“If you cause so many civilian casualties and you cause so much civilian harm here, it can actually undermine the mission that the military has been sent in to do.” npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-…

The UN verified that at least 2 boys aged 6 & 8 were among those killed by the airstrikes that targeted northern Saada 2 nights ago. A 3rd child was injured & the condition of a 4th child is yet to be confirmed. UNICEF calls for the protection of children & civilians at all times

A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.

🚨 Time is running out! We to get the mask ban pulled from the budget before Monday. Lawmakers in Albany are feeling the pressure. Let’s keep it up! bit.ly/no-mask-ban

What’s missing from the current national security conversation around the Signal chat are important questions about where civilian harm mitigation and response fits into this administration’s defense strategy. amnestyusa.org/blog/signal-ch…

Aid agencies say the workers were killed and buried in a mass grave in Rafah, in southern Gaza. Residents described being shot at along the evacuation route. wapo.st/4jaZ3Rm

"The term ‘excited delirium’ should just be gone forever." John Oliver of Last Week Tonight calls to end the use of “excited delirium” as a cause-of-death. Excited delirium is “at best useless, and at worst, racist pseudoscience.” Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=7Yd9nL…

Citing PHR’s landmark report, John Oliver spotlights the role of Axon Enterprise (the maker of Tasers) in popularizing this dangerous and invalid term. Learn more about our efforts with Campaign Zero to endexciteddelirium.org. Read PHR’s report: phr.org/our-work/resou…

NEW: Last night on Last Week Tonight John Oliver discussed “Excited Delirium” - a debunked diagnosis by several professional associations - and why it should be banned from use. Watch here ⤵️

AND he mentioned my bill with NYS Senator Samra Brouk A697/S1714 to prohibit the use of the term “excited delirium” as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death. Some states have already passed similar bills. It's time we do the same.

Thank you Last Week Tonight and John Oliver for shining a light on the racist pseudoscience term "Excited Delirium". Jessica González-Rojas (votejgr.bsky.social) and I have a bill S1714/A697 to ban it as a cause of death. Other states have passed similar bills, NY should too.

While Trump is bombing residential areas in Yemen in the middle of the night, likely killing civilians, the Houthis have blocked off “any and all access” to bomb sites and hospitals as part of a crackdown on civil society and the media. trib.al/CiT6hK4

1/ NEW: You read about the leaked Signal group between top U.S. national security leaders, but what happened in the strikes they authorised? And what does this say about the new administration’s approach to warfare? trump-yemen.airwars.org

Getting rid of safeguards designed to limit civilian harm from U.S. military operations & ensure compliance with international humanitarian law undermines our credibility,  jeopardizes our missions & raises the risk of natl security threats. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Parnia Abbasi (2002–2025), a young Iranian poet, was killed with her family in an Israeli strike on Tehran. We share her poem The Extinguished Star, in mourning. Translated by Ghazal Mosadeq Ghazal Mosadeq pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-ab…

Parnia Abbasi, 23, was described by friends as funny and full of life. She and her family were some of the first people killed in Israel’s attack on Iran. wapo.st/4n3Ox0X

1/ NEW: As the U.S. appears on the brink of another war, Airwars reveals dangerous precedent for civilians set by Trump’s Yemen campaign trump-yemen.airwars.org/operation-roug…

2/ 📌From 2002 to March 2025, Airwars tracked 258 civilians allegedly killed by U.S. strikes in Yemen. In just eight weeks of Trump’s Operation Rough Rider, at least 224 people were killed - nearly doubling the civilian toll from U.S. actions in Yemen

3/ 📌The two deadliest U.S. civilian harm incidents in Yemen’s history occurred during Trump’s campaign. Strikes on Ras Isa Port and Saada Detention Prison allegedly killed at least 152 civilians and injured nearly 200 others airwars.org/civilian-casua…

A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters