Human Rights Watch milite en faveur d’une société dans laquelle personne n’ait à vivre dans la peur en raison de son orientation sexuelle ou de son identité de genre. 🌈
Almaz Teffera
@almazteffera.bsky.social
Senior Researcher on racism in Europe @hrw, ex @amnesty @ecre @AIRECenter, alumnus @Geneva_Academy. RTs not endorsements
Human Rights Watch advocates for a society in which no one has to fear because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Berlin's Christopher Street Day is an expression of protest that celebrates the many identities in society that continue to be rendered invisible.
Zugang zu staatlichen Informationen ist eine unverzichtbare Garantie für politische Transparenz, rechtsstaatliche Kontrolle & Bürgerbeteiligung in einer Demokratie. Eine Regierung, die Kontrolle staatlichen Handelns als Problem betrachtet fördert den Vertrauensverlust der Bevölkerung in die Politik.
FragDenStaat@fragdenstaat.de · 2w ago❗Alexander Dobrindt will das IFG abschaffen – und FragDenStaat gleich mit❗ Ein Papier aus dem BMI zeigt: die „Reform”-Pläne fürs Informationsfreiheitsgesetz gehen weiter als bisher bekannt. Mit einer „Identifizierungspflicht“ soll FragDenStaat ausgeschaltet werden. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/poli...
"Having an anti-racism action plan is not enough. France should stop treating racism as a problem of individual prejudice and instead recognize that racism is systemic and thus requires systemic responses." - @almazteffera.bsky.social
France’s New Anti-Racism Plan Falls Short
The French government announced a new national plan last week aimed at combating racism, antisemitism, and discrimination. Unfortunately, the plan fails to tackle the systemic and institutional nature...
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🇫🇷 #France Le nouveau Plan national de lutte contre le racisme, l’antisémitisme et les discriminations liées à l’origine est un pas en avant, mais ne va pas assez loin, comme l’explique @almazteffera.bsky.social ⤵️ www.hrw.org/fr/news/2026...
Le nouveau plan antiracisme français est insuffisant
Le gouvernement devrait aussi aborder pas la question de la nature systémique et institutionnelle du racisme, selon Almaz Taffara.
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France’s New Anti-Racism Plan Falls Short Tackling Systemic Racism Means Addressing Discrimination by the State @almazteffera.bsky.social explains for @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
France’s New Anti-Racism Plan Falls Short
The French government announced a new national plan last week aimed at combating racism, antisemitism, and discrimination. Unfortunately, the plan fails to tackle the systemic and institutional nature...
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#France's new anti-racism action plan falls short of - tackling systemic racism - tying anti-racism actions to a reparatory justice framework that tackles contemporary inequalities & racism rooted in France's colonial & enslavement legacies. @hrw.org's full commentary www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
France’s New Anti-Racism Plan Falls Short
The French government announced a new national plan last week aimed at combating racism, antisemitism, and discrimination. Unfortunately, the plan fails to tackle the systemic and institutional nature...
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Ja, @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social is watching. Die geplanten Zugangseinschränkungen zu amtlichen Informationen würden auch uns treffen. Die Bundesregierung betrachtet scheinbar Transparenz & Informationsfreiheit als Bedrohung & Verwaltungslast, anstatt als unverzichtbare Garantien einer Demokratie.
Arne Semsrott@arnesemsrott.bsky.social · 4w agoJetzt bekommt die Bundesregierung auch international Gegenwind zur IFG-Abschaffung: "The German government should abandon its plans to gut Germany’s Freedom of Information Act, Human Rights Watch said today." www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
Germany's government plans to restrict access to public records, including for civil society organizations and journalists. This is a significant threat to political transparency and accountability.
Almaz Teffera@almazteffera.bsky.social · 4w ago#Germany's government plans to gut 🇩🇪's Freedom of Information Act. The right to seek & receive information, incl. civil society's & the media's access to public records, is an essential democratic safeguard which ensures political transparency & accountability. @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
The German government should abandon its plans to gut Germany’s Freedom of Information Act. The proposed amendments will threaten core human rights essential to transparency and public participation in a democracy based on the rule of law. New from @hrw.org / @almazteffera.bsky.social ⤵️
Germany: Government Curbing Freedom of Information Act
The German government should abandon its plans to gut Germany’s Freedom of Information Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed amendments will threaten core human rights essential to transpar...
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A very worrying development in Germany. When governments reverse transparency laws, one has to wonder what it is they want to hide, or at a minimum, what they would rather not be held accountable for by their public.
Almaz Teffera@almazteffera.bsky.social · 4w ago#Germany's government plans to gut 🇩🇪's Freedom of Information Act. The right to seek & receive information, incl. civil society's & the media's access to public records, is an essential democratic safeguard which ensures political transparency & accountability. @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
#Germany's government plans to gut 🇩🇪's Freedom of Information Act. The right to seek & receive information, incl. civil society's & the media's access to public records, is an essential democratic safeguard which ensures political transparency & accountability. @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
Germany: Government Curbing Freedom of Information Act
The German government should abandon its plans to gut Germany’s Freedom of Information Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed amendments will threaten core human rights essential to transpar...
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#France : les policiers des quartiers populaires infligent régulièrement des amendes à des jeunes Noirs et Arabes pour les évincer de l'espace public. Le montant cumulé des amendes peut atteindre plusieurs dizaines de milliers d'euros entraînant difficultés et exclusion sociale.
#France : La police verbalise des infractions présumées à la tranquillité publique pour harceler des garçons et jeunes hommes perçus comme Noirs, Arabes ou Nord-Africains et les évincer de l'espace public dans leurs propres quartiers. Nouveau rapport de MCDS, (RE)CLAIM & HRW ⤵️
Les amendes à répétition reçues par les jeunes hommes noirs et arabes en France ont de lourdes conséquences, selon un rapport : relégation sociale, surendettement, anxiété…
Les amendes à répétition reçues par les jeunes hommes noirs et arabes en France ont de lourdes conséquences, selon un rapport : relégation sociale, surendettement, anxiété…
Human Rights Watch, (Re) Claim et la Maison communautaire pour un développement solidaire (MCDS) dénoncent « des décisions arbitraires et abusives » fondées sur des « infractions particulièrement mal définies et floues qui donnent une trop grande marge d’interprétation aux forces de l’ordre ».
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« Infractions à la tranquillité publique » : l’arsenal magique des policiers pour faire payer les jeunes noirs et arabes ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/xDL
Human Rights Watch, (RE)Claim et la Maison communautaire pour un développement solidaire appellent les autorités françaises à supprimer trois contraventions utilisées à des fins de « harcèlement policier » contre des « jeunes Noirs et Arabes en France ». Par @camillepolloni.bsky.social
Un rapport associatif dénonce les « amendes discriminatoires » infligées à des adolescents
Human Rights Watch, (RE)Claim et la Maison communautaire pour un développement solidaire appellent les autorités françaises à supprimer trois contraventions utilisées à des fins de « harcèlement policier » contre des « jeunes Noirs et Arabes en France ».
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*New report by @hrw.org, (RE)CLAIM & MCDS* Did you know that French police use fixed penalty fines to harass & evict particularly boys perceived as Black/Arab/North African from public spaces in their neighborhoods & they end up trapped in debt before they turn 18? 👉🏽 www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
🧵1/5 The appalling scenes of xenophobic violence that broke out on June 9 in #Belfast are a frightening reminder of how normalized racism & organized racist violence have become in the UK. A devastating knife attack should never be used to justify more violence. HRW's thoughts are with all victims.
Reuters@reuters.com · 2mo agoUK minister says violence in Northern Ireland is racist thuggery reut.rs/4olccex
L'Assemblée nationale #française a voté à l'unanimité l'abrogation du "Code Noir", un ensemble de lois de l'époque coloniale qui régissaient l'esclavage. C'est un geste symbolique. Le gouvernement devrait désormais mettre en place un cadre pour les réparations qui addressent l'héritage colonial.
Human Rights Watch en français@hrw-fr.hrw.org · 2mo agoLe prés. Emmanuel Macron a reconnu la nécessité de réparations liées au rôle de la France dans l'esclavage. Des réparations complètes devraient inclure des mesures pour lutter contre les inégalités systémiques et le racisme enraciné dans l’héritage de l’esclavage.
The #French National Assembly voted unanimously to repeal the 'Code Noir' colonial-era laws that governed enslavement. This was a long overdue symbolic act. The government should now develop a framework for reparations to address today's harms linked to France's enslavement & colonial legacies.
Almaz Teffera@almazteffera.bsky.social · 2mo ago#French President Macron addressed the need for #reparations for France's role in the transatlantic trade of enslaved people. A first step but comprehensive reparatory frameworks need to follow to address past and present harm rooted in enslavement legacies. www.hrw.org/news/2026/05... @hrw.org
#French President Macron addressed the need for #reparations for France's role in the transatlantic trade of enslaved people. A first step but comprehensive reparatory frameworks need to follow to address past and present harm rooted in enslavement legacies. www.hrw.org/news/2026/05... @hrw.org
France Acknowledges Need for Slavery Reparations
French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the need for reparations in connection with France’s role in the transatlantic slave trade on May 21.
