Meghna Abraham
@meghnaabraham.bsky.social
International human rights lawyer, strategist, and campaigner. Formerly Executive Director, CESR and Director, Global Thematic Issues, Amnesty International.
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Meghna Abraham
@meghnaabraham.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Reparations for the climate crisis, slavery, or any harms caused by unjust systems, can't just be compensation and quick fixes.
They're about changing the system.
And they're our chance to build a new and more just world. ✊
Read more from @meghnaabraham.bsky.social 👇
www.somo.nl/reparations-...
They're about changing the system.
And they're our chance to build a new and more just world. ✊
Read more from @meghnaabraham.bsky.social 👇
www.somo.nl/reparations-...
Reparations: An opportunity for transformative justice - SOMO
Reparations for the slavery or any harms caused by unjust systems aren't just about fixing past mistakes. It’s about shaping a just future.
www.somo.nl
It was a pleasure to collaborate with @somoamsterdam.bsky.social and write this short piece on reparations for their 'Reclaim the Wealth' series.
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The Netherlands is being sued by Shell and ExxonMobil for lost profits after shutting down a harmful gas field.🏭☣️
Sounds surreal? Yet, it’s happening, through a completely legal mechanism called Investor-State Dispute Settlement.
More about the Groningen case: www.somo.nl/aftershock-i... (1/2)
Sounds surreal? Yet, it’s happening, through a completely legal mechanism called Investor-State Dispute Settlement.
More about the Groningen case: www.somo.nl/aftershock-i... (1/2)
September 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The Netherlands is being sued by Shell and ExxonMobil for lost profits after shutting down a harmful gas field.🏭☣️
Sounds surreal? Yet, it’s happening, through a completely legal mechanism called Investor-State Dispute Settlement.
More about the Groningen case: www.somo.nl/aftershock-i... (1/2)
Sounds surreal? Yet, it’s happening, through a completely legal mechanism called Investor-State Dispute Settlement.
More about the Groningen case: www.somo.nl/aftershock-i... (1/2)
It was a pleasure to collaborate with @somoamsterdam.bsky.social and write this short piece on reparations for their 'Reclaim the Wealth' series.
Reparations for the climate crisis, slavery, or any harms caused by unjust systems, can't just be compensation and quick fixes.
They're about changing the system.
And they're our chance to build a new and more just world. ✊
Read more from @meghnaabraham.bsky.social 👇
www.somo.nl/reparations-...
They're about changing the system.
And they're our chance to build a new and more just world. ✊
Read more from @meghnaabraham.bsky.social 👇
www.somo.nl/reparations-...
Reparations: An opportunity for transformative justice - SOMO
Reparations for the slavery or any harms caused by unjust systems aren't just about fixing past mistakes. It’s about shaping a just future.
www.somo.nl
September 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It was a pleasure to collaborate with @somoamsterdam.bsky.social and write this short piece on reparations for their 'Reclaim the Wealth' series.
This is an initial salvo but we would love to hear your feedback.
@audreygaughran.bsky.social
@audreygaughran.bsky.social
It's time to face the hard truth:
while we, civil society, call for change, often our calls are for incremental tweaks to the system, which can actually reinforce it.
And make us, at times, part of the problem.
But we can do more, and better.
Full piece: www.somo.nl/if-we-want-r...
while we, civil society, call for change, often our calls are for incremental tweaks to the system, which can actually reinforce it.
And make us, at times, part of the problem.
But we can do more, and better.
Full piece: www.somo.nl/if-we-want-r...
If we want radical change, we need to prepare better and work differently - SOMO
We should aim to create proposals, in partnership with social movements, that are ready to be implemented when opportunities appear.
www.somo.nl
August 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is an initial salvo but we would love to hear your feedback.
@audreygaughran.bsky.social
@audreygaughran.bsky.social
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the city I live in is occupied by armed federal agents checking people's papers at random public transportation stops and people are still doing this
“The idea that all of this happened because, like, twelve professors at Berkeley used “Latinx” on their syllabi is just detached from reality, from my point of view.”
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social In full form www.thedriftmag.com/politics-is-...
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social In full form www.thedriftmag.com/politics-is-...
www.thedriftmag.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
the city I live in is occupied by armed federal agents checking people's papers at random public transportation stops and people are still doing this
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"Chris Smalls, the American labour activist known for leading the successful effort to unionise Amazon workers in Staten Island in 2022.
