Talia Harter, Maneh Davityan, Kyle Sweasey, Nick D’Acri, Ana Gonzalez, Audrey Colocho, Daniella Spero

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