Reed Brody 🧣⚖️♟️reedbrody.bsky.social
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“To Catch a Dictator”// "La Traque" @ECCHRBerlin @DAWNmenaorg ✡️ for ☮️. Free Bazoum!🇳🇪 . Resist Trump. expert #GHREN #Nicaragua 🇳 [email protected]
Barcelona,Brooklyn, Budapest
Joined June 2011
Merci @ShazamAzam et @MondedesLivres pour cette recension de mon « thriller judiciaire ». ce « magnifique récit . est ainsi une odyssée intime : le récit haletant d’un enjeu quasi familial, mais aussi d’un voyage intérieur de Brody ». @KarthalaEdition .
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Breaking: North Dakota judge REJECTS "riot" charges against @democracynow reporter Amy Goodman. Vindication!
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Got to meet the inspiring @HEBobiwine at the Venice Film Festival opening of the powerful doc about his & #Uganda’s struggle #BobiWineGhettoPresident #FreeUganda .
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Breaking: following @hrw submission, Argentine prosecutor weighs potential war crimes & torture charges against Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman #MBS who plans to attend #G20Argentina Summit #Yemen #Khashoggi
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@realDonaldTrump if you attack the press, the judiciary, minorities, then YOU are the "enemy of the American People" SAD!.
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@realDonaldTrump .If we survive your presidency with our freedoms intact we will #MAGA, just not the way you intended.
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Amy Goodman preparing for @democracynow program in front on North Dakota courthouse where she'll be arraigned today
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Taking Myanmar to court : It’s encouraging that a small, poor country like #Gambia has taken a bold initiative to defend the rights of people 7,000 miles away. We don't see that kind of international solidarity very often these days. Bravo @Gambia_MOJ.
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Breaking❗️International Court of Justice #ICJ rejects all #Myanmar’s objections. Gambia has standing to bring suit alleging #genocide against #Rohingya. Case goes to merits now. Bravo #Gambia for its bold show of solidarity @Gambia_MOJ See @PillaiPriy for details
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Now - German court opens first-ever international trial for crimes of Yahya #Jammeh regime. Former #Gambia "Jungler" death squad officer Bai L. accused in killing of editor Deyda Hydara & 2 other attacks #universaljurisdiction ⬇️
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Amy Goodman of @democracynow on Why the North Dakota Pipeline Standoff Is Only Getting Worse
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More tragedy. I’m told @RajiSourani and his family fortunately are alive . Raji is simply one of the most precious human beings, a beacon of light .
The house of iconic human rights defender @RajiSourani was bombed. He is reportedly alive. Hard to get information, no electricity, only chaos. In 9days, Israel has killed nearly as many as in 5 previous wars agst Gaza. This is not self-defence, this is an unfolding atrocity.
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Breaking! - #Gambia Supreme Court rules that #YankubaTouray, former member of Yahya #Jammeh's 1st junta is *NOT* entitled to Constitutional immunity for alleged murder of former Minister Ousman Koro Ceesay. Congrats @GayeSowe @salieutaal @AFatty101 #NenehCham who presented Amicus
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When Mohammed bin Salman #MBS goes to #G20Argentina he may be surprised to discover that the impunity that shields him in Saudi doesn’t protect him in democracies abroad. A prosecutor there is now weighing charges of war crimes & torture after a @hrw submission #Yemen #Khashoggi
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The International Criminal Court #ICC has given Palestinian complaints the slow walk for 15 years. Will that change now? #Gaza My article for @thenation
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Breaking: North Dakota Prosecutor Seeks "Riot" Charges Against Amy Goodman For Reporting On Pipeline Protes
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.@hrw is monitoring the US election - as we tend to do in fragile or conflict-stricken countries - to make sure that everyone has the right to vote free of fear and harm and that EVERY VOTE COUNTS @lettatayler.
For the first time, several human rights and conflict-resolution groups that typically monitor elections abroad — mostly in fledgling democracies or places where sectarian violence could erupt — are now turning their attention to the U.S.
