Annie Shiel
@annieshiel.bsky.social
US Director at Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC). She/her. Views mine, RT ≠ endorsement.
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Annie Shiel highlighted how the humanitarian sector is being stretched beyond its limits due to the effects of explosive weapons in populated areas.
#StopBombingCivilians
#StopBombingCivilians
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Annie Shiel highlighted how the humanitarian sector is being stretched beyond its limits due to the effects of explosive weapons in populated areas.
#StopBombingCivilians
#StopBombingCivilians
Despite the narrow failure of a Senate War Powers Resolution last night, “There will be more opportunities for Congress to rally against the president’s killings of civilians without due process," @jwrchappell.bsky.social told Responsible Statecraft.
More: responsiblestatecraft.org/senate-war-p...
More: responsiblestatecraft.org/senate-war-p...
Senate effort to rein in Trump war on 'narco-terrorists' fails
War Powers Resolution fails largely along party lines
responsiblestatecraft.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Despite the narrow failure of a Senate War Powers Resolution last night, “There will be more opportunities for Congress to rally against the president’s killings of civilians without due process," @jwrchappell.bsky.social told Responsible Statecraft.
More: responsiblestatecraft.org/senate-war-p...
More: responsiblestatecraft.org/senate-war-p...
Reposted by Annie Shiel
This is not a thorny issue. This is not fraught. It is extrajudicial killing. It is the killing of civilians under any standard of law. He killed them on the basis of his-say so that they are drug smugglers, mere criminals. It was premeditated. And he's saying he's going to do it again and again.
I know people are overwhelmed by too much news from every angle, and maybe people are distracted by the "terrorist" language, or just plain exhausted.
But this is the President of the United States saying he is going to go around killing people because he thinks they're criminals. And already did.
But this is the President of the United States saying he is going to go around killing people because he thinks they're criminals. And already did.
Trump: "When I see boats coming in like loaded up the other day with all sorts of drugs -- probably fentanyl mostly -- we're gonna take them out. And if people wants to have fun on the high seas of the low seas they're gonna be in trouble."
September 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is not a thorny issue. This is not fraught. It is extrajudicial killing. It is the killing of civilians under any standard of law. He killed them on the basis of his-say so that they are drug smugglers, mere criminals. It was premeditated. And he's saying he's going to do it again and again.
It's why CIVIC and partners have long called for an end to the program of US lethal strikes outside recognized battlefields: www.aclu.org/documents/co...
Coalition Letter Calls for End to U.S. Lethal Strikes Abroad | American Civil Liberties Union
On June 30, 2021, 113 organizations from the United States and around the world sent a letter to President Biden calling for an end to the U.S. program of lethal strikes outside recognized battlefield...
www.aclu.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's why CIVIC and partners have long called for an end to the program of US lethal strikes outside recognized battlefields: www.aclu.org/documents/co...