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Rawya Rageh

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Sr Crisis Advisor Amnesty International — war crimes, human rights abuses in crises. Recovering journalist. Aptly named. Rawya = Storyteller in Arabic.

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Feb 12

📣 Out Now: @amnesty.org’s report “‘I’m a child, why did this happen to me?’ Gangs’ assault on childhood in #Haiti”

Based on 112 interviews, we document

‼️ Recruitment of children
‼️ Rape & sexual violence
‼️ Killings & injuries
‼️ Impact on children with disabilities

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Jul 26

You had me at “cowardice”.

Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Jul 26

I can’t believe we are watching the deliberate starvation in Gaza and are this helpless. How is this 2025? How did we as a human race allow this to happen? How?

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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · Jun 30

It's out!

The Dangerous Rise of "Dual-Use" Objects in War

Coauthored with @mararevkin.bsky.social and @azmatzahra.bsky.social.

We show that the targeting of dual-use objects over the last several decades has placed civilians at great risk.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Jul 2

“That question mark is hostile!”

Same magazine, same punctuation.😅 #IYKYK

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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · Apr 23

Badar’s fellowship is partially subsidized by the Scholars at Risk program, which works with U.S. universities to host international scholars facing threats in their countries. He never imagined that a country with a Scholars at Risk program would one day pose a risk to scholars.

A powerful essay ⤵️

New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Apr 23

NEW: The detention of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri parallels the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk. His colleague Nader Hashemi reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on his recent visit with Suri in an ICE facility in Texas.

newlinesmag.com/first-person...

Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center

A visit to the ICE facility housing the Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, whose case parallels those of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk

newlinesmag.com

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · Apr 11

"In some 36 strikes about which the UN Human Rights Office corroborated information, the fatalities recorded so far were only women and children."

Read that again.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...

Gaza: Increasing Israeli “evacuation orders” lead to forcible transfer of Palestinians

The increasing issuance by Israeli Forces of “evacuation orders” – which are, in effect, displacement orders – have resulted in the forcible transfer of Palestinians in Gaza into ever shrinking spaces...

www.ohchr.org

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Apr 5

“Ma, forgive me, ma. This is the path I chose — to help people.”

Ya Allah.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On

The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.

www.nytimes.com

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Apr 3

So many lives destroyed. Who is going to fund the reconstruction? Who will help people rebuild their lives? Oh, Khartoum.

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Apr 3

@aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social is running an utterly heartbreaking report by Mohamed Vall from the Sudanese capital Khartoum. He says the destruction has rendered the city unrecognizable. And it shows vividly in the report. If you’ve ever been to Khartoum, you’d recognize many places now in ruins.

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 30

Eid prayers in Washington Sq Park, NYC. Quite a beautiful sight to behold.

Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 30

Eid Mubarak 🪬

Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 14

Duterte’s lawyer says his client’s transfer to The Hague was “degrading” and amounts to “abduction”.

“Troubled entities struck an unlikely alliance,” he says of the current Philippines administration & the ICC.

Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 14

Appearing by video link — Duterte’s first ICC hearing.

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 12

Duterte arrived at The Hague, was driven in the building in police cars (wasn’t visible in person). Outside, supporters chanted “Send him back!”

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 12

Ugh…

Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 12

According to flight tracking, it would appear that … Duterte has landed in Rotterdam. Next stop, The Hague.

It’s.. happening.

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 12

… and here it is: the ICC’s “Warrant of Arrest for Mr Rodrigo Roa Duterte” has been posted.

It appears he is still in transit in Dubai, pending take off to Rotterdam.

www.icc-cpi.int/court-record...

Warrant of Arrest for Mr Rodrigo Roa Duterte

www.icc-cpi.int

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 11

Disbelief.

globalnation.inquirer.net/266744/plane...

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 11

@amnesty.org “The man who said, ‘my job is to kill’ oversaw the shootings to death of victims – inc children – as part of a deliberate, widespread campaign of state-sanctioned killings.Duterte’s arrest is a hopeful sign for victims in the Philippines & beyond.”
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Philippines: Former President Duterte’s arrest a monumental step for justice

Responding to news that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested by Philippine authorities on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) again...

www.amnesty.org

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Mar 11

Video shows former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte being arrested on a plane at Manila airport on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant over alleged crimes against humanity during his crackdown on drugs.

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 11

Between 2016-2019, my colleagues & I documented extrajudicial executions under #Duterte’s “drug war” among other violations. The work was cited in the request to investigate him over crimes agnst humanity. That the people of the #Philippines could witness justice served…
apnews.com/article/rodr...

Former Philippine President Duterte arrested on an ICC warrant over drug killings

Police took him into custody on orders of the ICC, which has been investigating the massive killings that happened under the former president’s deadly crackdown against illegal drugs.

apnews.com

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Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Mar 1

Ramadan Kareem 🌙

Rawya Rageh @rawya.bsky.social · Feb 27

“Funding freezes implemented by the US govt are straining already fragile public health infrastructure & overburdening essential care programs”

What one aid group says abt impact in Haiti.

This amid spiraling sexual violence by gangs necessitating a complex response.

www.pih.org/article/deca...

Decades of Progress at Risk: U.S. Aid Cuts Threaten Haiti’s Healthcare

Hear directly from Wesler Lambert, Zanmi Lasante’s interim executive director, about the dangers of a U.S. funding freeze on communities in Haiti.

www.pih.org

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · Feb 27

🚨 Major threat to academic freedom in NY:

Has an American governor ever intervened to shut down a search committee?

Here's the key paragraph in Hunter's advert. 1) For starters, "critical lens" doesn't nec mean "supportive lens." 2) Using all terms that follow doesn't make someone antisemitic.

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · Feb 26

Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.

They did it for PEPFAR.

Now Ebola.

I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 26

Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."

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