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Amy Goodman of @democracynow describes her arrest &resistance of Native Americans to Dakota pipeline on @amjoyshow
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#Gambia Supreme Court (CJ Hassan Jallow) issues powerful ruling denying former Jammeh junta member Yankuba Touray immunity for murder - not part of his "official duties." Applies int'l law, African charter on human rights ➡️
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Henry #Kissinger’s policies led to hundreds of thousands, probably millions, of deaths. And he was a war criminal. I analyzed for @just_security his potential legal responsibility for #warcrimes in #Cambodia, Pakistan/Bangladesh and #EastTimor.
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Breaking‼️ - German court sentences former #Gambia "Jungler" death squad officer Bai Lowe to life imprisonment in killing of editor Deyda Hydara & other crimes. First-ever international trial for crimes of #YahyaJammeh regime. #universaljurisdiction 1/3⬇️
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In the prosecution of ex-Chad dictator #HissèneHabré, we were late in raising sexual crimes. Not this time ! #Jammeh2Justice #IamToufah
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“Tomorrow the sun will shine.” My story in @AJEnglish about my father, who overcame years in WWII German forced labor camps, toe amputation from a 600km march through the Russian winter & pregnant wife's suicide, to start a family & find happiness in US
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In two decades of double standards, the International Criminal Court has never indicted a Western official. But a warrant may be coming for Benjamin Netanyahu & the US is freaking out - & threatening the #ICC’s British prosecutor. My take in @thenation
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Major decision from German court: if US is to continue armed drone flights to Yemen from Ramstein airbase, Germany must ensure the US complies with international law . Bravo @ECCHRBerlin! https://
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BREAKING !! - Reported death of ex-Chad dictator Hissène Habré from COVID in prison. For months, we have been calling for him to be vaccinated. Was serving life sentence in #Senegal for crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture 1982-1990. THREAD.
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Germany arrests 7 ex-soldiers over alleged atrocities in #Gambia during rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh Follows arrests of Jammeh's henchmen in the US and Switzerland. #universaljurisdiction #Jammeh2Justice
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Two months ago my dear friend @RajiSourani survived the bombing of his house in Gaza, Today he is with the South African delegation at the International Court of Justice. This is what justice looks like.
#JohnDugard and @RajiSourani this morning, before the @CIJ_ICJ hearing (which just started) #legends.
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Breaking: Appeals court in Senegal CONFIRMS life sentence for Chad ex-dictator #HissèneHabré (1982-1990) convicted of mass atrocities
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#IamToufah is trending. Toufah Jallow’s courageous denunciation of ex-despot Yahya Jammeh “has triggered a #MeToo moment in Gambia with widespread responses on social media, as women began airing their own experiences of sexual assault.” #Jammeh2Justice.
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BREAKING big news! #ICC Prosecutor Fatou #Bensouda says "statutory criteria for the opening of an investigation [in #Palestine] have been met. War crimes have been or are being committed. [A]n investigation would. serve the interests of justice."
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In Chad with Khadidja & Kaltouma, 2 of brave rape survivors who brought to justice their ex-dictator #HissèneHabré
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As the International Criminal Court’s #ASP22 meets, all eyes will be on the prosecutor’s #Israel/#Palestine investigation. For 15 years, Palestinian complaints had been given the slow walk (my article in @thenation Will states call for real action now?.
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@realDonaldTrump .If we survive your presidency with our freedoms intact we will #MAGA, just not the way you intended.