...
Smalls was not only detained but also violently beaten by Israeli soldiers"
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Smalls was not only detained but also violently beaten by Israeli soldiers"
US media criticised as Israeli forces detain, assault American activist Chris Smalls
US media criticised as Israeli forces detain, assault American activist Chris Smalls
The Israeli army stormed the Handala aid ship, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, last Saturday as it attempted to reach the Gaza Strip carrying aid for Palestinians facing severe hunger. All …
www.middleeastmonitor.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Chris Smalls, the American labour activist known for leading the successful effort to unionise Amazon workers in Staten Island in 2022.
...
Smalls was not only detained but also violently beaten by Israeli soldiers"
...
Smalls was not only detained but also violently beaten by Israeli soldiers"
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📣 The world’s highest court has spoken. Our daily brief unpacks the #CIJ_ICJ's landmark opinion on climate—what it means, why it matters, and how it changes the fight for climate justice.
Dive in 👉 bit.ly/4mdTKlL
Dive in 👉 bit.ly/4mdTKlL
July 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📣 The world’s highest court has spoken. Our daily brief unpacks the #CIJ_ICJ's landmark opinion on climate—what it means, why it matters, and how it changes the fight for climate justice.
Dive in 👉 bit.ly/4mdTKlL
Dive in 👉 bit.ly/4mdTKlL
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🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
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🧵Historic milestone coming up, following the ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights:
On July 23, the International Court of Justice – the world’s highest court – will deliver its much-anticipated ruling on States’ obligations to address #ClimateChange & uphold #HumanRights.
On July 23, the International Court of Justice – the world’s highest court – will deliver its much-anticipated ruling on States’ obligations to address #ClimateChange & uphold #HumanRights.
July 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🧵Historic milestone coming up, following the ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights:
On July 23, the International Court of Justice – the world’s highest court – will deliver its much-anticipated ruling on States’ obligations to address #ClimateChange & uphold #HumanRights.
On July 23, the International Court of Justice – the world’s highest court – will deliver its much-anticipated ruling on States’ obligations to address #ClimateChange & uphold #HumanRights.
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🗣️ The #ClimateOpinion by the Inter-American Court of #HumanRights is clear: States must take action to STOP the climate crisis.
➡️ Swipe for our experts’ take.
👇 Read CIEL’s statement. #AOLetsGO
🔗 bit.ly/3I9M2KN
➡️ Swipe for our experts’ take.
👇 Read CIEL’s statement. #AOLetsGO
🔗 bit.ly/3I9M2KN
July 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🗣️ The #ClimateOpinion by the Inter-American Court of #HumanRights is clear: States must take action to STOP the climate crisis.
➡️ Swipe for our experts’ take.
👇 Read CIEL’s statement. #AOLetsGO
🔗 bit.ly/3I9M2KN
➡️ Swipe for our experts’ take.
👇 Read CIEL’s statement. #AOLetsGO
🔗 bit.ly/3I9M2KN
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BREAKING: This new report by the UN Special Rapporteur @franceskalbs.bsky.social identifies the main corporations that are profiting from occupation and genocide in Palestine.
July 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
BREAKING: This new report by the UN Special Rapporteur @franceskalbs.bsky.social identifies the main corporations that are profiting from occupation and genocide in Palestine.
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For those keeping score, the Senate Bill adds $18 billion in new handouts for Big Oil.
We are a joke nation, and it's a bad joke
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
We are a joke nation, and it's a bad joke
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The GOP Wants to Give Big Oil a Handout It Doesn’t Need
Lawmakers are proposing giveaways to fossil-fuel producers that would cost the US $17.9 billion over a decade.
www.bloomberg.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For those keeping score, the Senate Bill adds $18 billion in new handouts for Big Oil.
We are a joke nation, and it's a bad joke
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
We are a joke nation, and it's a bad joke
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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People in #Gaza continue to live through suffering.
Relentless bombing, no fuel, no clean water, growing hunger.
For nearly 22 months, Gaza is being pushed to the edge while people struggle to survive.
Relentless bombing, no fuel, no clean water, growing hunger.
