The censorship of prominent social media accounts, foreign films, and events with LGBT themes around Pride month illustrates the deteriorating human rights situation for LGBT people in China, @hrw.org said. www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

China: Social Media, Films Censored Around Pride Month

The censorship of prominent social media accounts, foreign films, and events with LGBT themes around Pride month illustrates the deteriorating rights situation for LGBT people in China.

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The Chinese government has intensified ideological control, surveillance, restrictions on religious activities, and foreign ties of Catholic in China. The 2018 agreement with the Holy See has helped Beijing to escalate pressure on underground communities. www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

China: Pressure on Catholics Escalates

Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church.

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Young adults who have lived in Sweden for years can be deported. A restrictive migration policy forces those who entered as children & hold temporary permits to leave from age 18. Restrictions shouldn’t weaken the protection of children's family life.

Sweden Deporting Young People

Ayla, 21, Jomana, 18, and Ilya, 19, came to Sweden as children, though at different ages and under different circumstances. Today they face the same reality: all have been ordered to leave the country...

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“Aging out” shouldn’t mean being forced out. Sweden is deporting young people who grew up here while their families stay. The government should halt these deportations and change course. Short dispatch by me and @suzebpark.bsky.social @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...

Sweden Deporting Young People

Ayla, 21, Jomana, 18, and Ilya, 19, came to Sweden as children, though at different ages and under different circumstances. Today they face the same reality: all have been ordered to leave the country...

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#Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ puts rights abusers & war crimes suspects in charge of the global order -- my new opinion piece on @aljazeera.com By sidelining the UN & human rights, the US president is proposing a club of impunity @hrw.org 👉 www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Kazakh activists face 10 year sentence, prosecuted in Kazakhstan, at Chinese government’s request, for their peaceful protest against crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. Kazakh government should drop charges. Beijing should halt targeting critics abroad. www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

Kazakhstan/China: Drop Charges against Activists for Xinjiang Protests

(London, January 15, 2026) – Kazakh authorities should drop charges against 18 Kazakh activists who peacefully protested against Chinese government abuses in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. T...

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#EU leaders should publicly press for rights-respecting transition during first-ever visit to #Syria: 🤝recovery free from abuses 🪖genuine security sector reform ⚖️justice for past & ongoing violation Our take👇 www.hrw.org/news/2026/01... @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

EU Leaders’ Syria Visit an Opportunity to Bolster Rights

On January 9, the European Union’s highest-level leaders, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Antonio Costa, are set to meet with Syrian leaders in Damascus for their...

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8 months of intense corporate lobbying, untransparent processes and foreign interference lead to the adoption of a gutted #CSDDD. ✊But a due diligence obligation remains and even if weaker, #Victims will still demand #Justice for #HumanRights abuses. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Amazing work by @somoamsterdam.bsky.social, as usual, to expose how #US companies infringe on #EU law making to protect themselves rather than the people or the environment

SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨Exposed: how a secretive alliance of US companies is working to tear down the CSDDD. They: - Aimed to get “the most extreme position” in the European Parliament - Worked to mobilise pressure from non-EU countries - Paid for a think tank report Full analysis: www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...

#HumanRights abuses in China cannot be dealt in silos. @EmmanuelMacron needs to put them at the core of #France & #EU relation with #China Failing that, there is no #Security or #FairTrade in sight www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

France: Macron Should Address Repression in China Visit

French President Emmanuel Macron should privately and publicly stress the importance of human rights in Sino-French relations during his visit to China on December 3-5, 2025.

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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...

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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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...

NEW: Turkish authorities are increasingly restricting the legal residency of Uyghurs seeking safety from the Chinese government. Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but as China-Türkiye relations warm, many are growing fearful.

Today, MEPs passed a text even weaker that the last #JURI report. @eppgroup.bsky.social sided with the far-right to further dilute the #CSDDD. It deleted climate transition plans and rejected renewed proposals for an EU-wide civil liability regime. #Omnibus1 (1/7)

“When anti-EU parties and corporate lobbies write the rules, accountability dies and Europe’s credibility crumbles. Today’s vote shows how corporate capture and far-right politics now walk hand in hand, and it's the victims, workers and the planet who pay the price.”

PRESS RELEASE European Parliament’s far-right alliance adopts position on Omnibus I: Corporate capture on full display, written for the few not for people or planet - ECCJ

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🚨"The EU should not yield to businesses that want to weaken requirements to safeguard working conditions through business supply chains and protect workers’ human rights." - 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Pretty extraordinary story here www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News

Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.

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Message to MEPs from US 'Cancer Alley' - don't give in on CSDDD

Message to MEPs from US 'Cancer Alley' - don't give in on CSDDD

Living in Louisiana's so-called 'Cancer Alley' means that I have a message for the European Parliament as it continues to debate the EU’s flagship corporate accountability law: do not give in to the fossil-fuel industry.

