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Jens Modvig

@jensmodvig.bsky.social
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Senior physician, Chair of the Board, United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture, former chair, UN Committee against Torture

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Dagbladet Information @information.dk · 16/02/2026
»Det er god dansk interessevaretagelse at fastholde en høj udviklingsbistand, men det er også noget så simpelt som det moralsk rigtige,« skriver journalistisk chefredaktør Anton Geist i denne leder.
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Det er katastrofal timing og usympatisk politik, når Venstre vil beskære udviklingsbistanden
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture has launched the 2027 call for applications on 15 January. Deadline 1st March 2026. Please repost! lnkd.in/esTMqxtd
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
War against civilians - war crime
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CNN @cnn.com · 24/01/2026
The Kingdom of Denmark suffered significant casualties in Afghanistan, where its forces deployed to Helmand Province – one of the deadliest theaters of the war. cnn.it/3M02pvE
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Social media posts five years back, phone numbers from the last five years, email addresses from the past decade, personal details of family members and biometric information are all required for obtaining ESTA, according to government proposal.
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
What the EU has to do
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Great analysis
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Does anybody seriously believe that Imamoglu committed any of these 142 offences?
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Palestinian health professionals will face a huge challenge and will need planning and resources to be able to support all these citizens
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Robust supervision of the implementation of the peace agreement needed
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
In Geneva for chairing a board meeting of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, providing grants for direct support for victims.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/10/2025
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back theonion.com/health-experts-recomme…
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 06/09/2025
On Tuesday, September 9, Legal Director Baher Azmy will be arguing with co-counsel in Richmond, Virginia before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Al Shimari v. CACI.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/08/2025
U.S. Becomes First Country To Recognize Mega-Israel
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U.S. Becomes First Country To Recognize Mega-Israel
WASHINGTON—Calling the ongoing violence in the region “disgusting” while pledging America’s unwavering support, President Trump announced Monday that the United States would be the first country to recognize the state of Mega-Israel. “We recognize the right of Mega-Israel to exist as an ever-expanding sovereign nation,” said Trump, who added that he believed the West had turned a […]
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
A mentally ill man died of hypothermia after two weeks in "drunk cell". The responsible private prison health provider staff have now been indicted.
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Hvad ved vi om tortur af ukrainske krigsfanger i Rusland, og hvordan dokumenteres torturen? @dignitydk.bsky.social 's overlæge, @jensmodvig.bsky.social, gæstede i går P1 Orientering for at tale om det og samarbejdet med vores partnere i Ukraine. Lyt med: dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-or... #dkaid #dkmedier
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#FreeViasna @freeviasna.org · 16/07/2025
❗️ "Strong reasons to believe that these individuals lost their lives in retaliation for exercising their civil and political rights" UN experts warn of a system of repression, ill-treatment & medical denial in #Belarus. Ending impunity is key to saving lives. 🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 07/07/2025
The United States is reporting the highest number of measles cases in 33 years. Vaccines prevent measles. Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Maybe it is time to find some other software
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Mark Russell @manruss.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The lesson people infuriatingly never seem to master is that there is no creating a police state just for other people. If you create a police state with no due process for immigrants or accused criminals, then that's the system you've created for yourself.
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Think about it: 1400 days in a Belarusian prison without having committed a crime! #FreeViasna #Dignity
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#FreeViasna @freeviasna.org · 23/05/2025
🗣️ A regime that treats expressions of solidarity with #politicalprisoners as a crime cannot endure, says Viasna human rights activist Pavel Sapelko. Yet in its bid to survive, it is likely to claim even more victims in #Belarus. Full context here: spring96.org/en/news/118013 #FreeThemAll
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Think about it: 1400 days in a Belarusian prison without having committed a crime! #FreeViasna #Dignity
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Back in Geneva to fundraise for the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture #UNVFVT
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Politiken @politiken.dk · 03/05/2025
Vred Zelenskyj efter nyt, stort angreb: Russerne angriber, mens vi putter vores børn
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Otte personer modtager behandling på hospital efter angreb mod Kharkiv i Ukraine, lyder det fra myndigheder.
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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CNN @cnn.com · 21/04/2025
The report shows that some of the most generous givers have secured roles in the Trump administration.
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Donald Trump raised nearly $240 million for his inauguration — more than double the previous record, new filings show | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee collected a staggering $239 million for the festivities surrounding his swearing-in this year — with some of the nation’s wealthiest people and biggest com...
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“Harsh prison conditions, government corruption, and restrictions on participation… will no longer be highlighted.” 🚨 This is not streamlining. It’s silencing. 🤐💔 #HumanRights 🔗 www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
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The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 19/04/2025
Police contact of any kind is not innocuous: most police killings start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported. www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/12...
Infographic that says in 2023, 70% of police killings began with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime had been reported.
