Sacha de Wijs
@sachadewijs.bsky.social
Director of Campaigns and Influence / Crisis Action. Coalition builder. Advocate. Espresso addict. Views my own. Reposts mostly endorsements
Brazil just reminded the world what accountability looks like: even a president who tries to overthrow democracy ends up in prison.
No one — not even a former president — stands above the rule of law. 🇧🇷 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
No one — not even a former president — stands above the rule of law. 🇧🇷 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Brazil just reminded the world what accountability looks like: even a president who tries to overthrow democracy ends up in prison.
No one — not even a former president — stands above the rule of law. 🇧🇷 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
No one — not even a former president — stands above the rule of law. 🇧🇷 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Reposted by Sacha de Wijs
The EU strongly condemns the grave and ongoing atrocities in Sudan.
Deliberate targeting of civilians, ethnically motivated killings, systematic sexual and gender-based violence, starvation and denying access to humanitarian aid are breaches of international law.
🔗 link.europa.eu/JXhWmX
Deliberate targeting of civilians, ethnically motivated killings, systematic sexual and gender-based violence, starvation and denying access to humanitarian aid are breaches of international law.
🔗 link.europa.eu/JXhWmX
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The EU strongly condemns the grave and ongoing atrocities in Sudan.
Deliberate targeting of civilians, ethnically motivated killings, systematic sexual and gender-based violence, starvation and denying access to humanitarian aid are breaches of international law.
🔗 link.europa.eu/JXhWmX
Deliberate targeting of civilians, ethnically motivated killings, systematic sexual and gender-based violence, starvation and denying access to humanitarian aid are breaches of international law.
🔗 link.europa.eu/JXhWmX
A peace deal built on pressure for Ukraine to give up territory it controls isn’t peace - it’s coercion. Ukraine chooses its path, but Europe must show it will not abandon its principles, its partner or own security. 🇺🇦🇪🇺
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A peace deal built on pressure for Ukraine to give up territory it controls isn’t peace - it’s coercion. Ukraine chooses its path, but Europe must show it will not abandon its principles, its partner or own security. 🇺🇦🇪🇺
Russia’s hybrid war in Africa is no longer just about mercenaries - it’s about shaping minds.
From the Sahel to coastal states, Moscow’s propaganda machine is shifting public opinion & pol. alignments.
Europe needs a strategy for this new reality @ecfr.eu ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
From the Sahel to coastal states, Moscow’s propaganda machine is shifting public opinion & pol. alignments.
Europe needs a strategy for this new reality @ecfr.eu ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
Russia’s hybrid war in Africa
Mark Leonard welcomes Will Brown and Beverly Ochieng to discuss what Russia’s growing influence in the Sahel means for Europe…
ecfr.eu
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Russia’s hybrid war in Africa is no longer just about mercenaries - it’s about shaping minds.
From the Sahel to coastal states, Moscow’s propaganda machine is shifting public opinion & pol. alignments.
Europe needs a strategy for this new reality @ecfr.eu ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
From the Sahel to coastal states, Moscow’s propaganda machine is shifting public opinion & pol. alignments.
Europe needs a strategy for this new reality @ecfr.eu ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
In today’s EU parliament votes, the EPP looks at swinging left on the 2040 climate target — and right with the far right on green reporting rules CSRD/ESRS.
The right firewall is breaking.
Europe moves to shifting majorities and even talk of a German minority government.
The right firewall is breaking.
Europe moves to shifting majorities and even talk of a German minority government.
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
In today’s EU parliament votes, the EPP looks at swinging left on the 2040 climate target — and right with the far right on green reporting rules CSRD/ESRS.
The right firewall is breaking.
Europe moves to shifting majorities and even talk of a German minority government.
The right firewall is breaking.
Europe moves to shifting majorities and even talk of a German minority government.
