The #EU - #Vietnam trade deal was supposed to advance rights. Instead, it advanced repression. As #EUTrade Chief @marossefcovic.bsky.social flies to Hanoi, @hrw.org urges him to demand labor rights reforms, release of jailed activists, accountability for #EVFTA breaches: hrw.org/news/2025/09...

As the EU moves to court New Delhi, @hrw.org has raised the alarm again, reminding Brussels not to hand Prime Minister #Modi a free pass on #India’s ‘authoritarian drift’ If India is the world’s largest democracy, it should act like one - @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social

🚨 As world leaders gather in NYC for #UNGA80, the atmosphere is grim amid attacks by powerful countries (incl. US) on multilateral institutions, human rights & international accountability. See @hrw.org's overview & recommendations below. #Gaza #Sudan #Haiti #Ukraine #ICC #Myanmar #Afghanistan etc

Reconnaître la #Palestine ne fera pas cesser #génocide & #apartheid de son peuple, @jnbarrot.bsky.social. Il faut agir urgemment et concrètement: –Interdire le commerce avec les colonies –Sanctionner le gouv IL –Suspendre accords UE/FR-IL –Arrêter les armes –Soutenir la CPI 👉🏽 hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

Mixed feelings as I've been picked among @znconsulting.com's list of top 10 #EUInfluencer on X - a platform whose owner embodies pretty much everything I despise, yet feel somewhat still compelled to use. I tried to put into words why it feels bittersweet: linkedin.com/posts/claudi...

Germany’s government is set to make major social security cuts, and replace the only recently-created “Citizen’s Income” with a more punitive “New Income for Jobseekers”. These plans will increase poverty. Human rights can help guide the debate back to what matters. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

#EU: new #India strategy, same old silence on repression EU leaders should reflect on long-term cost of overlooking #Modi's authoritarian drift, link closer ties to rights progress: hrw.org/news/2025/09... #EUIndia @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social

🔴 It's official: #EU Commission proposes sanctions on #Israel ministers & settlers, suspension of bilateral trade deal: ec.europa.eu/commission/p... EU states must approve now. Amid famine and growing consensus on #genocide, will Germany, Italy & others finally stop blocking EU action? @diplo.de

🔴 #Gaza: arrivano le proposte di sanzioni UE a #Israele, ma servirà il voto favorevole degli Stati membri - soprattutto dell'Italia, pesantissimo nel Consiglio e finora contrario, nonostante #carestia e consenso crescente sul #genocidio #Meloni #Tajani eunews.it/2025/09/16/i...

#Gaza: as famine spreads and consensus on #genocide grows, EU patience at #Germany is over If @aussenminister.diplo.de is truly so "concerned" about Palestinians suffering, @diplo.de should stop blocking EU action, support @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's proposals: euronews.com/my-europe/20...

1/3 #Gaza: the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging the EU Council & Commission to: - Suspend the #EU - #Israel trade deal - Sanction Ben Gvir, Smotrich & settlers - Support the ICC, activate the EU blocking statute against US sanctions - Halt arms exports amid risks of complicity ...

At long last: @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to propose sanctions on Israeli ministers, suspension of #EU - #Israel trade deal It took 2 years of unspeakable crimes, 60K+ killed, famine, growing consensus on #genocide It will go on, unless #Merz & #Meloni stop blocking EU action #SOTEU

🚨 New joint statement by @hrw.org & @amnesty.org: #Iran Authorities Unleash Wave of Oppression After Hostilities with #Israel HRW: “The human rights situation in Iran has spiraled deeper into crisis with Iranian authorities scapegoating & targeting dissidents & minorities." hrw.org/news/2025/09...

As the EU rots in shame for its inaction and complicity in #Gaza, #Belgium follows #Slovenia with concrete steps - incl. banning settlement trade & sanctioning #Israel ministers - to enforce int'l law & increase pressure Others must follow suit, move beyond words and symbolic gestures on #Palestine

#Afghanistan: 107 rights groups reiterate call to set up an accountability mechanism at UN #HRC60 As "penholder", and amid growing criticism, the #EU has a concrete opportunity to halt impunity for decades of egregious crimes in the country. It shouldn’t miss it: hrw.org/news/2025/08...

