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Human Rights Center response to pull of 60 Minutes segment "INSIDE CECOT" - Berkeley Human Rights Center
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December 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Our response to the pulling of the @60minutes.bsky.social segment “INSIDE CECOT:”
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Tune into @60minutes.bsky.social this Sunday to watch @alexakoenig.bsky.social & our Investigations Lab students highlight their research with @hrw.org + @cristosal.bsky.social, documenting inhumane conditions in El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison:
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Paramount Press Express | “60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, DEC. 21
Airs 7:30-8:30 PM, ET/7:00-8:00 PM, PT, After NFL Football, on the CBS Television Network and Paramount+ INSIDE CECOT – Earlier this year, the Trump adm
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December 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tune into @60minutes.bsky.social this Sunday to watch @alexakoenig.bsky.social & our Investigations Lab students highlight their research with @hrw.org + @cristosal.bsky.social, documenting inhumane conditions in El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison:
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🎒 400+ student fellows from UC campuses
🤝 350+ partner orgs
🌎 88+ countries & territories
Apply to be a part of HRC's 2026 Student Fellowship today!
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💫 30+ years of impact
🎒 400+ student fellows from UC campuses
🤝 350+ partner orgs
🌎 88+ countries & territories
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🎒 400+ student fellows from UC campuses
🤝 350+ partner orgs
🌎 88+ countries & territories
Apply to be a part of HRC's 2026 Student Fellowship today!
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I'm tremendously honored to have contributed to the drafting of the Open Source Practitioner's Guide to the Murad Code, and thrilled that it is finally out in the world. For my law and OSINT friends, the Guide is also available in French, Arabic, and Ukrainian--so please share widely!
1/5: In partnership with @instituteici.bsky.social we are thrilled to finally share the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code, a resource designed to strengthen the digital investigations of systematic + conflict-related sexual violence (SCRSV): www.muradcode.com/open-source-...
Open Source Practitioners Guide — Murad Code project
www.muradcode.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'm tremendously honored to have contributed to the drafting of the Open Source Practitioner's Guide to the Murad Code, and thrilled that it is finally out in the world. For my law and OSINT friends, the Guide is also available in French, Arabic, and Ukrainian--so please share widely!
Join us TODAY in 10 mins to officially launch the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code w/
@instituteici.bsky.social, a new resource supporting safe & ethical digital investigations into conflict-related sexual violence. Join us (translation: FR/AR/UK):
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@instituteici.bsky.social, a new resource supporting safe & ethical digital investigations into conflict-related sexual violence. Join us (translation: FR/AR/UK):
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Launch of the Open-Source Practitioner's Guide to the Murad Code. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Launch of the Open-Source Practitioner's Guide to the Murad Code. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
us02web.zoom.us
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Join us TODAY in 10 mins to officially launch the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code w/
@instituteici.bsky.social, a new resource supporting safe & ethical digital investigations into conflict-related sexual violence. Join us (translation: FR/AR/UK):
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@instituteici.bsky.social, a new resource supporting safe & ethical digital investigations into conflict-related sexual violence. Join us (translation: FR/AR/UK):
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social spoke with @news.dw.com about collecting, preserving & verifying digital evidence of atrocities in conflict, using the #BerkeleyProtocol as a framework on seeking accountability for atrocities and potential war crimes committed in Gaza:
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Israel rejects Gaza war crime allegations | DW News
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December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social spoke with @news.dw.com about collecting, preserving & verifying digital evidence of atrocities in conflict, using the #BerkeleyProtocol as a framework on seeking accountability for atrocities and potential war crimes committed in Gaza:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPm3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPm3...
"We have to decide globally if it is acceptable to generate AI SGBV content and share it online," @bellingcat.com's @koltai.bsky.social told HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social. "The harm it currently generates will only amplify if we let this go unchecked."
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Investigating sexual and gender-based crimes online
To celebrate the publication of the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code, our Faculty Director Alexa Koenig sat down with…
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December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"We have to decide globally if it is acceptable to generate AI SGBV content and share it online," @bellingcat.com's @koltai.bsky.social told HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social. "The harm it currently generates will only amplify if we let this go unchecked."
