To US, EU and UN officials: We kindly ask you to increase emergency funding for child nutrition, maternal health and direct aid to mothers and infants in Afghanistan. Every Afghan child deserves a chance to live. Please help. #AfghanChildren #SaveAfghanBabies
Afghanistan faces one of the world's worst crises: 3.7 million children under 5 need malnutrition treatment in 2026, but funding cuts mean only 1 in 4 can be helped. Hunger is pushing families to unthinkable acts. Source: www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social @secblinken.bsky.social @statedept.substack.com.web.brid.gy @ec.europa.eu @JosepBorrellF @ungeneva.bsky.social @unicef.org Heartbreaking 💔 Today a child was placed in a sealed plastic bag and thrown into the Kabul River amid desperate poverty in Afghanistan.
Tagging global leaders and institutions urged to act:
@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu
@ungeneva.bsky.social @unicef.org @ilo.org @ewtnvatican.bsky.social
Children in Congo deserve protection — now, not later.
#Congo #HumanRights #ChildTrafficking #EndChildSlavery
Tagging global leaders and institutions urged to act:
@statesnewsroom.com @marcorubio.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social @usaidmedia.bsky.social
Children in Congo deserve protection — now, not later.
#Congo #HumanRights #ChildTrafficking #EndChildSlavery
This crisis demands bipartisan moral courage.
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social — the world’s eyes are on Congo’s children.
Please join calls for investigations, sanctions, and humanitarian aid.
#Congo #ChildTrafficking #HumanRights
Black Lives Matter. Christian Lives Matter. Every child's life matters.
RT, tag your representatives, and keep pressing for action.
Let's work together to protect these suffering children.
#ProtectChristianChildren #BlackLivesMatter
To everyone reading:
Please share this thread and demand action from leaders.
These are sons and daughters whose lives are being stolen every day.
All innocent children deserve freedom and safety.
#EndChildSlavery #SaveCongoKids
The world needs moral leadership and coordinated efforts to safeguard vulnerable children in the DRC.
Rescue operations, safe shelters, and long-term support are urgently required.
To His Holiness Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex and the Vatican:
These are Christian children targeted for their faith.
Please speak out and mobilize the global Catholic Church, aid organizations, and diplomatic channels to rescue, shelter, and protect them.
International bodies, please take urgent action:
@UN @UNICEF @UNHumanRights @ILO @IntlCrimCourt
Investigate these crimes as potential crimes against humanity.
Deploy resources to protect the children.
Hold perpetrators accountable where possible.
We also urge EU leaders to take urgent action:
@EU_Commission @JosepBorrellF @Europarl_EN @EUCouncil
Support investigations, sanctions where appropriate, and funding for child rescue & protection programs in the DRC.
Strong international cooperation can help end this crisis.
We urge U.S. leaders to take urgent action:
@StateDept @SecRubio @POTUS @VP @USAID
Please launch an investigation into these child trafficking networks.
Impose targeted sanctions on perpetrators.
Provide emergency funding for rescues and anti-trafficking efforts in the DRC.
This is happening NOW in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Children are abducted from villages and forced into labor, combat, or sexual slavery.
Tens of thousands endure brutal conditions in cobalt mines that power our phones and EVs.
URGENT: Christian children as young as 4 are being sold into slavery in the Congo — forced into sex slavery or deadly cobalt mines.
A disturbing video shows kids tied in sacks and sold between Congo and Gabon. Smugglers exploit the chaos.
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Bluesky accounts for those tagged:
@miattygen.bsky.social (Michigan Attorney General)
@slotkin.senate.gov (Senator Elissa Slotkin)
@prisonpolicy.org (Prison Policy Initiative)
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social (JD Vance)
End thread.
“Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” Hebrews 13:3 End thread.
Thank you to the Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy for documenting these cases and highlighting the lack of national data on jail births.
Please focus on transparency, consistency with existing laws/policies on perinatal care, and protection of pregnant women and infants in custody. Please update the public on Michigan/Florida county jail data practices, compliance reviews, or investigations.
Tagging officials/agencies to seek justice: @GovWhitmer @MIAttyGen @MichiganDOC @SenGaryPeters @SenatorSlotkin @GovRonDeSantis @FL_Corrections @TheJusticeDept @CivilRights @OfficialFBOP Sharing publicly reported facts for review of possible law/policy violations.
Federally, 8th Amendment requires adequate medical care; deliberate indifference to serious needs (e.g., labor complications) may violate constitutional rights. Local jail data collection remains limited (GAO/BJS). @TheJusticeDept @CivilRights @OfficialFBOP
Florida enacted the Tammy Jackson Act (2020) for pregnant women in custody, yet post-enactment jail births including infant deaths reported. Possible questions on policy compliance and data collection. Tagging to seek justice and accountability for maternal/infant outcomes.
In Michigan, MDOC Policy Directive 04.04.155 addresses birth plans, obstetric care per community standards, support persons, and restraint limits for pregnant women in state prisons. County jails under local authority. Possible alignment review warranted. @MichiganDOC
These accounts describe scenarios that may involve deliberate indifference to serious medical needs (potential 8th/14th Amendment violations for inadequate care in custody) and failure to meet community obstetric standards or state policies on timely response during labor.
Report notes: “In at least 24 cases, jail staff ignored repeated cries for help or medical assistance during labor.” At least two-thirds of births (25 of 35) occurred inside jail cells, often with only a mattress, toilet, and floor. @SenGaryPeters @SenatorSlotkin
Of the 35 cases: 1/4 of babies were stillborn or died within two weeks; five others had documented injury or infection. At least one-third were born preterm. Florida mother “I basically held my baby all night, until she died, until she turned blue” @GovRonDeSantis @FL_Corrections
The Prison Policy Initiative reviewed 10 years of U.S. news (2013–2023): 261 articles on 35 jail births across 21 states. ~55,000 annual admissions of pregnant women to jails. No routine national data collection for local jails. www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/07... @GovWhitmer @MIAttyGen
@marysheffield.bsky.social @dananessel.bsky.social @miattygen.bsky.social @jd-vance-1.bsky.social
Federal & state officials must ensure public safety grant funds (EMPG, Justice Assistance Grants, etc.) improve staffing and response times — not waste taxpayer dollars on endless holds.
Federal and state officials must ensure grant funds improve staffing and response times, in line with requirements for effective use of public safety dollars.
Residents need safety.
Source:Reddit r/Detroit (April 4, 26)
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@CivilRights @JusticeOIG @DetroitOIG
Detroit receives federal grants (e.g. EMPG, Justice Assistance Grants) and Michigan state public safety funding for emergency communications and police.
Taxpayers expect these dollars to deliver reliable service not hours on hold.
@GovWhitmer @MIAttyGen @JusticeOIG @DetroitOIG