Philippe Dam
@philippedam.bsky.social
HRW's EU Advocacy Director, in #Brussels.
Reposted by Philippe Dam
Despite clear—and powerful—calls from civil society for the #COP30 summit to take bolder steps on climate change and to uphold human rights, the summit failed to make any real progress on the two issues key to stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations: fossil fuels + deforestation.
COP30 Fails to Confront Drivers of Climate Crisis
In Belem, Brazil, as United Nations climate summit (COP30) convened, I marched alongside thousands of activists and Indigenous peoples calling on governments to urgently address climate change and pro...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Despite clear—and powerful—calls from civil society for the #COP30 summit to take bolder steps on climate change and to uphold human rights, the summit failed to make any real progress on the two issues key to stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations: fossil fuels + deforestation.
Among many politically-driven trials in #Tunisia is the one faced by 5 staff of Tunisian Council for Refugees, a key partner of the UN Refugee Agency .
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social should stop ignoring the reality that its silence is complicity into deeper repression.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social should stop ignoring the reality that its silence is complicity into deeper repression.
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 10:10 AM
Among many politically-driven trials in #Tunisia is the one faced by 5 staff of Tunisian Council for Refugees, a key partner of the UN Refugee Agency .
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social should stop ignoring the reality that its silence is complicity into deeper repression.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social should stop ignoring the reality that its silence is complicity into deeper repression.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
#Sudan: "EU officials insist that they have raised the issue with #UnitedArabEmirates" but that's it.
Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes.
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Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#Sudan: "EU officials insist that they have raised the issue with #UnitedArabEmirates" but that's it.
Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
#EUAU Luanda summit next week is a test for African Union & @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: principled leadership needed more than ever to face mounting challenges created by brutal conflicts & attacks on multilateral institutions.
Our take 👇
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Our take 👇
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November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#EUAU Luanda summit next week is a test for African Union & @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: principled leadership needed more than ever to face mounting challenges created by brutal conflicts & attacks on multilateral institutions.
Our take 👇
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Our take 👇
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So #EU today sanctioned #RSF's dep commander Abdel Raheem Hamdan Dagalo for rights violations in #Darfur.
+ @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
+ @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So #EU today sanctioned #RSF's dep commander Abdel Raheem Hamdan Dagalo for rights violations in #Darfur.
+ @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
+ @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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
On Thursday EU ministers will debate their #Sahel strategy, as civilians pay cost of conflict & repression.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: make clear there'll be no security & stability unless protection of civilians is at the center.
Our take 👇
euobserver.com/africa/ard19...
#Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: make clear there'll be no security & stability unless protection of civilians is at the center.
Our take 👇
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#Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso
After three military coups, EU must focus on civilians in Sahel
Since a series of military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, most EU military and capacity-building missions have been closed, development aid has been largely frozen, and diplomatic relations w...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
On Thursday EU ministers will debate their #Sahel strategy, as civilians pay cost of conflict & repression.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: make clear there'll be no security & stability unless protection of civilians is at the center.
Our take 👇
euobserver.com/africa/ard19...
#Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: make clear there'll be no security & stability unless protection of civilians is at the center.
Our take 👇
euobserver.com/africa/ard19...
#Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso
Reposted by Philippe Dam
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 ...
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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...
Ammunition from #Bulgaria, equipment from #France appeared in #RSF hands in #Darfur #Sudan via #UnitedArabEmirates. But @eudiplomacy.bsky.social silence on UAE's role allows impunity.
Time for EU to step up response to UN embargo violations.
www.politico.eu/article/suda... @laukaya.bsky.social
Time for EU to step up response to UN embargo violations.
www.politico.eu/article/suda... @laukaya.bsky.social
Sudan urges EU: Stop selling arms to UAE amid massacre claims
“Those weapons were not intended for third-party use,” Sudan’s top envoy in Brussels tells POLITICO, as a paramilitary group stands accused of committing atrocities in the country’s civ…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ammunition from #Bulgaria, equipment from #France appeared in #RSF hands in #Darfur #Sudan via #UnitedArabEmirates. But @eudiplomacy.bsky.social silence on UAE's role allows impunity.
