Avner Gidron
@avnergidron.bsky.social
Senior Policy Adviser, Amnesty International
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
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November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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🏫 Millions of children are denied safe access to #education in nearly 130 armed conflicts worldwide
Responding to this reality, the @icrc.org’s new Commentary outlines key #IHL links & good practices for protecting schools from military use
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Responding to this reality, the @icrc.org’s new Commentary outlines key #IHL links & good practices for protecting schools from military use
Read more: bit.ly/4olSde9
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🏫 Millions of children are denied safe access to #education in nearly 130 armed conflicts worldwide
Responding to this reality, the @icrc.org’s new Commentary outlines key #IHL links & good practices for protecting schools from military use
Read more: bit.ly/4olSde9
Responding to this reality, the @icrc.org’s new Commentary outlines key #IHL links & good practices for protecting schools from military use
Read more: bit.ly/4olSde9
Israeli Human Rights Groups Tell UN That Israel Increased Use of Torture During Gaza War www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli human rights groups tell UN that Israel increased use of torture during Gaza war
The Report Submitted to the UN Notes That Detainees Received Medical Treatment While Shackled and Blindfolded, and Were Forced to Use Diapers to Relieve Themselves. It Also Says Detainees Were Starved...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Israeli Human Rights Groups Tell UN That Israel Increased Use of Torture During Gaza War www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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So, ordering enforced disappearance—an international crime.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So, ordering enforced disappearance—an international crime.
Venezuela’s Nobel Winner Pushes False Claims About Maduro, Critics Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
Venezuela’s Nobel Winner Pushes False Claims About Maduro, Critics Say
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November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Venezuela’s Nobel Winner Pushes False Claims About Maduro, Critics Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028 by @sambiddle.com
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U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028
As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028 by @sambiddle.com
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@amnesty.org : Egypt authorities must reverse sweeping controls over independent civil society organizations www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Egypt: Reverse sweeping controls over independent civil society organizations
Egyptian authorities should amend the associations law to lift tight restrictions over independent civil society organizations, hindering the right to freedom of association and other rights and putti...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
@amnesty.org : Egypt authorities must reverse sweeping controls over independent civil society organizations www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@amnesty.org : Sudan - Survivors from El Fasher tell of deliberate RSF killings and sexual violence – new testimony www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Sudan: El Fasher survivors tell of deliberate RSF killings and sexual violence – new testimony
Survivors who escaped El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur State have detailed to Amnesty International how fighters with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) executed scores of unarmed men and raped dozens of...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
@amnesty.org : Sudan - Survivors from El Fasher tell of deliberate RSF killings and sexual violence – new testimony www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
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November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Questions for UK embassy in Tel Aviv over employee who owns home in illegal settlement www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Questions for UK embassy in Tel Aviv over employee who owns home in illegal settlement
Embassy’s employment of Gila Ben-Yakov Phillips is potentially violation of UK sanctions law, say experts
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November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Questions for UK embassy in Tel Aviv over employee who owns home in illegal settlement www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
On Israeli campuses, the state marks another enemy within www.972mag.com/israeli-camp...
On Israeli campuses, the state marks another enemy within
As the occupation's mechanisms of control seep into the civilian sphere, Jewish dissidents are next in line — and academic freedom offers no protection.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
On Israeli campuses, the state marks another enemy within www.972mag.com/israeli-camp...
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers from Gaza without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom. www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers from Gaza without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom. www.972mag.com/gazan-doctor...
How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests
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How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests
Internal emails reveal U.S. universities’ playbooks for cracking down on the student movement for Palestine.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests
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News update from Tunisia, via @khawaja.bsky.social / @hrw.org:
“Targeting an organization with abusive legal action criminalizes crucial assistance work and leaves asylum seekers without the support they desperately need.”
“Targeting an organization with abusive legal action criminalizes crucial assistance work and leaves asylum seekers without the support they desperately need.”
