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…

Trump looking out for the little guy: “The lead investor in a South Korean aluminum company that has challenged Commerce Department penalties on certain exports from South Korea to the US made a $2 million payment last year to Trump’s holding company." trib.al/xXOaWRK

Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of bombing Yemen’s main international airport on Monday, apparently an effort to prevent an Iranian plane from landing in Sana, the Houthi-controlled capital of Yemen. trib.al/Ic7le6F

“The ICC is not claiming jurisdiction over conduct in the US,” @KenRoth told the Guardian. “Rubio is dressing up his quest for impunity for American war crimes under the label of national sovereignty.” Legal experts respond to Rubio’s attack on the #ICC theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

Fleeing Trump's deportation agents in a vehicle is no justification for their using lethal force to stop the flight. ICE is ordered to stop most vehicle stops after two people are killed in a week. trib.al/389Hher

The United Nations has accused armed forces affiliated with the Hamas-run government in Gaza of interfering with the delivery of food aid at a distribution site on Saturday. trib.al/hLJXOFa

The European Union rejects Trump's latest attack on the International Criminal Court. Trump wants to be free to commit war crimes with impunity, even on the territory of states that have joined the ICC. trib.al/65AJOKE

The "misuse" of crowd-control weapons on ICE protesters has led to blinding and traumatic brain injuries. Doctors and human rights experts have documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is far greater. trib.al/66foUqL

Oops! Trump suddenly recognizes that he can't very well resume his war of choice against Iran for threatening to impose fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz when he has threatened to do the exact same thing. So he changes his "mind." trib.al/Lekp2Uj

Being an undocumented immigrant is not supposed to be a capital offense, but a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent's deadly shooting of a Maine motorist on Monday is at least the ninth death since the start of Trump’s mass deportation campaign. trib.al/vaNSIEh

A senior U.S. official suspects a former Trump campaign manager, employed by Israel to the tune of millions, is orchestrating online opposition to Trump's efforts to extract himself from his disastrous war of choice with Iran. trib.al/cOkTQ2y

Following accusations of sexual misconduct, the British Bar Standards Board has suspended International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan from the practice of law "with immediate effect." "An interim suspension hearing took place on 10 July 2026. The panel ordered on 13 July that Mr Khan is now suspended from his practice as a barrister until the BSB or a Disciplinary Tribunal have concluded or disposed of the matters that prompted his referral to an Interim Panel or such as a Disciplinary Tribunal shall otherwise direct." barstandardsboard.org.uk/resources/reso…

Trump created the issue of the Strait of Hormuz by abandoning diplomacy for his war of choice. Then he signed an MOU that seemed to give Iran control of the strait. Now he’s at war again trying to reverse his mistakes. trib.al/OD7aQOs

A Sudanese court has sentenced the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, to death for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide over atrocities committed in the West Darfur region. trib.al/5lOEfg7

Marco Rubio wants to uphold international law against charging tolls on sea passageways as he attacks the International Criminal Court for upholding international law against genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Those are Trump's priorities? trib.al/g5OWntl

The subpoena of New York Times journalists for reporting on the embarrassing security flaws in Trump's fancy new Air Force One are an extraordinary escalation in his efforts to threaten and intimidate independent news organizations. trib.al/LLBkgCF

President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Mexico would be filing criminal complaints in the US for the deaths of more than a dozen Mexican migrants in immigration detention and those killed in anti-migrant operations. trib.al/aM4JZf9

Ekram Imamoğlu’s true crime was to have been elected mayor of Istanbul, ending the 25-year rule of Pres Erdoğan's AKP, and to have been his leading opponent in presidential elections. Erdoğan had him imprisoned on charges that could take 12 years to try. trib.al/7RrbbBV

The Thai government should not forcibly return four detained Chinese dissidents to China. trib.al/cEZ1h70

Chinese lawyers fighting for human rights are facing a crackdown. For example, Guo Feixiong defended residents against abuses by the village chief. Now he has been imprisoned for two years, subjected to torture, and cannot even see his own lawyer. trib.al/pmMASuP

The dumbing down of America: “The decline of reading seems to be ushering in a less rational, analytical, and sophisticated mode of thinking. It’s difficult to see any advantages in that.” trib.al/5RVWIW9