“The Sound of Explosions Did Not Stop:” Civilian Harm in Iran after One Month of War | Center for Civilians in Conflict Civilians have borne the brunt of the US-Israel-Iran war since it began on February 28, 2026.  This brief by Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA), Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), and Airwars...

One month into the war in #Iran , and civilians are paying the price.

Our new brief with @airwars.bsky.social & Human Rights Activists in Iran assesses the devastating civilian toll in Iran, the drivers of harm, and urgent recommendations for all actors.

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In the U.S. Strike on an Iranian School, What a Serious Military Investigation Should Look Like A military operation resulting in such a civilian death toll as the Minab school strike demands a credible, thorough Pentagon investigation.

A credible Pentagon probe of the U.S. military strike on the Minab school in #Iran requires specific steps.

From Annie Shiel & @priyankam.bsky.social, who’ve extensively studied U.S. military investigations of #CivilianHarm:

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Nearly 1,500 Iranian civilians killed in U.S., Israeli strikes, report says The findings appear to be the most comprehensive estimates yet of the growing toll of dead and wounded civilians in the month-long war.

Nearly 1,500 Iranian civilians have been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes that have hit schools, hospitals and other nonmilitary infrastructure since the Iran war began last month, human rights groups alleged in a new report.

Dutch apologise to victims of Mosul bombing in 2016

Dutch apologise to victims of Mosul bombing in 2016 www.dutchnews.nl?p=265590

The first civilian confirmed killed in an AI-assisted strike? U.S. military told Airwars/Independent investigation it has 'no way of knowing' whether deadly strike relied on AI, causing alarm amid AI-assisted Iran attacks

With the U.S. and Israeli militaries using AI to strike Iran, experts are warning of growing concerns around an urgent AI accountability gap.

Read the full story at Airwars' website

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AI, a dead student, and US airstrikes: The civilian caught up in a new age of warfare As debate grows over the role of AI in military strikes in the bombing of Iran, scrutiny has turned to civilians caught up in the destruction. An investigation by The Independent and conflict monitori...

Exclusive: Airwars and @the-independent.com identified the first civilian the U.S. military has accepted killing in strikes that it declared were AI-assisted.

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CIVIC Calls for Immediate De-escalation as Regional Conflict Harms Civilians | Center for Civilians in Conflict Amman, Jordan / Washington, DC, March 1, 2026 – As deadly conflict escalates across Iran and the wider Middle East, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) calls for immediate de-escalation, maximum ...

Civilians should always be protected and never bear the brunt of Conflict.

CIVIC Calls for Immediate De-escalation as Regional Conflict Harms Civilians.

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CIVIC Calls for Immediate De-escalation as Regional Conflict Harms Civilians | Center for Civilians in Conflict Amman, Jordan / Washington, DC, March 1, 2026 – As deadly conflict escalates across Iran and the wider Middle East, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) calls for immediate de-escalation, maximum ...

Civilians are paying the price for US military escalation in Iran. Congress must rein in this reckless campaign before more lives are lost. Our statement: civiliansinconflict.org/press-releas...

On bail policy, Massachusetts must catch up  - CommonWealth Beacon Massachusetts has positioned itself as a leader on a range of policy domains under attack by the Trump administration. But as a national conversation has arisen about cash bail and public safety, fuel...

“While … sheriff budgets receive new scrutiny due to high-profile instances of alleged misconduct, the Legislature and the public should be equally concerned with the underlying policy goals of this spending: human caging, disproportionately of Black and Hispanic people who are presumed innocent.“

CIVIC Launches Marla Ruzicka Project for Amends and Redress Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) today launched the Marla Ruzicka Project for Amends and Redress, which will advance support and recognition for civilians harmed by US military operations, con...

I am thrilled to share that I've joined the Center for Civilians in Conflict to lead the Marla Ruzicka Project for Amends and Redress.

The project will pursue justice for civilians harmed in US military operations in partnership with the Zomia Center.

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Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.

Urgent ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, the world’s deadliest place for journalists. By @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @meghnadbose.bsky.social, and @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/urge...

They Called for Help. Instead, the Police Brought Harm. - Mochi Magazine Police responses to Asian Americans in crisis reveal deadly gaps in mental health care, disability justice, and systemic accountability.

Utmost appreciation to journalists who tackle issues others find difficult and defies public lore. This time, Rohan Zhou-Lee @diaryofafirebird.bsky.social ties together #disability justice, #AAPI communities, and ongoing state violence / harm by law enforcement. www.mochimag.com/activism/pol...

There’s a skyline of Gaza that extends across all four images - coloring pencil on paper. The text reads “this drawing is based on photos of…

Gaza from early 2023. 92% of these homes

Have now been damaged or destroyed by the

Israeli military. Source: UN, April 2025

This is called domicide

How Do You Remember a Home Reduced to Rubble? Through interviews with survivors and satellite imagery, data journalist Mona Chalabi and SITU Research created models of razed houses in Gaza, Iraq, and Syria.

A museum installation in New York City combines journalism, oral history, art and architecture to pay an immensely personal tribute to homes destroyed in Palestine, Iraq and Syria by weapons manufactured in the United States.

Reported with Janine AlHadidi
@hyperallergic.com @monachalabi.bsky.social

How Do You Remember a Home Reduced to Rubble? Through interviews with survivors and satellite imagery, data journalist Mona Chalabi and SITU Research created models of razed houses in Gaza, Iraq, and Syria.

“You cannot erase memories,” said Mohammed Osman, whose home in Manbij, Syria, was destroyed in an airstrike by the US-led coalition in 2016. His former house is one of three homes modeled in “Patterns of Life,” Mona Chalabi’s exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt.

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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

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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

Trump nearly doubled U.S. civilian casualty toll in Yemen | Airwars The Trump administration killed almost as many civilians in Yemen in 52 days as the previous 23 years of U.S. action

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

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Senators challenge Hegseth on civilian deaths in Yemen strikes Democrats have demanded that the Trump administration account for rising loss of life from its intensified campaign against Iran-backed militants.

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.

What the chats signal about Trump's bombing campaign in Yemen Everyone talked about the leaked Yemen attack plans. But who was killed in the strikes authorised?

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?

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"The term ‘excited delirium’ should just be gone forever."

Thankful John Oliver & @lastweektonight.com spotlight and condemn the pseudoscience of "excited delirium" & conflicts of interest from the manufacturers of Taser.

LWT cites PHR's seminal study on "excited delirium": phr.org/our-work/res...

⚠️ BUDGET DUE TODAY! KEEP CALLING TO BLOCK NEW YORK’S MASK BAN! Governor Hochul is still trying to force an anti-mask law into NY’s state budget – and the deadline is tonight. Our calls are working, but we’re not the only ones calling. We need to keep the pressure on and keep speaking up. Call to oppose mask bans TODAY, whether it’s your first time or a follow-up. Ask your friends to call too, especially if they’re upstate. TOOLKIT FOR CALLING YOUR STATE REPS: 📞 bit.ly/no-mask-ban (link in bio) Share this with 3 friends to grow our impact. Even a quick call makes a difference!

⚠️ NY's Budget is due TODAY! Our #NoNYMaskBan calls are working, but we’re not the only ones calling. We need to keep the pressure on. Call today, whether it’s your first time or a follow-up. Ask your friends to call, too, especially if they’re upstate.

Tasers & Excited Delirium: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

Here’s last night’s story about Tasers, whether they’re as safe and effective as the company that makes them, Axon, claims, and why you shouldn’t test one out on any of your family members. You’d think that goes without saying, but you’ll see that it really, really doesn’t. youtu.be/7Yd9nLQx3qQ

15 first responders killed in Rafah, U.N. says, as IDF orders mass evacuation 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.

“They were killed in their uniforms. Driving their clearly marked vehicles. Wearing their gloves.
On their way to save lives”

15 first responders killed in Rafah, U.N. says, as IDF orders mass evacuation
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Hegseth Cuts Pentagon Work on Preventing Civilian Harm Employees at the Pentagon’s Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response office were told their jobs would be eliminated, as would advisory posts at operational commands.

The offices developing policies, training, and assistance to combatant commanders to help reduce the harm to civilians during U.S. military operations will be eliminated by the secretary of defense www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...

Pentagon moves to gut operations focused on reducing civilian harm Officials at the Defense Department’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, which seeks to limit collateral damage from military strikes against enemy combatants, were told to accept a buyout or b...

NEW: The Defense Department is moving to dismantle efforts focused on reducing civilian harm in U.S. military operations from @alexhorton.bsky.social, me and @danlamothe.bsky.social 🎁 wapo.st/4h6jH3M

“No Other Land” Is the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch (Gift Article) “No Other Land,” about the destruction of a village in the occupied West Bank, is one of the year’s most acclaimed films. Still, U.S. studios are unwilling to distribute it.

My column this week is about NO OTHER LAND, a must-see Oscar nominee that every U.S. studio is too afraid to touch: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/m...

The Trump Administration's Attacks on International Law and Institutions: Public Statement of American Human Rights Experts, Current and Former Members of UN Bodies High-level US human rights experts express concern about the Trump administration's turn away from of international law and institutions.

[1/3] The Trump Administration’s Attacks on International Law and Institutions: Public Statement by 16 US Human Rights Experts, Current and Former Members of UN Bodies

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Police use ‘excited delirium’ to explain in-custody deaths. It’s a debunked diagnosis The term “excited delirium” has been used as a diagnosis to describe people who die suddenly in police custody. But physicians and medical boards have long dismissed excited delirium as unscientific, ...

NEW: The words “excited delirium” came up multiple times during the trial over the in-custody death of an Indianapolis man having a mental health emergency. But experts say it’s a rejected medical diagnosis used by police to justify excessive force.
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