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Investigating war crimes, pursuing justice, and preparing tomorrow's advocates.
@hrcberkeley.bsky.socialOn Oct. 26, we're hosting "Inside China's Secret Prisons," a book talk w/Orville Schell & Adam Hochschild on these camps, their Soviet roots & threats to journalists who investigate them. RSVP today:
events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/33...
📅 10/26
⌚️ 5:30 PM
📍Booth Auditorium, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
@hrcberkeley.bsky.social👀 Sneak peek of Ep. 1 of “Ten Years of HRC’s Investigations Lab” featuring Haley Willis. Haley was part of HRC's very first Lab cohort, then spent 7 years on @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team. The full video with @alexakoenig.bsky.social, @noahbullock.bsky.social & Talia Harter drops Oct 14!
@hrcberkeley.bsky.social🧵 3/3 Our first episode drops next Wednesday, October 14, and features Haley Willis (formerly @nytimes.com ), @noahbullock.bsky.social of @cristosal.bsky.social l, and Talia Harter of our Lab. Follow along, and learn more about the Investigations Lab here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6D...
@hrcberkeley.bsky.social🧵2/3 We’re celebrating this milestone all year w/ “Ten Years of HRC's Investigations Lab” speaker series which invites current students alumni & investigative partners alongside @alexakoenig.bsky.social l for a conversation on a crucial issue of human rights concern through the prism of OSINT.
@hrcberkeley.bsky.social🧵1/3 In 2016, we began a movement as the 1st university-based lab using digital open sources to investigate human rights violations. We started w/ @amnesty.org to co-create the Digital Verification Corps. Today, we celebrated 10 years together in Geneva & committed to 10 more.
@hrcberkeley.bsky.socialJoin us for HRC's annual Student Fellowship Conference! Hear from our 2026 fellows about their summer work on pressing human rights issues.
📅 Oct. 16
🕔 12:45 PM
📍 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Warren Room (295)
🍴 Lunch + reception included
events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/33...
@hrcberkeley.bsky.socialJoin us this afternoon at 2 PDT! Tune in to hear HRC's @betsypopken.bsky.social and @obi-belonging.bsky.social 's Hossein Ayazi present their team's findings on Climate-Induced Human Migration and Displacement in #California.
events.zoom.us/ev/AsrovL3_3...
@tylermcbrien.comReposted by @hrcberkeley.bsky.social"ARCHITECTURE OF CRUELTY: Third Country Removal Agreements and the Second Trump Administration," the full report from @hrcberkeley.bsky.social, is now live at the link below.
@porcausa.orgReposted by @hrcberkeley.bsky.social18 meses de investigación para revelar la arquitectura del programa de deportaciones masivas de Trump. Esto del @hrcberkeley.bsky.social
humanrights.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
@tylermcbrien.comReposted by @hrcberkeley.bsky.socialNEW: Ahead of Supreme Court oral argument on 3rd country removals in Dec, @hrcberkeley.bsky.social released a report, reading room, & other resources digging into 33 publicly available agreements the US has entered into with 29 (out of at least 35) countries.
humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/tra...
@hrcberkeley.bsky.social3/3 The report is also accompanied by an interactive digital resource library to explore the data, including:
📊 TCR Agreements Dashboard
🗓️ TCR Timeline
🔗 Explore the interactive library: the underlying agreement text
🔗 Explore the interactive library: humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/tra...
@hrcberkeley.bsky.social2/3 Our team analyzed 31 country removal agreements made w/ U.S., traced $50M+ in payments to receiving governments & documented people w/ court-ordered U.S. protections sent abroad + detained in dangerous conditions.
🔗 Read the Deportation Project reporting: forbiddenstories.org/projects_pos...
@hrcberkeley.bsky.social🧵1/3 We've just released "Architecture of Cruelty," the first major legal and empirical analysis of the U.S. third country removal system based on 18 months of research with @forbidden-stories.bsky.social #DeportationProject:
📖 Read the full report: humanrights.berkeley.edu/publications...
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.socialReposted by @hrcberkeley.bsky.social"The @hrcberkeley.bsky.social has published a multiyear investigation documenting the deaths of 337 journalists and human rights activists in Mexico under the tenure of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador."
Read more via @dailycal.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4ysGCzS
@hrcberkeley.bsky.socialJoin us for our annual #HumanRights Fellowship Conference! Hear our students share their experiences working with frontline human rights organizations around the world.
📅 Oct. 16
🕰️ 12:45
📍 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Warren Room
🍴 Lunch + reception provided
🔗 RSVP: events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/33...
![Flyer for 2026 Human Rights Fellowship Conference at Berkeley Law (Warren Room 295), Friday, Oct 16, 12:45–5:00 PM[cite: 1]. Hosted by the Human Rights Center; features 10 fellow headshots, lunch, reception, and RSVP QR code.
Schedule: 12:45 Lunch & Keynote; 1:10 Surveillance & Rights; 2:10 Environmental Justice; 3:30 Lived Experiences; 4:45 Reception.
Accommodations: (510) 642-0965 | hrcevents@berkeley.edu](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:5fefsmxxavueyjau4zuve36h/bafkreie5dnum3gjpnbyldixbp4oe5ngku67sdhx6uk6o4754knma25kive@jpeg)
@hrcberkeley.bsky.socialOn Tues, Oct 6 at 2 p.m. PDT, HRC’s @betsypopken.bsky.social & @obi-belonging.bsky.social ’s Hossein Ayazi present findings on Climate-Induced Human Migration & Displacement in CA in a webinar hosted by the Governor's Office of Land Use & Climate Innovation!
Register: events.zoom.us/ev/AsrovL3_3...
@tylermcbrien.comReposted by @hrcberkeley.bsky.socialNEW: A new @hrcberkeley.bsky.social investigation found that in Mexico during President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration (December 2018 to September 2024), 337 journalists and human rights defenders were killed—a number much higher than previously reported. (1/6)
@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.socialReposted by @hrcberkeley.bsky.socialIn a new "Berkeley Law Voices Carry" podcast, host @gwyneth.bsky.social talks to @hrcberkeley.bsky.social about a recent report that focuses on how the use of large language models — the foundation of generative AI — are affecting the fields of law, journalism, and education: https://bit.ly/4iJq2GO
@forbidden-stories.bsky.socialReposted by @hrcberkeley.bsky.social🔴🇺🇸 [#DeportationProject] Explore the Map Behind the US Third Country Deportation System When people are deported, but not to their countries of origin... Where do they go?
@hrcberkeley.bsky.socialListen to the full podcast now, where Gwyneth Shaw interviews co-authors @betsypopken.bsky.social, @vyoma-raman.bsky.social, and Camille Chabot:
www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-epis...
