Claudio Francavilla
@claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social
Associate EU Director at @hrw.org
Posts about #EU foreign policy on #HumanRights, mainly #MiddleEast, #Asia, #EUtrade, #UN #HRC
Slowly transitioning here from an irredeemably ruined Twitter. Usual caveats
Posts about #EU foreign policy on #HumanRights, mainly #MiddleEast, #Asia, #EUtrade, #UN #HRC
Slowly transitioning here from an irredeemably ruined Twitter. Usual caveats
#WestBank: new @hrw.org report finds #Israel 's mass displacement of Palestinians amounts to ethnic cleansing: hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Countless EU statements on "two state solution" have done nothing to stop this. Sanctions, settlement trade ban urgently needed: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Countless EU statements on "two state solution" have done nothing to stop this. Sanctions, settlement trade ban urgently needed: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#WestBank: new @hrw.org report finds #Israel 's mass displacement of Palestinians amounts to ethnic cleansing: hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Countless EU statements on "two state solution" have done nothing to stop this. Sanctions, settlement trade ban urgently needed: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Countless EU statements on "two state solution" have done nothing to stop this. Sanctions, settlement trade ban urgently needed: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
In a truly powerful piece, B'Tselem's ED Yuli Novak says Israel’s genocide stems from decades of racist violence and oppression, actively or passively supported by the US & Europe
Accountability crucial to prevent its normalization - and stop it once and for all: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Accountability crucial to prevent its normalization - and stop it once and for all: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US | Yuli Novak
The international community allowed all of this to happen. We must not look away or move on
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In a truly powerful piece, B'Tselem's ED Yuli Novak says Israel’s genocide stems from decades of racist violence and oppression, actively or passively supported by the US & Europe
Accountability crucial to prevent its normalization - and stop it once and for all: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Accountability crucial to prevent its normalization - and stop it once and for all: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#Myanmar: junta's sham "elections" plans must be categorically rejected
As the military jails, tortures, and kills critics, outlaws opposition, and bombs civilians, governments should not lend any legitimacy to its desperate bid for credibility
@hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
As the military jails, tortures, and kills critics, outlaws opposition, and bombs civilians, governments should not lend any legitimacy to its desperate bid for credibility
@hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Myanmar: Elections a Fraudulent Claim for Credibility
Foreign governments should reject the Myanmar junta’s plans to hold elections from late December 2025 through January 2026 because they will not be free, fair, or inclusive.
www.hrw.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#Myanmar: junta's sham "elections" plans must be categorically rejected
As the military jails, tortures, and kills critics, outlaws opposition, and bombs civilians, governments should not lend any legitimacy to its desperate bid for credibility
@hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
As the military jails, tortures, and kills critics, outlaws opposition, and bombs civilians, governments should not lend any legitimacy to its desperate bid for credibility
@hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#Sudan: On Nov 14, the UN Rights Council will hold an urgent session after #ElFasher atrocities
@hrw.org urges states to back full investigation, incl. into #UAE support for #RSF, and send evidence to #ICC
Sanctions, protection mission long overdue: hrw.org/news/2025/11...
@euatun.bsky.social
@hrw.org urges states to back full investigation, incl. into #UAE support for #RSF, and send evidence to #ICC
Sanctions, protection mission long overdue: hrw.org/news/2025/11...
@euatun.bsky.social
UN Rights Body Set to Hold Urgent Session on Sudan
Following an appeal by 49 rights groups, a cross-regional group of states requested an urgent United Nations Human Rights Council session on atrocities in North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, in Sudan.
hrw.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#Sudan: On Nov 14, the UN Rights Council will hold an urgent session after #ElFasher atrocities
@hrw.org urges states to back full investigation, incl. into #UAE support for #RSF, and send evidence to #ICC
Sanctions, protection mission long overdue: hrw.org/news/2025/11...
@euatun.bsky.social
@hrw.org urges states to back full investigation, incl. into #UAE support for #RSF, and send evidence to #ICC
Sanctions, protection mission long overdue: hrw.org/news/2025/11...
