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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ICYMI, the GWB administration's torture of detainees continues to reverberate in the 9/11 case. between that & indefinite detention & black sites & military tribunals, it's just a total failure of justice for everyone.

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Collectif des Familles Unies @famillesunies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Avocats français interdits de séjour en Irak "La France, que cette situation semble n’émouvoir en rien, persiste à sous-traiter la judiciarisation de ses ressortissants à l'Irak. Y compris celle de ses enfants."

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Old (ish) but good: “Another question, however, demands critical attention as well: Whether Israel is promoting an interpretation of international humanitarian law that undermines the Conventions’ values and subverts their rules.” www.justsecurity.org/90789/israel...

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Israel’s Rewriting of the Law of War

A close analysis of Israeli government statements on “proportionality” and civilian harm.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Yet weeks after Paragon, then Israeli-owned … WhatsApp alleged that Paragon’s Graphite spyware was used to infect the phones of more than 60 individuals in more than 20 countries, including journalists and activists.” www.wired.com/story/the-se...

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The Secrets of a US Spyware King

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the company’s promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool.

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Abolish 👋 Capital 👋 Punishment 👋 NOW 👋 inhumane, arbitrary, and never a power government should have.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The MN Truth Council held our 4th & final public meeting in Rochester. Exceptional testimony & powerful community voices. @umnlawschool.bsky.social Human Rights Centre organized a bus to bring our students, faculty & partners along. My first bus teach-in. Buses as social justice vehicles.

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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 28/09/2026

Fmr MEP Stelios Kouloglou has filed a criminal complaint vs NSO Group over the use of #Pegasus against him. Filed w. the Athens Prosecutor’s Office, it alleges breach of communications privacy, unlawful access to information systems & violations of data protection law. www.news247.gr/ellada/ipokl...

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Υποκλοπές: Μήνυση του Στέλιου Κούλογλου για το λογισμικό Pegasus

Νέα μήνυση για το σκάνδαλο των υποκλοπών κατέθεσε ο Στέλιος Κούλογλου, στρεφόμενος αυτή τη φορά κατά της NSO για παρακολούθηση του κινητού του μέσω του λογισμικού Pegasus.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Crimes Against Humanity: in the category of cyber — “That case is Mexico, which has drawn sustained international attention for both the scale of violence against journalists and human rights defenders and the state’s unlawful surveillance of them.” www.justsecurity.org/158283/perse...

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Persecution by Other Means: Mexico and the First Test of the ICC’s Cyber Policy

A new report finds that the Mexican government's actions against journalists from 2018 to 2024 could constitute grounds to investigate the crime of persecution.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies

Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents”. Surprised anyone, really? The cover-up is sometimes more telling than the harm itself. www.axios.com/2026/09/26/o...

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Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents

The massive scale of security incidents points to control problems for AI companies.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“There has been significant progress in the past 30 years in relation to marches, and my primary concern is to avoid a return to the divisions of the past”. Helen McEntee is right, backwards move in so many measures, designed to inflame and move us backwards. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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PSNI issues warning to Garvaghy Road protesters amid standoff over Orange Order march

Orange Order had been due to march down the Garvaghy Road in mainly nationalist area of Portadown

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s switch-out day at drizzly, humid Guantánamo Bay in these last scheduled pretrial hearings before jury selection in October in the USS Cole case. Legal and Cole family victim observers are heading out and some support staff is inbound from Andrews airbase. www.nytimes.com/article/uss-...

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Trial Guide: The Cole Bombing Case at Guantánamo Bay (Gift Article)

What to know about the death-penalty prosecution of a Saudi prisoner accused of plotting the suicide bombing on a Navy destroyer off Yemen in 2000 that killed 17 sailors.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's insane that people are being arrested in London--Milton's city, the "mansion-house of liberty"--for *carrying signs* in support of Palestine Action. It's illegal to carry an article "in circumstances arousing reasonable suspicion that the person is a ... supporter of a proscribed organization."

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is compelling reading and exceptionally relevant analysis by @SR Ben Saul on “The Legality of Military Attacks on Criminal Groups and Drug Trafficking under International Human Rights Law and Other Applicable International Law”.

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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

1/ @rgoodlaw.bsky.social & I are honored to announce that veteran, multi-award winning reporter @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social will be publishing Dispatches from Guantanamo with us at @justsecurity.org –regular updates as the capital trials in the military commissions get underway. #GTMODispatches

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Guantánamo Dispatch: The USS Cole Case Edges Toward Trial

Carol Rosenberg reports from Guantánamo Bay on the upcoming pre-trial hearing in the USS Cole bombing case.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“ “That puts the private property owner in charge of conservation. If 10 to 20 percent of landowners planted native plants, this would add up to a habitat larger than 10 Yellowstones.” reasonstobecheerful.world/the-national...

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The ‘National Park’ That Stretches From Coast to Coast

Solving the biodiversity crisis, argues entomologist Doug Tallamy, will happen not in some distant wilderness, but in our own backyards.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“The result … is that thousands of Palestinians — most of them women and children or people who were not involved in the fighting — were wiped out by Israeli airstrikes, especially during the first weeks of the war, because of the AI program’s decisions.” www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...

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‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza

The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local C...

