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Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social · 2d

🚩On @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social, Aziz Ansari said he would donate part of his Riyadh Comedy Fest fee to @hrw.org

While HRW cannot accept the donation, it's not too late for him to call for the release of detained Saudi activists Manahel al Otaibi & Waleed Abu al Khair
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Saudi Arabia: Comedians Silent on Detained Activists

Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival did not use their public platform to urge Saudi authorities to free unjustly detained Saudi dissidents, journalists, and human rights activists

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Human Rights Watch en français @hrw-fr.hrw.org · 3d

Gaza ravagée par 2 ans de guerre:
"Les autorités israéliennes vont au-delà des opérations nécessaires pour atteindre leurs objectifs militaires : outre les frappes et l'envoi de troupes au sol, elles rasent et ravagent des zones entières." @nadiahardman.bsky.social
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CARTES. Des écoles aux cimetières, la bande de Gaza ravagée par deux ans de guerre avec Israël

En 24 mois de conflit depuis le 7-Octobre, 78% des bâtiments du territoire palestinien ont été endommagés ou détruits, selon l'ONU. Franceinfo a cartographié ces destructions.

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Michelle Randhawa @michellerandhawa.bsky.social · 4d

Despite promising statements from PM Nawaf Salam and MEHE Rima Karami on education for all, #Lebanon gov decision to uphold residency requirement for public school registration risks barring 10s of thousands of refugee students from school @hrw.org
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Michelle Randhawa @michellerandhawa.bsky.social · 4d

“Under international law, children, regardless of their [immigration] status...have the right to an education. Education should never be used as a political pawn...” @thenewarab.bsky.social
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How Syrian children are being shut out of Lebanon’s classrooms

Government restrictions have effectively barred tens of thousands of Syrian children from school in Lebanon, as NGOs step in to teach those left behind

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Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social · Sep 11

Pakistan’s govt should provide assistance to at least 4 million people displaced by recent flooding, but also take action to prevent foreseeable harms, including from climate change and extreme weather events. @hrw.org @saroopijaz.bsky.social
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Pakistan Floods Highlight Urgent Need for Reforms

Catastrophic floods from heavy rainfall in Pakistan this past week displaced at least four million people, destroyed thousands of acres of crops, and severely damaged critical infrastructure. At least...

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Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social · Aug 28

Some good news: Thailand Allows Myanmar Refugees in Camps to Work Legally www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

Thailand Allows Myanmar Refugees in Camps to Work Legally

On August 26, Thailand’s cabinet approved measures allowing Myanmar refugees living in camps along the border to work legally. For many, it will be the first formal employment of their lives.

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Lauren Seibert @laurenseibert.bsky.social · Aug 27

🚨 New @hrw.org report documents years of serious abuses by security forces in #Mauritania against West & Central African migrants, while those same authorities received equipment/support 💰 from the EU & #Spain to bolster border control & prevent irregular migration
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Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social · Aug 12

My thoughts: the US Congress shld question why women shld have to shoehorn their claims into a narrow understanding of membership of a particular social group & thereby have less consistent or predictable protection than racial, religious, nationality & political groups. www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

US Should Fix the Gender Gap in Refugee Protection

In a recent decision denying asylum to a Salvadoran woman being stalked by gang members, the Board of Immigration Appeals — the highest administrative body for interpreting U.S. immigration law — foun...

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Belkis Wille @belkiswille.bsky.social · Aug 1

THREAD: What does it mean to seek food in Gaza today? For many Palestinians, it means risking death. These are the stories behind the hundreds killed. #Gaza #HumanRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

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Anna Bacciarelli @abacci.bsky.social · Jul 31

The UK gov plans to experiment with facial age estimation tech on vulnerable young people. But refugee children need care, not algorithms. This tech isn't the solution - instead, it creates new potentially life-changing risks, as @techchildrights.bsky.social and I write. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

UK Plans AI Experiment on Children Seeking Asylum

The United Kingdom’s announcement on July 22 that it would use AI face-scanning technology to evaluate whether an asylum seeker is under age 18 threatens to harm children seeking refuge.

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Christina Abdulahad @christinaabdulahad.bsky.social · Jul 21

När USA drar ner biståndet till Myanmars flyktingar måste andra länder som Sverige agera. @hrw.org @nadiahardman.bsky.social och Sunai Pashuk varnar för en akut kris i Thailand och ifrågasätter varför Sverige inte gör mer.

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Kraven på Sverige: Måste öka biståndet - Nyheter (Ekot)

När USA skär ner sitt bistånd till flyktingar från Myanmar måste andra länder som Sverige rycka in.Det anser Human Rights Watch i Thailand som varnar för ...

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Nadia Hardman @nadiahardman.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨New @hrw.org finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand.

The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

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Kartik Raj @kartikraj.bsky.social · Jul 1

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Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage.

@hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights.

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Joint civil society statement on the UC & PIP Bill
Monday 30th June 2025
We are coming together as organisations committed to fighting poverty,
providing advice, and supporting and championing the rights of disabled
people, their families, and carers. We stand firmly with disabled people and
their organisations in calling for the UK government to withdraw the UC & PIP
Bill and to undertake genuine dialogue with disabled people to shape
reforms centred on the rights and dignity that all disabled people need and
deserve.
At a time when the share of GDP spent on working-age social security has
remained stable for the last ten years, cutting the incomes of disabled people
is a political choice. There is time for the government to pursue alternatives.
If this Bill is voted through, then by 2030 it will have cut PIP for more than
400,000 disabled people and Universal Credit for more than 700,000 people
who are disabled or have a long-term health condition. These numbers will
only increase in the years to follow.