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“That means any war crimes committed by Africa Corps in Mali are, in principle, attributable to the Russian government under the rules on state responsibility,” Lindsay Freeman, Senior Director of International Accountability at @hrcberkeley.bsky.social, told @apnews.com https://bit.ly/4oCUUbd
As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes
The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“That means any war crimes committed by Africa Corps in Mali are, in principle, attributable to the Russian government under the rules on state responsibility,” Lindsay Freeman, Senior Director of International Accountability at @hrcberkeley.bsky.social, told @apnews.com https://bit.ly/4oCUUbd
New reporting from @apnews.com on the "scorched-earth policy" that Malian civilians have suffered from Russia's Africa Corps, which has replaced Wagner Group in Mali. HRC's @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social weighs in on holding Russia accountable for Africa Corps' crimes:
apnews.com/article/mali...
apnews.com/article/mali...
As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes
The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New reporting from @apnews.com on the "scorched-earth policy" that Malian civilians have suffered from Russia's Africa Corps, which has replaced Wagner Group in Mali. HRC's @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social weighs in on holding Russia accountable for Africa Corps' crimes:
apnews.com/article/mali...
apnews.com/article/mali...
Join us on Dec 16 to officially launch the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code w/ @instituteici.bsky.social, a new resource supporting safe & ethical digital investigations into conflict-related sexual violence.
🎙️ Translation: FR/AR/UK
✍️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🎙️ Translation: FR/AR/UK
✍️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Launch of the Open-Source Practitioner's Guide to the Murad Code. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Launch of the Open-Source Practitioner's Guide to the Murad Code. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
us02web.zoom.us
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Join us on Dec 16 to officially launch the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code w/ @instituteici.bsky.social, a new resource supporting safe & ethical digital investigations into conflict-related sexual violence.
🎙️ Translation: FR/AR/UK
✍️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🎙️ Translation: FR/AR/UK
✍️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
In a new @opiniojuris.bsky.social piece, HRC Open Source Investigations Specialist Guillén Torres and Utrecht Prof. Pınar Yolum highlight why transparency and oversight are essential as AI becomes more integrated into #HumanRights investigations:
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December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
In a new @opiniojuris.bsky.social piece, HRC Open Source Investigations Specialist Guillén Torres and Utrecht Prof. Pınar Yolum highlight why transparency and oversight are essential as AI becomes more integrated into #HumanRights investigations:
🔗 lnkd.in/eCxW5ttx
🔗 lnkd.in/eCxW5ttx
The U.S. has secretly deported migrants to El Salvador’s CECOT “mega-prison,” where many have vanished. HRC's Investigations Lab students + staff worked with @hrw.org this semester to uncover what’s really happening inside: www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
“You Have Arrived in Hell”
The 81-page report, “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” provides a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Sal...
www.hrw.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The U.S. has secretly deported migrants to El Salvador’s CECOT “mega-prison,” where many have vanished. HRC's Investigations Lab students + staff worked with @hrw.org this semester to uncover what’s really happening inside: www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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Register to join the launch event for this critical new #OSINT resource developed by @iici.bsky.social and @hrcberkeley.bsky.social
🕐 Tuesday 16 December, 4-5pm CET
💭 Leading experts in the field discuss the practical application of the Guide
🌐 Translation in French, Ukrainian and Arabic
🕐 Tuesday 16 December, 4-5pm CET
💭 Leading experts in the field discuss the practical application of the Guide
🌐 Translation in French, Ukrainian and Arabic
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Launch of the Open-Source Practitioner's Guide to the Murad Code. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Launch of the Open-Source Practitioner's Guide to the Murad Code. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
us02web.zoom.us
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Register to join the launch event for this critical new #OSINT resource developed by @iici.bsky.social and @hrcberkeley.bsky.social
🕐 Tuesday 16 December, 4-5pm CET
💭 Leading experts in the field discuss the practical application of the Guide
🌐 Translation in French, Ukrainian and Arabic
🕐 Tuesday 16 December, 4-5pm CET
💭 Leading experts in the field discuss the practical application of the Guide
🌐 Translation in French, Ukrainian and Arabic
1/5: In partnership with @instituteici.bsky.social we are thrilled to finally share the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code, a resource designed to strengthen the digital investigations of systematic + conflict-related sexual violence (SCRSV): www.muradcode.com/open-source-...
