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...

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.

“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...

#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...

#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

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

#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...

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...

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.”

🚨"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....

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

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

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...

“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.”

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...

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...

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...

#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...

🧵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...

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.

[email protected] reiterates its regrets that the European Union continues to hold its human rights dialogue with China and call for the human rights dialogue to be suspended and replaced by more meaningful and impactful measures. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Lengthy exchange at the commission's press briefing today about the softening EU stance towards China and Xi's visit to Moscow Spox says: "We've taken note of the visit. We have also made our position quite clear. In terms of China's support to Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine...

The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine human rights. To illustrate the breadth and depth of damage, HRW has compiled 100 harmful actions during these 100 days ⤵️

China's reportedly dropping its retaliatory sanctions to court EU. If so, EU has leverage over China. It should press China to end crimes against humanity, free the hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs in prison & end forced labor www.linkedin.com/posts/noahba...

❗🚨❌ Hier, la Commission européenne a publié sa proposition de loi "omnibus" qui affaiblirait considérablement les dispositions sur le devoir de vigilance des entreprises dans l'UE en matière de droits humains et d’environnement dans leurs chaînes d’approvisionnement. @hderengerve.bsky.social‬ ⤵

With the #Omnibus published, the Commission sides with giant corporations rather than victims of corporate abuse. Under the pretense of ‘simplification’, the Commission’s guts its own achievements on corporate accountability & abdicates principled leadership in advancing a #sustainable economy.

📢 In Brussels, we say #NoToOmnibus! Today, @hrw.org reiterates its call on President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and Commissioners @vdombrovskis.bsky.social and Sejourne not to reopen the CSDDD ! Will you stand for people & planet, or for reckless deregulation? #YesToCSDDD #SocialJusticeDay