Jan Kooy
@kooyjan.bsky.social
Communications @hrw.org (Associate Director, Europe)
Board of Directors @sportrightsall.bsky.social
Past: Foreign Desk, Dutch newswire ANP
Board of Directors @sportrightsall.bsky.social
Past: Foreign Desk, Dutch newswire ANP
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Jan Kooy
@kooyjan.bsky.social
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Humanitarians Cleared of Bogus Charges in Greece
After a seven-year legal ordeal, humanitarian workers wept with relief today when a court on the Greek island of Lesbos acquitted all 24 defendants who had been baselessly charged with felonies for sa...
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Saving lives is not a crime!
"The courtroom erupted in cheers, shouts, and tears as the verdict was read."
Time for Greece, and other EU member states, to end abusive migration and border policies.
And to focus on protecting human lives, and human rights.
"The courtroom erupted in cheers, shouts, and tears as the verdict was read."
Time for Greece, and other EU member states, to end abusive migration and border policies.
And to focus on protecting human lives, and human rights.
Over 1 million Ukrainians are enduring freezing cold temperatures, with intermittent heat, water, and electricity,
as a result of Russia's attacks on civilian infrastructure.
War crime upon war crime upon war crime.
Those responsible will face justice one day.
#JusticeMatters
as a result of Russia's attacks on civilian infrastructure.
War crime upon war crime upon war crime.
Those responsible will face justice one day.
#JusticeMatters
Over one million Ukrainians are enduring freezing cold temperatures
YouTube video by Human Rights Watch
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Over 1 million Ukrainians are enduring freezing cold temperatures, with intermittent heat, water, and electricity,
as a result of Russia's attacks on civilian infrastructure.
War crime upon war crime upon war crime.
Those responsible will face justice one day.
#JusticeMatters
as a result of Russia's attacks on civilian infrastructure.
War crime upon war crime upon war crime.
Those responsible will face justice one day.
#JusticeMatters
Mooi nieuws, hoogste tijd.
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
Prosecutors summon tech billionaire and company’s ex-CEO for questioning as part of expanded investigation
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Mooi nieuws, hoogste tijd.
Finally.
Time for some toxic Big Tech accountability.
Time for some toxic Big Tech accountability.
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
Prosecutors summon tech billionaire and company’s ex-CEO for questioning as part of expanded investigation
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Finally.
Time for some toxic Big Tech accountability.
Time for some toxic Big Tech accountability.
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Exclusive: To increase Grok’s popularity, xAI embraced making sexualized material, rolling back guardrails and ignoring internal warnings about the risks of producing such content, according to more than a half-dozen former employees of X and xAI.
Inside Musk’s bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator
Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s xAI loosened guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Exclusive: To increase Grok’s popularity, xAI embraced making sexualized material, rolling back guardrails and ignoring internal warnings about the risks of producing such content, according to more than a half-dozen former employees of X and xAI.
„Ik heb geen enkel probleem met miljardairs. Maar rijkdom vergaren is altijd ten dele te danken aan het collectief. Niemand wordt in zijn eentje miljardair, dat ben je ook dankzij de voorzieningen die de samenleving je biedt."
De allerrijksten betalen relatief de minste belasting. Fiscaal 'loodgieter' Gabriel Zucman, econoom uit de school van Piketty, wil het gat dichten. Maandag spreekt hij in de Tweede Kamer.
Franse econoom wil allerrijksten zwaarder belasten, ook in Nederland: ‘Miljardairs danken hun rijkdom niet alleen aan zichzelf’
Frankrijk: De allerrijksten betalen relatief de minste belasting. Fiscaal ‘loodgieter’ Gabriel Zucman, econoom uit de school van Piketty, wil het gat dichten. Maandag spreekt hij in de Tweede Kamer. „De explosieve groei van de rijkdom van miljardairs is een van de belangrijkste trends in de wereldeconomie.”
www.nrc.nl
February 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
„Ik heb geen enkel probleem met miljardairs. Maar rijkdom vergaren is altijd ten dele te danken aan het collectief. Niemand wordt in zijn eentje miljardair, dat ben je ook dankzij de voorzieningen die de samenleving je biedt."
