Amanda M Klasing

National Dir. GR & Advocacy @amnestyusa; former @hrw; Board @Women4Earth; Texan by birth/DC by choice; Human Rights, Gender, Water & Cookies. Tweets my own.

[Amanda M Klasing @AMKlasing]

This was a difficult piece to write. I truly believe @SenMarcoRubio wouldn't recognize himself: Rubio Burned Down the House to Fix a Sink - The secretary of state must be seen as chief architect of Trump administration’s assault on the rules-based order. https://t.co/RToLwblKfN

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Trump is worried about the International Criminal Court because he could be charged for the summary execution of drug suspects, aiding and abetting Israel's genocide, or obstructing justice by imposing sanctions on ICC officials. https://t.co/3MUWJjtvdt

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

Former Haitian president Michel Martelly has arrived back in Haiti — with clear ambitions for another run at the presidency. Despite being sanctioned by the US for alleged involvement in drug trafficking, he has been living in Florida in recent years, waiting for the right time to return.

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

Marco Rubio's attacks on the International Criminal Court are no surprise. As Secretary of State, he has been the chief architect of the Trump administration's assault on international human rights, writes @amklasing in @ForeignPolicy: https://t.co/ghj4BDxkqd

[Amanda M Klasing @AMKlasing]

Thanks, @KenRoth, for sharing.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Marco Rubio once stood for human rights. Now, he has overseen the dismantling of the State Department's programs for promoting human rights, politicized US reporting, and tried to redefine them entirely -- all a gift to the world's autocrats and dictators. https://t.co/vgTbArJ0Bx

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

The secretary of state must be seen as the chief architect of the Trump administration’s assault on the rules-based order. https://t.co/VrbD3gbHmN

[ISHR @ISHRglobal]

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[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

The pen is mightier than sword! @AMKlasing details the comprehensive damage Rubio has done to the human rights movement, laying what will be his legacy unless he course corrects now.

[Amanda M Klasing @AMKlasing]

This was a tough piece to write, and I hope it spurs action. Sec Rubio can make a different choice about what his human rights legacy will be.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Over the past 18 months, Rubio has led an all-out assault on human rights in U.S. statecraft, mostly bypassing Congress to do so. https://t.co/VrbD3gbHmN

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Over the past 18 months, Rubio has led an all-out assault on human rights in U.S. statecraft, mostly bypassing Congress to do so. https://t.co/VrbD3gbHmN

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

At this point, Marco Rubio must be seen as the chief architect of the Trump administration’s assault on the rules-based order that protects human rights and promotes global peace and security. Read the whole piece in @ForeignPolicy from our National Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, @AMKlasing https://t.co/3GVRSzLpWW

[Amanda M Klasing @AMKlasing]

Thank you, @AlanEyre1

[Alan Eyre @AlanEyre1]

Yes, what @AMKlasing said. Money quote:
"At this point, he [Rubio] must be seen as the chief architect and implementor of dismantling the State Department systems that were designed to uphold and engage the rules-based order that protects human rights and promotes global peace and security.
https://t.co/mF0yqPblnn

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

To honor the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we have joined 120 civil society organizations in a statement of solidarity with survivors. https://t.co/ZyPz2ce5E4

[Amanda M Klasing @AMKlasing]

Couldn't have said it better myself ;-). It is is an extrajudicial killing either way - but now we know that these are extrajudicial killings that are based on none of the things we were told they were based on... baffling.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

If they really were drug boats, it would still be illegal to invoke the laws of war to blow them up. But we now know they may not even have had drugs on board!
https://t.co/znjEzZQTpl

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

More than 200 people are dead just nine months into this illegal operation. We have no transparency. No accountability. And a general who doesn’t even defend the efficacy of it. Success?
https://t.co/znjEzZQTpl

[Amanda M Klasing @AMKlasing]

I said what I said. These are extrajudicial killings--a type of murder. They need to stop-- and Congress should stop funding them.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

It is a baffling admission that this cruel and lethal program is targeting these boats based on criteria other than being in possession of the very items purported in the administration’s already unlawful and dubious justification. https://t.co/znjEzZQTpl

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

It is a baffling admission that this cruel and lethal program is targeting these boats based on criteria other than being in possession of the very items purported in the administration’s already unlawful and dubious justification. https://t.co/znjEzZQTpl

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

"The United States government has intentionally killed at least 205 people outside any lawful circumstances—and the operation is still ongoing. These extrajudicial killings are a form of murder," writes Amnesty International's National Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, Amanda Klasing, in the @BulwarkOnline

Read the full oped👇

[Avner Gidron @AvnerGidron]

.@amnestyusa 's .@AMKlasing : No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats? https://t.co/sHEyaUVWPc

[Tom Dannenbaum @tomdannenbaum]

Drinking water installations are quintessentially “objects indispensable to survival,” a category with heightened protection in international law.

Attacks directed against such installations are presumptively unlawful.

This report strongly indicates precision strikes on two.