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Myrto Tilianaki @myrtotilianaki.bsky.social · 7h

5 questions you might have about #COP30 and why it’s a pivotal moment for climate action & human rights.

Governments should phase out fossil fuels, ensure a just transition, and protect forests & communities. hrw.org/news/2025/10/09/qa-united-nations-climate-change-conference-cop30

Q&A: United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30)

The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference, COP30, will bring together states that are party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as thousands of experts, journalists...

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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 3d

🚨Judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague have just convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kosheib) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region.

Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 3d

🚨BREAKING Sudan news via Elizabeth Evenson, International Justice Director @hrw.org ⤵️

“The ICC’s long-awaited landmark conviction for serious crimes in Darfur provides the first opportunity for victims and communities terrorized by the Janjaweed to see a measure of justice before the court."

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 7d

Country-wide protests initiated by the youth group GenZ212 have gripped Morocco, as protesters criticize the government over corruption and spending.

Morocco’s government should hear protestors’ demands. Learn more ⤵️

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HRW_AR @hrwarabic.bsky.social · 9d

دافع العديد من الكوميديين المشاركين في "مهرجان الرياض للكوميديا" عن حرية التعبير.

هل سيدافعون الآن عن هذا الحق في #السعودية؟

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Bassam Khawaja @khawaja.bsky.social · 12d

Trump’s memorandum directing law enforcement to investigate a sprawling, imaginary conspiracy to foment political violence in the US is a serious threat to human rights and democratic institutions: www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

US: Trump Targets Opponents in Sweeping Memorandum

United States President Donald Trump’s September 25, 2025, memorandum directing law enforcement to investigate a sprawling, imaginary conspiracy to foment political violence in the United States is a ...

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 15d

US Servicemembers’ Exposure to Criminal Liability for Lethal Strikes on Narcoterrorists

By Daniel Maurer, former career judge advocate officer and former court-martial prosecutor

#MilitaryJustice #SouthCom #LOAC

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US Servicemembers' Exposure to Criminal Liability for Lethal Strikes on Narcoterrorists

Former career judge advocate officer and former court-martial prosecutor writes that order to kill suspected narcoterrorists in Caribbean exposes servicemembers to criminal liability.

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Ida Sawyer @idasawyer.bsky.social · 15d

“A Call for Meaningful Action to Support Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo”

My remarks at a UN General Assembly side event in New York this week, on the climate of impunity driving cycles of violence and abuse in DRC & concrete steps that can be taken now: hrw.org/news/2025/09...

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Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social · 16d

🚩Saudi govt is using the Riyadh Comedy Fest to deflect attention from its brutal repression

The festival takes place on the 7th anniversary of Khashoggi's murder

Lineup includes: Jimmy Carr, Pete Davidson and others

@mazjobrani.bsky.social

@sammorril.bsky.social

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Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses

The Saudi government is using the Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 from September 26 to October 9 to deflect attention from its brutal repression of free speech and other pervasive human rights violations.

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HRW_AR @hrwarabic.bsky.social · 17d

خلال الاجتماعات الرفيعة في دورة "الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة" هذا الأسبوع، على قادة الدول اتخاذ إجراءات عاجلة لوقف الإبادة والجرائم الإسرائيلية الأخرى بحق الفلسطينيين في #غزة.

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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 As world leaders gather in NYC for #UNGA80, the atmosphere is grim amid attacks by powerful countries (incl. US) on multilateral institutions, human rights & international accountability. See @hrw.org's overview & recommendations below.

#Gaza #Sudan #Haiti #Ukraine #ICC #Myanmar #Afghanistan etc

UN: World Leaders Should Commit to Human Rights, International Justice

World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23-29 should commit to protecting the UN from powerful governments seeking to defund and undermine the organization’s capaci...

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HRW_AR @hrwarabic.bsky.social · 20d

منذ انهيار حكومة الأسد في ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2024، توغلت إسرائيل في المنطقة المنزوعة السلاح التي تشرف عليها "الأمم المتحدة" والتي تفصل هضبة الجولان – وهي أراضٍ سورية تحتلها إسرائيل منذ 1967 – عن الجزء الذي ظل تحت السيطرة السورية من محافظة القنيطرة، وأنشأت تسعة مواقع عسكرية.

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Kartik Raj @kartikraj.bsky.social · 20d

Germany’s government is set to make major social security cuts, and replace the only recently-created “Citizen’s Income” with a more punitive “New Income for Jobseekers”.

These plans will increase poverty.

Human rights can help guide the debate back to what matters.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

A single mother in low-wage work shows her monthly household budget to Human Rights Watch during an interview, Baden-Württemberg, February 2023.
© 2023 Kartik Raj/ Human Rights Watch

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Human Rights Watch auf Deutsch @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social · 20d

Während sich Schwarz-Rot um die geplanten Sozialreformen und das #Bürgergeld zankt, geht die tägliche Realität vieler Menschen mit geringem Einkommen in #Deutschland unter.
Viele kommen schlichtweg nicht über die Runden.