@euatun.bsky.social
Dutch @ministerbz.bsky.social is right to advance a settlement trade ban, as required by int’l law - and should urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to follow suit
But freezing other measures is unjustified: apartheid and other horrific abuses continue unabated 👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
But freezing other measures is unjustified: apartheid and other horrific abuses continue unabated 👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Netherlands presses on with plan to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements
Move follows rising Israeli violence against Palestinians and freeze on broader sanctions last month
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Dutch @ministerbz.bsky.social is right to advance a settlement trade ban, as required by int’l law - and should urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to follow suit
But freezing other measures is unjustified: apartheid and other horrific abuses continue unabated 👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
But freezing other measures is unjustified: apartheid and other horrific abuses continue unabated 👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ask a "tough" question. Go viral. Lose your job.
It's what happened to journalist #GabrieleNunziati, fired by Italy's #AgenziaNova for asking the EU whether Israel should pay for Gaza’s reconstruction 👇🏽
It's what happened to journalist #GabrieleNunziati, fired by Italy's #AgenziaNova for asking the EU whether Israel should pay for Gaza’s reconstruction 👇🏽
Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
A Journalist Asked Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Cost Him His Job.
Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
interc.pt
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ask a "tough" question. Go viral. Lose your job.
It's what happened to journalist #GabrieleNunziati, fired by Italy's #AgenziaNova for asking the EU whether Israel should pay for Gaza’s reconstruction 👇🏽
It's what happened to journalist #GabrieleNunziati, fired by Italy's #AgenziaNova for asking the EU whether Israel should pay for Gaza’s reconstruction 👇🏽
A fragile #ceasefire *may* pause #Israel 's genocidal campaign in #Gaza; but its occupation, #apartheid, torture, and settlement expansion continue unabated
Shelving #EU sanctions proposals now would only fuel the impunity driving past & ongoing atrocities
👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=34OO...
Shelving #EU sanctions proposals now would only fuel the impunity driving past & ongoing atrocities
👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=34OO...
نائب مدير منظمة هيومن رايتس ووتش: إسرائيل لم تدفع الثمن حتى الآن
YouTube video by AlJazeera Arabic قناة الجزيرة
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A fragile #ceasefire *may* pause #Israel 's genocidal campaign in #Gaza; but its occupation, #apartheid, torture, and settlement expansion continue unabated
Shelving #EU sanctions proposals now would only fuel the impunity driving past & ongoing atrocities
👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=34OO...
Shelving #EU sanctions proposals now would only fuel the impunity driving past & ongoing atrocities
👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=34OO...
Reposted by Claudio Francavilla
At the 4th #EU–#CELAC Summit, leaders should tackle key human rights challenges in both regions:
🔵Back rights-based responses to crime & violence
🔵Defend democracy & fundamental rights
🔵Act on climate & environmental harm
🔵Support the bi-regional care pact
Our letter: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
🔵Back rights-based responses to crime & violence
🔵Defend democracy & fundamental rights
🔵Act on climate & environmental harm
🔵Support the bi-regional care pact
Our letter: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
At the 4th #EU–#CELAC Summit, leaders should tackle key human rights challenges in both regions:
🔵Back rights-based responses to crime & violence
🔵Defend democracy & fundamental rights
🔵Act on climate & environmental harm
🔵Support the bi-regional care pact
Our letter: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
🔵Back rights-based responses to crime & violence
🔵Defend democracy & fundamental rights
🔵Act on climate & environmental harm
🔵Support the bi-regional care pact
Our letter: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
🔴 Today: EU Parliament hearing on EU–Gulf trade & investment relations, with HRW’s @joeyshea.bsky.social
Our recs to the EU: link closer ties to concrete labor rights & human rights progress & reforms: hrw.org/news/2024/09...
📷 Livestream from 2h30 👉🏽 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Our recs to the EU: link closer ties to concrete labor rights & human rights progress & reforms: hrw.org/news/2024/09...