Creduloneria, codardia e complicità: gli ingredienti principali del fallimento europeo su #Gaza. Decisivo il ruolo scellerato del governo #Meloni - #Tajani, in un corto circuito sia democratico che storico. Intervista su @wired.com ⤵️ www.wired.it/article/acco...

#Palestina: l'Europa fallisce ancora Nonostante le accuse di #genocidio, i Paesi UE restano divisi sulla sospensione dell'Accordo di Associazione con #Israele. Il governo di #Tajani e #Meloni continua a opporsi. Con responsabilità gravissime. 🧵 1/4 ilmanifesto.it/consiglio-ue...

🔴 After finding #Israel in breach of the bilateral Association Agreement (and doing nothing, despite their obligations under the #Genocide convention), pressure to #SuspendTheDeal is mounting ahead of EU foreign ministers July 15 meeting How did we get here, why, and what’s next? 🧵 1/11

UPDATE: it's now 187 NGOs & trade unions urging suspension of the #EU - #Israel Association Agreement. Credible findings of genocide & apartheid are NOT compatible with the human rights clause - nor is inaction. EU ministers failed on June 20. They must not fail again on July 15. #SuspendTheDeal

Glad @kajakallas.bsky.social raised human rights in #China. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu & @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu should follow suit at summit But beyond words, the EU needs a bold strategy to address Beijing’s assault on rights - and to fix its own record, as credibility is faltering

As Israeli atrocities pile up, a #EU report found #Israel in (obvious) breach of its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel trade deal. Then why is the bloc not taking action? We discussed it on @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social, with MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social & @bdsmovement.bsky.social ⤵️

1/4 Alongside Filipino activists and @eudiplomacy.bsky.social, we discussed the situation in the #Philippines at the EU Parliament's Foreign Affairs & Human Rights Committees @hrw.org focused on #EU action needed on abuses spanning both #Duterte & #Marcos governments 🧵...

Our message to EU leaders: stop failing. Stop failing the EU treaties, the Genocide Convention, the ICC, EU citizens - and, most of all, the Palestinian people. Stop failing. #SuspendTheDeal: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

The European Union confirmed Israel’s breaches of human rights and international law, but EU foreign ministers didn't agree on measures to be taken. They should support the suspension of the EU-Israel trade agreement as long as Israel’s atrocity crimes persist. bit.ly/4kUO7Zp #SuspendTheDeal

1/9 Unsurprisingly, Israel’s government lashed out at the EU's report confirming its massive breaches of human rights & international law - just as EU foreign ministers prepare to discuss it www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... Let’s unpack Israel’s talking points - and dismantle them one by one 🧵 ⤵️...

A leaked EU report confirms #Israel is in massive breach of its human rights obligations - including under the EU-Israel Association Agreement I joined Frank Barat to unpack what’s at stake, what the EU should do now, and what it should have done long ago: youtube.com/watch?v=kHrI...

The full leaked EU report is now public - and it’s damning Despite cowardly phrasing, the conclusion is clear: Israel is in breach of art. 2 of the Association Agreement EU ministers meeting Monday must act accordingly, demand a suspension of the deal: euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Together with our partners, we urge all #EU Member States & the @ec.europa.eu to: ❌halt arms transfers ❌sanction those responsible for ongoing atrocity crimes ❌suspend the trade agreement with Israel Under the Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act. Learn more: bit.ly/4eapcyB

Ahead of EU foreign ministers meeting, 110+ NGOs & trade unions urge suspension of the #EU - #Israel Association Agreement Under the #Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act. Signatories "appalled" it took so long for the EU to launch review of the agreement: hrw.org/news/2025/06...

#Brussels #RedLine

On April 28 and 29, during our conference on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social spoke about Israel's impunity and the passivity of EU Institutions and Member States. Israel's impunity begins when EU political leaders refuse to name the its crimes.

#France will co-host a UN conference on a 2-state solution and is considering recognizing #Palestine But without action to stop the extermination of its people and ban trade with settlements carved into its land, what Palestine would #Macron be recognizing? ➡️ hrw.org/news/2025/06...