For nearly 22 months, Gaza is being pushed to the edge while people struggle to survive.
June 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
People in #Gaza continue to live through suffering.
Relentless bombing, no fuel, no clean water, growing hunger.
For nearly 22 months, Gaza is being pushed to the edge while people struggle to survive.
Relentless bombing, no fuel, no clean water, growing hunger.
For nearly 22 months, Gaza is being pushed to the edge while people struggle to survive.
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14 fossil fuel companies raked in $100B in profits last year. Now the GOP wants to give them $1.1B more - in tax loopholes.
Meanwhile? Families lose healthcare and lifesaving food + utility benefits. This is a fossil fuel scam.
We say #StopTheCuts ➡️ familiesoverbigoil.com/
Meanwhile? Families lose healthcare and lifesaving food + utility benefits. This is a fossil fuel scam.
We say #StopTheCuts ➡️ familiesoverbigoil.com/
Families Over Big Oil
We don’t need more tax breaks for billionaires and pipeline companies. We need a government that invests in children, caregivers, and working people.
familiesoverbigoil.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
14 fossil fuel companies raked in $100B in profits last year. Now the GOP wants to give them $1.1B more - in tax loopholes.
Meanwhile? Families lose healthcare and lifesaving food + utility benefits. This is a fossil fuel scam.
We say #StopTheCuts ➡️ familiesoverbigoil.com/
Meanwhile? Families lose healthcare and lifesaving food + utility benefits. This is a fossil fuel scam.
We say #StopTheCuts ➡️ familiesoverbigoil.com/
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Debt is strangling the Global South‼️ #CancelTheDebt fully, and unconditionally. We call for a just financial architecture that puts people & planet 🌍 first.
Debt payments are draining resources that should be used for rights, public services & climate action.
#CancelTheDebt #FfD4People
Debt payments are draining resources that should be used for rights, public services & climate action.
#CancelTheDebt #FfD4People
June 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Debt is strangling the Global South‼️ #CancelTheDebt fully, and unconditionally. We call for a just financial architecture that puts people & planet 🌍 first.
Debt payments are draining resources that should be used for rights, public services & climate action.
#CancelTheDebt #FfD4People
Debt payments are draining resources that should be used for rights, public services & climate action.
#CancelTheDebt #FfD4People
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Children in Gaza dying of thirst after trucks carrying water blocked - UNICEF
Children in Gaza are dying of thirst, says UNICEF
UNICEF has warned that while the world's attention is focused elsewhere, the situation in Gaza is "at the worst it has ever been" with the Palestinian territory hitting "rock bottom".
www.rte.ie
June 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Children in Gaza dying of thirst after trucks carrying water blocked - UNICEF
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The UK millionaire population grew 10 times faster than the rate of millionaires leaving the UK since 2017
41,400 millionaires supposedly left since 2017, but there are 435,000 more millionaires in the UK today
New outlets are reporting a millionaire "exodus" today that never was. #TaxTheSuperRich
41,400 millionaires supposedly left since 2017, but there are 435,000 more millionaires in the UK today
New outlets are reporting a millionaire "exodus" today that never was. #TaxTheSuperRich
June 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The UK millionaire population grew 10 times faster than the rate of millionaires leaving the UK since 2017
41,400 millionaires supposedly left since 2017, but there are 435,000 more millionaires in the UK today
New outlets are reporting a millionaire "exodus" today that never was. #TaxTheSuperRich
41,400 millionaires supposedly left since 2017, but there are 435,000 more millionaires in the UK today
New outlets are reporting a millionaire "exodus" today that never was. #TaxTheSuperRich
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🚨 New data 🚨
⚠️”Blended finance” plans by rich gov’ts & international institutions that rely heavily on private finance for #JustTransition are attracting 4-7 times LESS investment than promised.
More in report: oilchange.org/publications...
⚠️”Blended finance” plans by rich gov’ts & international institutions that rely heavily on private finance for #JustTransition are attracting 4-7 times LESS investment than promised.
More in report: oilchange.org/publications...
June 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨 New data 🚨
⚠️”Blended finance” plans by rich gov’ts & international institutions that rely heavily on private finance for #JustTransition are attracting 4-7 times LESS investment than promised.
More in report: oilchange.org/publications...
