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Human rights and humanitarian issues, formerly ; father; runner; baseball fan; news junkie; Lusophone world

Brooklyn, NY
Joined December 2007

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  1. “Just in the first 50 days of the Bolsonaro government there has been a reversal of 30 years of progress. Everything we have been trying to construct, trying to build since then, we are trying to keep standing.”

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    “The guilty verdict against Oyub Titiev is gross injustice to him, a disgrace to Russian criminal justice system, and risks further emboldening Kadyrov, the governor of Chechnya, to silence reporting on human rights abuses in Chechnya,”

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  4. The wonderful talks about her new book about her parents, Fay Wray and Robert Riskin

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  5. "The crackdown on freedom of expression and the use of torture in Gaza has reached alarming new levels...we have seen shocking human rights violations carried out by Hamas security forces against peaceful protesters, journalists and rights workers,”

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  6. This is the kind of Islamophobia that ends with the killing of Muslims at prayer in a mosque in Christchurch

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  9. Head of tells UN human rights council that Israel's "commitments" to investigate killings of protesters are mere propaganda to ease international pressure in the face of criticism

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  10. Mar 18

    Myanmar army establishes investigation into its role in the crackdown on Rohingya in August 2017 but "The idea that the Tatmadaw could investigate itself and ensure justice and accountability is both dangerous and delusional," says

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  11. Mar 18
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    The very same hard right leaders who galvanize anti-Semitism’s rise in Europe share a fascination among with Israel and, in particular, its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu

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  13. Mar 18

    The US and Brazilian governments have much to learn from New Zealand and the leadership of

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  14. Mar 17

    Hard to know which is more outrageous: MBS’ unchecked brutality against dissidents, activists, journalists and others or US continuing uncritical political and military support

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  15. Mar 17

    Appalling abuse of an already failing health system by Venezuela govt: Cuban doctors in Venezuela describe deliberate political manipulation in which their services were wielded to secure votes for the ruling party

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  16. Mar 17

    International justice was built on the foundations of the Nuremberg trials; how depressing to see Israel and its allies at the forefront of efforts to undermine the work of the

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  17. Mar 17

    In light of the terrible attack and killings of Muslims in Christchurch, this piece by on the silence of US intelligence agencies about white supremacist movements when promoting their surveillance desires is very relevant

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  18. Mar 16
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  20. Mar 16

    Building on precedent set with the Rohingya from Myanmar, Syrian activists and lawyers are using creative ways to pursue accountability for crimes committed during the war including with the

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