La #France co-organise une conférence ONU sur la solution à 2 États et considère reconnaître la #Palestine Mais sans arrêter l’extermination de son peuple, ni interdire le commerce avec les colonies, quelle Palestine reste-t-il à reconnaître ? @jnbarrot.bsky.social www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

Join our online panel, Thurs, June 12, 1 PM ET — “French-Saudi Two-State Solution Conference: Game Changer or Too Little, Too Late?” Experts: @hlovatt.bsky.social, @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social, @omerman.bsky.social, Raed Jarrar, @sarahleah1.bsky.social Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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...

"La reconnaissance de l'Etat palestinien sonnerait creux en l’absence de mesures concrètes pour mettre fin aux atrocités commises par Israël contre les Palestiniens à #Gaza." 📝Tribune de @benjeannerod.bsky.social & @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social dans @nouvelobs.com ⤵ nouvelobs.com/monde/202506...

This leaked Nov 2024 EU report provided more than enough evidence to suspend the #EU - #Israel Association Agreement. If ongoing review under @kajakallas.bsky.social is credible, it will find that Israel’s violations have only worsened since EU states must finally act. As they should've long ago.

Libya's fragmented & polarised justice sector suppresses fundamental freedoms, obstructs accountability. Authorities should urgently overhaul judiciary, reform repressive legislation, end military trials of civilians, arrest ICC suspects. New @hrw.org report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Europe's pressure-free dialogue with #Israel has completely failed To step out from self-imposed irrelevance and try to prevent ethnic cleansing and annexation, the #EU must impose real costs on Israel's crimes, suspend the bilateral deal @martinkonecny.bsky.social: theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's not a "situation". It's not "beyond what is necessary". It's crimes, @kajakallas.bsky.social. The worst possible crimes, in fact. Statements like this only show the EU doesn't even have the "courage" to CALL them for what they are, let alone ACT upon them. We are sick and tired of this.

#Vietnam: repression has sharply intensified despite obligations and pledges in deals with #France and the #EU As #Macron visits Hanoi, he should make it clear this is unacceptable - and lay out consequences for growing abuses @hrw.org 👉🏼 hrw.org/news/2025/05...

After deliberately blocking humanitarian assistance from entering Gaza for 78 days, Israel has begun allowing in a “basic amount” of aid. Israeli authorities’ blockade and use of starvation of civilians as a weapon of war amounts to war crimes and acts of genocide.

🧵 Europe's silence, complicity, and failure to do what it can - and must - to stop the ongoing extermination of Palestinians in #Gaza I spoke at a EU Parliament event hosted by @greens-efa.eu, alongside many experts Full video 👉 youtu.be/5GOGNfR-06w?..., 9️⃣-point summary below ⤵️

Marginalized communities in the #Maldives' outer islands face severe barriers to accessing safe, clean, affordable water🚰. Climate change impacts 🌊 are threatening freshwater supplies & govt-led water projects are failing 2 protect rights of those most affected @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

🔴 Portugal joins the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain & Ireland in demanding a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement: www.tsf.pt/3393729451/s... The tide is turning. How much longer will @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu continue to grant #Israel impunity for its intensifying atrocities in #Gaza?

"We are not asking nicely; we are repeating our call" This is the EU plan if #Israel continues to starve and exterminate Palestinians in #Gaza: "repeating our call" Wondering why they are not listening, @kajakallas.bsky.social audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-2...

"Should we call it #genocide?" On April 28-29, join us at the EU Parliament or tune in for panel discussions with an impressive line-up of experts, researchers, witnesses and activists Full program, registration and livestreaming: shouldwecallitgenocide.eu

In just 100 days, the Trump administration has inflicted enormous damage to human rights in the United States and around the world. To mark the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, Human Rights Watch has cataloged 100 of the administration’s human rights harms 🧵⤵️

#Vietnam: at least 124 people are serving harsh prison terms on vague charges like "infringing on state interest": hrw.org/news/2025/04... Growing repression breaches deals with the EU. Will that play any role in @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 's preparations to soon announce upgrade in relations?

The incoming German coalition government’s plans to “reform” basic social security are troubling, punitive, and will lead to real terms cuts. Real reform means raising existing social security payment levels to guarantee the human right to a decent living standard. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...