#Sudan is one of 2025 'worst crisis' @deutschewelle.dw.com talked to us about this year's trends. We continue to call #EU to step up action on backers of conflict ( #UnitedArabEmirates ), sanction top leaders responsible for crimes, & act to protect civilians. www.dw.com/en/sudan-hum...

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...

Hey @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social - Do you notice #Tunisia 's fall in authoritarianism, with 0 reaction from your side? Is a more repressive country in #EU's interest? Speechless Europe has for sure no leverage. www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20... www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Capture of #Uvira eastern #DRCongo by #M23 & #Rwanda forces forced 200,000 people to flee, puts civilians at risk. At #FAC today, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should end wait-and-see attitude in the face of blatant collapse of US-brokered deal. @hrw.org 's first report 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

‼️Deeply moving news today as our colleagues Ales Bialiatski, Uladzimir Labkovich & Valiantsin Stefanovich from #Viasna are free, as well as Maria Kalesnikava 🫶 Every day they spent in jail was profound a injustice. Fingers crossed for other rights defenders & activists. spring96.org/en/news/119261

#EU's action on eastern #DRCongo crisis has been very sub-standards for months. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: urgent to come back in the game, as #Rwanda-backed #M23 launched new offensive in Uvira days after a deal was signed in DC. Our joint letter ahead of #FAC 👇 www.amnesty.eu/news/joint-s...

Brutal attacks on civilians in #CaboDelgado #Mozambique leaves 100,000+ people displaced in extremely precarious conditions. Urgent assistance needed to support Moz. authorities overwhelmed by needs. @hrw.org statement 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Tunisian authorities recently arrested three prominent activists convicted on unjust charges of conspiracy and terrorism. The arrests are the latest step in President Kais Saied’s scheme to eliminate any alternative to his one-man rule.

Russian authorities and military forces have systematically tortured and ill-treated Ukrainian prisoners of war at the time of their capture and throughout their detention. This may constitute a crime against humanity. New report @hrw.org, out now⤵️

I'd love to re-post @kajakallas.bsky.social on her #HumanRightsDay2025 statement - but still not to be found of her or on @eudiplomacy.bsky.social accounts! Good to read EU's commitment remain intact - time to demonstrate it in full practice. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre... @hrw.org

Eastern #DRCongo: @hrw.org statement following capture of #Uvira by #Rwanda-backed #M23 👇 @kajakallas.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: EU should finally put full pressure on #Rwanda, end impunity for crimes & violations of int'l law.

🚨 @hrw.org’s reaction to the Israeli raid on @unrwa.org’s compound in East Jerusalem.

Counternarcotic efforts don't absolve states to respect int'l law & human rights. That also applies to #USA. EU & its members should publicly object unlawful strikes & apply genuine due diligence in cooperation with US to avoid complicity. @hrw.org 's take 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

#Tunisia 's arrest of prominent activists, following flawed conspiracy trial, should raise #EU's concerns, no? Instead, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social remain loudly silent, emboldening Kais Saied's repression. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: time to shift gear, speak up. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Underestimating its own power seems to have been @eudiplomacy.bsky.social's modus operandi. @kajakallas.bsky.social should start by instructing Ambassadors to stop saying "We don't have leverage" or "Our main goal is to at least maintain dialogue." It isn't just untrue but also fully un-strategic.

#Tanzania gov't arrested dozens ahead of 9 Dec. nationwide protests - fueling climate of fear rather than addressing public grievances. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: Press gov't to end crackdown, immediately release those arbitrarily detained & focus on accountability. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

One year after fall of Assad, #Syria's profound human rights challenges deserve full int'l attention. #EU must be key partner, speak up & speed up actions: ⚖️Justice & accountability 🫂Fate of disappeared 🪖Security sector reform 🤝Economic rights www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social

#EU's statement on #DRCongo / #Rwanda accord misses key words that should be at core of its foreign policy: justice, accountability. So much deference to #Trump that it's becoming difficult for #EU to insist on the rights of victims, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social? www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eastern...

A new @amnesty.org report documents how Rapid Support Forces attacked Zamzam camp in Darfur, Sudan in April. RSF killed civilians, took hostages, pillaged & destroyed civilian structures including a mosque, school & clinic. These violations must be investigated as war crimes. (1/4)

Que l'on parle commerce, #Ukraine, sécurité, les violations des droits humains en #Chine affectent profondément les intérêts UE. @elysee-france.bsky.social: Il faut cesser de justifier le silence de la #France, mais presser Xi à respecter droits humains. www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025... @hrw-fr.hrw.org

Our letter to #Cyprus gov't ahead of EU Presidency: ⚖️ Press for respect for #RuleOfLaw in EU 🇭🇺 Address #Hungary's RoL decline under #Article7 🌐Uphold human rights in EU's foreign policy Critical times require principled leadership. Full letter 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Whether you talk trade, supply chain, #Ukraine, security, truth is: #China's #HumanRights violations deeply affect Europe's interests. E. Macron stop justifying #France's silence, make clear Xi should reverse course to ensure better relations. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12... @elysee-france.bsky.social