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BREAKING‼️ After a year-long process, States #ASP19 elect Karim Khan, British Queen’s Counsel w wide int’l experience, on 2d ballot, as 3d #Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court #ICC, the flagship position in charting the course of int’l justice over the next 9 years ⤵️
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Breaking: Brussels jury finds former Rwandan official Fabien #Neretse guilty of #genocide in #universaljurisdiction trial. 1st genocide conviction in #Belgium.Victory for victims, reward for tenacity of Martine Becker who lost sister, brother-in-law, niece
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20 years later, the London arrest of Augusto #Pinochet continues to inspire victims to seek justice in #HissèneHabré, #Jammeh2Justice , Rios Montt & many other cases. My take: @hrw @ICJ_org
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Breaking: court in Senegal finds Chad ex-dictator #HissèneHabré GUILTY of atrocities during 1982-1990 rule.
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Published today❗️from @ColumbiaUP “To Catch a Dictator.” In an age of impunity, what does it take to make a dictator answer for his crimes? My account of the hunt for ex-Chad dictator #HissèneHabré and his momentous trial 🧵⬇️
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The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (#TRRC) begins public hearings today at 10.00 GMT. As #Gambia comes to grips w 22 years of abusive rule by Yahya #Jammeh the historic proceedings streamed live at #Jammeh2Justice
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Breaking ‼️ #Gambia TRRC report published at . Calls for prosecution of former president Yahya Jammeh and others for 44 specific cases of murder, torture, rape, #Jammeh2Justice 🧵thread starts⬇️
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BBC News - Ghanaian shoe seller vows to pursue ex-Gambia despot Yahya Jammeh for massacre of 50 West African migrants in 2005 #Jammeh2justice
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As #Kissinger turns 100, some thoughts on whether he is a “#warcriminal.”.I’m NOT talking about his larger historic role in great human suffering:.- coup in Chile & support of Pinochet.- backing of Argentine military repression. 1/6
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"Identify the Congo killers & bring them to justice" - what I wrote 10 years ago when the #DRC #MappingReport was issued - and 23 years ago when I investigated for the UN - is sadly still true today: cycles of massacres and impunity
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Yahya Jammeh treated the women of #Gambia like his personal property . But rape is a crime. Jammeh is not above the law. And no woman or girl is beneath the law #IamToufah #Jammeh2Justice
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Very worrying to hear that the house of Baba Jallow, the Executive Secretary of the #Gambia truth commission #TRRC which is probing the human rights crimes of the Yahya Jammeh era, was ransacked today. @TRRC_Gambia .There must be an investigation
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[Breaking] Radovan #Karadzic genocide conviction affirmed. Sentence increased to life imprisonment! Big day for international justice, huge victory for the survivors and families of #Srebrenica and other crimes in Bosnia.
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Justice at long last! In landmark ruling, Spanish court convicts ex-coronel Inocente Orlando Montano of sending US-trained death squad to murder Jesuit priests in #ElSalvador in 1989. Bravo @Apdhe @GuernicaCentre
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#Gambia truth comm'n #TRRC resumes hearings today. Witnesses have alleged ex-Prez Yahya Jammeh ordered killing & torture of opponents, murder of 56 West African migrants, & mass “witch hunts” & that he raped and assaulted multiple women. #Jammeh2Justice
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#EquatorialGuinea opposition requests that Yahya Jammeh be sent back to #Gambia for trial "We don't want another dictator here" say posters in Malabo #Jammeh2Justice via @lemondefr.
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South Africa #RSA has given our brutish & lawless world a holiday present. Let’s celebrate the possibility of a ruling from an accepted & legitimate judicial institution - the World Court @CIJ_ICJ - with all its consequences. Do we believe in the rule of law or not?.
In bringing the genocide case against Israel at the ICJ, S. Africa is sending a message to the oppressed, the violated, the vulnerable: go to law for justice rather to arms for vengeance. That's very much the spirit I felt in Cape Town in 1994, working on the TRC draft law.
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The victims of #Gambia’s former dictator Yahya #Jammeh are seeking to bring him to justice via @TheEconomist.
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Wonderful news and great work by @ECCHRBerlin and many other Syrian and European lawyers.
