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Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
The UK’s new immigration plan is a profound retreat from the humane approach Labour promised voters. Labour should recognize the enormous contributions refugees make, and the moral and legal obligation to provide protection. ✍️ HRW's @yasmineahmed.bsky.social
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The UK’s new immigration plan is a profound retreat from the humane approach Labour promised voters. Labour should recognize the enormous contributions refugees make, and the moral and legal obligation to provide protection. ✍️ HRW's @yasmineahmed.bsky.social
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ
Good news from the UK 🙌: the end of the cruel "two-child limit" social security policy has been announced.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good news from the UK 🙌: the end of the cruel "two-child limit" social security policy has been announced.
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A new quantitative study from National Observatory on Violence Against Educators:
One of the most comprehensive efforts to date to measure the nature and scale of censorship and harassment of educators across Brazil 🇧🇷. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
One of the most comprehensive efforts to date to measure the nature and scale of censorship and harassment of educators across Brazil 🇧🇷. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
New Data on Censorship and Harassment of Brazil’s Educators
A new quantitative study from National Observatory on Violence Against Educators represents one of the most comprehensive efforts to date to measure the nature and scale of censorship and harassment o...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A new quantitative study from National Observatory on Violence Against Educators:
One of the most comprehensive efforts to date to measure the nature and scale of censorship and harassment of educators across Brazil 🇧🇷. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
One of the most comprehensive efforts to date to measure the nature and scale of censorship and harassment of educators across Brazil 🇧🇷. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
At this year's COP30 summit, Afro-Brazilian leaders urged authorities to help them protect the forest and their territories.
As Quilombola communities face threats from violence and deforestation, Brazil should issue long-awaited land titles now.
As Quilombola communities face threats from violence and deforestation, Brazil should issue long-awaited land titles now.
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
At this year's COP30 summit, Afro-Brazilian leaders urged authorities to help them protect the forest and their territories.
As Quilombola communities face threats from violence and deforestation, Brazil should issue long-awaited land titles now.
As Quilombola communities face threats from violence and deforestation, Brazil should issue long-awaited land titles now.
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Paraguay 🇵🇾 has banned the word “gender” in educational materials. This doesn’t just limit language. It blocks understanding of human rights, diversity, and real equality among girls, boys, and adolescents. www.theparaguaypost.com/p/paraguay-s...
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Paraguay 🇵🇾 has banned the word “gender” in educational materials. This doesn’t just limit language. It blocks understanding of human rights, diversity, and real equality among girls, boys, and adolescents. www.theparaguaypost.com/p/paraguay-s...
There's enough money in the world to accelerate the phase out of fossil fuels. This is why governments should support the UN Tax Treaty.
At #COP30, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social discusses the need for governments to finalize a UN Tax Treaty by 2027.
At #COP30, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social discusses the need for governments to finalize a UN Tax Treaty by 2027.
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There's enough money in the world to accelerate the phase out of fossil fuels. This is why governments should support the UN Tax Treaty.
At #COP30, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social discusses the need for governments to finalize a UN Tax Treaty by 2027.
At #COP30, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social discusses the need for governments to finalize a UN Tax Treaty by 2027.
Three years ago, a series of protests in China sparked a political awakening among Chinese youth.
The White Paper protests ignited calls for freedom, respect for basic rights, and solidarity across borders.
The White Paper protests ignited calls for freedom, respect for basic rights, and solidarity across borders.
The Legacy of the White Paper Protests
Three years ago, a series of protests in China has sparked a political awakening among Chinese youth, with many questioning Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian policies and practices and notably...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Three years ago, a series of protests in China sparked a political awakening among Chinese youth.
The White Paper protests ignited calls for freedom, respect for basic rights, and solidarity across borders.
The White Paper protests ignited calls for freedom, respect for basic rights, and solidarity across borders.
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Five employees of the Tunisian Council for Refugees will go on trial today amid a broader crackdown on civil society in Tunisia. Authorities should drop the charges, release two detained employees, and stop criminalizing the work of independent groups www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Tunisia: Abusive Prosecutions of Refugee Group
Five employees of the Tunisian Council for Refugees will go on trial on November 24, 2025, amid a broader crackdown on civil society groups in Tunisia.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Five employees of the Tunisian Council for Refugees will go on trial today amid a broader crackdown on civil society in Tunisia. Authorities should drop the charges, release two detained employees, and stop criminalizing the work of independent groups www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Human Rights Watch is honored to announce Philippe Bolopion as its new Executive Director. Philippe is a 13-year HRW veteran and former journalist who has advocated on atrocities globally.
We are proud to have his expertise guiding us as HRW rises to meet the challenges ahead.
We are proud to have his expertise guiding us as HRW rises to meet the challenges ahead.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Human Rights Watch is honored to announce Philippe Bolopion as its new Executive Director. Philippe is a 13-year HRW veteran and former journalist who has advocated on atrocities globally.
We are proud to have his expertise guiding us as HRW rises to meet the challenges ahead.
We are proud to have his expertise guiding us as HRW rises to meet the challenges ahead.
"[These Palestinian refugees] are the refugees that were forcibly displaced and expelled in 1948, and their descendants [...] And now they've been forced to move once again and been denied return."
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"[These Palestinian refugees] are the refugees that were forcibly displaced and expelled in 1948, and their descendants [...] And now they've been forced to move once again and been denied return."
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:
US President Donald Trump’s proposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan overlooks the need for justice for atrocities committed by Russia in Ukraine.
