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Last week's EU parliament vote is a disaster for people + planet: Conservative MEPs sided w/ far-right parties to create a majority toeing deregulation demands of corporate lobbies.
EU institutions should stand up for human rights in the EU's landmark supply chain law!
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
EU institutions should stand up for human rights in the EU's landmark supply chain law!
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Brussels Rips EU Corporate Accountability Law
On November 13, a European Parliament majority sold out rights protections to corporate interests in the course of negotiating amendments to the European Union’s landmark Corporate Sustainability Due ...
www.hrw.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Last week's EU parliament vote is a disaster for people + planet: Conservative MEPs sided w/ far-right parties to create a majority toeing deregulation demands of corporate lobbies.
EU institutions should stand up for human rights in the EU's landmark supply chain law!
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
EU institutions should stand up for human rights in the EU's landmark supply chain law!
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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EuroParliament’s strong text on #TransnationalRepression is milestone in EU’s needed response to attacks by repressive states against nationals beyond borders.
@ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should protect & prevent, hold states responsible to account
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
@ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should protect & prevent, hold states responsible to account
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
EuroParliament’s strong text on #TransnationalRepression is milestone in EU’s needed response to attacks by repressive states against nationals beyond borders.
@ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should protect & prevent, hold states responsible to account
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
@ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should protect & prevent, hold states responsible to account
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
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NEW: Turkish authorities are increasingly restricting the legal residency of Uyghurs seeking safety from the Chinese government.
Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but as China-Türkiye relations warm, many are growing fearful.
Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but as China-Türkiye relations warm, many are growing fearful.
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: Turkish authorities are increasingly restricting the legal residency of Uyghurs seeking safety from the Chinese government.
Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but as China-Türkiye relations warm, many are growing fearful.
Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but as China-Türkiye relations warm, many are growing fearful.
Today, MEPs passed a text even weaker that the last #JURI report. @eppgroup.bsky.social sided with the far-right to further dilute the #CSDDD. It deleted climate transition plans and rejected renewed proposals for an EU-wide civil liability regime. #Omnibus1 (1/7)
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today, MEPs passed a text even weaker that the last #JURI report. @eppgroup.bsky.social sided with the far-right to further dilute the #CSDDD. It deleted climate transition plans and rejected renewed proposals for an EU-wide civil liability regime. #Omnibus1 (1/7)
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“When anti-EU parties and corporate lobbies write the rules, accountability dies and Europe’s credibility crumbles.
Today’s vote shows how corporate capture and far-right politics now walk hand in hand, and it's the victims, workers and the planet who pay the price.”
Today’s vote shows how corporate capture and far-right politics now walk hand in hand, and it's the victims, workers and the planet who pay the price.”
PRESS RELEASE European Parliament’s far-right alliance adopts position on Omnibus I: Corporate capture on full display, written for the few not for people or planet - ECCJ
corporatejustice.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“When anti-EU parties and corporate lobbies write the rules, accountability dies and Europe’s credibility crumbles.
Today’s vote shows how corporate capture and far-right politics now walk hand in hand, and it's the victims, workers and the planet who pay the price.”
Today’s vote shows how corporate capture and far-right politics now walk hand in hand, and it's the victims, workers and the planet who pay the price.”
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🚨"The EU should not yield to businesses that want to weaken requirements to safeguard working conditions through business supply chains and protect workers’ human rights."
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚨"The EU should not yield to businesses that want to weaken requirements to safeguard working conditions through business supply chains and protect workers’ human rights."
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
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Message to MEPs from US 'Cancer Alley' - don't give in on CSDDD
Message to MEPs from US 'Cancer Alley' - don't give in on CSDDD
Living in Louisiana's so-called 'Cancer Alley' means that I have a message for the European Parliament as it continues to debate the EU’s flagship corporate accountability law: do not give in to the fossil-fuel industry.
