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The Gaza We Leave Behind I no longer recognize many parts of my homeland. Only my memories of them remain.

Before October 7th, 2023, people rarely moved away from Gaza. For 23 years, the poet @mosababutoha.bsky.social had the same neighbors, trees, schools, clubs, cafés, and graffiti-covered walls. “There was this tender relationship between us and things.”

World: Global Impact of Funding Cuts on Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Contexts #Refugees

For ‘Bread, Work, Freedom,’ Afghan Women Are Still Resisting It has been over three and a half years since Afghan women from all walks of life first took to the streets chanting “Bread, Work, Freedom,” a fierce assertion of their right to work and to be free from the Taliban’s systemic oppression. This International Workers’ Day, their call is more urgent than ever.

For ‘Bread, Work, Freedom,’ Afghan Women Are Still Resisting #Refugees

Human rights group criticizes international response to Sudan’s armed conflict Amnesty International condemned the authorities in Sudan and the international community on Tuesday for their inaction or involvement in exacerbating the country' ongoing conflict, which began in 2023...

#KeepEyesOnSudan

#DNHR commends the #ICC’s unwavering commitment to holding perpetrators in #Sudan accountable. We remain dedicated to documenting violations and advocating for justice.

Read more in our latest article: dnhr.org/2025/04/01/f...

Odesa right now ‼️ at least 2 people were killed, and 5 others were injured in russian drone attack on the city.

What’s happening in Georgia at this very moment has no precedent, at least in Central and Eastern Europe.

All too many forget that what caused the Maidan was the fact that the authorities began outright killing people. 1/

Migrant helpers facing increased criminalization, according to NGO report

Migrant helpers facing increased criminalization, according to NGO report #Refugees

In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:
🔺 ICJ examines #Israel’s humanitarian obligations amid aid blockade on #Gaza
🔺 Civilians caught in escalating #Russian strikes amid #Ukraine ceasefire proposals
🔺 Surge in attacks highlights fragile security in #Nigeria

Full issue: bit.ly/AtrocityAler...

U.S. backs Israeli ban on U.N. Palestinian aid group UNRWA at World Court : NPR A Palestinian flag flies outside the International Court of Justice, which opened hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption toggle caption Peter Dejong/AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United States told the International Court of Justice Wednesday that Israel must provide aid to Gaza, but the country does not have to work with the U.N.

U.S. backs Israeli ban on U.N. Palestinian aid group UNRWA at World Court : NPR

A Palestinian flag flies outside the International Court of Justice, which opened hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the…

The Immigrant Families Jailed in Texas Children have long been put in migrant detention if they were apprehended at the border. Today, lawyers have found, families are being removed from stable lives in the United States.

Attorneys have expressed concern about how many migrant families the Trump Administration plans to arrest. Not only are some of these families longtime residents but, for the past year, the border has been quiet.

‘Killer Robots’ Threaten Human Rights During War, Peace In "A Hazard to Human Rights," Human Rights Watch details how autonomous weapons systems pose a grave risk to human rights during both war and peacetime. Governments should tackle the concerns raised by such weapons systems, known as “killer robots,” by negotiating a multinational treaty to address the dangers.

‘Killer Robots’ Threaten Human Rights During War, Peace #Refugees

Yemen: Opening safe spaces filled with new possibilities for displaced women and girls [EN/AR] #Refugees

The Role of Expertise in Effectively Moderating Harmful Social Media Content | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

The team at @dairinstitute.bsky.social are some of the most inspirational people out there. Infinitely proud to have worked with them on this academic paper, highlighting colossal failures of social media giants in curbing the spread of genocidal speech in Ethiopia, inflaming genocide in Tigray.

World: Western Balkans - Migrant Mobility Situation Report (March 2025) #Refugees

Day 147 of #GeorgiaProtests.
New, free and fair elections, and the release of the regime prisoners.
📷 MOSE

Meanwhile, Russia stumbles over its own lies about terrorist strikes on Sumy. Zakharova claimed the April 13 attack targeted a so-called meeting of Ukrainian commanders with "Western instructors" at Magellan restaurant. Problem is, that restaurant is in Kryvyi Rih, hit by an Iskander on April 4.