This Bill has also been brought before parliament:
• Without consultation with disabled people
• Without any assessment of its impact on health and employment
outcomes
• Before the planned review of the PIP assessment has properly begun
its work
• Without knowing how the outcome of the PIP review may affect these
reforms
The changes announced last week and the compressed timetable for scrutiny
mean that MPs will only have a single day to debate or amend the new
provisions. There is too much at stake for disabled people for this Bill to be
rushed through without the opportunity for meaningful challenge or
scrutiny. We urge all MPs to vote against this Bill at Second Reading.

Signatories
Acts 435
Action for Children
Amnesty International
British Association of Social
Workers
Camphill Village Trust
Centre for Mental Health
Child Poverty Action Group
Children & Young People's Mental
Health Coalition
Children First
Citizens Advice
Community Money Advice
Crisis
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Debt Justice
Diabetes UK
Disability Benefits Consortium
Disability Law Service
Disabled People Against Cuts
End Child Poverty Coalition
Endometriosis UK
Engender
Fuel Poverty Action
Home Start
Human Rights Watch
Huntington's Disease Association
Imagine Act and Succeed
In Kind Direct
Independent Age
Independent Food Aid Network
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Kidney Care
Learning Disability Allies
Leonard Cheshire
ME Foggy Dog
Mental Health Foundation
Mental Health UK
Mind
Money and Mental Health Policy
Institute
MS Society
National Autistic Society
National Children's Bureau
National Rheumatoid Arthritis
Society
National Survivor User Network
Neuroendocrine Cancer UK
New Economics Foundation
Oxfam
Parkinson's UK
Quaker Social Action
Rethink Mental Illness
Royal National Institute of Blind
People
Royal National Institute of Deaf
People
SeeAbility
Scope
Sense
Shelter
Sisters of Frida
St Mungo's
Stripy Lightbulb CIC
The Children's Society
The Food Foundation
The Poverty Alliance
The Salvation Army
Trussell
Turn2Us
Turning Point
Versus Arthritis
Voluntary Organisations Disability
Group
We Care Campaign
Whizz Kidz
Women's Budget Group
Young Lives vs Cancer
Z2K
4 in 10
Black Country Foodbank
Citizens Advice Scotland
Close the Gap
Food Plymouth
Hartlepool Foodbank
Includem
North East Child Poverty
Commission
One Parent Families Scotland
Parenting Across Scotland
Scottish Women's Budget Group
Shelter Scotland
Stay Safe East
The Scottish Pantry Network

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Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social · May 26

Today, Rohingya seeking asylum are still being beaten, extorted, and left to die, while the violence and repression pushing them from their homes has surged.

My @hrw.org colleagues, Shayna Bauchner and @nadiahardman.bsky.social comment:

thediplomat.com/2025/05/10-y...

10 Years of Rohingya Refugees Stranded at Sea

Today, Rohingya seeking asylum are still being beaten, extorted, and left to die, while the violence and repression pushing them from their homes has surged.

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Nadia Hardman @nadiahardman.bsky.social · May 26

For more on the crisis in the Andaman Sea and the continuous exploitation of the Rohingya desperate to leave a life of brutality, read our new oped in @thediplomat.com 👇

thediplomat.com/2025/05/10-y...

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · May 26

Ten years ago, 8,000 Rohingya were left stranded in the Andaman Sea during a refugee crisis that grabbed global attention.

Today, #Rohingya refugees continue to embark on these high-risk journeys.

Learn more:

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · May 23

The Naval Court in Greece has said 17 coast guard officers should face felony charges over a shipwreck on June 14, 2023, in which at least 500 migrants died.

Greek authorities did not intervene in a timely or safe way despite the boat being obviously in distress.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · May 14

This week, the British government is in the High Court defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel.

HRW's Yasmine Ahmed is at the High Court in London ⤵️

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · May 14

Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup: Human rights groups warn of migrant worker deaths

Workers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents as the country prepares to host the 2034 World Cup, reports say.

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Lena Simet @lenasimet.bsky.social · May 12

1/ After nearly 3 years of research, our @hrw.org report "The Gig Trap" is finally out. It documents how companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, Shipt, Favor, and Amazon Flex created a business model that undermines labor rights & deepens inequality in the US. A 🧵https://hrw.org/node/391214

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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · May 8

NEW from #HRW: Without accountability mechanisms, "those with power may become tyrants and no one under their rule is free or safe." www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Authored by: @treywalk.bsky.social + John Raphling

President Trump’s Efforts to Defy Accountability

During the first three months of his administration, President Donald Trump has destroyed, captured, or marginalized institutions intended to check abuses of executive power.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · May 1

📣 Exciting news!

We're proud to announce that our film, Swept, on unhoused people being criminalized in Los Angeles, has been nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Short Documentary category!

Watch the full film here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmgA...

How Authorities in Los Angeles use Sanitation Sweeps to Criminalize Unhoused People

YouTube video by Human Rights Watch

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · May 1

NEW: A Trump-appointed federal judge rejects Trump's invocation of 18th century Alien Enemies Act www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Trump-appointed federal district judge rejects use of Alien Enemies Act in Venezuelan deporations

The ruling marked the first time a judge weighed in on the merits of Trump's invocation of the wartime authority granted back in 1798.

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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · May 1

NEW from HRW: United States: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

United States: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act

The 59-page report, “United States: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act, A Human Rights Argument,” describes how the Trump administration has utilized the act as a vehicle for its attempted end run around ba...

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · Apr 29

NEW: Jordanian authorities have forcibly evicted and demolished homes and shops in an informal Palestinian refugee camp in Amman.

This was done without adequate consultation, notice, compensation process, relocation help, or means of redress.

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Jordan: Informal Camp Residents Displaced

Jordanian authorities have forcibly evicted and demolished homes and shops in an informal Palestinian refugee camp in Amman without adequate consultation, notice, compensation process, relocation assi...

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