The wrong lesson from the Holocaust: the German government deports a leading war surgeon who was elected as Rector of the University of Glasgow this month to prevent him from describing in Berlin the atrocities he witnessed while serving in Gaza.
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'Thirty years ago the world failed to stop the Rwandan genocide. Now we fail Gaza. The same countries that said ‘never again’ after Rwanda have given Israel a free pass during six months of death and destruction.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Victory in the European Court for the Swiss women in their 70s who argued that their age & gender made them particularly vulnerable to climate heatwaves. The court found Switzerland's emission reduction efforts 'woefully inadequate'.

#KlimaSeniorinnen

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GLAN’s Gerry Liston on CNN talking about our historic case and the importance of the #Klimaseniorinnen win.

Govts must urgently reduce emissions in line with the clear science-based ECHR CEDH ruling to tackle the #climatecrisis .

We welcome the European Court of Human Rights ECHR CEDH ruling in #KlimaSeniorinnen case v. #Switzerland affirming that States have human rights obligations to sufficiently mitigate #climate change. Ruling provides a basis for determined action & justice globally - Volker Türk

In our new report, ‘Stopping Famine in Gaza’, we provide granular data through mapping and satellite imagery on the extent of the damage and destruction and the severity of the food insecurity crisis.

Our key findings: 1/9
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In December, Human Rights Watch found Israel using starvation of Gaza as a weapon of war, a war crime. This week, we detail its deadly consequences: infants, toddlers, & school-aged kids dying from malnutrition, dehydration, & other starvation-related complications. hrw.org/news/2024/04/0….

350 people lived in building—including 150 who were displaced. When Israel struck, many kids were playing football outside building; others gathered to charge their phones in rare grocery store that had power amid Israeli electricity cuts. Members of 14 families killed in instant

An Oct 31 Israeli attack killed Lana Abdelrahman day after her 9th birthday. She was one of 106+ civilians killed—including 54 kids (many playing football) & residents charging phones in grocery store. No evidence of a military target—an apparent war crime

“This is a clear-cut violation of the laws of war.”

A Human Rights Watch investigation found that an Israeli airstrike that killed 106 Palestinian civilians in October is an apparent war crime.

Breaking: UN Human Rights Council has overwhelmingly for the first time called for an arms embargo on Israel. Resolution also condemns Israeli war crimes, calls for ceasefire & entry of aid, warns against Rafah incursion & welcomes Int'l Criminal Court probe. Support from across🌎. A🧵

“This is a clear-cut violation of the laws of war.”

A Human Rights Watch investigation found that an Israeli airstrike that killed 106 Palestinian civilians in October is an apparent war crime.

On Oct 31, just weeks into Israel's assault in Gaza, an IDF airstrike struck an apartment building in central Gaza killing 106+ people, 54 of them kids, many of whom were playing football that day. 103 of the dead were from 14 families. x.com/hrw/status/177…

There is much more in the article but it was hard to keep reading after this

'Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime'

Human Rights Watch report building on Airwars' documentation of strike on October 31, 2023

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A window into Israeli conduct in Gaza: In one of the deadliest single incidents, Israeli forces unlawfully attacked a residential building in Gaza on October 31 without an apparent military target, killing 106 civilians including 54 children -- @HRW report hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

Harrowing, must-read report on Israeli gov processes that has facilitated killing 1000s of Palestinian civilians: mass AI-generated target list based on mere affiliation—if that; strikes on family homes; use of dumb bombs; sanctioning killing 15-100—even 300!—civilians per target

The Israeli army is using an artificial intelligence machine, Lavender, to select targets for assassination in Gaza. The choices are given only cursory human review, mainly to check if they are male, despite a known error rate of 10% (probably much more). 972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…

Breaking: new Human Rights Watch report documents another apparent Israeli war crime—Oct 31 strike on central Gaza apartment building killing 106+ civilians, including 54 kids, many playing football. No evidence of military target—making strike unlawfully indiscriminate hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

This breakdown of the deadly drone strike on World Central Kitchen workers by Barak Ravid is the best I’ve seen.

Incidents like these happen every few days. We just don’t hear about them.