Here is my essay in @nytimes on why I’m suing the Trump admin. The admin’s sanctions against the ICC are an attack on global justice and the rule of law. This isn’t just policy—it’s a dangerous overreach that violates our First Amendment rights. @ACLU nytimes.com/2025/06/06/opini…

.@BenedictRogers @FortifyRights warns that recent moves to empower Hong Kong’s Chief Executive reflect a growing concentration of power and a further departure from the freedoms once promised to the city. ucanews.com/news/a-pyongyang…

NEW: On March 5, the #Myanmar military junta conducted an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in the Bago Region, opened fire from the ground, and arbitrarily detained residents. 28 civilians were killed, including women and children. “This massacre … reflects the Myanmar military junta’s ongoing strategy of terrorizing civilians in areas seen as supporting the resistance,” said @john_hq3, Director at @FortifyRights. “The killing of civilians … may amount to war crimes.” U.N. member states should increase support for accountability for mass atrocity crimes in Myanmar and refuse to legitimize military rule. Read the full news release: fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-20…

RT @KerryKennedyRFK: “We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and…

🇹🇭 NEW: #Thailand should take immediate steps to end the arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, and forced return of refugees, @FortifyRights said ahead of Thailand’s Universal Periodic Review at the U.N. Human Rights Council this November. In April, Fortify Rights submitted a stakeholder submission to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thailand’s human rights record. “Thailand’s role as a member of the Human Rights Council carries a heightened obligation to take concrete actions to uphold human rights, including for its sizable refugee population,” said Thanida Piyachot, Human Rights Specialist at Fortify Rights. Read the full news release: fortifyrights.org/tha-inv-20… Read the report: bit.ly/ThailandUPR2026

The #Myanmar military junta committed war crimes in Bago on March 5 when it conducted an airstrike on a monastery sheltering civilians, opened fire on civilians from the ground, and detained survivors, said @FortifyRights. Read the new investigation here: fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-20…

For years, #refugees in #Malaysia have lived in fear of arrest, detention, forced returns. Many fled war, #genocide, & atrocities only to face new abuses. On June 1, the govt will implement “phase one” of its new refugee framework. @FortifyRights has recs fortifyrights.org/mly-inv-20…

RT @KerryKennedyRFK: Thank you for having me @MilkenInstitute!

RT @KerryKennedyRFK: I join members of the @FortifyRights Leadership Council along with Rohingya-led groups in calling on the Office of the…

Crimes against the Rohingya: Today, the Leadership Council at @FortifyRights and together with Rohingya-led groups, has called on the ICC to seek an arrest warrant for Ata Ullah, leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, for alleged war crimes and abuses against Rohingya civilians in Myanmar and Bangladesh. Rohingya communities have suffered abuses by both state and non-state actors for far too long. They deserve justice and accountability. @FCDOGovUK @BrendanOHaraMP @EwelinaUO @HelenaKennedyKC Read our statement: fortifyrights.org/downloads/…

Fantastic article with #Maine's Democratic party Senate candidate Graham Platner @grahamformaine. Article is free to read below. Says so many things that make good, common sense. nytimes.com/2026/05/16/magaz…

Very interesting piece that spans a range of views on Myanmar's post-coup war as it grinds into its sixth year. Some say there's an urgent need for peace talks and reconciliation to end the war, while others argue that they owe it to the dead to continue the fight.

Two years after the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group, killed and wounded hundreds of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and burned down their village, the survivors are still denied justice and cannot return to their homes. trib.al/vL768CO

🚨 #Thailand should immediately release and ensure the safety of Hong Kong pro-democracy journalist Zhang Xinyan and refrain from returning her to #China, where she risks persecution, unfair trial, and detention, said @FortifyRights today. On May 7, 2026, Thai immigration authorities arrested Zhang based on an arrest warrant issued by #HongKong and continued to detain her despite her recognized refugee status with UNHCR. “The arrest of Zhang Xinyan shows clearly that Thailand’s failure to recognize refugee status remains a major problem,” said Thanida Piyachot, Human Rights Specialist at Fortify Rights. “Thailand should immediately review the effectiveness of its existing refugee protection mechanisms.” fortifyrights.org/tha-inv-20…

Fortify Rights investigations reveal that #Rohingya refugees in #Malaysia are being held indefinitely in abusive immigration detention. Malaysia must uphold international legal standards, end the criminalization of Rohingya and other refugees, and immediately release those arbitrarily detained. Full news release: fortifyrights.org/mly-inv-20…

“As tensions mount between Beijing and Taipei, the international community must … deter and prevent the worst-case scenario … in doing so, it must not sell out Taiwan,” writes @BenedictRogers in @UCAnews. ucanews.com/news/the-interna…

This evening in @UKParliament with Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP @MPIainDS I cochaired a meeting of @APPGNK2024 addressed by Thae Yong-ho - deputy North Korean ambassador to the UK who defected in 2016. There were interventions from Sir Iain; from former Chief of UK Defence Staff, Field Marshall Lord Houghton; from former Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Sir Julian Lewis MP; from former Lib Dem Leader @timfarron ; and from co-founder and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party's human rights commission @benedictrogers . Mr.Thae told the meeting that many of the 11,000 North Korean soldiers who have been sent to fight for Putin in Ukraine have died while been used as human minesweepers. Around 2,300 North Korean soldiers have died in Ukraine. The meeting also heard how a United Nations Commission of Inquiry Report described North Korea as a State  that "does not have any parallel in the contemporary world" and which called for its leaders to be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity @HumanRightsCtte 300,000 North Koreans are incarcerated in a network of political prison camps. Hundreds of thousands of inmates have perished. Mr.Thae described religious persecution @dsnorthnorth and the suppression of all dissent. The meeting heard how a 22-year-old man was publicly executed for listening to  South Korean songs and watching films. Mr.Thae said his visits to @UKParliament while he was deputy Ambassador had convinced him to reject dictatorship and to work for democratic freedoms. @YvetteCooperMP @JennyChapman @AlistairCarns @amcarmichaelMP @Vernon_Coaker @FortifyRights @CSW_UK

Gunshots fired in Philippines’ Senate where Senator Ronald Dela Rosa has been hiding from authorities reportedly seeking to enforce an #ICC warrant against him over crimes against humanity. bbc.com/news/articles/cnvp73…