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Post from Amanda Gorman’s Instagram that says amandascgorman Minneapolis, Minnesota For Renee Nicole Good Killed by ICE. on January 7, 2026 by Amanda Gorman They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose. Iced wheels flinched & froze. Now, bare riot of candles, Dark fury of flowers, Pure howling of hymns. If for us she arose, Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches our power, The howl where we begin, Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater Of the worst of what we've been. Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour & bitter anger of our neighbors Is moved by the love * better angels of our nature.

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

Many dozens have been arrested, many have spent almost 2 years in detention without charge. 3 have died. Amazing, tireless reporting from Marzia Hashmi Momo at @netranews.bsky.social

"We will not grant bail in Kuki-Chin cases, go to another court."
After 2 bank robberies, the Bangladesh security forces have exacted racist, collective punishment on the tiny Bawm Indigenous People, displacing more than 1/3 to India. interactive.netra.news/being-bawm-b...

China-critical UK academics describe ‘extremely heavy’ pressure from Beijing Reliance on overseas students’ tuition fees under scrutiny as scholars describe chilling effect of being targeted

Has a UK university caved to China pressure not to research human rights of Uyghurs?
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Europe: Human rights defenders excluded by discriminatory Schengen visa system Visa systems in Europe’s Schengen represent a obstacle course for human rights defenders, preventing many from participating in key decision-making forums.

Amnesty new research - Europe: Human rights defenders excluded by discriminatory Schengen visa system
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YouTube video by Amnesty International What does the right of self-determination mean for Indigenous Peoples?

August 9 is the International day of Indigenous Peoples!
The right to self-determination is the cornerstone of Indigenous Peoples' rights. In this video, Indigenous leaders, activists and experts explain what it means.
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Agreement between Mauritius and the UK fails to guarantee rights of Chagossians say UN experts
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📢 ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 : The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous… | Hernan Vales 📢 ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 : The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples (UNVFIP) is receiving applications for Indigenous Peoples seeking to participate in the 60th session of the Human Rights Cou...

👀⌛✍️ Deadline 16 June! To participate in UN Human Rights Council in Sept/Oct www.linkedin.com/posts/hernan...

Does Kristi Noem even know what habeas corpus is? The Homeland Security secretary's word salad raised even more questions about the administration's assault on fundamental rights.

“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”

Palestinian Trade Unions’ May Day Statement - 1 May 2025
No Labor For Genocide - No Complicity With Apartheid
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I am delighted to annouce we have five new scholarships for our MA Human… | Corinne Lennox I am delighted to annouce we have five new scholarships for our MA Human Rights! For human rights practitioners (broadly understood) from low and middle income Commonwealth countries working for &#39...

MA in human rights at @icws-sas.bsky.social - scholarships for applicants from Low and Middle Income Commonwealth States - do consider applying! www.linkedin.com/posts/corinn...

Racial borders in action
Hanno Hauenstein - Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens who have committed no crime
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I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking
Steven Donziger
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UAE: Ahmed Mansoor’s 15-Year Sentence Upheld An Emirati court upheld an abusive 15-year sentence on March 4, 2025, against the prominent Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, who was convicted following a fundamentally unfair trial.

🇦🇪Ahmed Mansoor, known as the UAE’s “last human rights defender”, has had a 15 year prison sentence upheld. He was still serving time on another sentence when he was sentenced again in July 2024. Mansoor has spent much of his time in prison, since 2017, in isolation.

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I'll be speaking at this event. For those not in London, a recording will be available after the event. Register at: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us for this great event next week where I will be a panelist. Register commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... with @globalpluralism.bsky.social and @icws-sas.bsky.social

We have a launch event for these 3 publications tomorrow, please come! See event details at my LinkedIn post here www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

In June 2023, #Nahel was shot at short range by a police officer in France. Today, the prosecutor requests a trial for murder.

The death of the French-Algerian teenager triggered massive protests & unrests against longstanding racist policing. This was met with heavy repression by the authorities.

I look forward to submitting an opinion piece to WaPo on a very important personal liberty - the freedom to be a member of a union

[AMNESTY] Failure to consult Indigenous Peoples on future pandemics will further harm children’s education www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Danish "ghetto legislation", which requires public housing to be sold off as a "solution" to concentration of "non-Western" people in a particular area, is direct discrimination, Advocate General states. ECJ to rule on this at a future date
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Our new @amnesty.org report, ‘Canada has destroyed me’: Labour exploitation of migrant workers, exposes how Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Programme is a racist policy that facilitates shocking abuse and exploitation of migrant workers

Read more: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

A message to the EU Drawing of hands shaking with a yellow cross on it Ban trade with Israel's settlements

In a joint letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, @amnesty.org joined 162 civil society organizations and trade unions in calling on the EU to ban trade and business with Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

www.amnesty.eu/news/israel-...

Downstream: 2024 Round Up: Gaza, Starmer and the Death of Woke Novara Media · Episode

this is a good succinct summary of her views on this (from 25:25) open.spotify.com/episode/4cJp...

South Africa and Malaysia to launch campaign to protect international justice Formation of Hague Group comes amid challenges to ICJ and ICC rulings

As we see an unprecedented attack on the international rule of law by corrupt criminal billionaires, this initiative is to be celebrated!
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...