Steve Crawshaw
@stevecrawshaw.bsky.social
Prosecuting the Powerful: War Crimes and the Battle for Justice (Bridge Street Press, Feb 2025). Ex-@theindependent @amnesty @hrw @freedomfromtorture
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The Christopher G Moore Foundation is delighted to announce the #2025MoorePrize shortlist of the best books with a #HumanRights theme;
This is a great honour — some truly extraordinary fellow-shortlistees. Thank you — for praise for #ProsecutingthePowerful and for emphasising importance of #justice themes for today’s world
Love the confident denials that anything might be amiss. “The Defense Secretary NEVER said 2+2=4, he has ALWAYS been and remains clear that the answer is 5.”
Incredible. 'Hegseth told an audience in a previously unreported 2016 video that the US military “won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief,” and described the refusal of illegal commands as a part of the military’s ethos' edition.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
2016 video shows Hegseth saying the military cannot carry out unlawful orders | CNN
Hegseth described the refusal of illegal commands as part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
edition.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Love the confident denials that anything might be amiss. “The Defense Secretary NEVER said 2+2=4, he has ALWAYS been and remains clear that the answer is 5.”
“We don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement.” Well that always ends well doesn’t it. The loathing for rule of law & international rules — just like his President
This is why my first thought when I saw Hegseth's nomination was of Mao's Cultural Revolution.
His "E-6 rule" subordinates the brass to platoon leaders, something no military, let alone that of the most powerful country on Earth, can allow.
It's COIN's "strategic corporal" but for war crimes.
His "E-6 rule" subordinates the brass to platoon leaders, something no military, let alone that of the most powerful country on Earth, can allow.
It's COIN's "strategic corporal" but for war crimes.
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“We don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement.” Well that always ends well doesn’t it. The loathing for rule of law & international rules — just like his President
yes, powerful & important: “are we meant to pretend atrocities never happened? To betray
memory of victims whose families can’t find closure without justice?” — Trump’s proposals (cooked up with Putin) are betrayal of Ukraine’s future in so many ways
memory of victims whose families can’t find closure without justice?” — Trump’s proposals (cooked up with Putin) are betrayal of Ukraine’s future in so many ways
This is an incredible piece written by @hrw.org colleague Kseniya Kvitka www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
yes, powerful & important: “are we meant to pretend atrocities never happened? To betray
memory of victims whose families can’t find closure without justice?” — Trump’s proposals (cooked up with Putin) are betrayal of Ukraine’s future in so many ways
memory of victims whose families can’t find closure without justice?” — Trump’s proposals (cooked up with Putin) are betrayal of Ukraine’s future in so many ways
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“In the Faustian battle between hope & despair, Crawshaw leaves us with hope. His is a timely message at a moment when international justice movements are facing an existential threat to their very existence” #2025MoorePrize Jury commented. #HumanRights shortlist
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“In the Faustian battle between hope & despair, Crawshaw leaves us with hope. His is a timely message at a moment when international justice movements are facing an existential threat to their very existence” #2025MoorePrize Jury commented. #HumanRights shortlist
Thank you! — yes difficult & sometimes dangerous, and above all with extraordinary determination to find accountability for worst crimes
Prosecuting the Powerful by @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social turns the lens toward accountability itself, tracing the difficult, dangerous pursuit of justice against those who wield authority without restraint. #2025MoorePrize shortlist #HumanRights
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thank you! — yes difficult & sometimes dangerous, and above all with extraordinary determination to find accountability for worst crimes
This is a great honour — some truly extraordinary fellow-shortlistees. Thank you — for praise for #ProsecutingthePowerful and for emphasising importance of #justice themes for today’s world
The Christopher G Moore Foundation is delighted to announce the #2025MoorePrize shortlist of the best books with a #HumanRights theme;
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is a great honour — some truly extraordinary fellow-shortlistees. Thank you — for praise for #ProsecutingthePowerful and for emphasising importance of #justice themes for today’s world
This exchange is so brilliant, mesmerisingly so. Keir Starmer (and so many others, in & out of politics) should watch and learn about belief, brevity & hope — and impact. A mix of things he prepped for and things he could never have prepped for, both superb. (cc @thehopeguy.bsky.social )
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This exchange is so brilliant, mesmerisingly so. Keir Starmer (and so many others, in & out of politics) should watch and learn about belief, brevity & hope — and impact. A mix of things he prepped for and things he could never have prepped for, both superb. (cc @thehopeguy.bsky.social )
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When we launched this campaign, we said we wanted to knock on one million doors across the five boroughs by the June primary.
Some people laughed. You got to work. We hit 1.6 million.
In the general, we said let's do it again. Another million.
We just passed three.
Some people laughed. You got to work. We hit 1.6 million.
In the general, we said let's do it again. Another million.
We just passed three.
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
When we launched this campaign, we said we wanted to knock on one million doors across the five boroughs by the June primary.
Some people laughed. You got to work. We hit 1.6 million.
In the general, we said let's do it again. Another million.
We just passed three.
Some people laughed. You got to work. We hit 1.6 million.
In the general, we said let's do it again. Another million.
We just passed three.
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Incredible courage in the face of indescribable suffering. A women's film festival held in the rubble of Gaza.
By Ibtisam Mahdi in @972mag.com
www.972mag.com/gaza-interna...
By Ibtisam Mahdi in @972mag.com
www.972mag.com/gaza-interna...
In a tent in central Gaza, a women’s film festival is born
Held over six days last week, the inaugural International Festival for Women's Cinema was ‘an affirmation that Gaza loves life despite the genocide.’
www.972mag.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Incredible courage in the face of indescribable suffering. A women's film festival held in the rubble of Gaza.
By Ibtisam Mahdi in @972mag.com
www.972mag.com/gaza-interna...