📷 Livestream from 2h30 👉🏽 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🔴 Today: EU Parliament hearing on EU–Gulf trade & investment relations, with HRW’s @joeyshea.bsky.social
Our recs to the EU: link closer ties to concrete labor rights & human rights progress & reforms: hrw.org/news/2024/09...
📷 Livestream from 2h30 👉🏽 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Our recs to the EU: link closer ties to concrete labor rights & human rights progress & reforms: hrw.org/news/2024/09...
📷 Livestream from 2h30 👉🏽 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
#Bahrain: As European officials head to #IISSMD25, EU citizen Abdulhadi al-Khawaja prepares to starve for justice
Almost 15 years of "private diplomacy" have failed: hrw.org/news/2024/03...
How much longer will Europe let this injustice continue?
#FreeAlKhawaja #Not15Years @kajakallas.bsky.social
Almost 15 years of "private diplomacy" have failed: hrw.org/news/2024/03...
How much longer will Europe let this injustice continue?
#FreeAlKhawaja #Not15Years @kajakallas.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#Bahrain: As European officials head to #IISSMD25, EU citizen Abdulhadi al-Khawaja prepares to starve for justice
Almost 15 years of "private diplomacy" have failed: hrw.org/news/2024/03...
How much longer will Europe let this injustice continue?
#FreeAlKhawaja #Not15Years @kajakallas.bsky.social
Almost 15 years of "private diplomacy" have failed: hrw.org/news/2024/03...
How much longer will Europe let this injustice continue?
#FreeAlKhawaja #Not15Years @kajakallas.bsky.social
Let’s be clear: the #EUEgypt summit was an orchestrated whitewashing event to sanitize Sisi’s image as a brutally repressive ruler.
With its moral compass buried under Gaza’s rubble, the EU no longer subtly but openly, proudly bankrolls authoritarianism: dw.com/en/eu-embrac...
With its moral compass buried under Gaza’s rubble, the EU no longer subtly but openly, proudly bankrolls authoritarianism: dw.com/en/eu-embrac...
EU embraces authoritarian Egypt for help on Gaza, migration – DW – 10/23/2025
As the EU held its first-ever bilateral summit with Egypt, activists said the bloc was rewarding an authoritarian government. But experts told DW the EU needs Egypt if it wants to help in Gaza and cur...
dw.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Let’s be clear: the #EUEgypt summit was an orchestrated whitewashing event to sanitize Sisi’s image as a brutally repressive ruler.
With its moral compass buried under Gaza’s rubble, the EU no longer subtly but openly, proudly bankrolls authoritarianism: dw.com/en/eu-embrac...
With its moral compass buried under Gaza’s rubble, the EU no longer subtly but openly, proudly bankrolls authoritarianism: dw.com/en/eu-embrac...
Ceasefire or not, Israel’s occupation and apartheid, displacement, torture across the OPT continue unabated
As #EUCO leaders meet, they should reject calls to drop sanction proposals - or they'll deal yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice
hrw.org/news/2025/10...
As #EUCO leaders meet, they should reject calls to drop sanction proposals - or they'll deal yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice
hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Ceasefire or Not, EU Should Keep Pressure on Israel to End Abuses
As European Union leaders and foreign ministers prepare for meetings to discuss the situation in Israel and Palestine, some of their representatives in Brussels, and Israel’s new ambassador to the EU,...
hrw.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Ceasefire or not, Israel’s occupation and apartheid, displacement, torture across the OPT continue unabated
As #EUCO leaders meet, they should reject calls to drop sanction proposals - or they'll deal yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice
hrw.org/news/2025/10...
As #EUCO leaders meet, they should reject calls to drop sanction proposals - or they'll deal yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice
hrw.org/news/2025/10...
