Colombe Cahen-Salvador

I never thought I would write this. But here it comes: I’m running for #UN Secretary-General 🇺🇳. Because of the 30,000 killed by Israel in Gaza. Because global warming exceeded 1.5° in 2023. We can stop this. Endorse our campaign, #Unite4survival 🗳️ unite4survival.org

The death toll from a horrific attack on a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur has risen further, amid a "sharp increase" in drone attacks against civilians this year, UN agencies say. news.un.org/en/story/2026/…

“They put me on a metal table, pressed my chest and head against it, cuffed my hands to end of the bed and pulled my legs apart forcefully. I felt a penis penetrating my anus and a man raping me. I started screaming, and they beat me on my back and head. While I was blindfolded, I felt a man who was raping me ejaculate inside my anus. I kept screaming and being beaten, and I could hear a camera, so I believe they were filming me. I cannot describe what I felt. I wished for death. Every moment." — UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese reads Palestinian survivor accounts of rape, torture, and killings in Israeli detention. 18,500+ have been detained since October 7. At least around a hundred, including a child, have died in custody. And some 4,000 are forcibly disappeared. “What is lost in Palestine will be lost to us all.” — @FranceskAlbs told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

It does not have to be this way. France and other European governments have the tools to respond to these US sanctions. They just don’t have the courage to use them. All words, no action. Meanwhile they (governments, political elite) have the audacity to lament our (European societies) unwillingness to invest in national defence. I say: start modelling a posture of strength and resistance; respond effectively to the sanctions, stand up to the US bullying and attacks on international law (as we are prepared to do with Russia)

Only this month, • Israel murdered over 1000 people in #Lebanon, including 40 medical workers. • “It has forced the mass displacement of a 1/4 of Lebanon’s population and targeted 14% of the country with expulsion orders.” It now said it has only just begun!

French judge Nicolas Gouyou, who issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu at the ICC: • Visa and Mastercard have blocked all my cards • I cannot make any purchases • I am a judge, yet treated like a criminal • Judges, lawyers, and politicians are being intimidated • A colleague told me my name won’t be removed from the blacklist until Trump’s term ends • Despite intervention by the French president, U.S. authorities have not responded

The US has now sanctioned at least 12 judges, prosecutors, and legal experts linked to the ICC and the UN. Their “offense” was pursuing accountability for war crimes and violations of international law. Take a moment to think about the insanity of this.

Words that describe what Israel is doing in Lebanon: War crime, occupation, ethnic cleansing, threat… Words @nytimes uses: “military-controlled buffer zone”

The first delegation of the Nuestra América Convoy is heading for Cuba, bringing critical humanitarian aid for the island's people 🗣️ 'As Donald Trump’s illegal siege plunges Cuba into darkness, the first convoy flight leaves from Milan'

@pass_blue We applied over 2 years ago at @AtlasMovement and keep on being deferred... Insane

A UN Committee Election Could Worsen Civil Society Access to the World Body passblue.com/2026/03/18/a-u…

“Courage is as contagious as cowardice is infectious”, as the wonderful writer Omar el Akkad put it And boy, does Europe need more and more courage, leadership, and action to uphold international law and human rights consistently, @vonderleyen @eucopresident @kajakallas

This is the heart of Beirut today. A city that has stood for 5,000 years. Israel is obliterating it — flattening civilian apartment block after apartment block. Not military targets. Civilian homes. Civilian infrastructure. Civilian life.

Hi @Reuters You seem to have accidently forgotten to mention that it is Israeli killing these children, Your sincerely, Every single person with a conscience

The Global Sumud Flotilla has announced plans to send its “largest mission yet” to war-torn Gaza, saying 100 boats will be dispatched alongside “land mobilisations”. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/tglvn4

One of the most atrocious international crimes being committed right now is the US blockade on Cuba. The US government is doing everything it can to strangle Cuba’s economy, especially by ramping up the oil blockade. No electricity, no oil, no fuel. Barely any food. A severe health crisis has erupted. Why is the US doing this? For no reason other than its dislike of the Cuban regime. Cuba poses no threat to the US. There is overwhelming global opposition to the US blockade. UN human rights experts have condemned it as a serious violation of international law. Now, Trump wants to take over Cuba, saying: “I can do anything I want with it.” This is one of the most grotesque crimes of our time.

Afghanistan claims that Pakistani strikes targeted a hospital in the capital Kabul, reportedly killing hundreds of people. Meanwhile, Pakistan says the operation targeted military sites. Tensions between the two countries have been rising after a series of cross-border attacks.

🇺🇳 UN warns of “ethnic cleansing” in the West Bank The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has released a report covering the year ending October 2025. The findings suggest a coordinated Israeli policy aimed at "long-term demographic engineering." The Scale of the Crisis: 🔹36,000+ Palestinians displaced in a single year—a scale described as “unprecedented.” 🔹1,732 Settler Attacks documented (up from 1,400), described as “coordinated” and fueled by “widespread impunity.” 🔹64,000+ Settlement Units advanced (37,000 in East Jerusalem; 27,000 in the West Bank). UN Rights Chief Volker Türk warns these actions may constitute unlawful mass forcible transfer and reflects a policy of “ethnic cleansing.” The UN is urging an immediate halt to all settlement expansion, the return of displaced Palestinians, and an end to land seizures and demolitions.

“Will It Work?” That’s @nytimes headline on Israel’s extrajudicial assassinations. Not the fact that they violate international law and set a dangerous precedent, but will it work. How is this journalism?

Spoiler alert: it won’t work, no one will believe you!

Javier Bardem revives his 2003 Iraq War protest pin at the 2026 #Oscars to condemn the current war in Iran.

I absolutely adore Javier.