Vrijdag doet de Hoge Raad uitspraak in de F-35 zaak. @paxvoorvrede.nl, @oxfamnovib.bsky.social en @therightsforum.bsky.social wonnen in hoger beroep en sindsdien is het voor de staat verboden om F-35 onderdelen te leveren. Er zal een livestream zijn via de website van de Hoge Raad.
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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here: George Monbiot via @theguardian.com
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Vanmiddag is onze rechtszaak tegen Meta. Zien we je daar? ✨
Wat moet er nog gebeuren voor maatregelen?! “Tegenover een groep journalisten legde defensieminister Israel Katz maandagavond uit dat het Israëlische leger de bouw van een enorm kamp voorbereidt, op de ruïnes van de platgebombardeerde stad Rafah. […] Wie eenmaal binnen is, mag er niet meer uit”
#ICYMI @automateddecision.bsky.social published their #News briefing covering the latest developments on #Autonomy in weapons systems, #AI, oppressive tech and more ⤵️
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"It's dehumanising, it's unethical and the decision to take life should not be delegated to a machine. So we hope that states start to talk more about it...and advocate for a prohibition on autonomous weapons systems that target human beings."
– @verityc.bsky.social @amnesty.org
#CCWUN
Uitstekend stuk van @annefloordekker.bsky.social
@roliens.bsky.social @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social e.a. In onbescheidenheid: tien jaar geleden (!!) schreef ik dit voor @hivos.bsky.social met @romanbaatenburg.bsky.social
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Een bijzonder verhaal. Al twintig jaar zet Egbert Wesselink zich vastberaden in voor gerechtigheid en mensenrechten bij PAX. Nu staat hij op een cruciaal moment: als getuige in een Zweedse rechtszaak die de Zweedse multimiljardair Ian Lundin achter de tralies kan krijgen. www.ad.nl/buitenland/s...
Belangrijke analyse met bijdrage van collega Sara Ketelaar van @paxvoorvrede.nl over de zeer zorgwekkende ontwikkelingen in Zuid-Soedan.
Dreigende burgeroorlog in Zuid-Sudan 'kan hele regio in crisis storten' - nos.nl/l/2560816
What did we learn from Syria? That we misread it, and condemn it to misery, when we do not listen to the people at the heart of it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
Promises by Big-tech don't seem to be worth anything.
"Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons."
This is deeply concerning. In this increasingly polarised world, we need more rules and limits, not less. @BanKillerRobots
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Promises by Big-tech don't seem to be worth anything.
"Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons."
This is deeply concerning. In this increasingly polarised world, we need more rules and limits, not less. @BanKillerRobots
aje.io/rgal15
Sweden has unveiled a "cluster of swarming aerial drones ... for intelligence and surveillance"
They use "high-resolution imagery and artificial intelligence-driven analyses" for faster decision-making.
@c4isrnet.bsky.social
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Companies in Russia's neighbouring countries are intermediaries in the evasion of military sanctions: Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as Georgia and Uzbekistan. Since the outbreak of war, these countries have seen an abnormal increase in arms imports
www.journalismfund.eu/arms-route-t...
The use of explosive weapons in Gaza in 2024 condemned an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day - to potentially lifelong disabilities, including severely injured limbs and hearing impairments, said Save the Children.
www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-ex...
With at least 66% of all the water infrastructure in #Gaza destroyed as a result of Israels destructive war, most of the Palestinians face severe water shortages, that impact public health and sanitation, with reverberating environmental impacts from dumped wastewater gaza-city.org/news/bldy-gh...
Israel creates hub for military AI, autonomy research;
AI and Autonomy Administration operates under auspices of Directorate of Defense Research & Development.
"Our future battlefield will see integrated teams of soldiers and autonomous systems working in concert"
www.defensenews.com/global/midea...
Dragons are cool!
Hey there ... Good to see some familiar faces