#Vietnam was just re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council, but its crackdown on dissent is only intensifying
Wave of arrests ahead of Communist Party congress - including activist Huynh Ngoc Tuan, who already spent 10 years in prison for his writing: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Wave of arrests ahead of Communist Party congress - including activist Huynh Ngoc Tuan, who already spent 10 years in prison for his writing: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Vietnam: Former Political Prisoner Rearrested
The Vietnamese authorities arrested a former political prisoner, Huynh Ngoc Tuan, on October 7, 2025, for his comments on social media.
hrw.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#Vietnam was just re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council, but its crackdown on dissent is only intensifying
Wave of arrests ahead of Communist Party congress - including activist Huynh Ngoc Tuan, who already spent 10 years in prison for his writing: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Wave of arrests ahead of Communist Party congress - including activist Huynh Ngoc Tuan, who already spent 10 years in prison for his writing: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
At #EUEgypt summit, @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu have a choice to make: use EU leverage to press Sisi to end repression, or continue to bankroll it.
Joint NGO statement: cihrs.org/eu-egypt-fir...
Joint NGO statement: cihrs.org/eu-egypt-fir...
The first #EUEgypt summit will take place tomorrow in Brussels.
EU and Egypt leaders will discuss bilateral relations and how to further deepen their political and economic partnership.
Read the agenda → link.europa.eu/vywNmK
EU and Egypt leaders will discuss bilateral relations and how to further deepen their political and economic partnership.
Read the agenda → link.europa.eu/vywNmK
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
At #EUEgypt summit, @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu have a choice to make: use EU leverage to press Sisi to end repression, or continue to bankroll it.
Joint NGO statement: cihrs.org/eu-egypt-fir...
Joint NGO statement: cihrs.org/eu-egypt-fir...
It's important that @kajakallas.bsky.social managed to keep #EU sanctions on the table after FMs meeting; but governments must stop blocking them
"What may have changed is the scale and intensity of #Israel ’s atrocity crimes in #Gaza, but its unlawful occupation and #apartheid continue unabated" 👇🏽
"What may have changed is the scale and intensity of #Israel ’s atrocity crimes in #Gaza, but its unlawful occupation and #apartheid continue unabated" 👇🏽
EU criticised for pausing sanctions on Israel in response to Trump Gaza efforts
EU criticised for pausing sanctions on Israel in response to Trump Gaza efforts
Pause on move to freeze preferential trade pact comes amid scramble to shore up fragile ceasefire
The EU has been criticised for pausing sanctions against Israel’s government in response to Donald Trump’s peacemaking efforts in the Middle East, as the fragile ceasefire came under threat.
After meeting EU foreign ministers on Monday, the European foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, announced a pause on efforts to suspend preferential trade with Israel and sanctions against people responsible for fuelling the conflict on both sides. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It's important that @kajakallas.bsky.social managed to keep #EU sanctions on the table after FMs meeting; but governments must stop blocking them
"What may have changed is the scale and intensity of #Israel ’s atrocity crimes in #Gaza, but its unlawful occupation and #apartheid continue unabated" 👇🏽
"What may have changed is the scale and intensity of #Israel ’s atrocity crimes in #Gaza, but its unlawful occupation and #apartheid continue unabated" 👇🏽
#India: @consilium.europa.eu endorsed new strategy that completely overlooks the country's human rights crisis: hrw.org/news/2025/09...
#FAC conclusions mention human rights in par. 15, human rights concerns nowhere
This will only embolden Modi’s repression and authoritarian drift
#FAC conclusions mention human rights in par. 15, human rights concerns nowhere
This will only embolden Modi’s repression and authoritarian drift
🇪🇺🇮🇳 The Council stressed the importance of enhanced cooperation between the EU and #India and welcomed:
☑️ efforts to conclude a balanced, ambitious and mutually beneficial free trade agreement
☑️ closer collaboration on security and defence matters
Read the conclusions: link.europa.eu/3ngKkt
☑️ efforts to conclude a balanced, ambitious and mutually beneficial free trade agreement
☑️ closer collaboration on security and defence matters
Read the conclusions: link.europa.eu/3ngKkt
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#India: @consilium.europa.eu endorsed new strategy that completely overlooks the country's human rights crisis: hrw.org/news/2025/09...
