Jens Modvig
@jensmodvig.bsky.social
Senior physician, Chair of the Board, United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture, former chair, UN Committee against Torture
What the EU has to do
Donald Trump’s 28-point plan to end the fighting in Ukraine would be a dream outcome for the Kremlin. Here is how Europeans can ensure it does not become their continent’s nightmare (by @jkobzova.bsky.social)
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What Europe should do about a bad Ukraine deal
Donald Trump’s 28-point plan to end the fighting in Ukraine would be a dream outcome for the Kremlin. Here is how Europeans can ensure it does not become their continent’s nightmare.
ecfr.eu
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
What the EU has to do
Great analysis
The draft US-Russia “peace plan” for #Ukraine is a “hot mess,” writes @ambdanfried.bsky.social.
But Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy is right to try to work with it rather than reject it outright, Fried says, offering some possible negotiating pointers:
www.justsecurity.org/125365/ukrai...
But Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy is right to try to work with it rather than reject it outright, Fried says, offering some possible negotiating pointers:
www.justsecurity.org/125365/ukrai...
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Has Options in Response to Latest U.S.-Russian 'Peace Plan'
The plan is a mess, but Ukrainians are right to try to work with the draft rather than reject it out of hand.
www.justsecurity.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Great analysis
Does anybody seriously believe that Imamoglu committed any of these 142 offences?
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday charged Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu with 142 offences that could carry a penalty of hundreds of year in prison, court documents showed ➡️ u.afp.com/SncF
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Does anybody seriously believe that Imamoglu committed any of these 142 offences?
Palestinian health professionals will face a huge challenge and will need planning and resources to be able to support all these citizens
The state of the 2,000 Palestinians released as part of Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal has cast a renewed spotlight on the abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and how it has worsened in the war triggered by Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack on.ft.com/4hBxyAY
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Palestinian health professionals will face a huge challenge and will need planning and resources to be able to support all these citizens
Robust supervision of the implementation of the peace agreement needed
Israel is continuing to block vital supplies to Gaza despite agreeing to allow aid in as part of the ceasefire agreement, aid agencies warn.
Blocked supplies include food, medicines, tents, and blankets and also materials desperately needed to start rebuilding
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Blocked supplies include food, medicines, tents, and blankets and also materials desperately needed to start rebuilding
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Robust supervision of the implementation of the peace agreement needed
In Geneva for chairing a board meeting of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, providing grants for direct support for victims.
October 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
In Geneva for chairing a board meeting of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, providing grants for direct support for victims.
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Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
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On Tuesday, September 9, Legal Director Baher Azmy will be arguing with co-counsel in Richmond, Virginia before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Al Shimari v. CACI.
September 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
On Tuesday, September 9, Legal Director Baher Azmy will be arguing with co-counsel in Richmond, Virginia before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Al Shimari v. CACI.
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U.S. Becomes First Country To Recognize Mega-Israel
U.S. Becomes First Country To Recognize Mega-Israel
WASHINGTON—Calling the ongoing violence in the region “disgusting” while pledging America’s unwavering support, President Trump announced Monday that the United States would be the first country to recognize the state of Mega-Israel. “We recognize the right of Mega-Israel to exist as an ever-expanding sovereign nation,” said Trump, who added that he believed the West had turned a […]
theonion.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
U.S. Becomes First Country To Recognize Mega-Israel
A mentally ill man died of hypothermia after two weeks in "drunk cell". The responsible private prison health provider staff have now been indicted.
Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held for two weeks in a concrete cell.
Five Alabama jail medical staff indicted in death of mentally ill inmate | CNN
Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held for two weeks in a concrete cell.
www.cnn.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A mentally ill man died of hypothermia after two weeks in "drunk cell". The responsible private prison health provider staff have now been indicted.
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Hvad ved vi om tortur af ukrainske krigsfanger i Rusland, og hvordan dokumenteres torturen?
@dignitydk.bsky.social 's overlæge, @jensmodvig.bsky.social, gæstede i går P1 Orientering for at tale om det og samarbejdet med vores partnere i Ukraine.
Lyt med: dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-or...
#dkaid #dkmedier
@dignitydk.bsky.social 's overlæge, @jensmodvig.bsky.social, gæstede i går P1 Orientering for at tale om det og samarbejdet med vores partnere i Ukraine.
Lyt med: dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-or...
#dkaid #dkmedier
July 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Hvad ved vi om tortur af ukrainske krigsfanger i Rusland, og hvordan dokumenteres torturen?
@dignitydk.bsky.social 's overlæge, @jensmodvig.bsky.social, gæstede i går P1 Orientering for at tale om det og samarbejdet med vores partnere i Ukraine.
Lyt med: dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-or...
#dkaid #dkmedier
@dignitydk.bsky.social 's overlæge, @jensmodvig.bsky.social, gæstede i går P1 Orientering for at tale om det og samarbejdet med vores partnere i Ukraine.
Lyt med: dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-or...
#dkaid #dkmedier
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❗️ "Strong reasons to believe that these individuals lost their lives in retaliation for exercising their civil and political rights"
UN experts warn of a system of repression, ill-treatment & medical denial in #Belarus. Ending impunity is key to saving lives.
🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN experts warn of a system of repression, ill-treatment & medical denial in #Belarus. Ending impunity is key to saving lives.
🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
July 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
❗️ "Strong reasons to believe that these individuals lost their lives in retaliation for exercising their civil and political rights"
UN experts warn of a system of repression, ill-treatment & medical denial in #Belarus. Ending impunity is key to saving lives.
🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN experts warn of a system of repression, ill-treatment & medical denial in #Belarus. Ending impunity is key to saving lives.
🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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The United States is reporting the highest number of measles cases in 33 years.
Vaccines prevent measles.
Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
Vaccines prevent measles.
Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The United States is reporting the highest number of measles cases in 33 years.
Vaccines prevent measles.
Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
Vaccines prevent measles.
Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
Maybe it is time to find some other software
Huge implications from this: Microsoft cut off the email of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, because of his work on Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...
June 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Maybe it is time to find some other software
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The lesson people infuriatingly never seem to master is that there is no creating a police state just for other people. If you create a police state with no due process for immigrants or accused criminals, then that's the system you've created for yourself.
May 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The lesson people infuriatingly never seem to master is that there is no creating a police state just for other people. If you create a police state with no due process for immigrants or accused criminals, then that's the system you've created for yourself.
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Think about it: 1400 days in a Belarusian prison without having committed a crime! #FreeViasna #Dignity
😔 Today is 1,400 days since the arrest of renowned human rights defenders from Viasna. That's 1,400 days without their families, proper medical care, basic necessities.
Standing up for #humanrights is not a crime. #FreeViasna #FreeThemAll #HRD #Belarus #humanrightsdefenders
👉 freeviasna.org/en
Standing up for #humanrights is not a crime. #FreeViasna #FreeThemAll #HRD #Belarus #humanrightsdefenders
👉 freeviasna.org/en
May 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Think about it: 1400 days in a Belarusian prison without having committed a crime! #FreeViasna #Dignity
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🗣️ A regime that treats expressions of solidarity with #politicalprisoners as a crime cannot endure, says Viasna human rights activist Pavel Sapelko. Yet in its bid to survive, it is likely to claim even more victims in #Belarus.
Full context here: spring96.org/en/news/118013
#FreeThemAll
Full context here: spring96.org/en/news/118013
#FreeThemAll
May 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🗣️ A regime that treats expressions of solidarity with #politicalprisoners as a crime cannot endure, says Viasna human rights activist Pavel Sapelko. Yet in its bid to survive, it is likely to claim even more victims in #Belarus.
Full context here: spring96.org/en/news/118013
#FreeThemAll
Full context here: spring96.org/en/news/118013
#FreeThemAll
Think about it: 1400 days in a Belarusian prison without having committed a crime! #FreeViasna #Dignity
😔 Today is 1,400 days since the arrest of renowned human rights defenders from Viasna. That's 1,400 days without their families, proper medical care, basic necessities.
Standing up for #humanrights is not a crime. #FreeViasna #FreeThemAll #HRD #Belarus #humanrightsdefenders
👉 freeviasna.org/en
Standing up for #humanrights is not a crime. #FreeViasna #FreeThemAll #HRD #Belarus #humanrightsdefenders
👉 freeviasna.org/en
May 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Think about it: 1400 days in a Belarusian prison without having committed a crime! #FreeViasna #Dignity
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Vred Zelenskyj efter nyt, stort angreb: Russerne angriber, mens vi putter vores børn
Otte personer modtager behandling på hospital efter angreb mod Kharkiv i Ukraine, lyder det fra myndigheder.
politiken.dk
May 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Vred Zelenskyj efter nyt, stort angreb: Russerne angriber, mens vi putter vores børn
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The report shows that some of the most generous givers have secured roles in the Trump administration.
Donald Trump raised nearly $240 million for his inauguration — more than double the previous record, new filings show | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee collected a staggering $239 million for the festivities surrounding his swearing-in this year — with some of the nation’s wealthiest people and biggest com...
www.cnn.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The report shows that some of the most generous givers have secured roles in the Trump administration.
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“Harsh prison conditions, government corruption, and restrictions on participation… will no longer be highlighted.” 🚨
This is not streamlining.
It’s silencing. 🤐💔
#HumanRights
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
This is not streamlining.
It’s silencing. 🤐💔
#HumanRights
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“Harsh prison conditions, government corruption, and restrictions on participation… will no longer be highlighted.” 🚨
This is not streamlining.
It’s silencing. 🤐💔
#HumanRights
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
This is not streamlining.
It’s silencing. 🤐💔
#HumanRights
🔗 www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
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Police contact of any kind is not innocuous: most police killings start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported.
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/12...
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/12...
April 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Police contact of any kind is not innocuous: most police killings start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported.
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/12...
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/12...
Unbelievable! US opts out of condemning the RF Sumy attack on civilians
The US has blocked a G7 statement to condemn Russia for its Palm Sunday missile attack on Ukraine's city of Sumy, which killed at least 35 people and injured over 100, including children.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Derails G-7 Condemnation of Russian Missile Strike on Ukraine
The US has told Group of Seven allies it won’t endorse a statement condemning Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year because it wants to keep negotiations with Moscow on track.
www.bloomberg.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Unbelievable! US opts out of condemning the RF Sumy attack on civilians