Governments should urgently reinforce efforts to support credible justice and civilian protection.
Governments should urgently reinforce efforts to support credible justice and civilian protection.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
US President Donald Trump’s proposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan overlooks the need for justice for atrocities committed by Russia in Ukraine.
Governments should urgently reinforce efforts to support credible justice and civilian protection.
Governments should urgently reinforce efforts to support credible justice and civilian protection.
The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has struck down provisions that criminalized consensual same-sex conduct by officers.
This ruling is a landmark victory for equality.
This ruling is a landmark victory for equality.
Dominican Republic: Court Ends Security Forces Gay Sex Ban
The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has struck down provisions in the Codes of Justice of the National Police and the Armed Forces that criminalized consensual same-sex conduct by officers, ...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has struck down provisions that criminalized consensual same-sex conduct by officers.
This ruling is a landmark victory for equality.
This ruling is a landmark victory for equality.
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#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...
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Push-back on the latest #COP30 draft:
“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.”
“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.”
30-plus nations oppose COP30 draft over fossil fuel omission: Colombia
More than 30 countries have co-signed a letter opposing Brazil's draft proposal at the UN climate conference because it fails to include a roadmap phasing out fossil fuels, the Colombian delegation to...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Push-back on the latest #COP30 draft:
“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.”
“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.”
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Here in Belém, we’re into the last hours of #COP30.
It’s our hope @hrw.org the way Indigenous Peoples have made their presence felt throughout this COP will spur a global commitment towards protecting climate-critical forests, Indigenous Peoples + other forest-dependent communities:
It’s our hope @hrw.org the way Indigenous Peoples have made their presence felt throughout this COP will spur a global commitment towards protecting climate-critical forests, Indigenous Peoples + other forest-dependent communities:
COP30 Should Accelerate Anti-Deforestation Efforts
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began this year's COP30 summit by announcing a global investment fund to pay tropical forest countries to keep trees standing.
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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On December 1, #ASP24 is starting in The Hague!
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
Human Rights Watch Briefing Note for the Twenty-Fourth Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties
The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will meet from December 1-6, 2025, in The Hague, for the annual session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP).
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On December 1, #ASP24 is starting in The Hague!
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
🚨Check out @hrw recommendations to the ASP and states parties for the upcoming Assembly session: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#JusticeMatters #NGOVoices
🧵👇👇👇 on the main areas of action at the session
Security forces in Nepal used disproportionate force against youth-led protests on September 8, 2025, indiscriminately firing on protesters multiple times.
Authorities in Nepal should investigate the disproportionate use of force by police and hold those responsible to account.
Authorities in Nepal should investigate the disproportionate use of force by police and hold those responsible to account.
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Security forces in Nepal used disproportionate force against youth-led protests on September 8, 2025, indiscriminately firing on protesters multiple times.
Authorities in Nepal should investigate the disproportionate use of force by police and hold those responsible to account.
Authorities in Nepal should investigate the disproportionate use of force by police and hold those responsible to account.
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Today's EU #FAC will dive in some of the most serious human rights crisis of our time. A reminder that @hrw.org 's work documenting crimes & pressing for protection of civilian is more important than ever.
#Palestin #ISrael #Sudan #Ukraine #Sahel
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
#Palestin #ISrael #Sudan #Ukraine #Sahel
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
NEW: The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEW: The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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new from @hrw.org & 21 int.& African organizations following misinforming report by country rapporteur.
Egypt: African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
“make it all the more important for the commission to robustly address Egypt’s human rights crisis.”
Egypt: African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
“make it all the more important for the commission to robustly address Egypt’s human rights crisis.”
Egypt: African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights
The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act decisively to address the dire, protracted human rights crisis in Egypt following its review of the situation in the country.
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
new from @hrw.org & 21 int.& African organizations following misinforming report by country rapporteur.
Egypt: African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
“make it all the more important for the commission to robustly address Egypt’s human rights crisis.”
Egypt: African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
“make it all the more important for the commission to robustly address Egypt’s human rights crisis.”
In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
As the world comes together to tackle the climate crisis at #COP30 in Brazil, its Congress is considering proposals that would exacerbate it.
Those measures could severely impact the Amazon, which is critical for global climate.
Those measures could severely impact the Amazon, which is critical for global climate.
Brazil: Don’t Strip Protection of Environment, Defenders
Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.
www.hrw.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As the world comes together to tackle the climate crisis at #COP30 in Brazil, its Congress is considering proposals that would exacerbate it.
Those measures could severely impact the Amazon, which is critical for global climate.
Those measures could severely impact the Amazon, which is critical for global climate.
Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has a chance to chart a new path for Thailand by ending ongoing human rights abuses.
The new Thai government should quickly adopt a clear plan to address human rights issues and implement it.
The new Thai government should quickly adopt a clear plan to address human rights issues and implement it.
Thailand: Rights Priorities for New Government
The new Thai government should reverse the trend of past administrations and take concrete action to uphold human rights.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has a chance to chart a new path for Thailand by ending ongoing human rights abuses.
The new Thai government should quickly adopt a clear plan to address human rights issues and implement it.
The new Thai government should quickly adopt a clear plan to address human rights issues and implement it.
At a news conference this week during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the US, a reporter asked President Donald Trump about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
President Trump claimed that Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that.”
President Trump claimed that Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that.”
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
At a news conference this week during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the US, a reporter asked President Donald Trump about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
President Trump claimed that Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that.”
President Trump claimed that Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that.”