andrewstroehlein

andrewstroehlein, 5 days ago to random

Feel free to send me news links related to human rights for my newsletter today. So far, I've got: EU elections; India; Vietnam; Yemen; Gaza; Sudan; Rwanda;

andrewstroehlein, 8 days ago to random

What's a good, readable book on Russian imperialism and colonialism that focuses on parts east - central Asia, Siberia, the far east, Alaska, etc?

andrewstroehlein, 8 days ago to random

Whenever you see a new government policy described as “tough,” try this: replace the word “tough” with “cruel.” You’ll then likely better understand what’s going on at the human level.

My Daily Brief…

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/06/06?story=paragraph-8481

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/06/06/le-decret-de-biden-sur-les-frontieres

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/06/06/bidens-grenzerlass

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/06/06/bidens-border-order-daily-brief-june-6-2024

andrewstroehlein, 9 days ago to random

Today in my Daily Brief: white phosphorus - what it is, what it isn’t, and how it’s being used by Israel in #Gaza and south #Lebanon…

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/06/05?story=paragraph-8475

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/06/05/phosphore-blanc-israel-et-liban

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/06/05/weisser-phosphor-israel-und-der-libanon

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/06/05/white-phosphorous-israel-and-lebanon-daily-brief-5-june-2024

andrewstroehlein, 10 days ago to random

Seeking news links for today's human rights newsletter. So far, we've got: Gaza; Lebanon; Israel; India; Burkina Faso; Sudan; Ethiopia; US-Mexico border; Colombia; Haiti; New Caledonia; EU. Send me your recommendations.

andrewstroehlein, 11 days ago to random

Please send your recommended news links for my human rights newsletter today. So far, I've got: Burkina Faso; Sudan; Nigeria; Mexico; Brazil; Maldives; China's Tiananmen Massacre anniversary crackdown;

andrewstroehlein, 11 days ago to random

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” - Milan Kundera. In my Daily Brief today, I look at repression in China ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre.

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/06/03?story=paragraph-8451

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/06/03/la-memoire-la-verite-et-le-pouvoir

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/06/03/memory-truth-and-power-daily-brief-june-3-2024

andrewstroehlein, 15 days ago to random

People on both sides of every conflict often complain about "bothsidesism," but this is something you can "both sides" because the laws of war apply to both sides.

No exceptions.

andrewstroehlein, 15 days ago to random

Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU

Israeli-made Pegasus cyberweapon used in hacking attempts on at least seven journalists and activists in EU
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/30/critics-of-putin-and-his-allies-targeted-with-spyware-inside-the-eu

andrewstroehlein, 15 days ago to random

The international mission to Haiti aims to help reverse the country’s slide into violent chaos. But can it avoid the failures and abuses of previous international interventions in #Haiti?

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/30?story=paragraph-8425

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/05/30/mission-en-haiti

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/05/30/die-mission-nach-haiti

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/05/30/mission-haiti

andrewstroehlein, 16 days ago to random

Why are authoritarian-minded rulers so thin-skinned?

In Uzbekistan, for example, authorities are increasingly imprisoning people for “insulting the president online.” The criminal charge could get you 5 years in prison. It’s absurd.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/30/uzbekistan-imprisoned-insulting-president-online

andrewstroehlein, 16 days ago to pakistan

Daily Brief: #Pakistan authorities destroying homes & wrecking family businesses using an abusive colonial-era law.

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/29?story=paragraph-8419

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/05/29/abuser-des-pauvres-comme-en-1894

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/05/29/die-aermeren-misshandeln-als-waere-es-1894

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/05/29/abusing-poor-folks-its-1894-daily-brief-may-29-2024

andrewstroehlein, 17 days ago to random

Criminalizing people living in the street doesn’t work
https://thehill.com/opinion/4686477-criminalizing-people-living-in-the-street-doesnt-work/

andrewstroehlein, 17 days ago to random

In my Daily Brief today: let's hear it for trees - and regulation to fight deforestation.

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/28?story=paragraph-8407

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/05/28/pas-encore-sortis-du-bois-reglementation-sur-la-deforestation

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/05/28/den-wald-vor-lauter-baeumen-nicht-sehen-entwaldungsverordnung

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/05/28/not-out-woods-yet-deforestation-regulation-daily-brief-28-may-2024

andrewstroehlein, 18 days ago to random

Beware of politicians who blame vulnerable groups for your problems - they’re the ones not talking about making your life better but about making someone else’s life worse.

Their target may be refugees or a religious group or an ethnic group or trans folks. But whoever the vulnerable minority is, the message is basically the same: you’re supposed to believe that denying these people their rights will somehow help you and your family. It won’t, of course. Don’t buy it.

https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/22?story=paragraph-8357

andrewstroehlein, 18 days ago to random

There are no new ideas, only new audiences.

andrewstroehlein, 18 days ago to random

Xenophobia is a problem at all age levels. It's sloppy thinking to believe we can just wait for the older generation to die off, and it will sort itself out. Nope. Progress doesn't happen on its own. We need to keep actively fighting for universal human rights.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2024/may/28/young-more-anti-immigration-than-old-in-parts-of-europe-polling-shows

andrewstroehlein, 18 days ago to random

Send me your recommended human rights NEWS LINKS for today's Daily Brief. So far, I've got: Israel/Gaza/EU; Egypt; Armenia; Myanmar; Zambia; child labor; a rules-based international order.

andrewstroehlein, 21 days ago to random

Wine question: are lambrusco, burčak, vinho verde beaujolais nouveau, and Federweißer all roughly the same idea: young, slightly fizzy wines with relatively low alcohol content traditionally?

andrewstroehlein, 22 days ago (edited 21 days ago) to random

FRIDAY POLL: When you read in your leisure time, do you tend to read books that overlap with your professional work or tend to avoid them? Which do you prefer?

andrewstroehlein, 22 days ago to random

In a short week of my Daily Briefs this week, I covered:

✅ A Step toward Justice in Gaza and Israel: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/21?story=paragraph-8347

✅ The “Sri Lanka method”: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/23?story=paragraph-8367

✅ My personal advice on voting: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/22?story=paragraph-8357

andrewstroehlein, 22 days ago to random

"The previous administration’s sanctions against the [ICC] prosecutor’s predecessor were an affront to justice ... those sanctions aligned the United States with authoritarian tactics of threatening judges and independent judicial institutions."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/23/biden-should-oppose-us-sanctions-icc

andrewstroehlein, 22 days ago to random

The atrocities in human history should be a warning, not a how-to guide. My Daily Brief today:

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/23?story=paragraph-8367

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/05/23/les-tueries-de-masse-nont-rien-dun-modele

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/05/23/massentoetungen-sind-kein-vorbild

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/05/23/mass-killing-no-model-daily-brief-may-23-2024

andrewstroehlein, 23 days ago to random

Looking for news links to human rights stories to include in my Daily Brief today... Suggestions? So far, I have: Sri Lanka; Argentina, Italy; Greece; Kosovo; Pakistan; China; Tunisia; Darfur; Gaza

andrewstroehlein, 23 days ago to random

Today in my Daily Brief: a bit of personal advice on how you should vote in upcoming elections…

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/05/22?story=paragraph-8357

📰 Français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2024/05/22/comment-vous-devriez-voter

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/05/22/wie-man-waehlen-gehen-sollte

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/05/22/how-you-should-vote-daily-brief-may-22-2024