Hanan Salah
@hanansalah.bsky.social
Associate Middle East and North Africa Director, Human Rights Watch
"Turn the Volume Up."
"Turn the Volume Up."
Job Alert:
We are hiring for a Tunisia/Libya research assistant to support our North Africa team. application deadline is December 1. @hrw.org
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We are hiring for a Tunisia/Libya research assistant to support our North Africa team. application deadline is December 1. @hrw.org
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Research Assistant, Libya and Tunisia
Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Job Alert:
We are hiring for a Tunisia/Libya research assistant to support our North Africa team. application deadline is December 1. @hrw.org
job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
We are hiring for a Tunisia/Libya research assistant to support our North Africa team. application deadline is December 1. @hrw.org
job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
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This month, Altético Madrid and Inter Milan played a friendly match in Benghazi International Stadium, hosted by Khalifa Hiftar, commander of the abusive LAAF. Sports clubs should be wary of burnishing the image of human rights-abusing states and entities. hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Are European Football Clubs Sportswashing Libyan Abuses?
On the evening of October 10, two European football giants played a friendly match amid much fanfare in the newly renovated Benghazi International Stadium, to the spectators’ delight. The catch? The m...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This month, Altético Madrid and Inter Milan played a friendly match in Benghazi International Stadium, hosted by Khalifa Hiftar, commander of the abusive LAAF. Sports clubs should be wary of burnishing the image of human rights-abusing states and entities. hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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BLUE JAYS ARE WORLD SERIES BOUND.
It’s the first time since 1993 Toronto is headed to the big stage.
It’s the first time since 1993 Toronto is headed to the big stage.
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
BLUE JAYS ARE WORLD SERIES BOUND.
It’s the first time since 1993 Toronto is headed to the big stage.
It’s the first time since 1993 Toronto is headed to the big stage.
2nd time EU human rights Commissioner rebukes Germany for restrictions on protests & excessive use of force by law enforcement incl. in Berlin, during protests on Gaza hostilities.
Utterly shameful for EU member state to be criticised as a serial violator of human rights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Utterly shameful for EU member state to be criticised as a serial violator of human rights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Human Rights Commissioner O’Flaherty’s visit to Germany: focus on migration, freedoms of assembly and expression, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 21/10/2025
www.coe.int
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
2nd time EU human rights Commissioner rebukes Germany for restrictions on protests & excessive use of force by law enforcement incl. in Berlin, during protests on Gaza hostilities.
Utterly shameful for EU member state to be criticised as a serial violator of human rights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Utterly shameful for EU member state to be criticised as a serial violator of human rights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
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🚩Yesterday Saudi authorities executed Abdullah al-Derazi for alleged crimes committed as a child.
Saudi authorities reached two horrific milestones: the 300th execution of 2025 & the 2nd execution of a person accused of committing crimes as a child. @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Saudi authorities reached two horrific milestones: the 300th execution of 2025 & the 2nd execution of a person accused of committing crimes as a child. @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Saudi Arabia: Spate of Executions of Child Offenders
Saudi authorities on October 20, 2025, executed a man convicted of alleged crimes committed as a child.
www.hrw.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🚩Yesterday Saudi authorities executed Abdullah al-Derazi for alleged crimes committed as a child.
Saudi authorities reached two horrific milestones: the 300th execution of 2025 & the 2nd execution of a person accused of committing crimes as a child. @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Saudi authorities reached two horrific milestones: the 300th execution of 2025 & the 2nd execution of a person accused of committing crimes as a child. @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Les Marocain·ne·s revendiquent leurs droits et réclament la fin de la corruption.
Le roi Mohamed VI va-t-il tenir sa promesse de créer des emplois et d'améliorer les systèmes de santé et d'éducation? Et son gouvernement enquêter sur l'usage de la force létale par la police contre les manifestants?
Le roi Mohamed VI va-t-il tenir sa promesse de créer des emplois et d'améliorer les systèmes de santé et d'éducation? Et son gouvernement enquêter sur l'usage de la force létale par la police contre les manifestants?
October 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Les Marocain·ne·s revendiquent leurs droits et réclament la fin de la corruption.
