Incredibly powerful! Thank you @marcelias.bsky.social
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
The Biden administration wants to send another $8B of arms including heavy bombs. What enemy is there left to fight? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/w...
Israel’s Military Pounds Gaza as Pressure Mounts for Cease-fire
The Israeli military said it struck more than 100 targets across the enclave over the weekend. Israeli and Hamas officials have been holding indirect cease-fire talks via mediators in Qatar.
nytimes.com
Throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch covered many human rights topics and crises around the world. From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
Top Human Rights News from 2024
These were among the most-read stories on our site in 2024.
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A group of protestors in the Israeli town of Pardes Hanna protest the starvation of Gazans by holding empty pots. They have received threats and intimidation but have continued protesting.
Welcome to 2025! If your new years resolution is to learn a new skill why don't you have a look at some of our guides on open source research? www.bellingcat.com/category/res... Want help? We have a community of people eager to learn alongside you and collaborate. discord.com/invite/belli...
Where is our humanity? “Children in Gaza are cold, sick and traumatized,” said Rosalia Bollen, a @UNICEF spokesperson who recently visited Gaza. “Many still wear summer clothes. With cooking gas gone, many are searching through rubble for scraps of plastic to burn.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/w...
5 Babies Die From the Cold in Gaza as Temperatures Drop
A boy less than three weeks old was among the latest to succumb to winter weather, the Gazan health ministry said. Displaced families have little more than tents and tarps to protect them.
nytimes.com
Hear hear. The death penalty has no place in a civilized nation.
Ali Velshi@velshi.com · 2y agoGovernors and state execs should follow President Biden’s lead in commuting death row inmates, says Bryan Stevenson, acclaimed civil rights lawyer & founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. “We should step back from this barbaric punishment of killing people to show that killing is wrong.” #Velshi
This year, we filed two legal challenges to stop Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline reroute, which would encircle the Bad River Band's Reservation in northern Wisconsin. We're fighting to protect Indigenous lands, ecosystems, and Lake Superior from this risky pipeline.
The Great Lakes Are Under Threat
The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Now, Anishinaabe tribes are in court fighting the company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil ...
earthjustice.org
Truly a great man. A greater contrast to the incoming could not be imagined.
Nick Kristof@nickkristof.bsky.social · 2y agoJimmy Carter, dead at 100, was mocked as a country bumpkin but didn't deserve our sneers. He probably improved more lives over a longer period of time than any other president. He is the only one in modern times who did not lose a single soldier in combat. My tribute: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o...
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget Pls do the same.
theintercept.com/2024/12/20/k...
In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
The Arizona senator’s campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.
theintercept.com
NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths. A calculated policy. An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
Syrians who revealed 50,000 images of death warn of more horror to come. “So, in terms of dead and murdered, literally it is in the hundreds of thousands.” Bell True www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Syrian who revealed 50,000 images of death warns of more horror to come
Photographer codenamed Caesar who captured more than 53,000 pictures documenting the horrors of the Assad regime tells Bel Trew how he risked his life to show the world what was happening – and his fe...
independent.co.uk
While desperately working to make sure the talks fail. Grabbing a harmless momentary appearance of reasonableness makes a good mask for their continuing work of destruction. insideclimatenews.org/news/1412202...
Big Oil Is Urging Trump Not to Pull Out of the Paris Accord - Inside Climate News
In short: reputation and profits.
insideclimatenews.org
The Washington Post visits a General Intelligence Directorate facility in Aleppo, finding copious surveillance records alongside evidence of torture and abuse. @leloveluck.bsky.social @salwangeorges.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
Files from Aleppo intelligence facility show extent of Assad repression
Branch 322 was one of hundreds of facilities that detained and interrogated civilians and military officers, and recruited locals to monitor their neighbors.
washingtonpost.com
Ex-FBI informant agrees to plead guilty to lying about Bidens’ Ukraine ties
#RezaKhandan has worked heroically in Iran to advance women's rights, along with his equally heroic wife, Nasrin Sotoudeh. Reza was arrested this morning by Iran's security forces. Reza and Nasrin exemplify courage, determination and the best of Iran; I hope the world will speak up for them.
The videos show soldiers blowing up or setting fire to buildings — and often celebrating the destruction — occupying destroyed buildings, mocking Palestinians and calling for the Israeli resettlement of Gaza. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Revenge, fire and destruction: A year of Israeli soldiers’ videos from Gaza
The Post verified more than 120 photos and videos of the war in Gaza - providing an uncensored view of one of the most deadly and destructive wars in this century.
washingtonpost.com
Endless slaughter of innocents. Israeli attacks kill at least 30 people and wound 50 Palestinians hours after UN demands ceasefire in Gaza
If Trump fulfills his promise to expand the federal death penalty, courts likely won’t do enough to protect the rights of those at the system’s mercy. President Biden has the power to stop potentially unjust executions — he should grant clemency to the 40 people on death row, starting now.
Four Things to Know About the Federal Death Penalty
The cases of those on death row highlight deep concerns about racial disparities, the fairness of the process, and the inhumanity of the punishment.
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