Open Source Practitioners Guide — Murad Code project
www.muradcode.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
1/5: In partnership with @instituteici.bsky.social we are thrilled to finally share the Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code, a resource designed to strengthen the digital investigations of systematic + conflict-related sexual violence (SCRSV): www.muradcode.com/open-source-...
Americans are witnessing a "far more dangerous use" of crowd control weapons in recent months, HRC Advisory Board Member @rohinihaar.bsky.social told @frontlinepbs.bsky.social, despite calls for use policy changes in 2020. "You’re going to see a lot more injuries."
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Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Americans are witnessing a "far more dangerous use" of crowd control weapons in recent months, HRC Advisory Board Member @rohinihaar.bsky.social told @frontlinepbs.bsky.social, despite calls for use policy changes in 2020. "You’re going to see a lot more injuries."
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
"A structural approach to OSI collaborations may enhance rigorous, credible and meaningful investigations that leverage the richness of multidisciplinary input, rather than being hampered by it." Read more in @opiniojuris.bsky.social / @alexakoenig.bsky.social:
opiniojuris.org/2025/11/24/c...
opiniojuris.org/2025/11/24/c...
Collaborations Across Borders and Disciplines: Insights from Open-Source Investigations
[Isabella Regan is PhD researcher at the department of Law, Society and Crime of Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, focusing on public and private open-source investigations and atrocity crimes. Ale…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"A structural approach to OSI collaborations may enhance rigorous, credible and meaningful investigations that leverage the richness of multidisciplinary input, rather than being hampered by it." Read more in @opiniojuris.bsky.social / @alexakoenig.bsky.social:
opiniojuris.org/2025/11/24/c...
opiniojuris.org/2025/11/24/c...
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1/2 "Investigating Hell" - our student team at the @hrcberkeley.bsky.social's Investigations Lab discuss their methods + experiences conducting open source research for Human Rights Watch's important new report "You Have Arrived in Hell"
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Investigating hell: How our students supported Human Rights Watch’s report on El Salvador’s CECOT
This is a co-authored post by Talia Harter, Maneh Davityan, Kyle Sweasey, Nick D’Acri, Ana Gonzalez, Audrey Colocho, Daniella Spero
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November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
1/2 "Investigating Hell" - our student team at the @hrcberkeley.bsky.social's Investigations Lab discuss their methods + experiences conducting open source research for Human Rights Watch's important new report "You Have Arrived in Hell"
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📣 Applications are now open for the 2026 HRC Student Fellowship! UC students receive an $8,000 stipend, training & mentorship to complete 8+ weeks of human rights fieldwork with a partner organization of their choice.
🗓️ Deadline: Feb 17, 2026
🔗 Apply: humanrights.berkeley.edu/programs-and...
🗓️ Deadline: Feb 17, 2026
🔗 Apply: humanrights.berkeley.edu/programs-and...
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Providing fellowships for hundreds of students to contribute their energy and expertise to human rights organizations in the United States and abroad.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
📣 Applications are now open for the 2026 HRC Student Fellowship! UC students receive an $8,000 stipend, training & mentorship to complete 8+ weeks of human rights fieldwork with a partner organization of their choice.
🗓️ Deadline: Feb 17, 2026
🔗 Apply: humanrights.berkeley.edu/programs-and...
🗓️ Deadline: Feb 17, 2026
🔗 Apply: humanrights.berkeley.edu/programs-and...
🚨 1/2: Our Investigations Lab students + staff contributed essential research verifying detention conditions and patterns of abuse in @hrw.org + @cristosal.bsky.social's new report on arbitrary detention, torture + inhumane conditions in El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison.