Le roi Mohamed VI va-t-il tenir sa promesse de créer des emplois et d'améliorer les systèmes de santé et d'éducation? Et son gouvernement enquêter sur l'usage de la force létale par la police contre les manifestants?
Le roi Mohamed VI va-t-il tenir sa promesse de créer des emplois et d'améliorer les systèmes de santé et d'éducation? Et son gouvernement enquêter sur l'usage de la force létale par la police contre les manifestants?
Moroccans are claiming their human rights and calling for an end to corruption.
Will King Mohamed VI deliver on his promise to create jobs and improve health care and education? Will his government investigate the use of lethal force by the police against protestors?
Read👇
https://bit.ly/4hgLq3h
Will King Mohamed VI deliver on his promise to create jobs and improve health care and education? Will his government investigate the use of lethal force by the police against protestors?
Read👇
https://bit.ly/4hgLq3h
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Human Rights Watch reject donations from Saudi festival comedians
Human Rights Watch reject donations from Saudi festival comedians
The two-week entertainment event has been criticised due to the Saudi government's alleged human rights abuses. Several comedians who attended have offered to donate part of their performance fees from the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Here's everything you need to know.
l.euronews.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Human Rights Watch reject donations from Saudi festival comedians
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Morocco's youth have clear-cut demands for better healthcare, education & end to corruption. If the government can fund state-of-the art stadiums, it can afford to fund its healthcare.
Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org
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 8:28 AM
Morocco's youth have clear-cut demands for better healthcare, education & end to corruption. If the government can fund state-of-the art stadiums, it can afford to fund its healthcare.
Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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إذا كان بإمكان حكومة #المغرب البذخ على بناء ملعب كرة، فهي قادرة على تمويل نظامها الصحي
#GenZ212
https://bit.ly/47d1qPq
#GenZ212
https://bit.ly/47d1qPq
المغرب: الاحتجاجات تُقابَل بالقمع والعنف
السلطات المغربية قمعت احتجاجات قادها الشباب للمطالبة بإصلاحات شاملة للخدمات العامة، مما أسفر عن وقوع قتلى واعتقالات جماعية.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
إذا كان بإمكان حكومة #المغرب البذخ على بناء ملعب كرة، فهي قادرة على تمويل نظامها الصحي
#GenZ212
https://bit.ly/47d1qPq
#GenZ212
https://bit.ly/47d1qPq
Morocco's youth have clear-cut demands for better healthcare, education & end to corruption. If the government can fund state-of-the art stadiums, it can afford to fund its healthcare.
Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org
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 8:28 AM
Morocco's youth have clear-cut demands for better healthcare, education & end to corruption. If the government can fund state-of-the art stadiums, it can afford to fund its healthcare.
Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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رئيسة اللجنة الدولية: الإخلاء الجماعي لمدينة غزة غير قابل للتنفيذ والاستيعاب
www.icrc.org
August 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Great profile of Mansour bin Zayed, the owner of Manchester City, who has been key to covert UAE military support for Haftar in Libya and Hemedti in Sudan - and whose Mubadala wealth fund recently announced "it would use a Trump family crypto venture to make a $2 billion transaction".
The Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Great profile of Mansour bin Zayed, the owner of Manchester City, who has been key to covert UAE military support for Haftar in Libya and Hemedti in Sudan - and whose Mubadala wealth fund recently announced "it would use a Trump family crypto venture to make a $2 billion transaction".
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Together with our partners, we urge all #EU Member States & the @ec.europa.eu to:
❌halt arms transfers
❌sanction those responsible for ongoing atrocity crimes
❌suspend the trade agreement with Israel
Under the Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act.
Learn more: bit.ly/4eapcyB
❌halt arms transfers
❌sanction those responsible for ongoing atrocity crimes
❌suspend the trade agreement with Israel
Under the Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act.
Learn more: bit.ly/4eapcyB
June 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Together with our partners, we urge all #EU Member States & the @ec.europa.eu to:
❌halt arms transfers
❌sanction those responsible for ongoing atrocity crimes
❌suspend the trade agreement with Israel
Under the Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act.
Learn more: bit.ly/4eapcyB
❌halt arms transfers
❌sanction those responsible for ongoing atrocity crimes
❌suspend the trade agreement with Israel
Under the Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act.
