Notices by Andrew Stroehlein (andrewstroehlein@mastodon.social)

ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders & a Hamas official break through the perception that certain individuals are beyond the reach of the law.

Governments should support justice globally and address atrocities for all victims in Palestine and Israel.

https://hrw.org/breaking-news/2024/11/21/human-rights-watch-quote-icc-palestine-warrants

“Once again, the US used its veto to ensure impunity for Israel as its forces continue to commit crimes against Palestinians in #Gaza” - Human Rights Watch

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/un-gaza-vote-veto

What would you do with a trillion dollars? My Daily Brief today looks at the #Saudi sovereign wealth fund, the man who controls it, and the abuses it facilitates…

📰 Read: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/11/20?story=paragraph-9800

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/11/20/one-man-one-fund-countless-abuses-daily-brief-november-20-2024

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/11/20/un-homme-un-fonds-dinnombrables-abus

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/11/20/ein-mann-ein-fonds-unzaehlige-menschenrechtsverletzungen

There is “no space for personal freedom in Libya”

- Government of National Unity’s acting interior minister, Emad Trabelsi

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/13/libyan-ministers-morality-measures-would-violate-womens-rights

"The report said the data indicates 'an apparent indifference to the death of civilians and the impact of the means and methods of warfare'."

Nearly 70% of #Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5wel11pgdo

They’ve weakened the very concepts of democracy and human rights so much, that now, even if they want to preserve what’s left - a big “if” - they’ve made that job so much harder.

How can you now defend the concept of universal human rights, when, for example, you’ve been sending people to places where you know they’ll be tortured and sending arms to a government you know may use them to commit more atrocities against civilians?

In the EU, which is founded on these principles, most leaders have been undermining these foundations for years: helping Orbán and other authoritarians inside, empowering other authoritarians outside, denying the fundamental rights of asylum seekers, sending arms to a government committing atrocities (ie, Israel), etc.

We’re not in the last days of democracy, but we are perhaps in the last years of it - if those remaining leaders who care about democracy and human rights fail to work together to defend it at every turn.
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Phase out fossil fuels.

That's it.

That's the message for #COP29

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/07/cop29-climate-action-crucial-protect-rights

"People facing atrocities in expanding conflicts in the Middle East, eastern Europe, the Horn of Africa, and elsewhere are unlikely to see much support from Washington over the next few years."
https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/11/06?story=paragraph-9690

Everyone has the right to seek asylum in another country.

Everyone includes you.

It doesn't mean you can just live wherever you want. It means you have the right to ask for asylum & authorities must consider your individual case & treat you humanely as they do.

"Muslims across Europe are grappling with a 'worrying surge' of racism that is being fuelled in part by 'dehumanising anti-Muslim rhetoric', the EU’s leading rights agency has said."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/24/muslims-in-europe-experiencing-worrying-surge-in-racism-survey-finds

Imagine being a politician with the power to do some good in the world and the only things you can think of doing are meeting murderous dictators and inventing new ways to punish desperate people seeking safety and freedom.

“Any targeting of UN peacekeepers by Israeli forces violates the laws of war and dangerously interferes with UNIFIL’s civilian protection and aid work.”

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/10/11/lebanon-un-inquiry-needed-israeli-attacks-peacekeepers

The latest moves & threats by #Hungary’s government are part of a long-running effort by Viktor Orbán’s ruling party to use vulnerable people as a political scapegoat, trying to hoodwink Hungarians into believing their problems are caused by the powerless, rather than by those in power. My Daily Brief…

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/09/12?story=paragraph-9320

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/09/12/la-hongrie-met-des-ukrainiens-la-rue

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/09/12/ungarn-macht-ukrainerinnen-obdachlos

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/09/12/hungary-making-ukrainians-homeless-daily-brief-september-12-2024

"so long as you [ie, politicians] use X as your main outlet for news updates, you are dragging us along with you."

If EU politicians left X, journalists and the general public would thank them "for giving us one more reason to get off X ourselves"
https://euobserver.com/EU%20&%20the%20World/ar1eb43d53

The UK has suspended some arms sales to Israel. It’s a welcome move, but it’s not enough. My Daily Brief…

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/09/03?story=paragraph-9240

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/09/03/loin-detre-suffisant-pour-gaza

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/09/03/lange-nicht-genug-fuer-gaza

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/09/03/far-enough-gaza-daily-brief-september-3-2024

No one knows what exactly will happen in the next 24 hours. Will Putin go to ICC member Mongolia? If so, will Mongolia uphold its obligation to arrest him? Or will the visit get cancelled as happened with South Africa last year? My Daily Brief today:

📰 Read: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/09/02?story=paragraph-9234

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/09/02/mongolias-moment-daily-brief-september-2-2024

Not sure about the tabloid headline, but the issue of "killer robots" is serious and needs attention. Read what our experts are saying here: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/26/killer-robots-new-un-report-urges-treaty-2026

“Every minute we were beaten. I mean all over the body, on sensitive areas between the legs, the chest, the back. We were kicked all over the body and the face. … I told them I’m a doctor, but they didn’t care.”

My Daily Brief today begins with the words of Eyad Abed, a 50-year-old surgeon who was detained by the Israeli military while working at a hospital in #Gaza.

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/08/26?story=paragraph-9192

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/08/26/israel-foltert-medizinisches-personal

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/08/26/israel-tortures-healthcare-workers-daily-brief-august-26-2024