#FAC conclusions mention human rights in par. 15, human rights concerns nowhere
This will only embolden Modi’s repression and authoritarian drift
#FAC conclusions mention human rights in par. 15, human rights concerns nowhere
This will only embolden Modi’s repression and authoritarian drift
As @kajakallas.bsky.social & EU foreign ministers discuss sanctions for ongoing Israeli crimes, kind reminder that a ceasefire stops:
✅ Bombs (does it, really?)
❌ Occupation
❌ Apartheid
❌ Torture
❌ Forced displacement
❌ Unlawful detentions
❌ Impunity
Yes, EU should act: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #FAC
✅ Bombs (does it, really?)
❌ Occupation
❌ Apartheid
❌ Torture
❌ Forced displacement
❌ Unlawful detentions
❌ Impunity
Yes, EU should act: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #FAC
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
As @kajakallas.bsky.social & EU foreign ministers discuss sanctions for ongoing Israeli crimes, kind reminder that a ceasefire stops:
✅ Bombs (does it, really?)
❌ Occupation
❌ Apartheid
❌ Torture
❌ Forced displacement
❌ Unlawful detentions
❌ Impunity
Yes, EU should act: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #FAC
✅ Bombs (does it, really?)
❌ Occupation
❌ Apartheid
❌ Torture
❌ Forced displacement
❌ Unlawful detentions
❌ Impunity
Yes, EU should act: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #FAC
Reposted by Claudio Francavilla
Spot on analysis from @hrw.org. Today, with 40 other members of the European Parliament, I sent a letter to the Council echoing many of these points and expressing the need to keep up pressure towards Israel to respect human rights and international law, including through our trade policy #EUCO
🧵 As #EU governments prepare to meet amid a fragile #Gaza ceasefire, pressure is mounting for them to "drop the stick" they never used on #Israel
Caving to that pressure would be yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #EUCO #FAC ⤵️ 1/7
Caving to that pressure would be yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #EUCO #FAC ⤵️ 1/7
Ceasefire or Not, EU Should Keep Pressure on Israel to End Abuses
As European Union leaders and foreign ministers prepare for meetings to discuss the situation in Israel and Palestine, some of their representatives in Brussels, and Israel’s new ambassador to the EU,...
hrw.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🧵 As #EU governments prepare to meet amid a fragile #Gaza ceasefire, pressure is mounting for them to "drop the stick" they never used on #Israel
Caving to that pressure would be yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #EUCO #FAC ⤵️ 1/7
Caving to that pressure would be yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #EUCO #FAC ⤵️ 1/7
Ceasefire or Not, EU Should Keep Pressure on Israel to End Abuses
As European Union leaders and foreign ministers prepare for meetings to discuss the situation in Israel and Palestine, some of their representatives in Brussels, and Israel’s new ambassador to the EU,...
hrw.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
“Now is not the time to sanction Israel,” an EU diplomat said.
Tell that to those mourning, starving, maimed, living under occupation and apartheid.
Sanctions, suspension of EU-Israel deal must be squarely on the table - and leave it only once adopted.
👉🏽 euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w... #EUCO #FAC
Tell that to those mourning, starving, maimed, living under occupation and apartheid.
Sanctions, suspension of EU-Israel deal must be squarely on the table - and leave it only once adopted.
👉🏽 euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w... #EUCO #FAC
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
“Now is not the time to sanction Israel,” an EU diplomat said.
Tell that to those mourning, starving, maimed, living under occupation and apartheid.
Sanctions, suspension of EU-Israel deal must be squarely on the table - and leave it only once adopted.
👉🏽 euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w... #EUCO #FAC
Tell that to those mourning, starving, maimed, living under occupation and apartheid.
Sanctions, suspension of EU-Israel deal must be squarely on the table - and leave it only once adopted.