Germany: 'President Assad officials' charged with torture in Syria
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BBC News - Letter from Africa: Journalist Lamin Cham describes his torture at the hands of #Gambia ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh's secret police #Jammeh2Justice
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Argentina’s duty under the UN #torture convention would be to “prosecute or extradite” alleged torturers on its soil (the #Pinochet precedent). #MBS #Khashoggi
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“We have the power to bring you to justice.” 20 years ago today, Chile’s Augusto #Pinochet was arrested in London. My interview how that inspired victims around the world to seek redress #HissèneHabré #Jammeh2Justice #UniversalJurisdiction
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Standoff as hyper-armed police block Native Americans from reaching North Dakota pipeline site #NoDAPL
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I’m inspired by the courage of Toufah Jallow @Homeofsurvivors , the determination of Ya Mamie Ceesay, the quest of Martin Kyere, to bring ex-#Gambia ruler Yahya #Jammeh2Justice They are the real “Dictator Hunters.” My interview➡️.
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“For years @ilariallegro has been meticulously exposing torture and killings in #Cameroon, bringing unseen abuses to the world's attention. Rather than stop the torture, the gov’t chose to stop the researcher.” @stevecockburn
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Court awards 20million CFA ($33,898) to each survivor of sexual violence under convicted ex-dictator #HissèneHabré
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Why won’t UN and ECOWAS release report on 2005 massacre by Yahya Jammeh's Gambian death squad of over 50 African migrants (44 #Ghana) despite pleas by 5 UN rights monitors & victims? Video @theANEKED #Jammeh2Justice #whereisthereport @UNDPPA @mbachelet
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“By discontinuing the investigation of torture crimes committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, the chief prosecutor sends a troubling message about the ICC’s ability to credibly investigate war crimes committed by agents of powerful countries and hold perpetrators responsible.".
ACLU statement on @IntlCrimCourt Prosecutor’s decision to “deprioritize” investigation of torture crimes committed by U.S. forces and agents in the context of the armed conflict in Afghanistan.
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23 years ago Oct 16, 1988, London police arrested former #Chile dictator Augusto #Pinochet on a Spanish atrocities warrant, a transformative event for #internationaljustice and an inspiration for activists and victims. My interview with @justiceinfonet .
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A man who should have been prosecuted for war crimes (I tried!). He encouraged and oversaw torture and helped lead the US into an illegal war of aggression in Iraq.
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“To Catch a Dictator”out in Nov. from @ColumbiaUP❗️“A gripping page-turner about true-life crime on an international scale. The definitive account of the #HissèneHabré case abounds with dictators, spies, assassinations, and political intrigue” Pre-order
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Former US envoy and #WarCrimes prosecutor Stephen Rapp says #Gambia should establish a hybrid court to try exiled former despot Yahya Jammeh & accomplices #Jammeh2Justice
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After historic conviction, thinking of my friends, #HissèneHabré's survivors, who didn't live to see this victory
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"Victims bring a Dictator to Justice" - my analysis of the lessons of the #HissèneHabré case [pdf] @BROT_furdiewelt
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#Israel gave arms & military training to Chad's #HissèneHabré, now on trial for atrocities http://t.co/bp8v0xFbj9
http://t.co/h39DesVDk5.
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Dutch court convicts ex-Ethiopia official Eshetu Alemu for war crimes in "Red Terror" campaign, Alemu's boss Mengistu Haile Mariam now lives in exile in Zimbabwe, protected by ZANU-PF gov't.
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Breaking: Argentine prosecutor in Mohammed bin Salman requests info on accountability procedures in Saudi Arabia & Yemen (ha!) and #MBS legal status in Argentina #Khashoggi #Yemen #G20Argentina
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Following @hrw legal brief, Argentine president Macri says accusations against Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman #MBS relating to war crimes and the murder of #Khashoggi may be discussed during G20 summit
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#Gambia gov’t: US arrest of hitman for ex-Dictator Yahya Jammeh is “milestone” showing “there is no hiding place” for torturers. “You will be caught.” A victory for victims and the long arm of the law.
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