Former Human Rights Watch executive director (1993-2022). Now senior fellow, Yale University (Law and Jackson). My book: "Righting Wrongs" (Knopf/Allen Lane).
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This isn't the first time the US government stood on the wrong side of an essential human rights challenge. In my new book, "Righting Wrongs," I explain how the human rights movement repeatedly circumvented and overcame US obstruction. We can do it again. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
Yossi Dagan, a prominent Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank, was denied permission to enter France. He was “subject to an administrative ban from” France”due to his active role in implementing the settlement policy in the West Bank.” trib.al/rReHPYF
With a new Democratic Congress likely to mandate an end to Trump’s war of choice with Iran, there is a big risk of escalation before then. trib.al/Rrs4Ynf
"If Israel—rather than U.S. taxpayers—pays for a bomb, that does not mitigate the bomb’s impact when Israel drops it on a Palestinian family. The United States will remain complicit in Israeli genocide and apartheid as long as U.S. arms keep flowing." trib.al/FCQuBxb
“If I wasn’t there doing it, someone else would presumably do it.” That's the criminal rationalization of one Israeli intelligence officer in the film NAZA for his complicity in genocide. trib.al/RA1RzhD
Israel’s arrest of an Israeli Arab journalist seems to be part of Netanyahu’s effort to discredit his recent electoral setback by challenging the large turnout by Israeli Arab voters. trib.al/Kmrwgs0
An Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza killed six people, including a surgeon and a disabled man, and wounded 28 others. trib.al/mrAWzzr
Some commentators are having a hard time believing that American voters are tired of the US government supporting Israel’s genocide, apartheid, endless occupation, and warmongering. trib.al/eseqGn9
An Israeli military strike on a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip killed at least six people and injured more than 20. trib.al/X9T6EOc
Hundreds of British Jews have accused the Board of Deputies of British Jews of “genocide denial” for shielding Israel from accountability and silencing criticism within its own ranks. trib.al/PgU7KEi
The failure of states to take decisive action on autonomous lethal weapons next week at a negotiating conference in Geneva would leave civilians dangerously exposed to rapidly advancing military technologies. trib.al/iB9qidE
The Kremlin takes great pains to suppress casualty figures from Putin's invasion of Ukraine by closing databases and prosecuting those who document the dead. But photography of the graves reveals losses far greater than Moscow has publicly acknowledged. trib.al/ZMkYU0n.
"Trump’s decision to name hard-line loyalist Stephen Miller as his top aide cemented what many Republicans were already privately fearing: There will be no party-wide GOP reckoning with this week’s midterm bloodbath." trib.al/Rn6ckso
Brazil’s top electoral court fined Meta’s Facebook $1.3 million for failing to fully comply with judicial orders during last month’s presidential election runoff campaign. It was accused of political bias by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s team. trib.al/ZRE3Eao
Dismantling of USAID in Indonesia eliminated services for people at greatest risk of HIV, creating additional barriers to testing, prevention, and lifesaving treatment. trib.al/rjGnlQq
ASEAN states should increase pressure on the Myanmar military junta to end its attacks on civilians, lift restrictions on humanitarian aid, and begin credible dialogues about transitioning to civilian rule. Don't be fooled by the sham elections. trib.al/E1iZd38
What is Trump trying to hide by having his lawyer threaten Congress with criminal prosecution for conducting its constitutionally mandated oversight role? trib.al/qAOO9HO
Two-thirds of Americans say Trump has lost at least some power in the GOP since the party’s steep midterm losses. That includes 83% of Democratic midterm voters and 57% of Republican midterm voters. trib.al/9BRNPI9
If Trump is willing to make an immigration deal, here's how -- reinforce the border to establish control & enact a statute of limitations for deportations. There is one for crimes. Why not for undocumented immigration? That's not an amnesty, just fairness. trib.al/qiPh3Xt
Trump wants to make the world safe for American and Israeli war criminals. But his administration’s vow to tear down the International Criminal Court “brick by brick” isn’t going very well. trib.al/c5bGlcM
A Kenyan mother in Saudi Arabia has reportedly been sentenced to 100 lashes after giving birth outside marriage. trib.al/7yhiwrR