Ein Kommentar von @kartikraj.bsky.social:
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...

Streit um Sozialreformen: In Deutschland drohen die Menschenrechte auf der Strecke zu bleiben

Die Koalitionspartner der schwarz-roten Bundesregierung in Deutschland streiten sich derzeit um die Inhalte der geplanten großen „Sozialreform”, bei der das Bürgergeld durch eine neue „Grundsicherung ...

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Kartik Raj @kartikraj.bsky.social · 20d

Germany’s chancellor: “No one in our country falls into poverty because they become unemployed.” („Niemand fällt in unserem Land in die Armut, weil er arbeitslos wird.”)

Lived experience of unemployment benefits strongly suggests otherwise.

Screengrabs via @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social

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Ben Ward @bpward.bsky.social · 21d

When politicians undermine the European Court of Human Rights, we all lose. With Europe facing some of the gravest threats since the end of WW2, European governments should be bolstering regional institutions, not undermining them.
Read my new analysis for @HRW
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

When Politicians Undermine Europe’s Rights Court, We All Lose

The European Court of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights are under attack again.

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Almaz Teffera @almazteffera.bsky.social · 21d

#UK's @phsombudsman.bsky.social finds:
1/ deep flaws in management of Home Office's #Windrush Compensation Scheme
2/ compensation offers should account for private pension losses. #WindrushScandal

@hrw.org will say it again: Windrush claimants need access to legal aid.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

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Belkis Wille @belkiswille.bsky.social · 21d

The US maritime attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessels violate international human rights law and amount to extrajudicial killings www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

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Michelle Reyes Milk @mreyesmilk.bsky.social · 22d

Mi nota sobre la ley de amnistia 🇵🇪 y cómo vulnera el Derecho Internacional. Gracias @idehpucp por publicarla www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...

My piece on the 🇵🇪 amnesty law and why it breaches international law. Thanks to @idehpucp for publishing www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

@hrwespanol.bsky.social

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Belkis Wille @belkiswille.bsky.social · 23d

On Sept 12, an ICE officer shot at Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican migrant, near Chicago, who then died. CCTV footage of the incident calls ICE’s account into question and highlights the need for independent investigation www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

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Claudio Francavilla @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social · 28d

1/3 #Gaza: the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging the EU Council & Commission to:

- Suspend the #EU - #Israel trade deal

- Sanction Ben Gvir, Smotrich & settlers

- Support the ICC, activate the EU blocking statute against US sanctions

- Halt arms exports amid risks of complicity ...

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HRW_AR @hrwarabic.bsky.social · 28d

"أسطول الصمود" وأساطيل الإغاثة الأخرى تضع قادة الحكومات أمام مسؤوليتهم: عليهم العمل فورا على كسر الحصار الإسرائيلي غير القانوني على #غزة لإنهاء المجاعة
https://bit.ly/4mSMj4d

الأساطيل تُبرز الحاجة المُلِحّة لرفع الحصار الإسرائيلي عن غزة

في غياب أي إجراء دولي لوقف الحكومة الإسرائيلية عن مواصلة جرائمها الجسيمة ضد الفلسطينيين في غزة، ينطلق أشخاص من جميع أنحاء العالم في أساطيل تهدف إلى كسر الحصار غير القانوني الذي تفرضه إسرائيل على غزة، ...

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HRW_AR @hrwarabic.bsky.social · Sep 5

فرضت إدارة الرئيس ترامب عقوبات على "المركز الفلسطيني لحقوق الإنسان"، و"مركز الميزان لحقوق الإنسان"، و"مؤسسة الحق"، إثر إجراءت مماثلة ضد قضاة ومدّعين عامين في "المحكمة الجنائية الدولية"، وخبيرة حقوقية في الأمم المتحدة.

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Heather Barr @heatherbarr.bsky.social · Sep 3

The escalating women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international protection of rights of women and girls. The international community should fill this gap by making gender apartheid a crime against humanity under international law.
gjia.georgetown.edu/2025/09/02/g...

Gender Apartheid as an International Crime: Taliban Oppression in Afghanistan Triggers Campaign - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

The escalating women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international legal protections of the rights of women and girls.

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Ida Sawyer @idasawyer.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨 Broken bones. Amputated finger. Loss of vision. Concussions. Deep lacerations. Severe bruising.

Law enforcement responded to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles with deliberate brutality, in clear violation of int'l human rights law.

NEW @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

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Heather Barr @heatherbarr.bsky.social · Aug 4

Human Rights Watch is hiring a new executive director: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...

Executive Director

Multiple Locations Considered

job-boards.greenhouse.io

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