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Unbelievable! US opts out of condemning the RF Sumy attack on civilians
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/04/2025
Last night, every Senate Democrat voted for my amendment calling for a $17 an hour federal minimum wage while every Republican but 1 opposed it. The movement to raise the minimum wage to a living wage is growing. In 2025, a job must lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
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Mark Fallon @markfallon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#Censorship Banning books from the US Naval Academy is an #Orwellian manipulation of the minds of future military leaders. A modern day equivalent of Nazi #BookBurning of the 1930’s in their quest for Fascist domination. @aclu.org @knightcolumbia.org www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
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These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library
Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and books on the Holocaust were among the works removed in response to an order from the office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"Become a member while literacy is still legal"
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"Texas, where I am currently incarcerated, was dubbed the “prison-rape capital of the world” by Newsweek. And it’s not just Texas;" "... women were abused by prison staff in at least 19 of the 29 federal facilities that held women!" @kwanetaharris.bsky.social
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Nobel Peace prize? I don't think so
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Serious concerns about detentions in #Turkiye of opposition leaders including @ekrem_imamoglu and more than 100 others. Human Rights Foundation Turkiye @insanhaklari appeals for international solidarity. Terrorism and corruption accusations not very credible
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Der er lang vej mod retfærdighed i #Ukraine. Men når våbenhvilen indtræffer, skal DK & EU fortsætte og udvide kampen mod krigsforbrydelser og støtte til overleverne, skriver @rasmusgrue.bsky.social & @jensmodvig.bsky.social i @politiken.dk: politiken.dk/debat/debati... #dkaid
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Taking stock of MAGA
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
All of the 174 States parties to the UN Convention against #Torture are obliged to prosecute or extradite perpetrators of torture on their territory, also Italy. Otherwise, they should be held #accountable during their next examination by the Committee against Torture @philipgrant40.bsky.social
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture #UNVFVT has issued an emergency grants call for #Syria for direct support to victims of #torture www.ohchr.org/en/about-us/...
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Emergency grants
The UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture offers emergency funding to provide direct assistance to the victims of torture in exceptional circumstances.
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Med den tiltrængte våbenhvile i Gaza er der en aftale om udveksling af palæstinensiske fanger & israelske gidsler. Hvad ved vi om, hvad de har været udsat for? Hvordan hjælpes de bedst videre? Det talte Dignity's overlæge @jensmodvig.bsky.social om i P1 i morges: www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-mo...
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Spændende analyse af civilsamfundets rolle i dansk udviklingsbistand og hvor rollen kan styrkes og effektiviseres @globalnyt.dk @dignity-int.bsky.social
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Grateful to present the work of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture #UNVFVT at the first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances. CSO key to support relatives and keep demanding the truth #CEDI @DIGNITY_INT
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Suspending funding for #UNRWA is not justified according to the independent review
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Last class with my great students in the "Health and Human Rights" elective course at Dept of Public Health, University of Copenhagen. Thank you for your commitment and hard work! It was a privilege.
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
DIGNITY’s @jensmodvig.bsky.social har talt med @tv2nyheder.bsky.social's podcast Dato om kampen mod tortur og at være ekspertvidne i den historiske retsag i USA, hvor 3 tidligere fanger fik tilkendt erstatsning fra sikkerhedsfirmaet CACI pga tortur 📻 @podimo.bsky.social: podimo.com/dk/shows/dat...
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 13/12/2024
⚡️ Lithuanian athlete Kornelija Dūdaitė was disqualified from the Functional Fitness World Championship in Hungary for wearing a shirt reading “Make Russia small again.” Her act was a protest against Russian athletes competing under a neutral status, despite displaying their country’s symbols. 1/2
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
#Accountability for international crimes in #Syria is already ongoing, including in the USA. Still, the new Syrian government should ratify the #Romestatute and give #ICC jurisdiction to investigate & prosecute crimes committed from 2011. #IIIM can assist. @dignity-int.bsky.social
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DIGNITY @dignitydk.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
»Vi har tidligere kaldt Syrien ét stort torturkammer, men Sednaya er blevet et symbol på den allerværste mishandling.« @jensmodvig.bsky.social har talt med @jyllands-posten.dk om tortur i #Sednaya & vigtigheden af, at de ansvarlige bliver dømt for forbrydelserne: jyllands-posten.dk/internationa...
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Et »slagtehus« for mennesker: Tusindvis af fanger er løsladt fra gruopvækkende fængsel – men nu går redningsfolk rundt med en ny frygt
Ifølge en dansk torturorganisation er fangerne i Saydnaya-fængslet blevet udsat for mishandling, som intet menneske fortjener.
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Jens Modvig @jensmodvig.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
#Syria A peaceful transition to a stable #democracy would benefit #justice and #accountability for the hundreds of thousands of Syrians subjected to #torture #extrajudicialkillings and #enforceddisappearences including their relatives @cnn.com @dignity-int.bsky.social
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