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UN calls for return of Russia-abducted Ukrainian children in US-backed vote


The #US supported the resolution, while #Russia , #Belarus and #Iran have voted against it. Fifty-seven countries, including #China, #India and #Brazil, #abstained from voting.

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, #Ukraine has identified over 19,500 #children who were illegally transferred to Russia, Belarus, or Russian-occupied territories. Fewer than 1,300 have been brought back.

"There will be no just #peace in Ukraine without the unconditional return of #UkrainianChildren. This resolution is not about politics. It is about humanity," Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa said at the U.N. General Assembly debate.

kyivindependent.com/un-passes-…

#WarCrimes #RussianInvasion #HybridWar


Russia declares #HumanRightsWatch an 'undesirable organization'


“Our work hasn’t changed, but what’s changed, dramatically, is the [Russian] government’s full-throttled embrace of #dictatorial policies, its staggering rise in #repression, and the scope of the #WarCrimes its forces are committing in #Ukraine,” said Philippe Bolopion, executive director at Human Rights Watch.

The designation under #Russia's controversial "undesirable organizations" law prohibits groups from operating within Russia and makes it a criminal offense for individuals to participate in their activities. The law has been widely criticized by #HumanRights advocates.

kyivindependent.com/russia-dec…

#RussianAggression #RussianWarCrimes


The statement to which Parnas is referring above (/8) is "Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon 'No Quarter' Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes." This document is linked below. It says,

"The bottom line is that, since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are
'patently illegal,' anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both."

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
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"Trump claims these murderboat operations combat drug trafficking. That was always suspect. Not only are many of the people killed at most low-level shippers, but killing traffickers was less useful than capturing them.

And Trump’s promise to pardon former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was a major drug trafficker, suggests Trump is not so much opposed to drug trafficking, he just wants a cut."

~ Marcy Wheeler

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
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emptywheel.net/2025/11/29/murd…


"Today, a group of former military lawyers concluded that Pete Hegseth has committed war crimes or murder, and that anyone who assisted in his illegal strikes in the southern Caribbean may also be implicated. At the same time, a Congressional inquiry led by a Republican has opened into Hegseth just as Trump pushes America closer to armed conflict in Venezuela."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
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"Even if you were to buy into the regime’s claims that they are conducting these killings to root out drug traffickers who cause harm to Americans, Trump utterly belied that argument yesterday by providing a full pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who has been serving a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking."

~ Steven Beschloss

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela
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"Donald Trump announced the closure of Venezuelan air space this morning, suggesting that war with Venezuela could be imminent, with strikes occurring as soon as this weekend."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela
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“'The Constitution really is not adequate to deal with a president as evil as Trump,' [former White House lawyer Ty] Cobb said in an interview broadcast on MSNow, adding that the president’s recent actions reflected 'a desire to accumulate and abuse power.'”

'He’s committing war crimes in Venezuela and Colombia,' Cobb said, asserting that military legal officers who raised concerns 'were fired or sidelined.'”

~ Brian Daitzman

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder
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"Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing."

~ Ryan Goodman, NYU School of Law Professor, quoted by Ed Mazza

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela
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"As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.

The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack — the opening salvo in the Trump administration’s war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere — ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, two people familiar with the matter said. The two men were blown apart in the water."

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela
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"The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the [Venezuelan] boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on board were ferrying drugs.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. 'The order was to kill everybody,' one of them said."

~ Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #Venezuela
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#Trump said the #US would sell #F35 stealth fighter jets to #SaudiArabia in a similar arrangement it has with #Israel.

"As far as I'm concerned, I think they are both at a level where they should get top of the line (F-35s)," Trump said, referring to Saudi & Israel as great allies.

#WarCrimes


#Trump is rolling out the red carpet for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman [#MBS] Tuesday, with the #SaudiArabia de facto ruler seeking to further rehabilitate his global image after the 2018 killing of US based journalist #JamalKhashoggi & deepen ties with Washington.

#murder #WarCrimes
reuters.com/world/us/us-politi…


#SheikhHasina, the ousted PM of #Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of #CrimesAgainstHumanity for the violent suppression of #student #protests last year that led to the collapse of her govt.
A panel of 3 judges from the International Crimes Tribunal (#ICT), Bangladesh’s domestic #WarCrimes court, delivered their verdict Monday, ruling that Hasina was responsible for inciting hundreds of #ExtrajudicialKillings carried out by #law enforcement.
cnn.com/2025/11/17/asia/bangla…


IDF soldiers tell of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy

Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers

#warcrimes #gaza
theguardian.com/world/2025/nov…


Good morning 💔
Today, while I was cooking over the fire, I realized how simple this is for some people… and how hard it is for us.
The heat was burning my face, the smoke getting into my eyes, and every time I tried to make the fire stronger, I could feel my hands burning.
There’s no gas, no kitchen… just two stones and a fire we try to use to make a meal to survive.

chuffed.org/project/maram

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #israel #genocide #famine #warCrimes #settlerColonialism #apartheid