Tunisia: Abusive Prosecutions of Refugee Group
Five employees of the Tunisian Council for Refugees will go on trial on November 24, 2025, amid a broader crackdown on civil society groups in Tunisia.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
News update from Tunisia, via @khawaja.bsky.social / @hrw.org:
“Targeting an organization with abusive legal action criminalizes crucial assistance work and leaves asylum seekers without the support they desperately need.”
“Targeting an organization with abusive legal action criminalizes crucial assistance work and leaves asylum seekers without the support they desperately need.”
@amnesty.org : Philippines - Testimony points to torture and other abuses by police as new protests loom www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Philippines: Testimony points to torture and other abuses by police as new protests loom
Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force during anti-corruption marches in September, according to harrowing new testimony gathered by Amnesty Internation...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
@amnesty.org : Philippines - Testimony points to torture and other abuses by police as new protests loom www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Israel Bars U.S. Surgeon From Entering Gaza to Help Thousands Despite Initial Approval www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel bars U.S. surgeon from entering Gaza to help thousands despite initial approval
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, an American Specialist in Abdominal Injury Rehabilitation, Has Already Visited Gaza Twice and Received Preliminary Approval From the IDF to Enter Again. However, When He Arrived in ...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Israel Bars U.S. Surgeon From Entering Gaza to Help Thousands Despite Initial Approval www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves
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November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
IDF Soldiers Seize Cattle From Palestinian Family, Give Them to Israeli Settlers www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF soldiers seize cattle from Palestinian family, give them to Israeli settlers
Israeli Soldiers Assaulted a Palestinian Family in the West Bank and Took Their Cows Without Presenting a Written Order, According to a Petition Filed on the Family's Behalf. The Animals Were Then Tra...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
IDF Soldiers Seize Cattle From Palestinian Family, Give Them to Israeli Settlers www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
How U.S. Universities Used Counterterror Fusion Centers to Surveil Student Protests for Palestine
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How U.S. Universities Used Counterterror Fusion Centers to Surveil Student Protests for Palestine
Internal university communications reveal how a network established for post-9/11 intelligence sharing was turned on students protesting genocide.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How U.S. Universities Used Counterterror Fusion Centers to Surveil Student Protests for Palestine
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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🏥 Even when #hospitals aren’t attacked, supply restrictions can quietly shut them down.
Today’s post looks at what #IHL requires to keep medical facilities functioning, from allowing medical consignments to enabling essential services.
Read more: bit.ly/4o97XkB
Today’s post looks at what #IHL requires to keep medical facilities functioning, from allowing medical consignments to enabling essential services.
Read more: bit.ly/4o97XkB
Reaffirming the obligation to protect medical facilities and support their functioning
Does IHL create an obligation to ensure that medical facilities receive adequate supplies? If so, what practical measures are required?
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November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🏥 Even when #hospitals aren’t attacked, supply restrictions can quietly shut them down.
Today’s post looks at what #IHL requires to keep medical facilities functioning, from allowing medical consignments to enabling essential services.
Read more: bit.ly/4o97XkB
Today’s post looks at what #IHL requires to keep medical facilities functioning, from allowing medical consignments to enabling essential services.
Read more: bit.ly/4o97XkB
When Israel’s courts become ‘instruments of revenge’ against Palestinian citizens www.972mag.com/israeli-cour...
When Israel's courts become 'instruments of revenge' against Palestinian citizens
The outcome of two recent murder cases — one of a Jewish-Israeli, the other a Palestinian — has underscored the shallow liberties of second-class citizenship.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
When Israel’s courts become ‘instruments of revenge’ against Palestinian citizens www.972mag.com/israeli-cour...
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@hrw.org : Israel Emptying Refugee Camps in West Bank a Crime Against Humanity www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity
The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said ...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
@hrw.org : Israel Emptying Refugee Camps in West Bank a Crime Against Humanity www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...