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First post here in a long time - just to update folks on what I'm doing. I've launched a new newsletter, "International Affairs for Normal People". Read and subscribe (it's free):

Given Musk’s Nazi-style salutes and his support of the German extreme right party, AfD, I will no longer be posting or engaging on X. If conditions here change, I may be back, but until then, you will find me on other platforms.

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Deliberate, not awkward.

If you say those weren't Nazi-style salutes done to express solidarity with white supremacists and white supremacist ideology, then you are either completely illiterate in history or you are deliberately trying to gaslight people to make them think they saw something else.

A Nazi-style salute to demonstrate support for Trump's white supremacist ideas. Performed twice, just in case you missed it the first time. https://t.co/ew2mdOTE77

"challenging Trump does not require us to romanticise what went before" https://t.co/PwFaGv2tJK

"The coincidence of MLK Day and Inauguration Day is not a harbinger of doom but a profound reminder of the choice before us—to despair or to act." https://t.co/cHdeK7OvGJ

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Donald Trump is taking office for a second term as president of the United States. Together with other organizations, we state our commitment to resist infringement on human rights. Read statement from HRW and partners: https://t.co/UQN0rENUok

"I will no longer stand the injustice that strikes me." Last week, prominent rights defender & former chair of #TUnisia's truth commission Sihem Bensedrine started hunger strike. @EU_EEAS @KajaKallas: Spare no effort to press for her urgent release. https://t.co/kZUsEEbst3

POLL: Will Trump’s second term as US president be as bad for human rights as his first – or worse?

Action is needed to end atrocities following the ceasefire deal in Gaza. At the launch of HRW's World Report 2025, @lamamfakih discusses humanitarian assistance, medical evacuations, and accountability:

Rok 2024 byl svědkem absolutního selhání Západu v boji za lidská práva https://t.co/TJ8X6JjdPk

Belarus: Four years after mass protests swept the country following contested presidential elections in summer 2020, the government’s far-reaching crackdown on peaceful protesters and critics continues to reach new heights. #Rights2025

2/2) The ICJ ruling (📷) is crystal clear: https://t.co/xdnYSwK03I Also, the EU27 repeatedly said settlements are "illegal under int'l law" and "an obstacle to peace / two state solution". Then why trade with them, contributing to underlying abuses? Action needed, @vonderleyen

1/2) No, @MarosSefcovic: #EUtrade with #Israel's illegal settlements is NOT "overall consistent" with the obligations laid out by the #ICJ It's not about trade preferences: international law requires a *blanket ban* on trade & business with settlements: https://t.co/QImuKQKJWA

Jak shrnout celý rok? Konkrétně, jak vzít všechny nejstrašnější věci, které vlády lidem provedly během dvanácti měsíců, a shrnout je do jedné výroční zprávy? A jak to udělat, aniž byste se dostali do velké deprese ze stavu světa? https://t.co/m4b9EOfzso

Hey, whad’ya know? Most people don’t like a foreign oligarch interfering in their country’s politics. https://t.co/aV0zh81QM4

¿Cómo resumir un año entero sin sentirse deprimido por el estado del mundo? Hoy se publica el 35º Informe Mundial anual de Human Rights Watch. @astroehlein nos habla sobre el informe y algunos motivos de esperanza en el Boletin Informativo de hoy ⤵️ https://t.co/vnd9C503Da