🔗 www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
🔗 www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
“You Have Arrived in Hell”
The 81-page report, “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” provides a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Sal...
www.hrw.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🚨 1/2: Our Investigations Lab students + staff contributed essential research verifying detention conditions and patterns of abuse in @hrw.org + @cristosal.bsky.social's new report on arbitrary detention, torture + inhumane conditions in El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison.
🔗 www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
🔗 www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
HRC Faculty Director Eric Stover joined the newest episode of the “Human Rights: Conversations Across Generations” podcast to reflect on four decades of applying forensic science to advance human rights globally.
🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0AD6...
🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0AD6...
Eric Stover: A Pioneer in Forensic Human Rights
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November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
HRC Faculty Director Eric Stover joined the newest episode of the “Human Rights: Conversations Across Generations” podcast to reflect on four decades of applying forensic science to advance human rights globally.
🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0AD6...
🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0AD6...
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Today @apha.org: Julie Freccero & Michaela Austin present findings from Family and Me, a groundbreaking foster care model centering youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation in San Francisco. We're thrilled to share our findings evaluating the program:
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The APHA 2025 program offers ample educational and networking opportunities to engage, collaborate and grow to meet your professional goals.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today @apha.org: Julie Freccero & Michaela Austin present findings from Family and Me, a groundbreaking foster care model centering youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation in San Francisco. We're thrilled to share our findings evaluating the program:
www.apha.org/events-and-m...
www.apha.org/events-and-m...
🧵1/5 Our October newsletter just dropped! Check out our new projects & latest updates, including groundbreaking research on farmworker safety, a visit from @bellingcat.com to our Investigations Lab, our annual Human Rights Fellowship Conference, & much more: conta.cc/43JPELf
HRC October Newsletter
Email from Human Rights Center New wildfire safe and healthy research, fellowship conference, and more! October 2025 Newsletter 2024–2025 student fellow Rachel Wallace presents on a panel at the 2
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October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🧵1/5 Our October newsletter just dropped! Check out our new projects & latest updates, including groundbreaking research on farmworker safety, a visit from @bellingcat.com to our Investigations Lab, our annual Human Rights Fellowship Conference, & much more: conta.cc/43JPELf
Join us for Estado de Silencio (State of Silence), a film on #PressFreedom in #Mexico. Panel & Q&A to follow w/ director Santiago Maza, @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social Michael Bolden & more!
📅 Nov. 5
⏰ 4:30 PM
📍 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Booth Auditorium
🔗 RSVP: events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/30...
📅 Nov. 5
⏰ 4:30 PM
📍 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Booth Auditorium
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ESTADO DE SILENCIO/STATE OF SILENCE: film screening and panel
State of Silence/Estado de Silencio explores the limits of freedom of the press in Mexico, following four journalists who risk their lives to repor...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Join us for Estado de Silencio (State of Silence), a film on #PressFreedom in #Mexico. Panel & Q&A to follow w/ director Santiago Maza, @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social Michael Bolden & more!
📅 Nov. 5
⏰ 4:30 PM
📍 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Booth Auditorium
🔗 RSVP: events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/30...
📅 Nov. 5
⏰ 4:30 PM
📍 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Booth Auditorium
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HRC's Linda Gordon and @publichealth.berkeley.edu's Dr. Carly Hyland have published two reports examining how Sonoma County’s Ag Pass program impacts the health, safety, and livelihoods of agricultural workers during wildfires. Read more @pressdemo.bsky.social:
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/24/b...
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UC Berkeley researchers find 75% of surveyed field workers labored during Sonoma County wildfires since 2017
A study published this week takes a highly critical view of Sonoma County’s Ag Pass program, adding to previous analyses that suggest the system, which allows agricultural workers into disaster eva…
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October 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
HRC's Linda Gordon and @publichealth.berkeley.edu's Dr. Carly Hyland have published two reports examining how Sonoma County’s Ag Pass program impacts the health, safety, and livelihoods of agricultural workers during wildfires. Read more @pressdemo.bsky.social:
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/24/b...
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/24/b...