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My colleagues' @demontcl.bsky.social & @benjeannerod.bsky.social 's op-ed with for @hrw.org: Paris conference should bridge the gap between rhetoric & reality in Great Lakes & deliver justice for Congolese who’ve suffered decades of conflict. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social

Paris Meeting Should Prioritize Promoting Aid and Justice in Congo

On October 30, France will host a conference in Paris in support of peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes to rally global support to confront the deepening humanitarian crisis region and to give fre...

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Louisiana is not only a picturesque touristic destination, it is also a global epicentre for the #fossilfuel and #petrochemical industry ! @hrw.org partner Joy Banner calls on MEPs "not to give up on CSDDD" euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Message to MEPs from US 'Cancer Alley' - don't give in on CSDDD

Living in Louisiana's so-called 'Cancer Alley' means that I have a message for the European Parliament as it continues to debate the EU’s flagship corporate accountability law: do not give in to the f...

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“If the EU and its member states fail to act decisively, authoritarian states will continue to intimidate communities within European borders, eroding democratic resilience on European soil. Beijing’s persistence in pursuing its overseas targets makes it ever more pressing to act now.”

Europe’s blind spot: How transnational repression undermines democratic resilience

This analysis is part of the MERICS Europe-China Resilience Audit. For detailed country profiles and further analyses, visit the project's landing page. China and other authoritarian regimes often tar...

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New changes to EU law will undermine corporate accountability. 72% of companies could be excluded from addressing human rights and environmental harm through their supply chains. 📢Lawmakers should spare no effort in the next phase of negotiation to strengthen the law. https://bit.ly/4qcrzGR

By embedding #LGBTIQ+ equality in #EU external action, the new strategy positions the EU as a global defender of LGBTIQ+ rights. Next step: turn ambitions into action through political will, adequate funding, enforcement mechanisms, and implementation at home & abroad. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

EU Launches New LGBTIQ+ Strategy

This month, the European Commission released its LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030, a renewed and ambitious step in the European Union’s commitment to equality, inclusion, and human rights.

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Euro-Parliament adopted flagship report to address & prevent transnational repression - bold step for defenders worldwide. There should be no impunity when repressive states target critics beyond their borders. Thanks @chloe-ridel.fr for important work! www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...

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La commission des affaires étrangères du Parlement européen a voté à une large majorité mon rapport sur la répression transnationale perpétrée par les régimes autoritaires, qui explose en Europe. C’est une menace contre les défenseurs de la démocratie et notre souveraineté. 1/3

When visiting China, Swedish Foreign Minister Malmer Stenergard should focus on 1) human rights and growing Chinese repression including in Xinjiang and 2) Chinese transnational repression, to secure the release of bookseller Gui Minhai. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

😧 The EP Omnibus I revision on #CSDDD passed, erasing the harmonized EU civil liability framework. ⚡ During upcoming Trialogues, @hrw.org calls on all negotiators to reintroduce it and ideally strengthen what is left of the CSDDD www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Changes to EU Law Will Undermine Corporate Accountability

Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted to adopt its position amending the European Union’s landmark corporate accountability law that will seriously curtail efforts to mitiga...

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#France : Lundi prochain, le procès de Dilnur Reyhan, accusée d'avoir participé à un acte de protestation contre le gouvernement chinois à la Fête de l'Humanité en 2022 doit avoir lieu. Personne ne devrait être poursuivi pour avoir manifesté pacifiquement. www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

Une universitaire militante ouïghoure poursuivie en justice en France pour avoir critiqué Pékin

Le 13 octobre, le tribunal d’Evry, en région parisienne, jugera Dilnur Reyhan, éminente universitaire et militante française ouïghoure, présidente de l'Institut ouïghour d'Europe, pour « dégradation d...

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🧵1/ Ahead of the #EUChinaSummit (July 24), leading human rights orgs are calling on EU leaders to put human rights at the core of their China strategy. Here's what they’re urging Presidents @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu & @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to do 👇

New Report: "Risk at the Source" by Global Rights Compliance exposes how #UyghurForcedLabor is linked to critical minerals supply chain, feeding aerospace, automotive, battery, defense, medical, & electronics industries, at the cost of crimes against humanity. apnews.com/article/chin...

Rights group says global brands are at risk of links to forced labor in China's minerals industry

An international rights group says several global brands are among dozens of companies at risk of using forced labor through their Chinese supply chains.

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Breaking‼️ While imprisoned under one trumped-up charge, Joshua Wong has been suddenly slapped with yet another as the authorities appear intent on keeping one of Hong Kong's most influential democracy leaders behind bars. This decision is arbitrary, cruel, and outrageous.