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Dat de VVD met haar 22 zetels de hypotheekrenteaftrek heeft verdedigd verraadt een zorgelijke onwil om iets te willen doen aan het handje ophouden van Rijk Nederland, een Nederland dat steeds minder met Hardwerkend Nederland te maken heeft. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
De VVD-kiezer kan met dit coalitieakkoord weer hard aan zijn geliefde werk
www.volkskrant.nl
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Dat de VVD met haar 22 zetels de hypotheekrenteaftrek heeft verdedigd verraadt een zorgelijke onwil om iets te willen doen aan het handje ophouden van Rijk Nederland, een Nederland dat steeds minder met Hardwerkend Nederland te maken heeft. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
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Will human rights survive the Trump era? They will survive only if we build something new: a durable human rights alliance that defends core norms (even when a superpower defects), and makes repression costly. By @hrw.org's @bolopion.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Will Human Rights Survive the Donald Trump Era?
Under relentless pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration, and long undermined by China and Russia, the rules-based order that helped make human rights enforceable is fraying fast.
www.hrw.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Will human rights survive the Trump era? They will survive only if we build something new: a durable human rights alliance that defends core norms (even when a superpower defects), and makes repression costly. By @hrw.org's @bolopion.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
"Two events, juxtaposed, tell us a great deal about what is rapidly taking shape in the US."
Must-read by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social ⤵️
Must-read by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social ⤵️
Propaganda in cinemas, newsrooms slashed: this is the US media under Trump and his tech barons | Nesrine Malik
The president and his supporters joining forces to decide what audiences read and see seems straight from a fascism playbook, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:55 AM
"Two events, juxtaposed, tell us a great deal about what is rapidly taking shape in the US."
Must-read by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social ⤵️
Must-read by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social ⤵️
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The rules meant to protect rights are fraying. What comes next?
HRW Executive Director Philippe Bolopion lays out an answer in TIME Ideas.
Watch for more details in HRW’s World Report 2026, launching Feb. 4.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/01/will-human-rights-survive-the-donald-trump-era
HRW Executive Director Philippe Bolopion lays out an answer in TIME Ideas.
Watch for more details in HRW’s World Report 2026, launching Feb. 4.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/01/will-human-rights-survive-the-donald-trump-era
February 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The rules meant to protect rights are fraying. What comes next?
HRW Executive Director Philippe Bolopion lays out an answer in TIME Ideas.
Watch for more details in HRW’s World Report 2026, launching Feb. 4.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/01/will-human-rights-survive-the-donald-trump-era
HRW Executive Director Philippe Bolopion lays out an answer in TIME Ideas.
Watch for more details in HRW’s World Report 2026, launching Feb. 4.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/01/will-human-rights-survive-the-donald-trump-era
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Not only is Trump's regime going after those protesting ICE's brutality.
Now they're going after the journalists who cover the protests.
It's an all-out assault on the First Amendment.
Now they're going after the journalists who cover the protests.
It's an all-out assault on the First Amendment.
January 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Not only is Trump's regime going after those protesting ICE's brutality.
Now they're going after the journalists who cover the protests.
It's an all-out assault on the First Amendment.
Now they're going after the journalists who cover the protests.
It's an all-out assault on the First Amendment.
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Vreselijke, inhumane en racistische wetten, maar wij stappen over onze schaduw heen.
Pijnlijk? Zeg maar gerust immoreel en verwerpelijk.
Pijnlijk? Zeg maar gerust immoreel en verwerpelijk.
Q: Aan de slag met asielwetten waar #d66 tegen was, is dat pijnlijk? Toekomstig minister president Jetten "Nee, wij stappen over onze eigen schaduw heen." Q: U vond dat vreselijke wetten. Jetten: "Ja, we zijn er nog steeds geen fan van."🧐Hoe zit het met Jetten's morele kompas?
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Vreselijke, inhumane en racistische wetten, maar wij stappen over onze schaduw heen.
Pijnlijk? Zeg maar gerust immoreel en verwerpelijk.
Pijnlijk? Zeg maar gerust immoreel en verwerpelijk.
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Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.
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De T. kon deze uitstekende reactie van de hoofdredacteur van de NOS kennelijk niet weigeren. Shahbazi, Marbe en al die andere idiote papegaaien worden hier op hun plek gezet.
January 30, 2026 at 10:28 PM
De T. kon deze uitstekende reactie van de hoofdredacteur van de NOS kennelijk niet weigeren. Shahbazi, Marbe en al die andere idiote papegaaien worden hier op hun plek gezet.
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Now this is a movie review www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
![The UK's Independent gives the film one star out of five, saying: "[The] First Lady is a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda ... Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving - with the country on the verge of an irreparable schism - the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau, or Hermann Göring's staring up at his looted Monet."
The publication continued: "The "film" is part propaganda, sure, and part sop to Big Tech companies who require constant regulatory approval for financial manoeuvrings. Even then, it is bad. It will exist as a striking artefact - like The Birth of a Nation or Triumph of the Will - of a time when Americans willingly subordinated themselves to a political and economic oligopoly."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tu4d43ehkpc6mg2tlsyepptn/bafkreihekdzwo5ahnlli7chkshunctsvxkrm6npngzw7ehvjmb6mzomyeu@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Now this is a movie review www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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Uganda’s longstanding pattern of abuse against opposition has risen to alarming levels.
Since presidential elections took place on January 15, Ugandan authorities have intensified attacks on the country’s main opposition party.
Since presidential elections took place on January 15, Ugandan authorities have intensified attacks on the country’s main opposition party.
Uganda: Post Election Assault on Political Opposition
Ugandan authorities have intensified attacks on the country’s main opposition party since presidential elections took place on January 15, 2026.
www.hrw.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Uganda’s longstanding pattern of abuse against opposition has risen to alarming levels.
Since presidential elections took place on January 15, Ugandan authorities have intensified attacks on the country’s main opposition party.
Since presidential elections took place on January 15, Ugandan authorities have intensified attacks on the country’s main opposition party.
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Amid reports that ICE has used facial recognition technology in Minneapolis, a reminder that there is no safe use for this tech on streets or at borders.
Governments should stop using it in public spaces and in immigration and asylum contexts.
Governments should stop using it in public spaces and in immigration and asylum contexts.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Amid reports that ICE has used facial recognition technology in Minneapolis, a reminder that there is no safe use for this tech on streets or at borders.
Governments should stop using it in public spaces and in immigration and asylum contexts.
Governments should stop using it in public spaces and in immigration and asylum contexts.
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Five years have passed since Myanmar’s military staged a coup against the government.
Since February 1, 2021, the junta has decimated almost every facet of life in Myanmar.
The junta’s impunity needs to end.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4a41O4g
Since February 1, 2021, the junta has decimated almost every facet of life in Myanmar.
The junta’s impunity needs to end.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4a41O4g
January 31, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Five years have passed since Myanmar’s military staged a coup against the government.
Since February 1, 2021, the junta has decimated almost every facet of life in Myanmar.
The junta’s impunity needs to end.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4a41O4g
Since February 1, 2021, the junta has decimated almost every facet of life in Myanmar.
The junta’s impunity needs to end.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4a41O4g
"I feel depressed that they got away with something like this in London - in Great Britain."
Ghanem al-Masarir: I mocked the Saudi leader on YouTube - then my phone was hacked and I was beaten up in London
Satirist Ghanem al-Masarir has been awarded £3m in damages, but it's unclear if Saudi Arabia will pay.
www.bbc.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:12 AM
"I feel depressed that they got away with something like this in London - in Great Britain."
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Stop de persen! Alleen vrouwen aan tafel bij een talkshow.
January 29, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Stop de persen! Alleen vrouwen aan tafel bij een talkshow.
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"With Don Lemon’s Shocking Arrest, Trump Expands His Total War on Free Speech"
With Don Lemon’s Shocking Arrest, Trump Expands His Total War on Free Speech
The rabidly anti-First Amendment administration plans to keep escalating its fascist assault on journalists, activists, and ordinary Americans too.
zeteo.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"With Don Lemon’s Shocking Arrest, Trump Expands His Total War on Free Speech"
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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Yes — that's why I hope folks focus on indy journalist Georgia Fort, arrested for covering the same church protest, an Emmy award winner who went out on her own to focus on social justice issues — & does not have the vast resources and celebrity lawyer available to her that Lemon has.
This is about forcing Don Lemon to spend money and time defending himself.
"“They probably don’t have any expectation that this prosecution will stick," legal expert tells me. "But they do know they will put Don Lemon through the grinder in the meantime."
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
"“They probably don’t have any expectation that this prosecution will stick," legal expert tells me. "But they do know they will put Don Lemon through the grinder in the meantime."
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
January 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Yes — that's why I hope folks focus on indy journalist Georgia Fort, arrested for covering the same church protest, an Emmy award winner who went out on her own to focus on social justice issues — & does not have the vast resources and celebrity lawyer available to her that Lemon has.
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The other journalist arrested is Georgia Fort.
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The other journalist arrested is Georgia Fort.
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My attorney’s statement on the DOJ’s efforts to prosecute me.
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
My attorney’s statement on the DOJ’s efforts to prosecute me.