🔴 #BREAKING: @europarl.europa.eu just adopted its urgency resolution on #RSF attacks on #ElObeid. For 1st time, it included explicit condemnation of #UnitedArabEmirates support to #RSF & called on @eudiplomacy.bsky.social to sanction UAE-based company #GSSG. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
🚨 New from @hrw.org: #Hungary’s New Government Needs to Restore Rule of Law Suspend Sovereignty Protection Office; End Rule by Decree; Restore Assembly Rights
Hungary: New Government Needs to Restore Rule of Law
Hungary’s incoming government should take immediate steps to restore fundamental rights, dismantle abusive laws and institutions, and strengthen democratic institutions, after years of backsliding, Hu...
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We do NOT live in a post-shame world. Leaders may be beyond personal redemption but still care about public opinion because they must pretend to serve the public rather than only themselves. Maintaining power by sheer repression is dangerous. I explain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInr...
The power of shame in a post-truth world | Ken Roth, ex-director of Human Rights Watch
YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas
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My @hrw.org colleague Lindsay Saligman writes that the UK is using concerns about antisemitism as a pretext to restrict protest, just like in the US. She writes that as a Jewish human rights lawyer, she's seen this before. See her op-ed in @churchtimes.bsky.social
Do not use safety as a pretext to curb protest
Legislation that seeks to block demonstrations near to places of worship is misguided, argues Lindsay Saligman
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’Authorities at all levels should invest substantially in efforts to counter threats or acts of incitement, the spreading of hateful content online and harmful misinformation, and to promote inclusiveness and respect for all communities in Australia.’ www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
Good riddance to rubbish policy. The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone. We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
NEW: The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
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...
Idag är Sveriges utrikesminister i Kina för samtal. Hon bör kräva att Gui Minhai, som hållits i 10 år, frisläpps omedelbart. Mänskliga rättigheter sägs vara en hörnsten i svensk utrikespolitik, då måste de vara det även i dagens samtal. Skriver i Aftonbladet: www.aftonbladet.se/a/vg4RpL
#Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania & #Finland should reject proposals to leave the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Treaty. @kajakallas.bsky.social should reaffirm EU's binding collective commitment to Ottawa Convention & norms aimed at safeguarding humanity in war. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Backsliding on Landmines Endangers Civilian Lives
The International Day for Mine Action on April 4 is a moment to highlight the work of the thousands of deminers around the world who clear and destroy landmines and explosive remnants of war.
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What is the logic in denying asylum because the persecuted group a person is part of is "too large"? US should fix the gender gap in refugee protection, argues HRW's Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social in The Hill @thehill.com. @hrw.org thehill.com/opinion/immi...
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Excited to share this new piece on why @hrw.org is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. www.justsecurity.org/116780/gende...
Gender Apartheid Should Be an International Crime
All States should ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty.
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Our new @hrw piece on how a good EU law on the rights of people affected by corporate abuse in global supply chains is being gutted - and how EU member states want to replace it with window-dressing: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
EU Council Turning Supply Chain Law into Window Dressing
European Union member states led by France and Germany are walking back on their commitment to protect human rights and the environment in global supply chains.
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US: Budget Would Benefit Wealthiest at Expense of Rights Slashing Social Programs to Help Pay for Regressive Tax Cuts Would Harm Millions www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Denmark should use its upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union to champion human rights, the rule of law, and accountability across the EU and beyond. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
🚨 Just 1 year until the #FIFA Men's #WorldCup kicks off in US, the Canada & Mexico, escalating attacks on human rights & civil freedoms threaten safety, wellbeing & rights for the 6.5 million+ fans, workers, journalists & athletes involved. Read joint statement: https://loom.ly/IHoTaeE
Will #Macron & other European leaders recognize #Palestine? Will they not? Whichever it is, it will NOT prevent the #genocide of Palestine's people, nor will it dismantle #Israel 's illegal occupation and apartheid Action, not words, urgently needed 👉🏼 hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Which Palestine is Macron Going to Recognize?
As France prepares to co-host a UN conference in June on Palestine and the two-state solution, President Emmanuel Macron has signaled a willingness to recognize a Palestinian state. He may have good i...
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Broad interest in the first #UNGA meeting on autonomous weapons systems & substantive engagement shows why states should commit to open negotiations on a new international treaty to deal with the dangers - @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
UN: Start Talks on Treaty to Ban ‘Killer Robots’
Global momentum to prohibit and regulate “killer robots” seems to be building, as evidenced by numerous countries’ participation in the first United Nations General Assembly meeting on autonomous weap...
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New @hrw.org report dropping next week on labor rights abuses in the US platform economy. 📅Join us for the launch event on Tuesday, May 13 at 11:30am ET / 3:30pm UTC Featuring @deschuttero.bsky.social @amostoh.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social & others! 📌 Register here: hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Sweden should adopt an international law-based and ethical approach to new technology - which means adopting new legally binding rules on autonomous weapon systems. Wait and see is not an option. Killer robots must be banned before it’s too late. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
One Man’s Ordeal Triggers Test of US Constitution - Abrego Garcia’s plight represents a challenge to the constitutional order itself. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Sweden should push for concrete measures to stop the crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and hold those responsible to account. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Sverige och EU måste agera – nu krävs ansvar för Israels övergrepp i Gaza www.hrw.org/sv/news/2025...
Inför dagens EU-möte skriver HRW i Aftonbladet, tillsammans med Act Svenska Kyrkan och Diakonia, om behovet av ny svensk politik för Gaza; ompröva biståndsstrategin, följ den internationella domstolens beslut och se till att EU:s avtal med Israel efterlevs. aftonbladet.se/a/RzpdeJ
Devastating developments driven largely by two countries that have not banned antipersonnel landmines – the United States & Russia – are threatening international norms & long-standing working to eradicate these weapons, which predominately harm civilians - @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Backsliding on Landmines Endangers Civilian Lives
The International Day for Mine Action on April 4 is a moment to highlight the work of the thousands of deminers around the world who clear and destroy landmines and explosive remnants of war.
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Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the current hostilities, amounting to war crimes. Those responsible, including senior Israeli officials, should be held to account. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
#Germany. The industrial powerhouse of Europe. The world’s third richest economy. Germany has a poverty problem. My Daily Brief: 📰 Read: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h... 🔊 Listen: www.hrw.org/video-photos...
Poverty among Plenty: Daily Brief
Despite Germany’s vast wealth, the country’s social security system is simply failing millions of people. Read @astroehlein in @hrw’s Daily Brief:
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1/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany. The full report is here: “It Tears You Apart” Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
