Via #NPR - Aug 12, 2025

«The #StateDepartment released its long-awaited reports on #InternationalHumanRights Tuesday, & they drastically reduce the types of #GovernmentRepression and abuse that the United States under President #Trump deems worthy of criticism

The agency said the "streamlined" #HumanRights reports adhere more closely 2 what's required to be in them by law. But critics say the reduced content lets #authoritarians off the hook»

#TrumpLovesAuthoritarians

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/12/nx-s1-5495621/state-department-human-rights-reports-slashed

You think there's no low bar he can't slither under... The Trump administration has removed ALL references to violence against #LGBTQ+ people and #GENDER based violence in drafts of the #StateDepartment ’s much anticipated annual report on #InternationalHumanRights. www.huffpost.com/entry/marco-...

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State Department Removes Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence From Human Rights Report Draft

A leaked draft of the report scales back criticisms of human rights abuses in El Salvador, Russia and Israel.

HuffPost
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Vessel Reportedly Attacked by Drones Near Malta

The ship, en route to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid and protest Israel's blockade, sustained damage.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla Vessel Reportedly Attacked by Drones Near Malta

The ship, en route to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid and protest Israel's blockade, sustained damage.

The UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards: new report

An expert looks at the evidence for a new report from Amnesty International.

The Conversation
As the ICC seeks arrests, I ask those who facilitated the Gaza slaughter: what were you thinking?

The deaths, the atrocities – all were predicted. Those who ignored all the warnings should be held responsible too, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian

As though the British military occupation of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands wasn't shameful enough, since 2021 dozens of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka who arrived by boat have been detained in a tiny enclosure in tents - and the UK govt says international conventions on asylum don't apply there. Our own Guantanamo Bay.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68326365

#DiegoGarcia #Tamils #AsylumUK #RefugeeLaw #AsylumLaw #InternationalHumanRights #ChagosIslands #SriLanka #BritishArmy #UKpol

Diego Garcia asylum seekers feel unsafe on remote British island territory

A group of 61 held in a camp on Diego Garcia tell UN inspectors of sexual assaults, rat bites and self-harm.

BBC News
Ok, here the are: the allegations against a dozen UNRWA workers and their suspected roles, triggering the cutoff of funds.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/gaza-unrwa-hamas-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RU0.C0Ks.ercZcSkYmCTd&smid=url-share

Article gifted and not paywalled.

Thoughts?

#gaza #palestine #israel #unrwa #news #internationalnews #internationalhumanrights #nytimes #gifted
Israel Details Claims Against U.N. Workers It Says Aided Hamas

Israeli officials have presented evidence they say ties workers at a Palestinian aid agency in Gaza to violence during the Hamas-led attack on Israel.

The New York Times