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Great analysis of the new Pentagon plan on civilian protection by Jonathan Lord

This is the Cliff's Notes version of the new dense Pentagon plan on civilian protection. lieber.westpoint.edu/dod-issues-civ…

We don't offer applause very much, so savor this one! And now let's see the Pentagon plan well implemented... US: Significant Plan by Pentagon to Protect Civilians hrw.org/news/2022/08/2…

A new House caucus for civilian protection! Never thought I'd see the day. Thank you Congresswoman Sara Jacobs Rep. Ro Khanna Rep. Jason Crow Archived Archived: Rep. Tom Malinowski. Let's get to work! sarajacobs.house.gov/news/documents…

#Ethiopia: For 8 hours on June 18, armed assailants shot+killed about 400 Amhara civilians, incl. many women+children, in western #Oromia. Despite warnings, gov't security forces stationed nearby didn't arrive until hours after the attack. New Human Rights Watch report: hrw.org/news/2022/08/3…

After nearly 30 years, today is Kenneth Roth’s last day as Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director. Ken has led HRW since 1993, taking HRW from a small group of regional “watch committees” to a major international human rights organization with global influence. 1/

1/ For 8 hrs on June 18, groups of heavily armed gunmen attacked villages in western #Oromia & #BenishangulGumuz region killing several hundred Amhara civilians, many women & children, as Ethiopian forces stationed nearby did little to intervene. New Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2022/08/3…

Russian & Russian-affiliated militaries' forcible transfers of Ukrainian civilians to Russia & to Russian-occupied parts of #Ukraine, are a serious violation of the laws of war that constitute war crimes & potential crimes against humanity. New report: hrw.org/news/2022/09/0…

20% of Biden's ambassadorships are vacant. One reason? Women nominees have a hell of a time getting out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Republican members hold them up because they don't like their "tone" or assume they are rabid abortionists. puck.news/washingtons-ne…

"The crown prince holds himself out as a modernizer... But behind the curtain, he destroys individuals over the slightest trifle. These cases show Mr. Biden was duped in Jiddah. He must not remain silent. He should openly denounce such barbaric thuggery." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

A modest—and yet unprecedented—step at UN Human Rights Council #HRC51 towards accountability for #China govt. #Uyghurs #Xinjiang reuters.com/world/china/co… Human Rights Watch 人权观察 HRW Chinese

Thanks to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Senator Bob Menendez for pressing Department of State today on why we do nothing while nefarious regimes like #Ethiopia commit atrocities in #Tigray. Our selective outrage with #Russia is noted by all tyrants. Notice the official’s non-answer.

Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa (Jina) Amini died in the custody of #Iran's despised morality police, & now authorities have launched a deadly crackdown on protesters. Rather than address people's many serious grievances, authorities' only response is more repression & brutality.

The good folks at the Holocaust Museum don't usually put out warnings like this unless it's dire. USA... take note, be bold. Human Rights Watch Laetitia Bader Carine Kaneza Nantulya Nicole Widdersheim Museum Warns of Heightened Risk of Genocide, Mass Atrocities in Ethiopia ushmm.org/information/pr…

Held for two decades, never charged, finally released... Human Rights Watch Letta Tayler U.S. Releases Guantánamo’s Oldest Prisoner nytimes.com/2022/10/29/us/…

🧵: there are a number of civilian harm-related provisions in the final version of the FY23 NDAA. Here are the highlights ⬇️

New Human Rights Watch report details civilian harm & suffering from antipersonnel #landmines in the war in Ukraine hrw.org/news/2023/01/3… It looks at how thousands of PFM antipersonnel mines were fired by rockets into Izium in 2022, when Russian forces occupied the city. ICBL

I argue that human rights should be an intelligence priority for the United States. Spying for Human Rights foreignaffairs.com/united-states/… via Foreign Affairs