⚠️”Blended finance” plans by rich gov’ts & international institutions that rely heavily on private finance for #JustTransition are attracting 4-7 times LESS investment than promised.
More in report: oilchange.org/publications...
After all the brutality inflicted by Israel on Palestinians over the last 20 plus months, even putting aside all the cruelty of the occupation, this feels like a new level of inhumanity - to force people into starvation and then target them as they queue in desperation for trickles of aid.
BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.
Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say
Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza.
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
After all the brutality inflicted by Israel on Palestinians over the last 20 plus months, even putting aside all the cruelty of the occupation, this feels like a new level of inhumanity - to force people into starvation and then target them as they queue in desperation for trickles of aid.
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Jeff Bezos pays his staff poverty wages and dodges tax. No wonder he can afford to shut down half of Venice for his wedding this week.
Tax billionaires NOW.
Location: Piazza San Marco, Venice
@greenpeace.org
#JeffBezos #TaxTheSuperRich
Tax billionaires NOW.
Location: Piazza San Marco, Venice
@greenpeace.org
#JeffBezos #TaxTheSuperRich
June 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Jeff Bezos pays his staff poverty wages and dodges tax. No wonder he can afford to shut down half of Venice for his wedding this week.
Tax billionaires NOW.
Location: Piazza San Marco, Venice
@greenpeace.org
#JeffBezos #TaxTheSuperRich
Tax billionaires NOW.
Location: Piazza San Marco, Venice
@greenpeace.org
#JeffBezos #TaxTheSuperRich
France, UK, Germany and the EU have again demonstrated their #doublestandards for different countries. The attacks by US and Israel on Iran are illegal under international law. Not only do they fail to condemn the illegality, they welcome "ongoing US efforts to seek a negotiated solution" Seriously?
E3 + EU Foreign Ministers' statement: 20 June 2025
Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, the UK and the High Representative of the EU on escalation of tensions in the Middle East
www.gov.uk
June 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
France, UK, Germany and the EU have again demonstrated their #doublestandards for different countries. The attacks by US and Israel on Iran are illegal under international law. Not only do they fail to condemn the illegality, they welcome "ongoing US efforts to seek a negotiated solution" Seriously?
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Keir Starmer in the FT today with the most explicit ambition to date for the British derisking state @cornelban.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/a033...
www.ft.com/content/a033...
The industrial strategy will provide certainty for business
Debates about big or small government belong in the past; being agile enough to seize future chances is what matters
www.ft.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Keir Starmer in the FT today with the most explicit ambition to date for the British derisking state @cornelban.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/a033...
www.ft.com/content/a033...
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Major victory in a UK High Court case against Shell. The Court found Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy oil pollution. A critical win for the affected communities, and also for work on a just energy transition.
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
Shell & ex Nigerian subsidiary responsible for legacy spills
The High Court has ruled that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy, or historic, oil pollution
www.leighday.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Major victory in a UK High Court case against Shell. The Court found Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy oil pollution. A critical win for the affected communities, and also for work on a just energy transition.
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
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call me crazy but I don't think we should.
We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
call me crazy but I don't think we should.
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By opposing the 2% minimum wealth tax on billionaires, the French Senate has revealed just how out of touch it is with the issues of our time.
www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...
www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...
Ultra-wealthy, the Senate beside the story
By opposing the 2% minimum wealth tax on the 1,800 French people whose net worth exceeds €100 million, after the measure was adopted by France's Assemblée nationale (lower house of Parliament), the up...
www.lemonde.fr
June 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
By opposing the 2% minimum wealth tax on billionaires, the French Senate has revealed just how out of touch it is with the issues of our time.
www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...
www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...
“We Israelis must understand — we are not immune. A people whose entire existence depends solely on military might is destined to end up in the darkest corners of destruction, and ultimately, in defeat.”
www.972mag.com/israels-grea...
www.972mag.com/israels-grea...
Israel's greatest threat isn't Iran or Hamas, but its own hubris
A people whose entire existence depends solely on military might is destined to end up in the darkest corners of destruction, and ultimately, in defeat.
www.972mag.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“We Israelis must understand — we are not immune. A people whose entire existence depends solely on military might is destined to end up in the darkest corners of destruction, and ultimately, in defeat.”
www.972mag.com/israels-grea...
www.972mag.com/israels-grea...