Thijs Van Laer
@thijsvanlaer.bsky.social
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Human rights, conflict and displacement | Great Lakes region, but increasingly beyond | Still a researcher at heart | International director @11.be
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aljazeera.com
BREAKING: Israeli forces have killed at least 55 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn, despite US President Trump’s calls for attacks to cease to secure a ceasefire deal, medical sources told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/9te3dv
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philippedam.bsky.social
#Sudan: UN human rights experts send wake up call on severity of crimes committed by RSF & SAF.

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: "There can be no justification for standing idle while atrocities continue"

Urgent steps needed to
⛑️Protect civilians
⚖️Press for accountability

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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iobua.bsky.social
The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB

#saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity
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amnesty.be
📢Faisons plus de bruit que les grands pollueurs!

RDV avec le bloc Amnesty le 05/10 dès 12h au 1 Boulevard Albert II pour exiger plus de droits humains et de #justiceclimatique.

Nous avons tout·es à y gagner !

🔗Découvrez le programme sur marcheclimat.be
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iobua.bsky.social
🚴‍♂️ #Rwanda hosts the 2025 #UCIRoadWorldChampionships.
But with its army’s role in the Congo war & ongoing rights abuses — should Belgium boycott?
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social explains on De Universiteit van Vlaanderen (NL podcast).
🎧 https://loom.ly/r9uMUaI
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elshertogen.bsky.social
De premier kon kiezen voor fel verzet tegen genocide, tegen het nieuwe offensief, tegen het verhongeren van kinderen, tegen gewelddadige kolonisten, tegen Europese inactie.

De premier koos voor
verdelen in eigen land en de uitholling van termen als antisemitisme & racisme. Een premier onwaardig.
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matthewhaybrown.bsky.social
BREAKING Brazil’s supreme court finds former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of attempting a military coup, with plans to assassinate Lula, to stay in power after his 2022 election loss. Trump, a Bolsonaro friend, had pressured the court to drop the case

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Bolsonaro found guilty in attempted coup, assassination plot
Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled the former president tried to reverse his 2022 election loss with a plot that included plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
www.washingtonpost.com
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jbdacey.bsky.social
“Lebanon is being treated like a country that lost a war...However, embarking on a civil conflict to satisfy voices in Washington & Tel Aviv is suicide. There is absolutely no reason for the Lebanese to destroy themselves in order to purportedly save themselves” carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
Ignore Siren Songs from Washington
The United States is pushing toward a military solution for Hezbollah’s weapons, the worst option of all.
carnegieendowment.org
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belgiummfa.bsky.social
🇧🇪 🇵🇸 Agreement of the Belgian federal government on the situation in the Middle East ⤵️

🔗Read the full text : diplomatie.belgium.be/en/news/midd...
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nyucic.bsky.social
📢 New analysis: #NYUCIC Senior Fellows Fred Bauma & Jason Stearns, with Ebuteli’s Ithiel Batumike, argue the #DRC is best described as an “electoral oligarchy.”

Elections occur, but accountability to citizens remains weak—power circulates within a narrow elite.

👉 www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo: A competitive electoral oligarchy | Brookings
Ithiel Batumike, Fred Bauma, and Jason Stearns discuss the paradoxical political system of the DRC—an "electoral oligarchy."
www.brookings.edu
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hrw.org
Clashes in Indonesia between protesters and security forces have killed at least seven people and injured dozens.

The Indonesian government’s announcement of new allowances and benefits to members of parliament resulted in peaceful protests, and police responded with tear gas and water cannons.
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krisvsb.bsky.social
Youth anger in the streets of Jakarta: 312 people were arrested, mostly minors.
andreasharsono.bsky.social
Riot police fired water cannon and teargas at stone-throwing protesters in Jakarta as anger over the lavish allowances of parliament members has fuelled public anger. Students, workers and activists demonstrated against huge monthly allowances for legislators www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Protests erupt in Indonesia over privileges for parliament members and ‘corrupt elites’
Controversy over housing allowance, which is almost 10 times minimum wage, comes amid President Prabowo Subianto’s austerity drive
www.theguardian.com
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philippedam.bsky.social
Dozens of human rights groups call on UN Human Rights Council #HRC60 to renew scrutiny over human rights in #Burundi - an initiative rightly led by @euatun.bsky.social since 2021.

As risk factors of future violations multiply, UN scrutiny is more needed than ever.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
thijsvanlaer.bsky.social
Goed dat Prevot financiering aan UNHCR behoudt, maar zou zuur zijn indien gemotiveerd door De Moor’s kandidatuur… bhttps://www.standaard.be/politiek/minister-van-buitenlandse-zaken-prevot-geeft-nicole-de-moor-met-goede-donatie-duwtje-in-de-rug-voor-topjob-bij-vn/85159606.html?utm_medium=referral
Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Prévot geeft Nicole de Moor met “goede donatie” duwtje in de rug voor topjob bij VN
België zal niet besparen op de donatie aan de VN-vluchtelingenorganisatie, kondigde minister Maxime Prévot (Les Engagés) aan in Kenia. Ook ex-staatssecretaris Nicole de Moor (CD&V), in de running voor een toppost, was aanwezig.
www.standaard.be
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11.be
11.11.11 @11.be · Aug 14
Terwijl gisteren opnieuw 100 Palestijnen gedood zijn door Israëlische bommen en kogels, blijft de Belgische politiek palaveren. Geen tijd meer te verspillen. 👇