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Human Rights Watch en français@hrw-fr.hrw.org · 2mo agoLe prés. Emmanuel Macron a reconnu la nécessité de réparations liées au rôle de la France dans l'esclavage. Des réparations complètes devraient inclure des mesures pour lutter contre les inégalités systémiques et le racisme enraciné dans l’héritage de l’esclavage.
Gender stereotypes pervade every society, and cause enormous harm to everyone--women and girls, men and boys, and anyone who does not neatly fit into binary gender identities. A new UN effort is pushing government to do more to dismantle stereotypes. www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...
UN Guidance on Dismantling Gender Stereotypes
Gender stereotypes are such a pervasive part of everyday life that it can be hard to even recognize them—but they do extraordinary damage and are at the root of many forms of inequality and violence.
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A global majority adopted a landmark UN resolution to advance reparations for injustices linked to enslavement legacies. Who didn't vote in favor of the resolution? Many Global North countries facing calls for reparatory justice. The time for action is now. www.hrw.org/news/2026/03... @hrw.org
Landmark UN Resolution on the Slave Trade
Commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations General Assembly passed a landmark resolution on March 25.
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NEW: UN Security Council resolution on new framework to deal with impasse around Morocco’s claims to Western Sahara does not ensure that the right to self-determination for the territory’s peoples is upheld and is consistent with international law @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
UN: Western Sahara Peoples’ Self-Determination at Risk
A United Nations Security Council resolution on the dispute around Morocco’s claims to Western Sahara does not ensure that a new framework to end the long-standing impasse on the issue upholds the rig...
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⚖️Une justice tardive ne doit pas être une justice bafouée. Un tribunal belge a ouvert un procès pénal contre un ancien fonctionnaire belge pour son implication présumée dans l'assassinat de Lumumba, Premier ministre de la RDC, et de deux hauts responsables pendant la décolonisation.
Un procès historique pour les crimes coloniaux belges va avoir lieu
Une décision rendue le 17 mars par un tribunal belge va permettre la mise en accusation pénale d’Étienne Davignon, le dernier ancien fonctionnaire belge encore en vie, pour son implication présumée da...
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Landmark Trial for Belgian Colonial Crimes to Go Ahead @almazteffera.bsky.social for @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/03... Patrice Lumumba, jamais oublié.
Landmark Trial for Belgian Colonial Crimes to Go Ahead
A Belgian court ruling on March 17 has paved the way for the last surviving former Belgian official, Étienne Davignon, to face a criminal trial for alleged involvement in the killing of Patrice Émery ...
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Want to hear rare good news? A Belgian court opened a criminal trial against a former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the killings of Lumumba, the DRC's first PM, & two senior officials during decolonization. Justice delayed shouldn't be justice denied. www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
Landmark Trial for Belgian Colonial Crimes to Go Ahead
A Belgian court ruling on March 17 has paved the way for the last surviving former Belgian official, Étienne Davignon, to face a criminal trial for alleged involvement in the killing of Patrice Émery ...
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ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights@ecchr.bsky.social · 5mo agoA historic moment in the quest for justice for the assassination of Lumumba, first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo: After decades of impunity, the Belgian judiciary has decided to open trial against former diplomat Davignon for his role in the murder. www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...
@almazteffera.bsky.social & ich haben für @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social aufgeschrieben, warum Deutschland gezielt in den Schutz von Muslim*innen und anderen Minderheiten investieren sollte. Eine Investition, letztendlich in die Sicherheit aller Menschen in Deutschland. www.hrw.org/de/news/2026...
Sechs Jahre ohne Gerechtigkeit für Hanau
Vor sechs Jahren, am 19. Februar 2020, erschoss ein rechtsextremer und rassistischer Angreifer in Hanau aus eindeutig rassistischen Motiven neun Menschen und verletzte sechs, die überwiegend muslimisc...
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“EU ‘caving into the floodgates of anti-migrant rhetoric’ warns Human Rights Watch”, @philippedam.bsky.social and I speak to @euobserver.com about migration fixation warping EU foreign policy and eroding asylum rights at home euobserver.com/201254/eu-ca...
EU ‘caving into the floodgates of anti-migrant rhetoric’ warns Human Rights Watch
The EU's obsession with migration has radically shaped its foreign policy — while at home its laws are eroding away asylum, warns Human Rights Watch.
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