Kenneth Roth

This isn't the first time the US government stood on the wrong side of an essential human rights challenge. In my new book, "Righting Wrongs," I explain how the human rights movement repeatedly circumvented and overcame US obstruction. We can do it again. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739898/r…

Since the start of Russia’s occupation of Crimea, human rights defenders have verified 520 individuals persecuted in politically motivated criminal cases; more than half of them are Crimean Tatars. trib.al/MlnDkmL

Putin refuses to consider the European Union as a mediator to end his invasion of Ukraine because he prefers the naive, manipulable Trump and his fondness for autocrats. trib.al/Zwq40Wf

Iran’s advanced nuclear program is a product of the brilliant Trump’s own making because he ripped up the Obama accord that restricted it. trib.al/h4zvJyD

As Hungary’s new prime minister, Peter Magyar, seeks to undo Viktor Orban’s illiberal autocracy, it is essential that the means, not just the ends, promote the rule of law. trib.al/Nd8LL2D

The Trump administration keeps summarily executing, rather than arresting, drug suspects. These are murders. The International Criminal Court is prosecuting the former Philippines president Duterte for the exact same thing. trib.al/M4yWBRj

Putin hasn’t stopped: Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine killed at least seven people in all-night attacks and injured 34.  trib.al/Lm66HIy

"Suppression of language is a key part of Moscow’s drive to erase the Crimean Tatar identity as it seeks to colonize occupied Ukraine. Linguists are fighting back." trib.al/8GHXOBg

Fifteen months after Trump vowed to end the war in Ukraine in a day, he seems to have given up trying because he refuses to put real pressure on his buddy Putin. trib.al/3ZKGSx0

Trump is amplifying his crude "xenophobic rhetoric at a time when the administration’s efforts to restrict even legal immigration have left many Indian Americans and Chinese Americans worried about their place in American society." trib.al/RC31p4h

Here is the "dangerous" 85-year-old widow whom Trump officials felt the urgent need to detain and deport. trib.al/OjYRrpE

Defeating Trump's effort to suppress voting by requiring new types of identification didn't even need a Democratic filibuster in the Senate. "There aren’t 50 Republican votes for passage in the first place." trib.al/epujQRN

Measles, which "can swell the brain and cause permanent disabilities or death," is surging in the US thanks to Trump vaccine skepticism. There have already been 1,700 cases this year, up from 70 per year in the early 2000s. Three children died last year. trib.al/xs0aKO1

Iranian allies resort to mocking Trump in the propaganda battle over his war-of-choice against Iran. Trump makes mockery easy. trib.al/MCoaTbz

As negotiations with Iran seem stalemated, the self-styled Master Negotiator Trump appears far from a deal that would improve on the Obama accord that he inadvisably ripped up, allowing Iran to move much closer to being able to produce a nuclear weapon. trib.al/utWbXWk

Because Trump insisted that Ukraine hand its Donbas region to Putin, including parts that Russia has never been able to occupy in more than a decade of trying, the Ukrainians are toying with renaming it “Donnyland” to appeal to Trump’s insatiable vanity. trib.al/k87iDtU

As Trump aids and abets Israel's genocide, apartheid, and aggression, he is now denying green cards to immigrants who had the decency to criticize or protest against Israel's criminality. trib.al/aTB0utZ

"Europe’s populist right once saw Trump as its patron saint. But Greenland, Iran and Trump’s general contempt for Europe have made Trump politically toxic across the political spectrum in Europe." trib.al/g9ziKPi

As Israel continues to bomb, Lebanese have a hard time figuring out where the supposed ceasefire is. trib.al/fVDVFOG

To fight impunity for Israeli war crimes, Lebanon should join the International Criminal Court. Hezbollah's fear of justice for its own war crimes is not a good enough reason to avoid acting. trib.al/jZD7O4x