👉🏽 euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w... #EUCO #FAC
#Brazil: Illegal cattle ranching has devastated territories in the #Amazon, right where #COP30 will be held
Some of that beef may have come into the EU - and keep coming if EU Deforestation Law #EUDR is delayed
New @hrw.org report: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
Some of that beef may have come into the EU - and keep coming if EU Deforestation Law #EUDR is delayed
New @hrw.org report: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
October 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#Brazil: Illegal cattle ranching has devastated territories in the #Amazon, right where #COP30 will be held
Some of that beef may have come into the EU - and keep coming if EU Deforestation Law #EUDR is delayed
New @hrw.org report: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
Some of that beef may have come into the EU - and keep coming if EU Deforestation Law #EUDR is delayed
New @hrw.org report: hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
#Morocco' s youth took to the streets for their rights to healthcare and education. Their protests were met with violence and mass arrests.
Authorities should halt the crackdown, investigate abuses, and heed #GenZ212 protesters’ calls ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Authorities should halt the crackdown, investigate abuses, and heed #GenZ212 protesters’ calls ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Morocco: Protests Met with Repression, Violence
Moroccan authorities have cracked down on youth-led protests demanding sweeping reforms to public services, resulting in deaths and mass arrests.
www.hrw.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#Morocco' s youth took to the streets for their rights to healthcare and education. Their protests were met with violence and mass arrests.
Authorities should halt the crackdown, investigate abuses, and heed #GenZ212 protesters’ calls ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Authorities should halt the crackdown, investigate abuses, and heed #GenZ212 protesters’ calls ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
#Cambodia: predatory microloans, backed by IFC & #WorldBank, are driving Indigenous families into hunger and land loss.
At #WBGMeetings, leaders should treat borrowers as affected people, apply safeguards, provide justice and remedies. @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
At #WBGMeetings, leaders should treat borrowers as affected people, apply safeguards, provide justice and remedies. @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Cambodia's Microloan 'Debt Traps’ Test the World Bank
Cambodia has the most microcredit debt per capita anywhere in the world — debts held mainly by people living in poverty who receive loans to help with small businesses and emergency expenses. In 2024,...
www.hrw.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#Cambodia: predatory microloans, backed by IFC & #WorldBank, are driving Indigenous families into hunger and land loss.
At #WBGMeetings, leaders should treat borrowers as affected people, apply safeguards, provide justice and remedies. @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
At #WBGMeetings, leaders should treat borrowers as affected people, apply safeguards, provide justice and remedies. @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
If you don’t address justice, unlawful occupation, apartheid, reparations, return, that “road towards peace” will go the same way as it has for decades, @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu.
Hope begins today in Sharm El-Sheikh.
Thanks to President Trump, to all the mediators, and to all those who kept working along the way and never gave up, today we celebrate hope and look forward to peace.
Thanks to President Trump, to all the mediators, and to all those who kept working along the way and never gave up, today we celebrate hope and look forward to peace.
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you don’t address justice, unlawful occupation, apartheid, reparations, return, that “road towards peace” will go the same way as it has for decades, @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu.
🧵 #Gaza: several Foreign Ministers are gathering in Paris to discuss the peace plan.
If they want more than another fragile ceasefire, they must walk the talk, take concrete, overdue steps, focusing on what’s been ignored for too long: justice and Palestinians' rights. 1/6 ⤵️
If they want more than another fragile ceasefire, they must walk the talk, take concrete, overdue steps, focusing on what’s been ignored for too long: justice and Palestinians' rights. 1/6 ⤵️
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🧵 #Gaza: several Foreign Ministers are gathering in Paris to discuss the peace plan.
If they want more than another fragile ceasefire, they must walk the talk, take concrete, overdue steps, focusing on what’s been ignored for too long: justice and Palestinians' rights. 1/6 ⤵️
If they want more than another fragile ceasefire, they must walk the talk, take concrete, overdue steps, focusing on what’s been ignored for too long: justice and Palestinians' rights. 1/6 ⤵️