euobserver.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Message to MEPs from US 'Cancer Alley' - don't give in on CSDDD
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My colleagues' @demontcl.bsky.social & @benjeannerod.bsky.social 's op-ed with for @hrw.org:
Paris conference should bridge the gap between rhetoric & reality in Great Lakes & deliver justice for Congolese who’ve suffered decades of conflict.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Paris conference should bridge the gap between rhetoric & reality in Great Lakes & deliver justice for Congolese who’ve suffered decades of conflict.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Paris Meeting Should Prioritize Promoting Aid and Justice in Congo
On October 30, France will host a conference in Paris in support of peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes to rally global support to confront the deepening humanitarian crisis region and to give fre...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My colleagues' @demontcl.bsky.social & @benjeannerod.bsky.social 's op-ed with for @hrw.org:
Paris conference should bridge the gap between rhetoric & reality in Great Lakes & deliver justice for Congolese who’ve suffered decades of conflict.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Paris conference should bridge the gap between rhetoric & reality in Great Lakes & deliver justice for Congolese who’ve suffered decades of conflict.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Louisiana is not only a picturesque touristic destination, it is also a global epicentre for the #fossilfuel and #petrochemical industry !
@hrw.org partner Joy Banner calls on MEPs "not to give up on CSDDD"
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
@hrw.org partner Joy Banner calls on MEPs "not to give up on CSDDD"
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Message to MEPs from US 'Cancer Alley' - don't give in on CSDDD
Living in Louisiana's so-called 'Cancer Alley' means that I have a message for the European Parliament as it continues to debate the EU’s flagship corporate accountability law: do not give in to the f...
euobserver.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Louisiana is not only a picturesque touristic destination, it is also a global epicentre for the #fossilfuel and #petrochemical industry !
@hrw.org partner Joy Banner calls on MEPs "not to give up on CSDDD"
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
@hrw.org partner Joy Banner calls on MEPs "not to give up on CSDDD"
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
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“If the EU and its member states fail to act decisively, authoritarian states will continue to intimidate communities within European borders, eroding democratic resilience on European soil. Beijing’s persistence in pursuing its overseas targets makes it ever more pressing to act now.”
Europe’s blind spot: How transnational repression undermines democratic resilience
This analysis is part of the MERICS Europe-China Resilience Audit. For detailed country profiles and further analyses, visit the project's landing page. China and other authoritarian regimes often tar...
merics.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
“If the EU and its member states fail to act decisively, authoritarian states will continue to intimidate communities within European borders, eroding democratic resilience on European soil. Beijing’s persistence in pursuing its overseas targets makes it ever more pressing to act now.”
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New changes to EU law will undermine corporate accountability. 72% of companies could be excluded from addressing human rights and environmental harm through their supply chains.
📢Lawmakers should spare no effort in the next phase of negotiation to strengthen the law.
https://bit.ly/4qcrzGR
📢Lawmakers should spare no effort in the next phase of negotiation to strengthen the law.
https://bit.ly/4qcrzGR
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
New changes to EU law will undermine corporate accountability. 72% of companies could be excluded from addressing human rights and environmental harm through their supply chains.
📢Lawmakers should spare no effort in the next phase of negotiation to strengthen the law.
https://bit.ly/4qcrzGR
📢Lawmakers should spare no effort in the next phase of negotiation to strengthen the law.
https://bit.ly/4qcrzGR
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By embedding #LGBTIQ+ equality in #EU external action, the new strategy positions the EU as a global defender of LGBTIQ+ rights.
Next step: turn ambitions into action through political will, adequate funding, enforcement mechanisms, and implementation at home & abroad.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Next step: turn ambitions into action through political will, adequate funding, enforcement mechanisms, and implementation at home & abroad.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
EU Launches New LGBTIQ+ Strategy
This month, the European Commission released its LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030, a renewed and ambitious step in the European Union’s commitment to equality, inclusion, and human rights.
www.hrw.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
By embedding #LGBTIQ+ equality in #EU external action, the new strategy positions the EU as a global defender of LGBTIQ+ rights.
Next step: turn ambitions into action through political will, adequate funding, enforcement mechanisms, and implementation at home & abroad.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Next step: turn ambitions into action through political will, adequate funding, enforcement mechanisms, and implementation at home & abroad.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Euro-Parliament adopted flagship report to address & prevent transnational repression - bold step for defenders worldwide.
There should be no impunity when repressive states target critics beyond their borders.