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“They also set out that "no Irish body has accepted responsibility" for investigating garda-related allegations arising from Troubles-connected incidents, resulting in an "investigative vacuum which continues to the present day". www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Fiosrú to face legal action over lack of Troubles probes

Legal action is being taken against the Garda Ombudsman Fiosrú over a lack of investigations into Troubles incidents.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"We know what to do: incubate open-access A.I. models, regulate technologies before they go rogue, hold the people who allow them to go rogue accountable if they do and protect the most vulnerable when we, the people, sometimes get it wrong." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

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Opinion | Panic Won’t Fix the Looming A.I. Threat. Politics Will. (Gift Article)

The threats from A.I. are real — and they’re ones we know how to deal with.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A very significant development — The People’s Assembly unanimously approved Wednesday a bill to abolish the Terrorism Court and nullify the legal effects of its rulings during the third session of the first extraordinary legislative term. Link: sana.sy/en/syria/234...

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People’s Assembly unanimously approves bill abolishing Terrorism Court

Damascus, Sep. 16 (SANA) The People’s Assembly unanimously approved Wednesday a bill to abolish the Terrorism Court and nullify the legal effects of its

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 14/09/2026

11 mothers held in Roj Camp in Northeast Syria for as long as a decade issue a public plea: "We reject violent extremist ideology and violence. We want our children to grow up in democratic societies, free from violence and destructive environments..." www.justsecurity.org/156646/north...

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A Plea from Forgotten Families in Detention in Northeast Syria

More than 2,400 children and mothers are still held in arbitrary detention in Roj Camp and other facilities in northeastern Syria.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is simply true, the remedy for arbitrary detention is release. Women and children in Al Roj camp have waited far too long.

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 14/09/2026

There is no legal basis to hold the women and children in arbitrary detention in Roj Camp and other facilities in northeast Syria, writes @niaolainf.bsky.social. "The remedy for arbitrary detention is release. The time to close Roj detention facility has long passed."

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 11/09/2026

Just Security and @rcls-nyu.bsky.social asked experts how 9/11 shaped their careers and continues to shape us all 25 years later. Featuring contributions from Hina Shamsi, Heather Aliano, Luke Hartig, and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, and more:

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9/11 Then and Now: How It Shapes Us 25 Years On

How the September 11 attacks, and the U.S. response that followed, changed the world and the way we approach the moment we are in today.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Rosh haShana, from our table to yours. May the year bring dignity, tolerance, justice and rights.

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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

1/ The 22 essays collected here @justsecurity.org are a powerful reminder of the gravity of what was lost on 9/11, the opportunities that followed, and the many ways those opportunities were squandered at home and abroad. www.justsecurity.org/156339/9-11-...

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9/11 Then and Now: How It Shapes Us 25 Years On

How the September 11 attacks, and the U.S. response that followed, changed the world and the way we approach the moment we are in today.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years is a long time and no time at all. Privileged to have met so many 9/11 families & to advocate for victims of terrorism over many years. Grief is never really gone, just sometimes families & communities find better ways of living with it. The rights of those left behind still need to be met.

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 10/09/2026

Just Security and @rcls-nyu.bsky.social asked experts how 9/11 shaped their careers and continues to shape us all 25 years later. With new contributions from Nicholas Rasmussen, @bcfinucane.bsky.social, Camille Mackler, @priyankam.bsky.social, Dakota S. Rudesill:

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9/11 Then and Now: How It Shapes Us 25 Years On

How the September 11 attacks, and the U.S. response that followed, changed the world and the way we approach the moment we are in today.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Spending a few days in Brussels with the Irish EU Presidency, and briefing on Syria human rights issues.

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Collectif des Familles Unies @famillesunies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

La Commission d'enquête des Nations Unies sur la Syrie dénonce "la poursuite de l’exploitation du camp [ #Roj ] en violation flagrante de nombreuses normes internationales". +2000 enfants et femmes y sont détenus arbitrairement depuis des années. www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

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Statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic accompanying its Oral Update to the 63rd Session of the Human Rights Council

Mr. President, Excellencies,

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 08/09/2026

We asked experts with deep personal and professional ties to the post-9/11 era: how did 9/11 shape your path, and how does it continue to shape us 25 years later?

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9/11 Then and Now: How it Shapes Us 25 Years On

How the September 11 attacks, and the U.S. response that followed, changed the world and the way we approach the moment we are in today.

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Commission of Inquiry Syria updated the Human Rights Council yesterday - really glad to present our assessment with my colleague Monia Ammar. www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Appreciate being part of this @justsecurity.org collection on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and in good company too.

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 08/09/2026

Reflections from Charlie Savage, @hanifagirowal.bsky.social, @stevepomper.bsky.social, @niaolainf.bsky.social, Jelena Pejic, and @asharangappa.bsky.social

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Good morning Geneva. Human Rights Council session *63

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Right sizing the world - UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size - BBC News

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

When I visited the detention facility @Guantanamo as UN Special Rapporteur in 2023, I was unequivocal that torture absolutely irreversibly harmed those tortured but also US gov. sanctioned torture was a betrayal of the 9/11 victims. Torture undoes accountability. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...

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Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture (Gift Article)

Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

After 18 years of litigation, the Fourth Circuit just wiped away a $42 million jury verdict against CACI for its role in torture at Abu Ghraib—a verdict the same court had *affirmed* earlier this year. Why? Because of #SCOTUS's 6-3 June 23 ruling in Cisco, which eviscerated the Alien Tort Statute:

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A thoughtful & introspective speech that should move us all. “We saw malicious online smears, videos generating tens of thousands of views, and false assertions designed to paint my tradition as inherently un-Irish or incompatible with modern civic life” www.truthrecoveryprocess.ie/newsupdates/...

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Heather Humphrey’s Speech on Culture, Identity and Inclusion — Truth Recovery Process

Heather Humphreys Speech at the 15th Annual D’Arcy McGee Summer School, Carlingford, Co Louth August 26th, 2026  Culture, Identity and Inclusion  Good morning ev...

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