*Six cases of cancer and leukemia, radiation-linked illnesses. Needless to say we're skeptical of the official numbers and narratives. Their pattern of conduct has undermined public trust.
03.02.2026 21:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@cade76.bsky.social
I'm an international human rights lawyer at Human Rights Now, a Tokyo-based NGO. I'm into int'l law, jazz piano, cognitive science & philosophy of mind, continental philosophy, modern art, indie games/movies/music, and lately quantum physics.
*Six cases of cancer and leukemia, radiation-linked illnesses. Needless to say we're skeptical of the official numbers and narratives. Their pattern of conduct has undermined public trust.
03.02.2026 21:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Our main issue has been the displaced & fragmented families, especially in partnership with the women's organizations and activists. So AFAIK we don't have any special or inside knowledge of that. (The official number is 6.) But at our next meeting I'll ask, & if someone knows I'll get back to you.
03.02.2026 21:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0HRN has submitted a statement to the 61st Human Rights Council session for the 15th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster highlighting the problems of the lack of livelihood support, the termination of housing support, and the arbitrary evictions of evacuees.
Read the statement on our website.
HRN has submitted a written statement to the 61st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva condemning the government of Israel's on-going genocide against Palestinians and occupation of their territory.
Read the statement on our website.
hrn.or.jp/eng/news/202...
There is a comparison to the southern politicians that enforced Jim Crow laws & the entire cruel and racist apparatus of the state that they controlled when they turned fire hoses and dogs on to the civil rights protestors for weeks on end. I'd even say there's a direct line from then to now.
02.02.2026 17:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We're reduced to courts needing to give the administration elementary lessons in civics. This is the thread holding the US together right now.
Philadelphia, 18 Sept. 1787:
"Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?"
"A republic, if you can keep it."
I know this isn't even worth noting anymore, but this exchange sums up how impossible it is to deal with maga online. They'll insult you and confidently throw up the wrong info w/this line that they're calmly moving on, so it doesn't even matter if you explain in exacting detail why it's wrong.
01.02.2026 15:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0They really need to do a study to prove the existence of money at this point. This is what we're dealing with.
01.02.2026 07:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0As if the US imploding wasn't enough drama for the world, Zhang Youxia's alleged open letter upon his arrest is something else. One consistent theme vis-a-vis opposition to the US's & China's dictators, at least, dissent is an act of patriotism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Ay...
30.01.2026 16:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0How could it be criminal for the briber if it isn't criminal for Trump?
29.01.2026 18:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We know Trump is for sale, and as his niece says, not even to the highest bidder. That's the way to go. Almost surprising the opposition hasn't caught on to that.
If we have a president that openly takes bribes with impunity, why don't they just bribe him to do the right thing?
Sign up for HRN's webinar on Feb. 10 about protecting migrant workers in Taiwan's Distant Water Fisheries on our website: hrn.or.jp/eng/news/202...
29.01.2026 17:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A list that I found that includes 2025 deaths.
27.01.2026 03:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โHeartbroken but also very angryโฆ sickening lies by the administrationโฆ reprehensible and disgustingโฆ Alex is clearly not holding a gunโฆ please get the truth out about our son, he was a good manโฆโ
25.01.2026 01:01 โ ๐ 14173 ๐ 6446 ๐ฌ 312 ๐ 270We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
Alex Pretti, whom DHS labeled a domestic terrorist, honoring a veteran that passed away in the ICU.
The Magats have really lost the plot with this one. This is a man that not only didn't hate his country or its service members but honored them and their service.
It's going to play to his dementia raddled malignant narcissism and probably trigger him to be incredibly destructive and harm the world & this country, but at least they wouldn't be supporting the cynical circus act. It's not going to change him; it's only about themselves, which is fair.
24.01.2026 11:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Board of โPeaceโ by Led Donkeys.
23.01.2026 21:57 โ ๐ 814 ๐ 440 ๐ฌ 93 ๐ 38Our latest report (hrn.or.jp/eng/news/202...) gave a lot of important attention to the pull out of the US from so many int'l organizations & its expected consequences. It's getting almost no attention these days, but along w/the disintegration of USAID, it's what may end up harming the most people.
24.01.2026 00:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Congratulations, Mr. Carney. ๐
23.01.2026 04:16 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0"Stop calling ICE the Gestapo! ICE is nothing like the Gestapo. Now, let me innumerate all the many ways ICE is exactly like the Gestapo. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
22.01.2026 02:44 โ ๐ 8430 ๐ 2649 ๐ฌ 959 ๐ 273There needs to be accountability for all of this.
One thing even worse than their abuses by themselves is the lack of accountability instilling impunity in them, so their abuses only get worse & more brazen over time. It's critically important & there's even a duty to punish all of this.
One qualification I have to make is that the force Trump is trying to use as a private security force, and which seems to be actively taking on that role, aren't private contractors but ICE itself. So I'm checking that box with that qualification.
20.01.2026 19:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0ICE as Trumpโs private security force www.propublica.org/article/trum... theconversation.com/how-ice-is-b...
Scope of detainees expands www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res... www.milwaukeeindependent.com/newswire/ice... www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/uscis-s...
No accountability con't: www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-releas... www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n... www.axios.com/2026/01/13/i... www.nilc.org/resources/ho...
Indefinite detention www.ild.org/immigrant-le... www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re... www.nilc.org/articles/ice...
Beatings www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlos...
Extrajudicial Killings www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... elpasomatters.org/2026/01/16/m... www.aclu.org/news/immigra...
No accountability www.aclu.org/press-releas...
Inhuman conditions con't: www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/trump-d... www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-releas...
No medical services www.kff.org/racial-equit... www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res... www.aila.org/library/deat... calmatters.org/commentary/2...
Sexual violence con't: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/too-swi... www.ossoff.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
Inhuman conditions / over crowding www.aclu.org/news/immigra... immigrantjustice.org/research/pol... www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n... harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...