Thanks @chloe-ridel.fr for important work!
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
There should be no impunity when repressive states target critics beyond their borders.
Thanks @chloe-ridel.fr for important work!
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
October 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Euro-Parliament adopted flagship report to address & prevent transnational repression - bold step for defenders worldwide.
There should be no impunity when repressive states target critics beyond their borders.
Thanks @chloe-ridel.fr for important work!
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
There should be no impunity when repressive states target critics beyond their borders.
Thanks @chloe-ridel.fr for important work!
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
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When visiting China, Swedish Foreign Minister Malmer Stenergard should focus on 1) human rights and growing Chinese repression including in Xinjiang and 2) Chinese transnational repression, to secure the release of bookseller Gui Minhai.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
When visiting China, Swedish Foreign Minister Malmer Stenergard should focus on 1) human rights and growing Chinese repression including in Xinjiang and 2) Chinese transnational repression, to secure the release of bookseller Gui Minhai.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
😧 The EP Omnibus I revision on #CSDDD passed, erasing the harmonized EU civil liability framework.
⚡ During upcoming Trialogues, @hrw.org calls on all negotiators to reintroduce it and ideally strengthen what is left of the CSDDD
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
⚡ During upcoming Trialogues, @hrw.org calls on all negotiators to reintroduce it and ideally strengthen what is left of the CSDDD
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Changes to EU Law Will Undermine Corporate Accountability
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted to adopt its position amending the European Union’s landmark corporate accountability law that will seriously curtail efforts to mitiga...
www.hrw.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
😧 The EP Omnibus I revision on #CSDDD passed, erasing the harmonized EU civil liability framework.
⚡ During upcoming Trialogues, @hrw.org calls on all negotiators to reintroduce it and ideally strengthen what is left of the CSDDD
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
⚡ During upcoming Trialogues, @hrw.org calls on all negotiators to reintroduce it and ideally strengthen what is left of the CSDDD
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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#France : Lundi prochain, le procès de Dilnur Reyhan, accusée d'avoir participé à un acte de protestation contre le gouvernement chinois à la Fête de l'Humanité en 2022 doit avoir lieu.
Personne ne devrait être poursuivi pour avoir manifesté pacifiquement.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Personne ne devrait être poursuivi pour avoir manifesté pacifiquement.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Une universitaire militante ouïghoure poursuivie en justice en France pour avoir critiqué Pékin
Le 13 octobre, le tribunal d’Evry, en région parisienne, jugera Dilnur Reyhan, éminente universitaire et militante française ouïghoure, présidente de l'Institut ouïghour d'Europe, pour « dégradation d...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#France : Lundi prochain, le procès de Dilnur Reyhan, accusée d'avoir participé à un acte de protestation contre le gouvernement chinois à la Fête de l'Humanité en 2022 doit avoir lieu.
Personne ne devrait être poursuivi pour avoir manifesté pacifiquement.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Personne ne devrait être poursuivi pour avoir manifesté pacifiquement.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
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Ahead of the #EUChinaSummit (July 24), leading human rights orgs are calling on EU leaders to put human rights at the core of their China strategy. Here's what they’re urging Presidents @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu & @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to do 👇
Ahead of the #EUChinaSummit (July 24), leading human rights orgs are calling on EU leaders to put human rights at the core of their China strategy. Here's what they’re urging Presidents @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu & @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to do 👇
July 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Ahead of the #EUChinaSummit (July 24), leading human rights orgs are calling on EU leaders to put human rights at the core of their China strategy. Here's what they’re urging Presidents @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu & @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to do 👇
Ahead of the #EUChinaSummit (July 24), leading human rights orgs are calling on EU leaders to put human rights at the core of their China strategy. Here's what they’re urging Presidents @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu & @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to do 👇
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New Report: "Risk at the Source" by
Global Rights Compliance exposes how #UyghurForcedLabor is linked to critical minerals supply chain, feeding aerospace, automotive, battery, defense, medical, & electronics industries, at the cost of crimes against humanity.
apnews.com/article/chin...
