Numbers and data capturing the dire plight of Sudanese, from displacement to food insecurity, shouldn't be 'business as usual' but a wakeup call for the world to do right by the people of 🇸🇩 Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/01/3…

Prime Minister of Israel ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz “Palestinian civilians in Gaza, including children, people with disabilities, and those who are pregnant, rely heavily on UNRWA services and have nothing to do with the allegations against individual employees' hrw.org/news/2024/01/3…

📣📣CALL TO ACTION 📣📣

Tell Congress to SUPPORT FAMILIES, NOT SYSTEMS!

RepealCAPTA is demanding that policymakers reorient CAPTA to prioritize approaches that truly support the safety, stability, & well-being of children & families.

Sign on! RepealCAPTA.org/take-action

Today is the fiftieth birthday of the first federal law designed to “prevent and treat” child abuse. Regrettably, it does neither. We should repeal CAPTA and disavow its legacy, instead working to support children and families. time.com/6589854/mandat…

Every resident of Cancer Alley interviewed for this report is a descendant of a family that has resided here for generations. Many are direct descendants of people who were enslaved to work on plantations that now hold fossil fuel & petrochemical plants. hrw.org/report/2024/01…

'We're Dying Here': The Fight for Life in Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone,' a @HRW documentary reveals a human rights crisis in 'Cancer Alley.' Features Barbara Malaika Favorite, Robert & Tish Taylor, Kaitlyn Joshua, risestjames, + more youtu.be/-IAoNhl2mtU?si… via YouTube

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We all know ICJ ⚖️order issued today on provisional measures in 🇿🇦 South Africa's case against 🇮🇱 Israel. But enforcement will depend in large part on other governments pressuring Israel to follow the court's words. Here's a thread tracking their responses:

On the CIJ_ICJ ruling from Balkees Jarrah, associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch

'The World Court’s landmark decision puts Israel and its allies on notice that immediate action is needed to prevent genocide and further atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza. (1/4)

I've got very exciting news... the result of a year-long investigation, my @HRW 98-page report, ''We're Dying Here': The Fight For Life Inside a Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone' releases tomorrow, Jan 25.
Check back here.
Journalists, I can get you an embargoed copy now.

THREAD: I was initially confused as to why Biden would say this - is he taking a leaf out of the R's playbook and using the specter of an insecure border to whip up votes? But then I thought back 10 years and realized he's actually victim blaming. 1/
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A 6-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in suburban Chicago. Three Palestinian students were shot in Vermont. Now, Columbia University students rallying for Gaza have been chemically attacked.

Members of Congress have had little to say thus far.

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NEW from Prem Thakker for The Intercept, 'Even as the school’s public safety department has said it is investigating the incident, administrators themselves have yet to contact the victims — some of whom have had to seek medical care.' theintercept.com/2024/01/22/col…

Just so everyone understands: At @columbia, 2 ex-Israeli soldiers, now students, used illegal military 'Skunk' spray on students supporting Palestine. It's a harmful chemical-based weapon – students have been hospitalized/sought urgent care. In what world is this acceptable?

I am the only candidate in California’s US Senate race calling for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War.

I will always do what’s right—even if that means standing alone.

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#BREAKING : New research on involuntary treatment for Substance Use Disorder finds forcing people into treatment to promote abstinence … DOESN’T WORK. Within the first two months after discharge, 96.4% of the 1,083 participants had relapsed.

Recovery is HARD. For treatment to…

Amazing and right on. A critical victory for the US-based Palestinian solidarity movement.

Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Silence Palestinian Human Rights Advocacy | ⁦The CCR⁩

#Palestine #Law #SCOTUS #HumanRights ccrjustice.org/home/press-cen…

They are purposefully taking only a step b/c they are seeking to leave room to continue abusing families. We want justice, not a step towards it. “We are taking an important step towards the mayor’s vision of safety, equity & justice, said Jess Dannhauser gothamist.com/news/nyc-paren…

The government funds family separation and not housing because this is precisely what the “child welfare”/family policing system is designed to do—and why we must abolish it & reimagine safety & care. #TornApart #abolishCPS

The family policing system in a nutshell. #AbolishCPS

In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of 'inadequate housing.'

The state then spent $6,200/month to house her kids in foster care.

A must-read by Stephannie Stokes
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