Time for EU to step up response to UN embargo violations.
www.politico.eu/article/suda... @laukaya.bsky.social
Time for EU to step up response to UN embargo violations.
www.politico.eu/article/suda... @laukaya.bsky.social
At UN HRC Sp. Session on #Sudan, UN Human Rights chief calls all States to "take urgent concrete action to ensure protection of civilians in El Fasher"
#EU FAC conclusions said no less. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should step up efforts & mobilize EU's partners to act.
www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
#EU FAC conclusions said no less. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should step up efforts & mobilize EU's partners to act.
www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
High Commissioner at Special Session on Sudan: The international community has a clear duty to act
Mr. President, Excellencies,The atrocities that are unfolding in El Fasher were foreseen and preventable – but they were not prevented. They constitute the gravest of crimes.My Office has issued more...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
At UN HRC Sp. Session on #Sudan, UN Human Rights chief calls all States to "take urgent concrete action to ensure protection of civilians in El Fasher"
#EU FAC conclusions said no less. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should step up efforts & mobilize EU's partners to act.
www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
#EU FAC conclusions said no less. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should step up efforts & mobilize EU's partners to act.
www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
EU institutions should stop ignoring #Tunisia s fall into repression. Petting authoritarian leaders in the back is not only a blow to EU values - it's also bad policy.
Our take on the fabricated mass ‘Conspiracy’ Trial 👇
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Our take on the fabricated mass ‘Conspiracy’ Trial 👇
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Tunisia: Overturn Unjust ‘Conspiracy’ Trial Convictions
A Tunisian Court on November 17, 2025, is scheduled to hear the appeal of 37 people unjustly sentenced to heavy prison terms in a politically motivated “Conspiracy Case” from April.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
EU institutions should stop ignoring #Tunisia s fall into repression. Petting authoritarian leaders in the back is not only a blow to EU values - it's also bad policy.
Our take on the fabricated mass ‘Conspiracy’ Trial 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Our take on the fabricated mass ‘Conspiracy’ Trial 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Reposted by Philippe Dam
Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but many are growing fearful. Some say they don’t dare leave their homes for fear of arrests and being sent to deportation centers. See our latest report on how "restriction codes" harm lives: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Türkiye: ‘Restriction Codes’ Harm Uyghurs Seeking Safety
Turkish authorities are increasingly restricting the legal residency of Uyghurs seeking safety from the Chinese government.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but many are growing fearful. Some say they don’t dare leave their homes for fear of arrests and being sent to deportation centers. See our latest report on how "restriction codes" harm lives: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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...
Today & tmrw, European Parliament will adopt its 1st report calling on EU & members to step up response to attacks & harassment by autocratic Govts against their nationals beyond their borders.
#TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...
#TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today & tmrw, European Parliament will adopt its 1st report calling on EU & members to step up response to attacks & harassment by autocratic Govts against their nationals beyond their borders.
#TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...
#TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...
At tmrw's UN special session on El Fasher, @euatun.bsky.social should push for dedicated inquiry ion #RSF crimes in #Darfur, support measures for protection of civilians in #Sudan & expose #UnitedArabEmirates role in fueling conflict & atrocities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
At tmrw's UN special session on El Fasher, @euatun.bsky.social should push for dedicated inquiry ion #RSF crimes in #Darfur, support measures for protection of civilians in #Sudan & expose #UnitedArabEmirates role in fueling conflict & atrocities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Weeks after #RSF mass atrocities in El Fasher, today’s EP hearing on #Sudan is opportunity to press @eudiplomacy.bsky.social to:
📢Condemn RSF crimes
🇦🇪Expose #UnitedArabEmirates’ support
✍️Sanction RSF's top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
📢Condemn RSF crimes
🇦🇪Expose #UnitedArabEmirates’ support
✍️Sanction RSF's top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Sudan: Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City
Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, E...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Weeks after #RSF mass atrocities in El Fasher, today’s EP hearing on #Sudan is opportunity to press @eudiplomacy.bsky.social to:
📢Condemn RSF crimes
🇦🇪Expose #UnitedArabEmirates’ support
✍️Sanction RSF's top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
📢Condemn RSF crimes
🇦🇪Expose #UnitedArabEmirates’ support
✍️Sanction RSF's top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
#Sudan: UN experts horrified by scale & brutality of RSF crimes & sadistic levels of sexual violence in El Fasher.