Syria's missing detainees: "We did not expect so few had survived" | Qantara.de The search for the missing is seen by many Syrians as crucial to rebuilding the nation. Mazin al-Balkhi of the International Commission on Missing Persons warns that the scale and arbitrary nature of ...

“… the overwhelming majority of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions are attributed to the Syrian regime… we did not expect that so few had survived.”

—Mazin al-Balkhi, International Commission on Missing Persons @hannahel711.bsky.social @qantarade.bsky.social
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Hossam Shabat’s Last Article Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.

In his final hours, Hossam Shabat sent an article to @dropsitenews.com detailing Israel’s escalation of its genocidal assault on Gaza.

Palestinians in Gaza have a right to live—but Israel is trying to destroy that right with bombs paid for by US tax dollars. Congress must act now.

Wounded children overwhelmed a Gaza hospital as Israeli bombs fell this week When Israel unleashed a wave of bombardment this week, shattering Gaza's ceasefire, a hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis was overwhelmed with wounded children.

“Just child after child, young patient after young patient,” Dr. Sakib Rokadiya told the AP. “The vast, vast majority were women, children, the elderly.”

Donate to Rebuilding Hope for a Displaced Matar Family in Gaza, organized by Mohmet Mugari We urgently appeal to anyone who can assist us during this critica… Mohmet Mugari needs your support for Rebuilding Hope for a Displaced Matar Family in Gaza

You can help this Palestinian family in desperate need.

This Palestinian man, his wife, and their little baby lack food, clean water, shelter, clothing.

Please donate whatever you can - and share.

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Aspirations of Syrian tech professionals collide with sanctions - Enab Baladi Following the significant transformation that has overshadowed all of Syria, affecting even its smallest details, after the fall of the […]

Anas Zahra wants to bring technical expertise from his academic achievements in Germany back to Syria, but faces obstacles: poor infrastructure for internet and electricity, and sanctions blocking access to online services.
— Enab Baladi
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The Day After the War in Gaza Israel is triumphant but its borders have been unsettled; its security now hinges on a gamble that no actor will both be able to challenge its ongoing military actions and care enough to do so

In Israel, the shift from “peace process” with Palestinians to a de facto annexation of the occupied territories has now progressed to the point where it’s impossible to deny, even among those who formerly backed the two-state solution, Nathan Brown writes.

Sudanese refugees imprisoned and impoverished by Ethiopian visa policy Steep fees are driving thousands into even deeper financial hardship.

Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia are being driven deeper into poverty by steep visa fees, with many facing arrest for non-payment. Augustine Passilly reports on this and other challenges facing the refugees. Read: ⬇️

Gaza: Israeli Military War Crimes While Occupying Hospitals Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the current hostilities, amounting to war crimes.

HRW: Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the current hostilities, amounting to war crimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

Gaza is being starved and bombed again. Why are we allowing it? Watching Western leaders cover up Israeli crimes has been exhausting. But I refuse to surrender and accept injustice.

"Watching this show of empty talk, complicity, betrayal and gaslighting for 17 months now has been exhausting. It is a destructive narcissistic show of manipulation and display of power designed to wear down those of us who resist the normalisation of genocide."

— #AJOpinion by Emina Hodžić ⤵️

Saturday - Updated: 5th Day of Renewed Israeli Assault on Gaza - Hundreds Killed On the fifth day since Israel resumed its extensive bombing and shelling of various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army fired barrages of m ...

Saturday – Updated: 5th Day of Renewed Israeli Assault on #Gaza – Hundreds Killed

#WarOnChildren #Trumpbacked #IsraelWarCrimes #Palestine imemc.org/article/isra...

It's absurd to think russian-speaking Ukrainians are "russian" and want to live in Ru, as Witkoff said. We have 3yrs of evidence that those living in the occupied regions flee to Ukr-held territories at high rates, resist russian occupation, are victims of torture/repression, and await liberation.

Crimea is Ukraine. Donetsk is Ukraine. Luhansk is Ukraine. Mariupol is Ukraine.

Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza in apparent effort to force hand of Hamas Humanitarian officials say move could hit already meagre water supply, as ceasefire talks grow increasingly chaotic

Because cutting off food supplies wasn't enough, now the electricity that, among other things, pumps the water. The ever lengthening list of inhumanity continues. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...