Adam Keith
@adamofkeith.bsky.social
Director, Accountability at Human Rights First. Former career State Dept/NSC, Princeton SPIA, Rice University. Human rights, intl justice, foreign policy. Views mine alone.
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One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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One problem with a politicized justice system is you stop being able to tell what are genuine investigations
NYT - Federal prosecutors have opened a corruption investigation into DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, examining a foreign trip she took with members of her staff that was paid for by Qatar […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
One problem with a politicized justice system is you stop being able to tell what are genuine investigations
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Fourteen years later, I *still* think one of the best ways for us to repudiate Cheney's legacy of torture would be to recognize and honor the courageous soldiers and public servants who exposed the torture policies and tried to end them. www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/o...
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Fourteen years later, I *still* think one of the best ways for us to repudiate Cheney's legacy of torture would be to recognize and honor the courageous soldiers and public servants who exposed the torture policies and tried to end them. www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/o...
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emerging reports about possibly imminent US military attack on venezuela. there can be no doubt about it, certainly not in the coverage: such an attack would be an act of aggression, lacking any basis in international law. we'll get sophistic arguments about self-defense but none will be legit.
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
emerging reports about possibly imminent US military attack on venezuela. there can be no doubt about it, certainly not in the coverage: such an attack would be an act of aggression, lacking any basis in international law. we'll get sophistic arguments about self-defense but none will be legit.
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Once again, any such attack on Venezuela would be illegal.
Regime change dressed up as counterterrorism and counter-narcotics.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Regime change dressed up as counterterrorism and counter-narcotics.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Once again, any such attack on Venezuela would be illegal.
Regime change dressed up as counterterrorism and counter-narcotics.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Regime change dressed up as counterterrorism and counter-narcotics.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
"To date, the administration’s claimed legal bases for conducting the lethal operations...are counterfactual, counter-normative, and, as this essay has illustrated, contradictory. They smack of a desperate attempt to justify action that is clearly unlawful."
www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...
www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...
Irreconcilable Presidential Determinations on TdA and Venezuela
The two characterizations are mutually exclusive; it is legally impossible to maintain both simultaneously.
www.justsecurity.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"To date, the administration’s claimed legal bases for conducting the lethal operations...are counterfactual, counter-normative, and, as this essay has illustrated, contradictory. They smack of a desperate attempt to justify action that is clearly unlawful."
www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...
www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...
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A truly shameful decision by #Kyrgyzstan to declare independent investigative outlets Temirov Live and Kloop as “extremist.” A country that was once a beacon of press freedom in Central Asia continues its slide into authoritarianism cpj.org/2025/10/kyrg...
Kyrgyzstan declares investigative outlets Kloop and Temirov Live ‘extremist’ - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, October 28, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the reversal of an October 27 court decision in Kyrgyzstan declaring the publications of investigative outlets Temirov Live an...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A truly shameful decision by #Kyrgyzstan to declare independent investigative outlets Temirov Live and Kloop as “extremist.” A country that was once a beacon of press freedom in Central Asia continues its slide into authoritarianism cpj.org/2025/10/kyrg...
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If—and this is a huge "if"—it allows the unilateral presidential imposition of tariffs at all, IEEPA does so only in the context of an "unusual and extraordinary threat ... to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States."
Which of those is "Trump got his feelings hurt"?
Which of those is "Trump got his feelings hurt"?
BREAKING: Trump says he's punishing Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down an anti-tariff ad sooner.
Trump punishes Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner
President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.
bit.ly
October 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If—and this is a huge "if"—it allows the unilateral presidential imposition of tariffs at all, IEEPA does so only in the context of an "unusual and extraordinary threat ... to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States."
Which of those is "Trump got his feelings hurt"?
Which of those is "Trump got his feelings hurt"?
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The US is continuing to launch unlawful military strikes on boats suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea. At least 43 people have been killed since the strikes began last month.
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The US is continuing to launch unlawful military strikes on boats suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea. At least 43 people have been killed since the strikes began last month.
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Is using DOJ to loot the US treasury faithful execution of the laws?
October 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Is using DOJ to loot the US treasury faithful execution of the laws?
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Last week, the ICC confirmed that Italy breached its obligation under the Rome Statute by failing to surrender Libyan suspect Osama Elmasry Njeem.
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Last week, the ICC confirmed that Italy breached its obligation under the Rome Statute by failing to surrender Libyan suspect Osama Elmasry Njeem.