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#Sudan: UN experts horrified by scale & brutality of RSF crimes & sadistic levels of sexual violence in El Fasher.
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
We met Pastor Gábor Iványi with @hrw.org colleagues in 2018 at his Budapest church.
Truly shocking he is once again under attack.
#Hungary authorities should drop charges against Iványi & stop harassment against him & his church.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
Truly shocking he is once again under attack.
#Hungary authorities should drop charges against Iványi & stop harassment against him & his church.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
Hungary: Pastor Supporting People in Poverty Faces Charges
Instead of supporting those who fill the gaps left by Hungary’s crumbling public services and social security system, the government is prosecuting them. On November 3, prosecutors charged Pastor Gábo...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We met Pastor Gábor Iványi with @hrw.org colleagues in 2018 at his Budapest church.
Truly shocking he is once again under attack.
#Hungary authorities should drop charges against Iványi & stop harassment against him & his church.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
Truly shocking he is once again under attack.
#Hungary authorities should drop charges against Iványi & stop harassment against him & his church.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
Reposted by Philippe Dam
The Chinese government reached around the globe to shut down a film festival in New York City. This latest act of transnational repression demonstrates the Chinese government’s aim to control what the world sees and learns about China. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
China: Authorities Shut Down Film Festival in New York
Chinese authorities harassed several dozen Chinese film directors and producers, as well as their families in China, causing them to pull films from the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival in New York ...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Chinese government reached around the globe to shut down a film festival in New York City. This latest act of transnational repression demonstrates the Chinese government’s aim to control what the world sees and learns about China. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Despite @kajakallas.bsky.social @hadjalahbib.bsky.social statement after #RSF capture of El Fasher, #EU still falling short of condemning #RSF atrocities.
Time to be serious about #Sudan #Darfur crisis, call out #UAE's support & sanction #RSF top leaders.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Time to be serious about #Sudan #Darfur crisis, call out #UAE's support & sanction #RSF top leaders.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Despite @kajakallas.bsky.social @hadjalahbib.bsky.social statement after #RSF capture of El Fasher, #EU still falling short of condemning #RSF atrocities.
Time to be serious about #Sudan #Darfur crisis, call out #UAE's support & sanction #RSF top leaders.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Time to be serious about #Sudan #Darfur crisis, call out #UAE's support & sanction #RSF top leaders.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#USA unlawful strikes on vessels ashore Latin-American coasts may amount to int'l crimes - say UN Experts.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#USA unlawful strikes on vessels ashore Latin-American coasts may amount to int'l crimes - say UN Experts.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Reposted by Philippe Dam
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...
#Sudan: UN Human Rights office estimates in the 100s number of summarily executions since #RSF capture of El Fasher.
Weak @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statements won't end crimes. Condemning crimes, sanctioning RSF leaders & exposing #UAE role can be key to stop them.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Weak @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statements won't end crimes. Condemning crimes, sanctioning RSF leaders & exposing #UAE role can be key to stop them.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#Sudan: UN Human Rights office estimates in the 100s number of summarily executions since #RSF capture of El Fasher.
Weak @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statements won't end crimes. Condemning crimes, sanctioning RSF leaders & exposing #UAE role can be key to stop them.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Weak @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statements won't end crimes. Condemning crimes, sanctioning RSF leaders & exposing #UAE role can be key to stop them.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Reposted by Philippe Dam
An anti-drug police operation in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro has resulted in more than 100 killings.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
An anti-drug police operation in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro has resulted in more than 100 killings.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.