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“Family of Colombian Fisherman Killed in U.S. Strike Files Human Rights Complaint” The family of a Colombian fisherman killed during a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean on Sept. 15 has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. They allege the U.S. government carried out an unlawful killing and are demanding a full investigation, accountability, and justice for their loved one. U.S. officials have not yet publicly responded to the filing.#BreakingNews #HumanRights #Colombia #USMilitary #Caribbean #JusticeForAll #GlobalNews #IACHR

Change Is Messy, but Necessary

I get why people are frustrated with the shift, but at the same time, human rights can’t stay frozen in the 1980s. New problems emerge, and the framework has to evolve. The key is balance — don’t erase traditional concerns like political violence or suppression, but don’t ignore modern threats either. Maybe this adjustment is a nudge toward that balance. #Politics #HumanRights

Finally Addressing What People Actually Face

For once, it feels like the report reflects things real communities are talking about — access to healthcare, personal autonomy, the right to live safely without being discriminated against. These aren’t fringe issues; they affect people’s everyday lives. If the U.S. wants to lead on human rights, maybe this is the right direction. #Politics #HumanRights

Maybe Updating Priorities Isn’t a Bad Thing

Honestly, I don’t see the State Department’s shift as entirely negative. The world is changing, and human-rights issues today are broader than what they were ten or twenty years ago. If topics like reproductive rights or LGBTQ protections are affecting millions, why shouldn’t they be included? I just hope the updates mean we’re paying attention to more issues, not abandoning old ones. #HumanRights

When Human-Rights Reports Start to Feel Political

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the news that the State Department is reshaping its human-rights reports to focus more on issues like abortion access, gender-affirming care, and euthanasia, while putting less emphasis on things like torture, political repression, or the treatment of minorities. Honestly, it makes me uneasy. Human-rights reporting is one of the few tools the U.S. uses to hold governments accountable. When we start redefining what counts as “human rights,” it doesn’t just reshape policy — it reshapes what we, as a country, claim to stand for. I’m not saying the new topics don’t matter; they absolutely do. But pushing them to the top while downplaying violence, abuse, and oppression feels like a political choice, not a humanitarian one. I guess what frustrates me most is the sense that these reports are becoming another battlefield in our culture wars instead of a global moral compass. And that shift has real consequences — for credibility, for diplomacy, and for people around the world who depend on the U.S. to call out abuses that their own governments try to hide. Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I want human-rights reports to stay focused on… well, human rights. Not on scoring domestic political points. #Politics #HumanRights #HumanRightsNow

I Know What Tear Gas Feels Like — Kids Should Never Experience It

I’ve been hit with tear gas and pepper spray before, and I cringe seeing reports of kids being gassed. Let me tell you, it’s not some harmless mist. It burns, blinds, and chokes you until you panic. I’ve been sprayed in prison during riots and cell extractions — and even then, it was only used on grown men making violent choices. There’s no reason for children to ever experience that. The thought of a 2-year-old choking on that stuff makes me sick. I support enforcing the law, but not like this. You don’t keep order by gassing kids near a school. I fear that ICE is dehumanizing immigrants, how else could you attack children? Violence against children is never okay. #TearGas#PoliceForce#Children#HumanRights#BorderPatrol#Opinion#Immigration#LawEnforcement#Accountability#Justice#Protest#NonlethalWeapons#ChemicalAgents

Empty Chairs at the Refugee Office

I volunteer at a refugee center helping families register for housing. When I arrived Monday, the building was empty. The office that approves placements was closed due to the shutdown. Families who were supposed to move in are now sleeping in cars. One Syrian father told me, “I thought only war could make us homeless.” I didn’t know what to say. Sometimes, silence in policy feels colder than conflict itself. #ImmigrationPolicyNow #RefugeeSupport #GovernmentShutdown #HumanRights

BREAD, NOT PROFIT: THE CAPITALIST CRISIS OF THE EMPTY PLATE

​The link between food and revolution is not merely about scarcity, but about the fundamental contradiction of capitalism in the agricultural sector. Revolution is triggered when the commodified food system—which prioritizes profit extraction for the few over human sustenance for the many—creates an intolerable crisis for the working class. The ultimate goal of the capitalist food industry is not to feed people, but to realize maximum value on the market. This systemic drive leads to the grotesque spectacle of farmers intentionally wasting crops to maintain high prices, while millions of urban workers and rural poor go hungry because they cannot afford the cost. This manufactured crisis of access exposes the moral bankruptcy of the ruling class and their control over the means of subsistence. When the price of staple food crosses a certain threshold, the exploited masses recognize that their hunger is not a natural misfortune, but a political crime orchestrated by speculators and a state that serves capital. This realization transforms passive dissatisfaction into a unified, material grievance, making the fight for a loaf of bread an integral and necessary step in the wider struggle for a socialist transformation that enshrines food as a human right, not a commodity. If you starve the masses, the masses will revolt!.#Food #HumanRights #revolution #CapitalismCrazy