The unsavory alliance of the deeply repressive and isolated: North Korea sends a delegation to Iran. apnews.com/article/north-…

If Columbia University University's Minouche Shafik is not more worried about keeping her job than defending academic freedom and the right to protest, she better start showing it soon before she faces an utter lack of confidence in her leadership. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

One of the 'real differences' between the U.S. and Chinese governments is Beijing's mass detention and persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. It's not enough to address this in private diplomacy. Will the Uyghurs hear Blinken or feel abandoned by him? x.com/SecBlinken/sta…

'Palestinian Civil Defense teams have recovered 324 dead bodies at Nasser Hospital as of 24 April; the UN Human Rights Chief calls for independent investigations into these deaths.' ochaopt.org/content/hostil…

With the Israeli government's accusations against UNRWA unsustained, the agency launches a $1.2 billion appeal 'to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip & to respond to needs in the West Bank as violence there increases.' news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

The UN’s human rights office said 'some of the bodies found' in the mass grave discovered at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis after Israeli troops departed were “found with their hands tied and stripped of their clothes.” aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/24…

Israel's weaponization of healthcare: 'Dire shortages of medications and basic supplies are endangering the lives of patients with blood diseases and genetic disorders, warns a Palestinian NGO.' ochaopt.org/content/hostil…

Not so safe: 'Drone video shows the widespread destruction of neighborhoods in Khan Younis, an area of Gaza that was declared a ‘safe zone’ for displaced Palestinians early in the war before Israeli forces later bombed and occupied it.' aljazeera.com/program/newsfe…

Showing its lack of independence from the Kremlin, the Russian Orthodox Church suspends a priest who took part in services for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. apnews.com/article/russia…

'Harrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and detained by security services have emerged as human rights groups say [the] country’s hijab rules have been brutally enforced since the country’s drone strikes on Israel.'
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'Drone video shows the widespread destruction of neighborhoods in Khan Younis, an area of Gaza that was declared a ‘safe zone’ for displaced Palestinians early in the war before Israeli forces later bombed and occupied it.' aljazeera.com/program/newsfe…

The United Nations 'called for 'a clear, transparent and credible investigation' of mass graves uncovered at two major hospitals in war-torn Gaza that were raided by Israeli troops. Credible investigators must have access to the sites,' the U.N. said,
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'The world’s largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023' were not in Gaza but in Sudan. That shows how completely awful things are in Sudan as the generals fight each other and civilians suffer. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

With Israel not having proven its allegations against UNRWA, even German will resume funding for this essential agency for feeding starving Palestinians in Gaza. The U.S. stands alone as a major funder that still endorses Netanyahu's anti-UNRWA vendetta. theguardian.com/world/live/202…

With human rights are under attack, the British government compounds the problem by shredding refugee law to pursue its plan to send asylum seekers to repressive Rwanda and ignoring humanitarian law by arming Israeli war crimes in Gaza: @Amnesty. theguardian.com/global-develop…

As Columbia University University is the latest to find, crackdowns often backfire, sparking more protests. Students are not going to quietly ignore Israel's bombing and starving of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. economist.com/united-states/…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would have an easier time telling the Chinese government not to provide military supplies to Russia as it commits war crimes in Ukraine if the US government were not arming Israel as it commits war crimes in Gaza. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

It took 20 years, but a jury is finally hearing claims for torture and abuse brought by victims at the U.S. military base in Iraq at Abu Ghraib against a defense military contractor said to have been responsible. nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/…

“Israel is using U.S. military assistance to block the delivery of U.S. humanitarian aid to Palestinians...It is illegal to continue current military aid to Israel, let alone send another $9 billion with no strings attached.” -- Bernie Sanders. nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/…

It will be shameful if Blinken is so determined to make nice to Beijing that he doesn't publicly mention its crimes against humanity targeting Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. nytimes.com/2024/04/24/wor…