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…

North Korea poses not just a missile and nuclear threat. Its record of repression is also profound and in some cases worsening. Such repression makes it possible for the government of a poor country to devote its scarce resources to its military. trib.al/NmOuZ0G

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: “If there are attacks either on Iran or from Iran on energy infrastructure, I think that there are reasonable grounds to think that they might constitute a war crime.” trib.al/06o7Dzb

The Trump administration is deporting a significant number of parents without asking them if they have children or allowing them to decide whether to bring their children with them, in apparent violation of its own policies, a major report has found. trib.al/PRSeYji

Netanyahu hoodwinked Trump into an illegal, expensive and unwinnable war that may only speed up nuclear proliferation. trib.al/8hiUk10

Others are learning to say no to Trump: When he called on NATO allies to help open the Strait of Hormuz, warning that the alliance faced a “very bad” future if they refused, they turned him down, refusing to join this war-of-choice crime of aggression. trib.al/QyZlyEx

Trump cut federal funds for health insurance and food assistance for the needy, but he is now asking for $200 billion in new funds to finance his war-of-choice crime of aggression in Iran. trib.al/2dWfYrY

The Pentagon's plan to request an additional $200 billion to finance Trump's bombing of Iran is a chance for the supine Congress finally to say no to Trump's aggressive war of choice. trib.al/kGgjszn

Iranian authorities executed a Swedish man yesterday, Sweden’s foreign minister said. She added that the man was arrested last June and alleged he did not get a fair trial. trib.al/3v8PRvn

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez appointed a new defense minister to replace Gen. Vladimir Padrino López, who had been a cornerstone of the military’s long-standing support for former President Nicolás Maduro. trib.al/rlfjhqM

Israel's killing of Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, removed a bridge-builder between hardliners and moderates who might have led efforts to secure a ceasefire. His death serves Netanyahu’s goal of continuing the war. trib.al/zT1CR3V

Trump's lawless belligerence and indifference to international standards have made the public in key democratic allies favor a turn toward China, despite its own repressive indifference to international law. That's quite an accomplishment. trib.al/tl5jGYB

Again in Cuba, Trump's aim seems to be not promoting democracy but creating a client state, even if it remains dictatorial. trib.al/7esQKhU

Israel’s attack on 30 fuel depots outside Tehran disregarded civilian welfare. Whatever ostensible military justification for the attack was vastly overshadowed by the toxic fumes and soot that drenched Tehran’s 9 million people. trib.al/uQdjNlr

The big backfire: If Iran's ailing supreme leader Ali Khamenei had died a natural death, a more moderate alternative might have emerged. But because he was killed in the war’s first strike, his son was chosen, seeming to reinforce his father's hard line. trib.al/ou93QCe

El Salvador’s Congress approved a constitutional amendment pushed forward by President Nayib Bukele on Tuesday to permit life sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its population in its war against gangs. trib.al/WPCh8cy

Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, is right that the best way to combat Trump's bullying is by building broad alliances. In the past, Canada built alliances to defend human rights from Washington. This time, Carney seems to have forgotten about rights. trib.al/gAcCK5s

Myanmar’s military junta closed the country's democratically elected parliament. Now under its ruthless dictatorship the military reopens parliament for the first time in 5 years but controls most of the seats. No one is fooled by this charade. trib.al/UNAHKYQ

Senator Markwayne Mullin tries a gentle tone on deportations as he tries to win confirmation from senators worried about a midterm loss. But if confirmed, will he revert to hard line like other cabinet members as he tries to placate Trump to keep his job? trib.al/L1hB4I8

Democrats are right not to settle for nice promises from the nominee for secretary of homeland security, Sen. Markwayne Mullin. Legislation is needed so Trump and Stephen Miller cannot revive the abusive policies of Trump's deportation agents. trib.al/6HqIYdk

With her senior intelligence aid having found that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States despite Trump's false claim to the contrary, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, punts by saying that it's up to Trump to decide. trib.al/WqbqqKZ