Simon Adams
@simonadams.bsky.social
President & CEO of The Center for Victims of Torture (@cvt.org). Human rights, humanitarianism, international justice n’ stuff.
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Simon Adams
@simonadams.bsky.social
· May 1
After 100 days, the toll of Trump’s foreign aid cuts has begun to sink in
Here’s how programs on the ground in countries around the world have been upended by President Donald Trump’s swift dismantling of most U.S. international aid.
www.washingtonpost.com
It has been “enormously hard to communicate to staff, to clients, to people whose lives are at stake — the outcome of these deliberations that are happening in darkened offices somewhere in Washington D.C.” (Me on @CVTorg and the US aid cuts)⬇️ www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
"Look at all this work. Look at this genocide.” Intoxicated by impunity, RSF fighters brag about their atrocities in el-Fasher. www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Our job is only killing' - how Sudan's brutal militia carried out a massacre in el-Fasher
BBC Verify tracks how the RSF killed unarmed people in a massacre that humanitarian officials believe left 2,000 dead.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
"Look at all this work. Look at this genocide.” Intoxicated by impunity, RSF fighters brag about their atrocities in el-Fasher. www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Trump’s aid cuts are killing far more Nigerian Christians than Islamic terrorists are.” Some uncomfortable truths from @NickKristof www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Trump’s aid cuts are killing far more Nigerian Christians than Islamic terrorists are.” Some uncomfortable truths from @NickKristof www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
It’s strangely appropriate that Britain’s Imperial War Museum is housed in “Bedlam” - a notorious former mental asylum. Humanity is still failing to learn from the bloody wars, industrialized mass murder and atrocities of the last century.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s strangely appropriate that Britain’s Imperial War Museum is housed in “Bedlam” - a notorious former mental asylum. Humanity is still failing to learn from the bloody wars, industrialized mass murder and atrocities of the last century.
Getting caffeinated, cultured, and catching up with Ryan D’Souza all at once inside the British Museum (the most impressive collection of stolen goods in the world).
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Getting caffeinated, cultured, and catching up with Ryan D’Souza all at once inside the British Museum (the most impressive collection of stolen goods in the world).
Always great to catch up with @amnesty.org colleagues in London. Amnesty International are an essential component of the global struggle to uphold human rights and humanitarianism.
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Always great to catch up with @amnesty.org colleagues in London. Amnesty International are an essential component of the global struggle to uphold human rights and humanitarianism.
Reposted by Simon Adams
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
Atrocity Alert: “Credible reports indicate that the RSF has killed, raped, abducted and tortured civilians, frequently targeting them on the basis of ethnic identity.” www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Atrocity Alert No. 457: Sudan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Democratic Republic of the Congo - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. WIDESPREA...
www.globalr2p.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Atrocity Alert: “Credible reports indicate that the RSF has killed, raped, abducted and tortured civilians, frequently targeting them on the basis of ethnic identity.” www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Vote. Where ever you are. When ever you can.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Vote. Where ever you are. When ever you can.
A new low - statistically and morally. Pres Trump sets lowest refugee admission target in US history and prioritizes white Afrikaners from South Africa. #NotRefugees www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Trump Cuts Refugee Admissions and Prioritizes White South Africans
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A new low - statistically and morally. Pres Trump sets lowest refugee admission target in US history and prioritizes white Afrikaners from South Africa. #NotRefugees www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
No one in #Tanzania believes the president actually got 98% of the vote. Disproportionate and deadly force by the security forces has been unable to end the outrage of ordinary people. Time for Tanzania to choose another path before it’s too late.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
About 700 killed in Tanzania election protests, opposition says
Demonstrators took to streets after president’s main challengers were excluded from ballot
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
No one in #Tanzania believes the president actually got 98% of the vote. Disproportionate and deadly force by the security forces has been unable to end the outrage of ordinary people. Time for Tanzania to choose another path before it’s too late.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Right now a massacre is taking place in El Fasher, Sudan beyond the world's television cameras or newspaper headlines.
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Right now a massacre is taking place in El Fasher, Sudan beyond the world's television cameras or newspaper headlines.
You cannot just bury the past. Some good people in the United States remain determined to confront and learn from history. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The Southern US county honouring its dark past
While other places in the US are increasingly censuring how they tell their multicultural histories to travellers, one community is highlighting them.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You cannot just bury the past. Some good people in the United States remain determined to confront and learn from history. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Reposted by Simon Adams
Bloodstains so vast they are visible from space. Atrocities that should shame the conscience of the entire world. The RSF and their foreign sponsors must be held accountable for these crimes. Not 10 years from now, NOW. www.middleeasteye.net/news/satelli...
Satellite images show RSF likely committing mass killings across el-Fasher
Yale HRL documents evidence consistent with reports of executions in hospitals and of people fleeing Sudanese city taken over by paramilitaries
www.middleeasteye.net
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Bloodstains so vast they are visible from space. Atrocities that should shame the conscience of the entire world. The RSF and their foreign sponsors must be held accountable for these crimes. Not 10 years from now, NOW. www.middleeasteye.net/news/satelli...
Illegitimate, unpopular and unable to govern, #Myanmar’s military junta prefers to bomb civilians and stage sham elections instead.
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Illegitimate, unpopular and unable to govern, #Myanmar’s military junta prefers to bomb civilians and stage sham elections instead.
She has been arrested for exposing the sexual torture of a Palestinian detainee. But it is Netanyahu, his Ministers and Generals who belong in handcuffs. This industrial system of detention and torture is immoral and illegal. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested over leak of video allegedly showing Palestinian detainee abuse
Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
She has been arrested for exposing the sexual torture of a Palestinian detainee. But it is Netanyahu, his Ministers and Generals who belong in handcuffs. This industrial system of detention and torture is immoral and illegal. www.bbc.com/news/article...
“US bombing campaign” = extrajudicial killings.
Volker Turk voices rare criticism of the US bombing campaign that has killed more than 60 people in under two months.
UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats ‘unacceptable’
Volker Turk voices rare criticism of the US bombing campaign that has killed more than 60 people in under two months.
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“US bombing campaign” = extrajudicial killings.
Reposted by Simon Adams
The predatory RSF militia have taken control of El Fasher in Darfur, #Sudan, leading to widespread reports of atrocities, including at a hospital. Urgent intervention is needed to protect civilians and prevent further massacres. www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Atrocity Alert No. 456: Sudan, Cameroon and Nicaragua - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. ATROCITIE...
www.globalr2p.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The predatory RSF militia have taken control of El Fasher in Darfur, #Sudan, leading to widespread reports of atrocities, including at a hospital. Urgent intervention is needed to protect civilians and prevent further massacres. www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Reposted by Simon Adams
Up until 2025, if you were seeking protection in the United States, it took years, even decades. And while this process helped only a tiny percentage of refugees, it was still possible via the Refugee Admissions Program or by applying for asylum at the border.
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Up until 2025, if you were seeking protection in the United States, it took years, even decades. And while this process helped only a tiny percentage of refugees, it was still possible via the Refugee Admissions Program or by applying for asylum at the border.
Bloodstains so vast they are visible from space. Atrocities that should shame the conscience of the entire world. The RSF and their foreign sponsors must be held accountable for these crimes. Not 10 years from now, NOW. www.middleeasteye.net/news/satelli...
Satellite images show RSF likely committing mass killings across el-Fasher
Yale HRL documents evidence consistent with reports of executions in hospitals and of people fleeing Sudanese city taken over by paramilitaries
www.middleeasteye.net
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Bloodstains so vast they are visible from space. Atrocities that should shame the conscience of the entire world. The RSF and their foreign sponsors must be held accountable for these crimes. Not 10 years from now, NOW. www.middleeasteye.net/news/satelli...
The predatory RSF militia have taken control of El Fasher in Darfur, #Sudan, leading to widespread reports of atrocities, including at a hospital. Urgent intervention is needed to protect civilians and prevent further massacres. www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Atrocity Alert No. 456: Sudan, Cameroon and Nicaragua - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. ATROCITIE...
www.globalr2p.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The predatory RSF militia have taken control of El Fasher in Darfur, #Sudan, leading to widespread reports of atrocities, including at a hospital. Urgent intervention is needed to protect civilians and prevent further massacres. www.globalr2p.org/publications...
When you are 79 years old but you think the cognitive function test is actually an IQ test and that you aced it. Sad.
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When you are 79 years old but you think the cognitive function test is actually an IQ test and that you aced it. Sad.
Brooklyn store window. Sign of the times.
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Brooklyn store window. Sign of the times.
The damage from the LRA's atrocities is deep and inter-generational. @cvt.org's latest report details the work we have been doing re: healing and justice amongst these long-suffering communities in northern Uganda.
NEW: “For a society collectively to make progress towards justice, individual survivors must feel that their own healing and justice needs are being addressed,” said CVT's Dr. Shannon Golden about a new CVT report on justice for survivors in Northern Uganda. Read more:
www.cvt.org/statements/n...
www.cvt.org/statements/n...
October 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The damage from the LRA's atrocities is deep and inter-generational. @cvt.org's latest report details the work we have been doing re: healing and justice amongst these long-suffering communities in northern Uganda.
Syria's most wanted. All of these war criminals belong in handcuffs. The international community should help ensure #Assad's top henchmen and “enforcers” are hunted down and face justice. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Missing Enforcers of the Assad Regime
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Syria's most wanted. All of these war criminals belong in handcuffs. The international community should help ensure #Assad's top henchmen and “enforcers” are hunted down and face justice. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Simon Adams
Refugees are in the United States legally after undergoing rigorous vetting processes across many government agencies. In fact, refugees are among the most documented people on earth. However, less than 1% of all refugees are ever resettled to the U.S.
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Refugees are in the United States legally after undergoing rigorous vetting processes across many government agencies. In fact, refugees are among the most documented people on earth. However, less than 1% of all refugees are ever resettled to the U.S.