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Under Vladimir Putin, the scale of repression against those who disagree with the Kremlin has surpassed anything seen in our country since the death of Stalin. The number of known political prisoners in Russia already exceeds the respective figure for the whole of the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s.
Opinion | What Putin is crushing in Russia
The arrest of opposition leader Maxim Kruglov is a blow against the last vestiges of Russian democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Under Vladimir Putin, the scale of repression against those who disagree with the Kremlin has surpassed anything seen in our country since the death of Stalin. The number of known political prisoners in Russia already exceeds the respective figure for the whole of the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s.
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Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
Alex de Waal on last week's conviction in the ICC's Darfur investigation: "The Kushayb trial demonstrates that the ICC is scrupulous and just. The question is whether the governments that are members of the court, such as the UK and all European Union states, will rally to support it."
Alex de Waal | At the ICC
Last Monday, three judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague delivered their verdict on Ali Abdelrahman...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Alex de Waal on last week's conviction in the ICC's Darfur investigation: "The Kushayb trial demonstrates that the ICC is scrupulous and just. The question is whether the governments that are members of the court, such as the UK and all European Union states, will rally to support it."
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Alongside 268 faith-based, NGO, & civil society orgs, we call on UN Member States to uphold and strengthen international refugee, human rights, and humanitarian treaties and reject efforts to undo or undermine these legal norms. Read more ⬇️
Upholding Not Undermining International Law: Civil Society Open Letter to States - Human Rights First
The 268 faith-based, non-governmental, and other civil society organizations listed below call on UN Member States to uphold, preserve, strengthen, and celebrate international refugee, human rights, a...
humanrightsfirst.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Alongside 268 faith-based, NGO, & civil society orgs, we call on UN Member States to uphold and strengthen international refugee, human rights, and humanitarian treaties and reject efforts to undo or undermine these legal norms. Read more ⬇️
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In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
September 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
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“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
Nicht vor MAGA-Kult einknicken
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband ruft die Verantwortlichen der großen US-Medien dazu auf, ihren Journalistinnen und Journalisten den Rücken zu stärken, statt…
www.djv.de
September 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
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Hey, foreign reporters, you better be as pathetically supine as the American ones or President Whiny McAddlepate will tattle to your leaders about what a big ol' meanie you were to him.
President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.
September 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Hey, foreign reporters, you better be as pathetically supine as the American ones or President Whiny McAddlepate will tattle to your leaders about what a big ol' meanie you were to him.
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Though she tried to distance herself from the crimes of her husband former US Senator Bob Menendez, today Nadine Menendez -- who the judge considered a "central participant" in the corruption scheme involving the Egyptians -- was sentenced to 4.5 years www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/n...
Nadine Menendez Blames Her Husband Before Being Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Though she tried to distance herself from the crimes of her husband former US Senator Bob Menendez, today Nadine Menendez -- who the judge considered a "central participant" in the corruption scheme involving the Egyptians -- was sentenced to 4.5 years www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/n...
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Among myriad problems with this ruling, can we pause to appreciate the childlike naïveté exhibited by Cavanaugh on the barely-worth-mentioning inconvenience of being detained and interogated by ICE? We are approaching Plessy levels of obtuseness, or feigned obtuseness.
September 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Among myriad problems with this ruling, can we pause to appreciate the childlike naïveté exhibited by Cavanaugh on the barely-worth-mentioning inconvenience of being detained and interogated by ICE? We are approaching Plessy levels of obtuseness, or feigned obtuseness.
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How is this not a screaming massive headline across every news site? This is insane, a virtual declaration of civil war. We fought a revolution to not be subjected to this kind of tyranny
September 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How is this not a screaming massive headline across every news site? This is insane, a virtual declaration of civil war. We fought a revolution to not be subjected to this kind of tyranny
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My government is now sanctioning three leading Palestinian human rights groups:
(1) Al Haq Law in the Service of Mankind;
(2) Al Mezan Center for Human Rights;
(3) Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Utterly disgraceful.
(1) Al Haq Law in the Service of Mankind;
(2) Al Mezan Center for Human Rights;
(3) Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Utterly disgraceful.
September 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My government is now sanctioning three leading Palestinian human rights groups:
(1) Al Haq Law in the Service of Mankind;
(2) Al Mezan Center for Human Rights;
(3) Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Utterly disgraceful.
(1) Al Haq Law in the Service of Mankind;
(2) Al Mezan Center for Human Rights;
(3) Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Utterly disgraceful.