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AHRC Public Safety Advisory: Avoid Engagement with Outside Provocateurs

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The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) echoes the Dearborn Police Department’s call urging the public not to confront or engage with outside groups expected to come to Dearborn during the City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. In a public message, Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin confirmed that the Police Department and its law enforcement partners are aware of individuals and groups from outside the community who are anticipated to travel to Dearborn on August 18, 2026. Past experiences show that these outside groups deliberately seek attention and attempt to provoke confrontations. Their aim is to trigger reactions by any means to gain publicity. The Dearborn Police Department has prepared a comprehensive security plan and is coordinating closely with local, state, and federal agencies. The guidance is clear: Do not argue with them. Do not confront them. Do not give them the reaction or footage they are seeking. They are free to come, but the community must not fal...
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Video: the forgotten crisis: Rohingya refugees

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  https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20260803205353049/   The forgotten crisis: Rohingya refugeesーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS Rohingya refugees can't go home and face an uncertain future, driving some to desperate acts. NHK World's Mitamu... The forgotten crisis: Rohingya refugees Rohingya refugees can't go home and face an uncertain future, driving some to desperate acts. NHK World's Mitamura Taro takes a closer look at the continuing humanitarian crisis.
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Myanmar’s UN Ambassador Has a Rohingya Problem Keep the Junta Out. Hold Kyaw Moe Tun Accountable​

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  I n just over a month, the Myanmar diaspora will be out with their banners outside the U.N. General Assembly in New York. September 19 has been designated a “Day of Action.” There are simultaneous rallies planned across European, Australian and Asian capitals. They will all be pushing the same message - let Kyaw Moe Tun keep his seat as Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. And whatever happens - don’t let the Credentials Committee hand it to a regime stooge. Kyaw Moe Tun is effectively the NUG-aligned representative of Myanmar at the UN. If you recall his history, his formal UN status does not derive from an accreditation of the NUG as Myanmar’s recognised government. He survives institutionally through his pre-coup accreditation as Myanmar’s Permanent Representative and the UN’s refusal to replace him with the junta’s nominee. See this page for an interesting UN exchange. And Ambassador Tun’s role at the UN is not an insignificant one. DVB quotes Moe Zaw Oo...
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The Forgotten Racial History of Alligator Alcatraz by Mark V. Barrow, Jr.

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  American alligator lurking in the Everglades. Photo: Marine 69-71. Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4.0 The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed , but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over detainees’ treatment , environmental claims over damage to protected wetlands and uncertainty about the future of the airstrip it was built on. One aspect of the South Florida facility has drawn far less attention, though: the name itself, and the long history of associating alligators with racist ideas about people of color. I’m a historian of wildlife , the environment and American culture who has studied the cultural and environmental history of the American alligator. My research shows that the species has carried a variety of meanings in the United States, ranging from a prized source of leather for luxury fashion to an emblem of Florida identity. Less well known is the reptile’s role in the nation’s history of racial stereotyping. For generations, allig...
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