Really sad news from #Myanmar. Ma Wutt Yee Aung sounds like a true hero. We've lost another bright, young leader, someone we should have empowered and elevated, not ignored and allowed an oppresive regime to murder.
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Just published from my archives, an interview with KD Drackert, a local Long #Covid activist, #LGBTQIA+ performance artist and all-around fab person. They are a founder of our mask bloc/air filter lending library, Clear the Air ATX.
Read it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lefts-forgotten-132515558
(Free! No Patreon login/membership necessary)
(📷Kit O'Connell, January 2024 at the @TexasObserver office)
#LongCovid #health #HumanRights #activism #Texas #Austin #politics #USpol #RFKJr #Trump #CovidIsNotOver #MutualAid
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New today: Despite warnings from advocates like me about the dire consequences, Congressional #Republicans have sought to dismantle core legal protections for detained immigrant #children fund strip searches of children as young as 12 years old by law enforcement officers, allow indefinite detention, and impose new barriers to children’s release. https://www.texasobserver.org/republicans-immigrant-children-budget-court/
#immigration #politics #USpol #HumanRights #news #border #refugees
Taiwan's support for Israeli settlements in the West Bank is at odds with its own struggle for recognition, writes Kerim Friedman
"Taiwan needs to stop acting as willing participants in Israel’s policide of Palestine. Silencing Palestinian voices will only hurt its own battle to be heard over Beijing."
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse #Israel of #Gaza #Genocide
Israel says it is fighting against Hamas, not #Palestinians as a group. But 2 of Israel’s best-known #HumanRights groups said Monday that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, adding fuel to a passionately fought international debate over whether the death & destruction there have crossed a moral red line.
#law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/world/middleeast/israel-genocide-gaza-rights-groups.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in #CECOT
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We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT in #ElSalvador by the #Trump administration.
Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.
All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.
#News #HumanRights #Prison #Immigration #Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump