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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin
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Senior crisis and conflict researcher, @hrw.org
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · 8h
The United States should also publish the evidence on which it based its sanctions against al-Burhan.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · 8h
@hrw: All state parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention should support a transparent investigation by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of the allegations of the use of chemical weapons by Sudan’s military.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · 8h
@hrw.org: A new investigation by France 24, a French broadcaster, provides the first public elements to corroborate the US allegations indicating that Sudan’s military may have used chlorine in two incidents in September 2024.

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Disturbing Reports of Sudan’s Military Using Chlorine Gas
The United States government sanctioned General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan’s de facto head of state, in January 2025, alleging that the SAF had used ...
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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 3d
🚨Judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague have just convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kosheib) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region.
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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 3d
🚨BREAKING Sudan news via Elizabeth Evenson, International Justice Director @hrw.org ⤵️

“The ICC’s long-awaited landmark conviction for serious crimes in Darfur provides the first opportunity for victims and communities terrorized by the Janjaweed to see a measure of justice before the court."
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Sep 4
New @hrw.org research: At least five Iranian ballistic missiles struck populated areas of Israel during the June 2025 armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and should be investigated as war crimes.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Iran: Missile Strikes on Israeli Civilians Likely War Crimes
At least five Iranian ballistic missiles struck populated areas of Israel during the June 2025 armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and should be investigated as war crimes, Human Rights Wat...
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Aug 4
"Colombia is a party to the ICC, so they should be prepared to go after any Colombian national identified in the recruitment and use of children, and/or aiding or abetting this crime," I told
@lasillavacia.bsky.social.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Aug 4
New reporting from @lasillavacia.bsky.social on how Colombian mercenaries recruited out of the UAE are training child soldiers to fight with the RSF in Darfur: www.lasillavacia.com/silla-nacion...
Mercenarios colombianos entrenan a niños soldado en Sudán
La Silla Vacía revela fotos, videos testimonios que muestran que exmilitares colombianos entrenan a niños reclutados para la guerra en Sudán.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jul 11
Honored to see my PhD research on mutinies in revolutionary uprisings featured in this new piece of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation: www.hfg.org/insights/whe...
When Militaries Turn Against Authoritarians: Lessons from Tunisia and the Arab Spring - HFG
At a terrifying moment of indecision, the course of history may be determined by individual soldiers, fearful of making the wrong choice and gambling for their own survival.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jun 4
تحقيقنا الجديد في @hrw : الضربات الجوية للجيش السوداني على وسط نيالا في فبراير التي قتلت وأصابت عشرات المدنيين استخدمت قنابل غير موجهة عشوائية في المناطق المأهولة، وهي بالتالي جرائم حرب محتملة

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السودان: غارات جوية شنها الجيش في جنوب دارفور
قتلت القوات المسلحة السودانية أعدادا كبيرة من المدنيين في هجمات استخدمت فيها قنابل غير موجهة أُلقيت جوا على أحياء سكنية وتجارية في نيالا، في جنوب دارفور، مطلع فبراير/شباط.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jun 4
تحقيقنا الجديد في @hrw: الضربات الجوية للجيش السوداني على وسط نيالا في فبراير التي قتلت وأصابت عشرات المدنيين استخدمت قنابل غير موجهة عشوائية في المناطق المأهولة، وهي بالتالي جرائم حرب ظاهرة
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Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur
The Sudanese Armed Forces used unguided air-dropped bombs to carry out attacks in residential and commercial neighborhoods in Nyala, South Darfur in early February 2025.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jun 4
Read our full Human Rights Watch investigation: hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur
The Sudanese Armed Forces used unguided air-dropped bombs to carry out attacks in residential and commercial neighborhoods in Nyala, South Darfur in early February 2025, Human Rights Watch said today....
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jun 4
@hrw.org calls for SAF to end indiscriminate attacks immediately, international sanctions on Sudan air force leadership, access for ICC investigations, and support for the UN fact-finding mission. "Other countries need to take concerted action to protect civilians."
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jun 4
February 2-4 strikes killed 51-74 civilians according to
@acleddata.bsky.social. Victims include families including children, shop owners and tea sellers. Many survivors cannot afford surgery to remove bomb fragments.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jun 4
Human Rights Watch identified OFAB-250 and FAB-series unguided air-dropped bombs. These weapons have wide-area effects with limited accuracy, making strikes on populated areas indiscriminate under international law and apparent war crimes when deliberate or reckless.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jun 4
"The airstrikes are the worst, because they destroy everything. When it comes to bullets, people can avoid them and take cover from them, but we cannot take cover from airstrikes. They are too powerful," said a daily laborer who lost his sister and nephew in the attacks.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jun 4
Nyala, home to over 800,000 residents, has been controlled by the Rapid Support Forces since October 2023. SAF has intensified airstrikes since late 2024 as RSF uses Nyala airport as a drone base.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Jun 4
New @hrw.org research: Airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces using unguided bombs killed and injured scores of civilians, including children, in residential areas of Nyala, South Darfur, in February. Five strikes in 40 minutes on Feb 3 alone. www.hrw.org/preview-link...
Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur
The Sudanese Armed Forces used unguided air-dropped bombs to carry out attacks in residential and commercial neighborhoods in Nyala, South Darfur in early February 2025, Human Rights Watch said today....
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · May 19
Nicolas Niarchos from @newyorker.com recently travelled with my colleague @belkiswille.bsky.social and me to the Nuba Mountains in Sudan — his beautiful piece on the struggle for survival of a family is out today: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Escape from Khartoum
A family of nine’s desperate attempt to find safety in Sudan.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · May 12
Our new @hrw research on how the Burkinabè military led an operation in which VDPs (pro-government militias) massacred at least 130 civilians and possibly several hundred. The JNIM then carried out a series of retaliatory attacks killing at least 100 civilians.
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Ilaria Allegrozzi @isiki79.bsky.social · May 12
#BurkinaFaso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres
The videos of atrocities by VDPs near Solenzo sent shock waves but only told part of the story. New research found the army was responsible for these killings of Fulani ppl, followed by reprisals by JNIM, @hrw.org

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Burkina Faso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres
The Burkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly many more, ethnic Fulani civilians by pro-government militias in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in March 202...
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Ilaria Allegrozzi @isiki79.bsky.social · Apr 2
#BurkinaFaso

Relentless Crackdown on Dissent, Media

Placing exiled journalists + activists on a terrorist list is a blatant attempt to intimidate them. Authorities should remove their names from the list, respect the right to freedom of expression @hrw.org

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Burkina Faso’s Relentless Crackdown on Dissent, Media
“I rose through the ranks!” joked Maixent Somé, an exiled Burkinabè activist and critic of the country's military junta on X yesterday, after learning that his name appears on a list of wanted terrori...
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Apr 2
Our brilliant @hrw.org UK team is looking for an advocacy officer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
UK Advocacy Officer
London, England, United Kingdom
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Tamara Aburamadan @tamara-aburamadan.bsky.social · Mar 31
20 years after referral of crimes in #Darfur to the #ICC, impunity continues to fuel violence and atrocities in #Sudan.

Governments should support:
*ICC's work in Darfur and expanding its jurisdiction.
*Int.l judicial mechanism for Sudan.
*Universal Jurisdiction cases.

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Sudan: 20th Anniversary of Darfur ICC Referral
Two decades after the United Nations Security Council referred crimes in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC), impunity for crimes in Sudan continues to embolden rights abusers to commit f...
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Ilaria Allegrozzi @isiki79.bsky.social · Mar 20
#BurkinaFaso: Activist, journo Idrissa Barry Feared Forcibly Disappeared.
Enforced disappearances violate human rights, eg prohibitions against torture, extrajudicial execution. Authorities should immediately disclose Barry’s whereabouts+release him
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Prominent Burkina Faso Activist Feared Forcibly Disappeared
On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, sparking fears he has been forcibly disa...
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yasmineahmed.bsky.social @yasmineahmed.bsky.social · Mar 14
In the @thenewarab.bsky.social I set out why UK PM Starmer's
slashing UK aid is morally bankrupt & incredibly short sighted.

It will cost lives, perpetuate instability, & undermine the UK's soft power and role on the global stage. It is a gift to authoritarians.

www.newarab.com/opinion/keir...
Keir Starmer, slashing UK aid is unconscionable and shortsighted
By cutting UK aid, Keir Starmer isn’t just catering to Donald Trump, he’s threatening lives and making the world a more dangerous place, says Yasmine Ahmed.
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Jean-Baptiste Gallopin @jbgallopin.bsky.social · Mar 6
ICJ: "#Sudan institutes proceedings against the #UnitedArabEmirates before the #ICJ and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures."
go.icj-cij.org/43mj1nx
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