Learn more: bit.ly/4eapcyB
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Ahead of EU foreign ministers meeting, 110+ NGOs & trade unions urge suspension of the #EU - #Israel Association Agreement
Under the #Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act. Signatories "appalled" it took so long for the EU to launch review of the agreement:
hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Under the #Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act. Signatories "appalled" it took so long for the EU to launch review of the agreement:
hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Joint Statement on the EU-Israel Association Agreement Review
The undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations and trade unions urge the EU to ensure that the ongoing review of Israel’s compliance with article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement ...
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June 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Ahead of EU foreign ministers meeting, 110+ NGOs & trade unions urge suspension of the #EU - #Israel Association Agreement
Under the #Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act. Signatories "appalled" it took so long for the EU to launch review of the agreement:
hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Under the #Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act. Signatories "appalled" it took so long for the EU to launch review of the agreement:
hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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Hundreds of thousands have marched this weekend in Paris, The Hague, Brussels and elsewhere across Europe for a cause that should enjoy broad societal consensus: to stop deliberate starvation, ethnic cleansing, genocide.
But in Germany, such broad-based mobilization remains wholly unthinkable.
But in Germany, such broad-based mobilization remains wholly unthinkable.
June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hundreds of thousands have marched this weekend in Paris, The Hague, Brussels and elsewhere across Europe for a cause that should enjoy broad societal consensus: to stop deliberate starvation, ethnic cleansing, genocide.
But in Germany, such broad-based mobilization remains wholly unthinkable.
But in Germany, such broad-based mobilization remains wholly unthinkable.
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New @hrw.org research: Airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces using unguided bombs killed and injured scores of civilians, including children, in residential areas of Nyala, South Darfur, in February. Five strikes in 40 minutes on Feb 3 alone. www.hrw.org/preview-link...
Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur
The Sudanese Armed Forces used unguided air-dropped bombs to carry out attacks in residential and commercial neighborhoods in Nyala, South Darfur in early February 2025, Human Rights Watch said today....
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June 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
New @hrw.org research: Airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces using unguided bombs killed and injured scores of civilians, including children, in residential areas of Nyala, South Darfur, in February. Five strikes in 40 minutes on Feb 3 alone. www.hrw.org/preview-link...
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"ظلم مُتأصل: ضرورة الإصلاح الشامل للعدالة في #ليبيا" – تقرير جديد لهيومن رايتس وتتش يوثق مدى الحاجة الملحة إلى إصلاح التشريعات البالية والقمعية، وانعدام حقوق المحاكمة العادلة، وتفشي انتهاكات الإجراءات القانونية الواجبة
www.hrw.org/ar/report/20...
www.hrw.org/ar/report/20...
ظُلم مُتأصّل
يوثق التقرير الصادر في 35 صفحة، بعنوان"ظلم مُتأصل: ضرورة الإصلاح الشامل للعدالة في ليبيا"، مدى الحاجة الملحة إلى إصلاح التشريعات البالية والقمعية، وانعدام حقوق المحاكمة العادلة، وتفشي انتهاكات الإجراء...
www.hrw.org
June 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"ظلم مُتأصل: ضرورة الإصلاح الشامل للعدالة في #ليبيا" – تقرير جديد لهيومن رايتس وتتش يوثق مدى الحاجة الملحة إلى إصلاح التشريعات البالية والقمعية، وانعدام حقوق المحاكمة العادلة، وتفشي انتهاكات الإجراءات القانونية الواجبة
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www.hrw.org/ar/report/20...
Libya's fragmented & polarised justice sector suppresses fundamental freedoms, obstructs accountability.
Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects.
New @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects.
New @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Libya: Barriers to Justice
Libya’s fragmented justice sector is suppressing fundamental freedoms and obstructing accountability for abuses.
www.hrw.org
June 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Libya's fragmented & polarised justice sector suppresses fundamental freedoms, obstructs accountability.
Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects.
New @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects.
New @hrw.org report:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Excellent review and analysis of the recent fighting and shifting power dynamics in #Tripoli #Libya
@wlacher.bsky.social @emadbadi.bsky.social
@wlacher.bsky.social @emadbadi.bsky.social
New @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece with @emadbadi.bsky.social, in which we try to make sense of a dramatic set of events in Tripoli over the past two weeks and what they mean for Libya's political stalemate.