Mass killings, rape, and forced displacement in Sudan — and the world stays silent. When global inaction becomes the norm, impunity thrives. How long before silence turns to complicity? @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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...
www.hrw.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Mass killings, rape, and forced displacement in Sudan — and the world stays silent. When global inaction becomes the norm, impunity thrives. How long before silence turns to complicity? @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
The shutdown of USAID has already killed 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
Imperfect as it was, no U.S. agency saved more lives per dollar.
A decision by the richest (man) — paid for by the poorest.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Imperfect as it was, no U.S. agency saved more lives per dollar.
A decision by the richest (man) — paid for by the poorest.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The shutdown of USAID has already killed 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
Imperfect as it was, no U.S. agency saved more lives per dollar.
A decision by the richest (man) — paid for by the poorest.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Imperfect as it was, no U.S. agency saved more lives per dollar.
A decision by the richest (man) — paid for by the poorest.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Read more from HRW:
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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...
www.hrw.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Read more from HRW:
7/7
7/7
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The RSF shows no mercy towards civilians because it fears no consequences for its crimes. UN security council members need to sanction the RSF leadership, act to protect civilians, and commit to securing accountability for these crimes. 6/7
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The RSF shows no mercy towards civilians because it fears no consequences for its crimes. UN security council members need to sanction the RSF leadership, act to protect civilians, and commit to securing accountability for these crimes. 6/7
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As part of its 18-month siege of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan dug a trench and built a sand berm around the city. Since RSF captured El Fasher, HRW documented and geolocated videos near the berm to the northwest — videos that could be used to prove crimes.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
As part of its 18-month siege of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan dug a trench and built a sand berm around the city. Since RSF captured El Fasher, HRW documented and geolocated videos near the berm to the northwest — videos that could be used to prove crimes.
1/7🧵
1/7🧵
After years of failed conditionality, Europe needs a new rights strategy in the Middle East:
👉 focus on what’s possible — protect lives, defend space, set red lines.
Step by step beats empty rhetoric @ecfrmena.bsky.social ecfr.eu/publication/...
👉 focus on what’s possible — protect lives, defend space, set red lines.
Step by step beats empty rhetoric @ecfrmena.bsky.social ecfr.eu/publication/...
The power of the possible: A step-by-step approach to strengthen human rights in the Middle East
European credibility to uphold human rights in the Middle East has faded, but the EU can still have an impact by backing social and economic rights, empowering people through reform…
ecfr.eu
October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
After years of failed conditionality, Europe needs a new rights strategy in the Middle East:
👉 focus on what’s possible — protect lives, defend space, set red lines.
Step by step beats empty rhetoric @ecfrmena.bsky.social ecfr.eu/publication/...
👉 focus on what’s possible — protect lives, defend space, set red lines.
Step by step beats empty rhetoric @ecfrmena.bsky.social ecfr.eu/publication/...
Reposted by Sacha de Wijs
Danger will not disappear even when the war in Ukraine ends.
We need to toughen our defences against Russia.
The Defence Readiness Roadmap outlines our plan to fill capability gaps with clear goals and timelines.
Extract of my press remarks ↓
We need to toughen our defences against Russia.
The Defence Readiness Roadmap outlines our plan to fill capability gaps with clear goals and timelines.
Extract of my press remarks ↓
October 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Danger will not disappear even when the war in Ukraine ends.
We need to toughen our defences against Russia.
The Defence Readiness Roadmap outlines our plan to fill capability gaps with clear goals and timelines.
Extract of my press remarks ↓
We need to toughen our defences against Russia.
The Defence Readiness Roadmap outlines our plan to fill capability gaps with clear goals and timelines.
Extract of my press remarks ↓
In times of populist pressure, leadership isn’t about chasing applause but holding course.
Macron’s choice to defend institutions + France’s role abroad isn’t escapism — it’s statesmanship.
The presidency’s strength is part of what protects 🇫🇷 democracy @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/emma...
Macron’s choice to defend institutions + France’s role abroad isn’t escapism — it’s statesmanship.
The presidency’s strength is part of what protects 🇫🇷 democracy @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/emma...
As France burned, Macron was looking for his legacy
The French president’s dogged determination to defend his achievements risks backfiring.
www.politico.eu
October 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In times of populist pressure, leadership isn’t about chasing applause but holding course.
Macron’s choice to defend institutions + France’s role abroad isn’t escapism — it’s statesmanship.
The presidency’s strength is part of what protects 🇫🇷 democracy @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/emma...
Macron’s choice to defend institutions + France’s role abroad isn’t escapism — it’s statesmanship.
The presidency’s strength is part of what protects 🇫🇷 democracy @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/emma...
And so it starts… www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Germany spearheads drive to legitimize Taliban in exchange for migrant deportations
Friedrich Merz’s conservative-led government is close to cutting a deal with the Taliban to deport migrants to Afghanistan, and other EU countries may follow suit.
www.politico.eu
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
And so it starts… www.politico.eu/article/germ...
400,000 civilians in #Sudan's El Fasher are trapped in famine under RSF siege — a genocide unfolding in real time.
The world stays silent.
The #UAE could stop it today by telling the RSF to withdraw.
Read via @foreignpolicy.com ⤵️ foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/16/uae-sudan-rsf-war-weapons
The world stays silent.
The #UAE could stop it today by telling the RSF to withdraw.
Read via @foreignpolicy.com ⤵️ foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/16/uae-sudan-rsf-war-weapons
Why Won’t the UAE End the War in Sudan?
An independent inquiry has established the complicity of external actors.
foreignpolicy.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
400,000 civilians in #Sudan's El Fasher are trapped in famine under RSF siege — a genocide unfolding in real time.
The world stays silent.
The #UAE could stop it today by telling the RSF to withdraw.
Read via @foreignpolicy.com ⤵️ foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/16/uae-sudan-rsf-war-weapons
The world stays silent.
The #UAE could stop it today by telling the RSF to withdraw.
Read via @foreignpolicy.com ⤵️ foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/16/uae-sudan-rsf-war-weapons
With the #NobelPeacePrize announcement due tomorrow, awarding it to Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms would honour citizens’ power to serve humanity amid war — & refocus attention on a country where 150k+ have died, 15M displaced & 25M face hunger www.prio.org/news/3634
Nobel Peace Prize 2025: PRIO Director’s updated list announced – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Nina Græger, announced her updated list today for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
www.prio.org
October 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
With the #NobelPeacePrize announcement due tomorrow, awarding it to Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms would honour citizens’ power to serve humanity amid war — & refocus attention on a country where 150k+ have died, 15M displaced & 25M face hunger www.prio.org/news/3634
El-Fasher, Sudan — besieged by the RSF since May 2024 — has become “an open-air morgue” for starving civilians. The world’s silence is shocking. Since 2023 Sudan has seen 150k civilians killed, 15 million displaced & 25 million people facing acute hunger www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
RSF attack on hospital in Sudan’s el-Fasher kills 12, medics say
The attack by the paramilitary on the hospital wounded 17 others, and is the second such attack in 24 hours.
www.aljazeera.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
El-Fasher, Sudan — besieged by the RSF since May 2024 — has become “an open-air morgue” for starving civilians. The world’s silence is shocking. Since 2023 Sudan has seen 150k civilians killed, 15 million displaced & 25 million people facing acute hunger www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
Must-read @ecfr.eu : Putin’s Valdai speech marks a shift. He brands Europe “enemy #1”, vows more military pressure, backs far-right parties & steps up info warfare — while praising Trump as a model.
Europe must reinforce defence and resilience !
ecfr.eu/article/enem...
Europe must reinforce defence and resilience !
ecfr.eu/article/enem...
Enemy number one: What Putin’s foreign policy speech says about Europe
At this year’s Valdai club, Vladimir Putin gave his most anti-EU speech yet, citing his determination to see new anti-establishment politicians to come to power and improve Europe’s relations with…
ecfr.eu
October 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Must-read @ecfr.eu : Putin’s Valdai speech marks a shift. He brands Europe “enemy #1”, vows more military pressure, backs far-right parties & steps up info warfare — while praising Trump as a model.
Europe must reinforce defence and resilience !
ecfr.eu/article/enem...
Europe must reinforce defence and resilience !
ecfr.eu/article/enem...
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Vladimir Putin has finally said the quiet part out loud. For the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he has explicitly blamed Europe for the war, writes @abarbashin.bsky.social @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/46PIkhV
https://bit.ly/46PIkhV
Enemy number one: What Putin’s foreign policy speech says about Europe
At this year’s Valdai club, Vladimir Putin gave his most anti-EU speech yet, citing his determination to see new anti-establishment politicians to come to power and improve Europe’s relations with…
bit.ly
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Vladimir Putin has finally said the quiet part out loud. For the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he has explicitly blamed Europe for the war, writes @abarbashin.bsky.social @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/46PIkhV
https://bit.ly/46PIkhV
"From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia.
My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security" #MziaAmaglobeli
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security" #MziaAmaglobeli
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli
My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia.
My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security" #MziaAmaglobeli
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security" #MziaAmaglobeli
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
99% of the UK’s digital traffic flows through subsea cables. Russia’s spy ship Yantar has been caught loitering over them.
A new @financialtimes.com investigation exposes how Moscow is mapping — and maybe preparing to cut — Europe’s digital lifelines. www.ft.com/content/0b35...
A new @financialtimes.com investigation exposes how Moscow is mapping — and maybe preparing to cut — Europe’s digital lifelines. www.ft.com/content/0b35...
The Russian spy ship stalking Europe’s subsea cables
Covert operations in waters surrounding the British Isles pose a grave threat to critical infrastructure and a fresh challenge to Nato
www.ft.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
99% of the UK’s digital traffic flows through subsea cables. Russia’s spy ship Yantar has been caught loitering over them.
A new @financialtimes.com investigation exposes how Moscow is mapping — and maybe preparing to cut — Europe’s digital lifelines. www.ft.com/content/0b35...
A new @financialtimes.com investigation exposes how Moscow is mapping — and maybe preparing to cut — Europe’s digital lifelines. www.ft.com/content/0b35...
Europe has been facing 'confrontation' with Russia for a while now. What is new is the quality of this 'hybrid war', raising security + resilience concerns. Especially as Russia has used these tactics since the invasion of Crimea in 2014 @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Macron warns Europe is now in ‘confrontation’ with Russia — live updates
Putin looms over Copenhagen summit as leaders talk defense and security.
www.politico.eu
October 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Europe has been facing 'confrontation' with Russia for a while now. What is new is the quality of this 'hybrid war', raising security + resilience concerns. Especially as Russia has used these tactics since the invasion of Crimea in 2014 @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/euro...
A bit of a u-turn, but credit where credit is due: Trump “#Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he believes Ukraine can regain all land lost to Russia since 2022 invasion
US president claims Russia is in ‘big economic trouble’ as he calls for Nato countries to stop imports of Russian oil
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A bit of a u-turn, but credit where credit is due: Trump “#Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Zwei russische Kampfflugzeuge sind nach Angaben des polnischen Grenzschutzes in die Sicherheitszone einer Bohrplattform in der Ostsee eingedrungen. Die Jets flogen offenbar im Tiefflug über die Bohrplattform Petrobaltic.
Polen meldet russische Kampfjets in Sicherheitszone über Bohrplattform in der Ostsee
Zwei russische Kampfflugzeuge sind nach Angaben des polnischen Grenzschutzes in die Sicherheitszone einer Bohrplattform in der Ostsee eingedrungen. Die Jets flogen offenbar im Tiefflug über die Bohrplattform Petrobaltic.
www.spiegel.de
September 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Zwei russische Kampfflugzeuge sind nach Angaben des polnischen Grenzschutzes in die Sicherheitszone einer Bohrplattform in der Ostsee eingedrungen. Die Jets flogen offenbar im Tiefflug über die Bohrplattform Petrobaltic.