Global Rights Compliance exposes how #UyghurForcedLabor is linked to critical minerals supply chain, feeding aerospace, automotive, battery, defense, medical, & electronics industries, at the cost of crimes against humanity.
apnews.com/article/chin...
Rights group says global brands are at risk of links to forced labor in China's minerals industry
An international rights group says several global brands are among dozens of companies at risk of using forced labor through their Chinese supply chains.
apnews.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
New Report: "Risk at the Source" by
Global Rights Compliance exposes how #UyghurForcedLabor is linked to critical minerals supply chain, feeding aerospace, automotive, battery, defense, medical, & electronics industries, at the cost of crimes against humanity.
apnews.com/article/chin...
Global Rights Compliance exposes how #UyghurForcedLabor is linked to critical minerals supply chain, feeding aerospace, automotive, battery, defense, medical, & electronics industries, at the cost of crimes against humanity.
apnews.com/article/chin...
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Breaking‼️ While imprisoned under one trumped-up charge, Joshua Wong has been suddenly slapped with yet another as the authorities appear intent on keeping one of Hong Kong's most influential democracy leaders behind bars. This decision is arbitrary, cruel, and outrageous.
June 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Breaking‼️ While imprisoned under one trumped-up charge, Joshua Wong has been suddenly slapped with yet another as the authorities appear intent on keeping one of Hong Kong's most influential democracy leaders behind bars. This decision is arbitrary, cruel, and outrageous.
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[email protected] reiterates its regrets that the European Union continues to hold its human rights dialogue with China and call for the human rights dialogue to be suspended and replaced by more meaningful and impactful measures.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Human Rights Watch submission ahead of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue
Human Rights Watch reiterates its regrets that the European Union continues to hold its human rights dialogue with China, given that no guarantees or improvements have been secured over its past 39 it...
www.hrw.org
May 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
[email protected] reiterates its regrets that the European Union continues to hold its human rights dialogue with China and call for the human rights dialogue to be suspended and replaced by more meaningful and impactful measures.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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Lengthy exchange at the commission's press briefing today about the softening EU stance towards China and Xi's visit to Moscow
Spox says: "We've taken note of the visit. We have also made our position quite clear. In terms of China's support to Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine...
Spox says: "We've taken note of the visit. We have also made our position quite clear. In terms of China's support to Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine...
May 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Lengthy exchange at the commission's press briefing today about the softening EU stance towards China and Xi's visit to Moscow
Spox says: "We've taken note of the visit. We have also made our position quite clear. In terms of China's support to Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine...
Spox says: "We've taken note of the visit. We have also made our position quite clear. In terms of China's support to Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine...
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The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine human rights.
To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️
To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️
US: Trump’s First 100 Days an Assault on Rights
The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine the human rights of people in the United States and abroad.
www.hrw.org
April 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine human rights.
To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️
To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️
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China's reportedly dropping its retaliatory sanctions to court EU. If so, EU has leverage over China. It should press China to end crimes against humanity, free the hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs in prison & end forced labor www.linkedin.com/posts/noahba...
I understand from multiple sources that China may be preparing to lift its… | Noah Barkin
I understand from multiple sources that China may be preparing to lift its sanctions on members of the European Parliament (MEPs) as early as next week. The sanctions were imposed in March 2021 in res...
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April 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
China's reportedly dropping its retaliatory sanctions to court EU. If so, EU has leverage over China. It should press China to end crimes against humanity, free the hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs in prison & end forced labor www.linkedin.com/posts/noahba...
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❗🚨❌ Hier, la Commission européenne a publié sa proposition de loi "omnibus" qui affaiblirait considérablement les dispositions sur le devoir de vigilance des entreprises dans l'UE en matière de droits humains et d’environnement dans leurs chaînes d’approvisionnement.
@hderengerve.bsky.social ⤵
@hderengerve.bsky.social ⤵
February 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
❗🚨❌ Hier, la Commission européenne a publié sa proposition de loi "omnibus" qui affaiblirait considérablement les dispositions sur le devoir de vigilance des entreprises dans l'UE en matière de droits humains et d’environnement dans leurs chaînes d’approvisionnement.
@hderengerve.bsky.social ⤵
@hderengerve.bsky.social ⤵