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newlinesmag.com/argument/a-p...
A Power Grab Backfires in Tripoli
Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabeiba has set off a series of events destabilizing western Libya, but the structural forces behind the country’s wider stalemate remain strong
newlinesmag.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Excellent review and analysis of the recent fighting and shifting power dynamics in #Tripoli #Libya
@wlacher.bsky.social @emadbadi.bsky.social
@wlacher.bsky.social @emadbadi.bsky.social
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1/ Russia’s escalating attacks on Ukrainian civilians in 2025 have killed more people than in the same period in 2024.
@hrw’s new report documents unlawful strikes that may amount to war crimes. States must act. #Ukraine #WarCrimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
@hrw’s new report documents unlawful strikes that may amount to war crimes. States must act. #Ukraine #WarCrimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
May 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
1/ Russia’s escalating attacks on Ukrainian civilians in 2025 have killed more people than in the same period in 2024.
@hrw’s new report documents unlawful strikes that may amount to war crimes. States must act. #Ukraine #WarCrimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
@hrw’s new report documents unlawful strikes that may amount to war crimes. States must act. #Ukraine #WarCrimes www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
#Libya: Armed groups and quasi state-forces embroiled in turf wars, failed to protect civilians from harm during Tripoli clashes, leading to civilian casualties & destruction of objects
Judicial authorities should urgently investigate.
New from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Judicial authorities should urgently investigate.
New from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Libya: Civilians Caught in Militia Clashes
Rival armed groups and quasi-state forces in Libya failed to protect civilians during clashes in Tripoli last week, leading to civilian deaths and damage to homes.
www.hrw.org
May 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#Libya: Armed groups and quasi state-forces embroiled in turf wars, failed to protect civilians from harm during Tripoli clashes, leading to civilian casualties & destruction of objects
Judicial authorities should urgently investigate.
New from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Judicial authorities should urgently investigate.
New from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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“Civilians caught in the Tripoli fighting are once again bearing the brunt of reckless, unaccountable armed groups who show utter disregard for the lives of people when they fire heavy weapons in residential areas.” - @hanansalah.bsky.social on #Libya
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Libya: Civilians Caught in Militia Clashes
Rival armed groups and quasi-state forces in Libya failed to protect civilians during clashes in Tripoli last week, leading to civilian deaths and damage to homes.
www.hrw.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Civilians caught in the Tripoli fighting are once again bearing the brunt of reckless, unaccountable armed groups who show utter disregard for the lives of people when they fire heavy weapons in residential areas.” - @hanansalah.bsky.social on #Libya
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Granular analysis of events unfolding in Tripoli, Libya.
recommend reading ⬇️
recommend reading ⬇️
For those following the latest developments in #Libya's #Tripoli, this analysis outlines what unfolded overnight, covering key military dynamics.
It closes with a call for more hands-on empowered mediation to prevent further bloodshed & build on the tenuous ceasefires.
emadbadi.com/the-unraveli...
It closes with a call for more hands-on empowered mediation to prevent further bloodshed & build on the tenuous ceasefires.
emadbadi.com/the-unraveli...
The Unraveling of "Stability" in Tripoli - Emadeddin Badi
Over the past 24 hours, Tripoli has witnessed a rapid escalation in armed confrontations involving key factions aligned with the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Special Deterrence Force (SD...
emadbadi.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Granular analysis of events unfolding in Tripoli, Libya.
recommend reading ⬇️
recommend reading ⬇️
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More details emerging on reports of planned US deportations to Libya: NBC reporting 13 migrants were woken up in the middle of the night and waited on a bus by a military plane for hours until a judge blocked the deportation www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Why Asian and Mexican immigrants, moments away from being deported to Libya, never left the U.S.
The immigrants were woken up at 2:30 a.m. and boarded on a bus to wait for hours outside a military plane in Texas. They were then sent back to solitary confinement.
www.nbcnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
More details emerging on reports of planned US deportations to Libya: NBC reporting 13 migrants were woken up in the middle of the night and waited on a bus by a military plane for hours until a judge blocked the deportation www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...