By Ibtisam Mahdi in @972mag.com
www.972mag.com/gaza-interna...
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
Duterte was certain he would never be arrested, just as Milošević and others before him were also sure. Trump’s ‘They’re going to be, like, dead, OK?’ is reminiscent of Duterte’s boast that ‘the fish will grow fat’ in Manila Bay. First rule of justice: never say never.
I don't think this has registered enough. Duterte is behind bars and will likely be held accountable for his state-sanctioned campaign of extrajudicial murders under the guise of a war on drugs.
How he got there has to do with rivalries among the Philippines' political dynasties. But he got there.
How he got there has to do with rivalries among the Philippines' political dynasties. But he got there.
International Criminal Court judges reject jurisdiction challenge in Duterte case
Judges at the International Criminal Court have rejected a challenge to jurisdiction in the case involving former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
apnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Duterte was certain he would never be arrested, just as Milošević and others before him were also sure. Trump’s ‘They’re going to be, like, dead, OK?’ is reminiscent of Duterte’s boast that ‘the fish will grow fat’ in Manila Bay. First rule of justice: never say never.
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A surveillance camera captured the moment a Russian strike hit a Kyiv resident’s apartment on Oct. 22. The strike killed two and injured 29 in the city, and several fires broke out.
Video: Tetyana Kotelenets
Video: Tetyana Kotelenets
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A surveillance camera captured the moment a Russian strike hit a Kyiv resident’s apartment on Oct. 22. The strike killed two and injured 29 in the city, and several fires broke out.
Video: Tetyana Kotelenets
Video: Tetyana Kotelenets
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Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk
Beyond chilling & far too relevant. Required departure “before 3rd February, 1940”. wow
Are we living through another wave of fascism? I met a Holocaust survivor who fears we are.
More here.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
More here.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
Fascism in Britain
My meeting with a Holocaust survivor
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Beyond chilling & far too relevant. Required departure “before 3rd February, 1940”. wow
This is indeed brilliant — a series of superb haikus, each revealing in its own way
Great reportage.
Balade matinale dans Moscou. Un fonctionnaire fume devant le ministère des Affaires étrangères, il tient un parapluie « Gagaouzia » en référence à la région moldave utilisée par Moscou pour déstabiliser la Moldavie. Devant l’entrée principale, l’ambassadeur d’Iran a garé sa voiture.
October 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This is indeed brilliant — a series of superb haikus, each revealing in its own way
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My latest report from eastern #Ukraine with photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social. In August Russia seized a chain of villages near Dobropillia. Since then Ukraine has taken much of this salient back. It's a modest success - proof, Kyiv claims, that it isn't losing
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Our job is to maximise their losses’: how Ukraine’s forces attempt to claw back against Russian advances
Along Donetsk’s frontline, a small counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops aims to help change perceptions about the war among Kyiv’s western allies
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My latest report from eastern #Ukraine with photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social. In August Russia seized a chain of villages near Dobropillia. Since then Ukraine has taken much of this salient back. It's a modest success - proof, Kyiv claims, that it isn't losing
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Fab image, Rostock 2007!, on a creative-protest book cover of mine in… 2016, by Fabien Bimmer @apnews.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Fab image, Rostock 2007!, on a creative-protest book cover of mine in… 2016, by Fabien Bimmer @apnews.com
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This is not a story of two sides finally finding peace. It is a story of two peoples who will wake up tomorrow under two very different skies: one free to heal, the other trapped in the ruins
Nagham Zbeedat
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Nagham Zbeedat
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
For Palestinians, the relief of the Gaza cease-fire belongs to others
This Is Not a Story of Two Sides Finally Finding Peace. It Is a Story of Two Peoples Who Will Wake Up Tomorrow Under Two Very Different Skies: One Free to Heal, the Other Trapped in the Ruins
www.haaretz.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is not a story of two sides finally finding peace. It is a story of two peoples who will wake up tomorrow under two very different skies: one free to heal, the other trapped in the ruins
Nagham Zbeedat
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Nagham Zbeedat
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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“Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims”
The list of 18,457 children killed in Gaza: a poignant, humanizing, & heart-breaking investigation👇 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The list of 18,457 children killed in Gaza: a poignant, humanizing, & heart-breaking investigation👇 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims”
The list of 18,457 children killed in Gaza: a poignant, humanizing, & heart-breaking investigation👇 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The list of 18,457 children killed in Gaza: a poignant, humanizing, & heart-breaking investigation👇 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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The NY Times interviewed 700 people from Gaza over the last two years. Its journalists tried to find what happened to them. Impressive. Humanist journalism at its best
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them.
We kept wondering: Did they find their missing relatives? Were they even still alive?
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The NY Times interviewed 700 people from Gaza over the last two years. Its journalists tried to find what happened to them. Impressive. Humanist journalism at its best
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Can always rely on @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social to say what needs saying and say it well on occasions such as these www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland
This was a horror but with so much intolerance and antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Can always rely on @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social to say what needs saying and say it well on occasions such as these www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.
October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.
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Did you know that for the past 25 years, there's a law that's been quietly defending your rights every day?
That's the Human Rights Act at work
Happy Birthday to the HRA 🎉
That's the Human Rights Act at work
Happy Birthday to the HRA 🎉
October 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Did you know that for the past 25 years, there's a law that's been quietly defending your rights every day?
That's the Human Rights Act at work
Happy Birthday to the HRA 🎉
That's the Human Rights Act at work
Happy Birthday to the HRA 🎉
Looking forward to Henley Literary Festival on Monday — a chance to discuss justice at a crucial time
Steve Crawshaw: The Battle for Justice – Henley Literary Festival
www.henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Looking forward to Henley Literary Festival on Monday — a chance to discuss justice at a crucial time