Keith D. Leslie
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Newfie-born US-raised. Amherst. US Senate. WT. 35 yrs Nepal. SC/US. UNDP. WB. Civil society. Federalism. Film. Bamboo. #YNWA. 3 bicultural kidz. יִגְדָּל
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Joined October 2016
Statelessness: not legally #Bhutanese, #Nepali, nor #American; and not permitted a home by any of them…
theguardian.com
Mohan Karki – one of many people ICE has deported to countries with which they have little connection – leaves behind his wife and seven-month-old baby he has yet to hold
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A Pritzker-Gallego ticket with be something new for the Democrats. https://t.co/JDsKjmEJAd
nytimes.com
Speaking at a party gathering in Nevada, the two politicians urged opposition to President Trump’s deportation agenda, while appearing to lay the groundwork for potential presidential runs.
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No one spoke about the deaths of more than 36,500 people in Iran at the Grammys. That silence shouldn’t surprise anyone. Iran doesn’t lend itself to easy virtue signaling. Much of modern celebrity “human rights” discourse is not actually about victims. It’s about narrative
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The tragedies multiply in real time while the world obsessed about Greenland…
Read this. Plausible estimates that 43,000 killed in ten days in Iran by the dictatorship. The scale is extraordinary. It is worth recalling that just over 3000 were killed in the Shah’s forty year reign mostly in the 13 months 1978/9. The lack of criticism by UN
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When I saw this letter, I literally thought, “This is too stupid even for him.” I should have known better.
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The disquiet over Iran:
Superb piece on the silence of the left on the protest in Iran by @galbeckerman
https://t.co/u4rL05x6aB
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Superb piece on the silence of the left on the protest in Iran by @galbeckerman
https://t.co/u4rL05x6aB
theatlantic.com
As the Islamic Republic massacres protesters, exiles are dismayed by the lack of sympathy from the American left.
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The (possibly…) more realistic perspective that the brute force of the Iranian regime may bend, but will not collapse from the street.
The situation in #IranProtests - short summary: A. First of all, we must remember - there is a lot of disinformation, mainly from elements who seek to establish the understanding that "the regime is breathing its last breaths." Reports of the collapse of cities, the defection
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May it be so…
The 1979 Islamic Revolution was as world-changing a revolution as those of France in 1789 and Russia in 1917 and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, heralding a new era of Islamist mobilization across the entire Middle East that promoted a Sunni as well as Shiite radicalization
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304 BILLION BARRELS. That’s the real reason Venezuela matters. Sky News just laid it out plainly: Trump’s Venezuela obsession was never really about drugs. It’s about oil, specifically heavy crude. The U.S. now produces tons of light shale oil, but our Gulf Coast refineries
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A secular, civilian government in #Iran, replacing the never-ending, theocratic, autocratic mullah regime, could be the best news for the decades’ long-suffering Iranian people and a lasting, legitimate peace in the Middle East in 2026. May it be so! 🙏🏼
theguardian.com
Demonstrations against deteriorating living conditions have widened to include criticism of how Iran is governed
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“At a time when national leaders are seeking to create a homogeneous United States of America devoid of variety and individuality — rewriting history, in other words — Santa Fe showed once again that in this land, our diversity is our strength.” #SanteFe
santafenewmexican.com
Inaugurations are meant to be moments of hope, offering sincere promise for a brighter future. And it was no different Tuesday when new Mayor Michael Garcia and four city councilors
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Another forgotten war… “The #Myanmar conflict, triggered by the 2021 coup, has killed +/-90,000 people, displaced 3.5 million, & left nearly half of the country’s population of 55 million in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN.” https://t.co/SnPMG4XWks
aljazeera.com
Myanmar's military seeks to entrench rule as it begins to claw back territory and China presses for stability.
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The world has lost interest. 😔 “Today, girls in #Afghanistan are banned from secondary school. Universities are closed to women. Women cannot work for NGOs or travel without a male. The word ‘apartheid’ is the reality for women and girls in Afghanistan.”
theguardian.com
Sima Samar has spent a lifetime working for the ideals of a country that no longer exists, but even in exile she dreams of rebuilding for a second time
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“That pace of killing in the #Sudan would be unrivaled since the Rwanda genocide of 1994. The death toll in El Fasher alone in less than two months may be comparable to that in Gaza over two years.” https://t.co/dzB1Xk198d
facebook.com
This is the season where we repeat "peace on earth" -- even as a massacre has been unfolding in El Fasher, Sudan, apparently claiming tens of thousands...
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“Despite its imperfections, Nepal’s federalism has delivered something no previous system could: dignity, access, and empowerment for ordinary citizens. Provinces are not an optional layer; they are the backbone of federalism.” https://t.co/5CSmvpRJDj
kathmandupost.com
Provinces are not an optional layer; they are the backbone of federalism.
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Complicated: “When British and French newcomers arrived, they stepped onto lands where #indigenous peoples already lived and governed themselves — and then the newcomers paid #settlers to come from Europe and take that land. That’s how #Canada started.”
thefp.com
In a landmark ruling, a Canadian court just said hundreds of homes sit on land that still belongs to an indigenous nation—and private property rights may no longer be what Canadians think they are....
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“Nepal’s federal system is structurally sound, but its implementation has been weak. The shortcomings arise not from the model but from those responsible for executing it.’ https://t.co/CUMgCn7nbW
kathmandupost.com
Nepal’s path to stability, unity and prosperity lies in institutionalising and improving it.
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Bhutan, Myanmar, & Sri Lanka among the most egregious examples in Asia in recent decades. “Buddhism practised across Asia has shifted. While still widely followed as a nonviolent philosophy, it has been weaponised, in the service of nationalism.”
theguardian.com
The long read: Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals
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“The United States has a moral and legal obligation to protect those who cannot safely return to Myanmar,” said Eskinder Negash, the president of USCRI, in a statement. He said protected status for Myanmar was “not just compassionate – it’s essential”.
theguardian.com
Homeland security claims country being ruled by military dictatorship ‘no longer continues to meet conditions’ for Temporary Protected Status
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