National Dir. GR & Advocacy @amnestyusa; former @hrw; Board @Women4Earth; Texan by birth/DC by choice; Human Rights, Gender, Water & Cookies. Tweets my own.
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Jun 12
I said what I said. These are extrajudicial killings--a type of murder. They need to stop-- and Congress should stop funding them.
Jun 11
It is a baffling admission that this cruel and lethal program is targeting these boats based on criteria other than being in possession of the very items purported in the administration’s already unlawful and dubious justification. lnk.thebulwark.com/3PYDQkV
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Jun 12
Couldn't have said it better myself ;-). It is is an extrajudicial killing either way - but now we know that these are extrajudicial killings that are based on none of the things we were told they were based on... baffling.
Jun 11
If they really were drug boats, it would still be illegal to invoke the laws of war to blow them up. But we now know they may not even have had drugs on board!
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Jun 12
More than 200 people are dead just nine months into this illegal operation. We have no transparency. No accountability. And a general who doesn’t even defend the efficacy of it. Success?
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Jun 11
It is a baffling admission that this cruel and lethal program is targeting these boats based on criteria other than being in possession of the very items purported in the administration’s already unlawful and dubious justification. lnk.thebulwark.com/3PYDQkV
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"The United States government has intentionally killed at least 205 people outside any lawful circumstances—and the operation is still ongoing. These extrajudicial killings are a form of murder," writes Amnesty International's National Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, Amanda Klasing, in the @BulwarkOnline
Read the full oped👇
Jun 11
The United States government has intentionally killed at least 205 people outside any lawful circumstances—and the operation is still ongoing. That is what the campaign against the "drug boats" is.
New from @AMKlasing:
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Jun 11
.@amnestyusa 's .@AMKlasing : No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats? open.substack.com/pub/thebul…
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Jun 11
Drinking water installations are quintessentially “objects indispensable to survival,” a category with heightened protection in international law.
Attacks directed against such installations are presumptively unlawful.
This report strongly indicates precision strikes on two.
Jun 11
NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the United States hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl @johnismay @ArtemisChats
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Jun 11
The United States government has intentionally killed at least 205 people outside any lawful circumstances—and the operation is still ongoing. That is what the campaign against the "drug boats" is.
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Jun 5
The US-initiated Gang Suppression Force to regain control of Haiti is being led by Chadian military forces, who have never worked in urban areas.
Our #1-read story
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A year ago, I introduced Block the Bombs to withhold the weapons from Israel that are being used to displace and murder Palestinians. Our fight has not ended.
Today, I stood with the powerful coalition continuing the fight to BLOCK THE BOMBS!
We will not stop until Block the Bombs becomes law.
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Jun 4
"Murder as Policy" USA has now killed over 200 people in military strikes on boats in the Caribbean & eastern Pacific, claiming, without evidence, they were engaged in “narco-trafficking” operations.
Critical insights from my colleague @AMKlasing on these extrajudicial killings;
Jun 2
The U.S. has killed more than 200 people in over 60 strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, claiming without evidence that the boats were engaged in narcotrafficking. Amanda Klasing (@AMKlasing) of @amnestyusa says these are extrajudicial killings that constitute murder. “U.S. taxpayers should be outraged, absolutely outraged, that their money is going to murder as a policy,” says Klasing.
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Jun 2
Sens. Kaine and Paul say that the military’s targeting criteria don’t include the presence of drugs or arms, John Haltiwanger reports. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/02…
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When I originally posted this, I had not listened to the full SFRC hearing with Rubio today. @SenRandPaul later establishes that the existence of arms on the boats is not part of the targeting criteria. Thank you Senators. Tune in around the 1:57 mark: senate.gov/isvp/?auto_play=f…
If you are outraged, and you should be, this exchange between @SenTimKaine & @SecRubio should blow your mind. This doesn’t change the analysis—these are extrajudicial killings. It makes it harder to discern what is the ostensible logic behind the strikes: x.com/atrupar/status/2061828…
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Thank you @democracynow for covering this important issue.
Jun 2
The U.S. has killed more than 200 people in over 60 strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, claiming without evidence that the boats were engaged in narcotrafficking. Amanda Klasing (@AMKlasing) of @amnestyusa says these are extrajudicial killings that constitute murder. “U.S. taxpayers should be outraged, absolutely outraged, that their money is going to murder as a policy,” says Klasing.
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Jun 2
More than 200 people have now been killed in U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Human rights groups have condemned the attacks as extrajudicial killings.
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If you are outraged, and you should be, this exchange between @SenTimKaine & @SecRubio should blow your mind. This doesn’t change the analysis—these are extrajudicial killings. It makes it harder to discern what is the ostensible logic behind the strikes: x.com/atrupar/status/2061828…
Thanks @democracynow for having me on. As I said, people should be outraged by these killings.
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Thanks @democracynow for having me on. As I said, people should be outraged by these killings.
Jun 2
More than 200 people have now been killed in U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Human rights groups have condemned the attacks as extrajudicial killings.
democracynow.org/2026/6/2/us…
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Jun 2
For perspective, the East Germans over the course of nearly 3 decades, killed 140 trying to cross over the Berlin Wall.
Jun 2
The U.S. has killed more than 200 people in over 60 strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, claiming without evidence that the boats were engaged in narcotrafficking. Amanda Klasing (@AMKlasing) of @amnestyusa says these are extrajudicial killings that constitute murder. “U.S. taxpayers should be outraged, absolutely outraged, that their money is going to murder as a policy,” says Klasing.
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Jun 2
"The individuals on these boats have a right to life and a right to due process.”
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Jun 2
The U.S. has killed more than 200 people in over 60 strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, claiming without evidence that the boats were engaged in narcotrafficking. Amanda Klasing (@AMKlasing) of @amnestyusa says these are extrajudicial killings that constitute murder. “U.S. taxpayers should be outraged, absolutely outraged, that their money is going to murder as a policy,” says Klasing.
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