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Jan 27 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words.

#HolocaustMemorialDay
Genocides do not begin with mass murder. That's where they end up.

Genocides & other mass atrocity crimes begin with words - specifically, with powerful people dehumanizing a minority.

Once they are seen as less than human, anything is possible, even mass murder.
= = =

You can speak out loudly today for the rights of others, or you can stay silent & wait for tomorrow, when your rights will be taken away too.

= = =
We can say, “never again,” all we want, but only constant effort to defend human rights has a chance of making that ambition a reality.

Some personal reflections in my newsletter today, #HolocaustMemorialDay
hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

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Jan 17
We already know that the pharma companies pressured governments into supporting their profits-first approach to Covid vaccines, so it's really no surprise they tried to pressure Twitter, too.

Still, another layer of their scumbaggery is revealed here...
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2) "Twitter did not provide unfettered access to company information"

In other words, perhaps there's more coming on top of what's been reported so far.
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Jan 13
The Taliban thugocracy has responded to the Afghanistan chapter of our new World Report, saying universal human rights are not wanted in Afghanistan.

I bet at least half the population - the half the Taliban treats worse than dogs - thinks otherwise.
hrw.org/world-report/2…
He may have said “Western rights,” but of course, that’s tired trope used by authoritarians who try to pretend their abuses are locally acceptable, and treating humanely is a “foreign” idea. There’s no such thing as “Western rights”; there’s only universal human rights.
And, of course, the Taliban spokesman claimed the thugocracy's abuses are somehow divine, because the Taliban think they speak for god.
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Dec 16, 2022
Twitter suspends accounts of journalists who had written critically of Musk: theguardian.com/technology/202…

I've also written critically of Musk, his chaos: hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

And his undermining of rights: context.news/big-tech/opini…

Am I next?

Are you?
Twitter has also suspended the account of its rival, Mastodon.

⚠️ And look at this tweet I just tried to do but which got rejected - look at the reason: Twitter doesn't even allow you to link to Mastodon in tweets now...

All more reasons for you to join Mastodon...
A link to a rival platform is "potentially harmful" 🙄

To whom exactly?
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Dec 15, 2022
Amid a deep economic crisis, widespread discontent, and unprecedented strikes by critical workers, the UK government is reaching for authoritarian tools.

⚠️ Is the UK Turning Away from Democracy?
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Food and energy bills have skyrocketed in the last few months.

Millions are struggling to cope.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Today, tens of thousands of nurses from the National Health Service are on strike, for the first time in their union’s 106-year history.

After years of stagnant wages and a growing pay squeeze, they say they are left with little choice.

theguardian.com/society/live/2…
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Dec 15, 2022
Suella Braverman is determined to maintain the policy that keeps killing people...
theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
Mind you, this is the same person who says she "dreams" of sending desperate, powerless people to Rwanda, where she knows they'll be tortured, so...
She's probably jealous of the EU's policy of sending desperate, powerless people to be tortured in Libya...
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Dec 9, 2022
Meet Ciham Ali Abdu…

She was arrested by #Eritrean authorities a decade ago.

⚠️ When she was 15.

Ciham has not been seen or heard from since then. She has never been charged with any offense.
The Eritrean regime’s outrageous actions seem to be some kind of political revenge against her father. He was information minister in 2012 but fell out with the president and fled the country.

Shortly after, Ciham – a dual US-Eritrean citizen – was arrested trying to escape.
#Eritrea has one of the world’s most appalling human rights records, and Ciham’s case is just one example.
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