A right-wing parliamentary body has started hearings on NGO activities under the guise of transparency for EU funds. Amidst widespread assault on civil society groups, EU lawmakers should support their essential work, not fuel smear campaigns and conspiracy theories www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

#Tunisia.ns protesting authoritarianism show more courage than EU Delg in Tunis. Is EU's utter silence on #Tunisia's repressive turn its way to implement @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's deal? It's a blow to principles; it's also poor policy www.france24.com/en/live-news... @anouarelanouni.bsky.social

#EU states have key responsibility to show full support to Int'l Criminal Court as attacks by #Russia & #USA undermine its work. 🗣️ Speak up against US sanctions 🛡️ Use blocking statute & other measures to protect ICC, its officials & civil society www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Absolutely shameful vote by most @eppgroup.bsky.social which apparently agrees that the only thing EU can do when #UnitedArabEmirates fueling conflict & violence in #Sudan with arms is to pay the humanitarian bill. Lack of principles & bad politics. www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...

"A political deal that erases these crimes is not a peace plan. It is permission for future atrocities." - Kseniya Kvitka (@hrw.org), in must-read, published by @kyivindependent.com⤵️

Amazing news from #Tunisia: lawyer & commentator Sonia Dahmani released from arbitrary detention; at same time as Euro-Parliament adopted critical resolution on her case Public diplomacy works. A lesson for @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: Silence is never an option www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

MEP @maritmaij.bsky.social called out @eudiplomacy.bsky.social failure to address #UnitedArabEmirates' role in #Sudan & urged EU Commission to halt trade talks as long as weapons keep flowing. #EU 's silence on #UAE's role is feeding impunity. Time to speak up & act. www.dw.com/en/eu-uae-tr...

2 weeks ago @ec.europa.eu launched vague Civil Society Strategy. But in parallel vdLeyen's own party joins far-right groups for charge against basic support to civil society. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: show leadership, press your own party to end anti-CSO smears. euobserver.com/eu-political...

Draft EP resolution on #Sudan lacks key elements to make it relevant. MEPs should back amendments that: ⚠️ denounce role of #UnitedArabEmirates in fueling weapons in breach of UN embargo ⛑️call for concrete measures to protect civilians www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume... @lukasmandl.bsky.social

Despite clear—and powerful—calls from civil society for the #COP30 summit to take bolder steps on climate change and to uphold human rights, the summit failed to make any real progress on the two issues key to stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations: fossil fuels + deforestation.

Among many politically-driven trials in #Tunisia is the one faced by 5 staff of Tunisian Council for Refugees, a key partner of the UN Refugee Agency . @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should stop ignoring the reality that its silence is complicity into deeper repression. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

#Sudan: "EU officials insist that they have raised the issue with #UnitedArabEmirates" but that's it. Instead of being afraid to displease Abu Dhabi, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should be concerned European weapons appear in #Darfur via #UAE & contribute to #RSF crimes. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

#EUAU Luanda summit next week is a test for African Union & @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: principled leadership needed more than ever to face mounting challenges created by brutal conflicts & attacks on multilateral institutions. Our take 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

So #EU today sanctioned #RSF's dep commander Abdel Raheem Hamdan Dagalo for rights violations in #Darfur. + @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statement (the first to explicitly condemn #RSF crimes in El-Fasher, for the record...), summary below www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Today's EU #FAC will dive in some of the most serious human rights crisis of our time. A reminder that @hrw.org 's work documenting crimes & pressing for protection of civilian is more important than ever. #Palestin #ISrael #Sudan #Ukraine #Sahel www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...

🚨 The UN Security Council has just adopted a US-drafted resolution to authorize an international stabilization force for #Gaza with 13 votes in favor, 0 against, 2 abstentions (Russia & China). @hrw.org's reaction follows in a short thread. 🧵

On Thursday EU ministers will debate their #Sahel strategy, as civilians pay cost of conflict & repression. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social: make clear there'll be no security & stability unless protection of civilians is at the center. Our take 👇 euobserver.com/africa/ard19... #Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso

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...

Ammunition from #Bulgaria, equipment from #France appeared in #RSF hands in #Darfur #Sudan via #UnitedArabEmirates. But @eudiplomacy.bsky.social silence on UAE's role allows impunity. Time for EU to step up response to UN embargo violations. www.politico.eu/article/suda... @laukaya.bsky.social

At UN HRC Sp. Session on #Sudan, UN Human Rights chief calls all States to "take urgent concrete action to ensure protection of civilians in El Fasher" #EU FAC conclusions said no less. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should step up efforts & mobilize EU's partners to act. www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

EU institutions should stop ignoring #Tunisia s fall into repression. Petting authoritarian leaders in the back is not only a blow to EU values - it's also bad policy. Our take on the fabricated mass ‘Conspiracy’ Trial 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but many are growing fearful. Some say they don’t dare leave their homes for fear of arrests and being sent to deportation centers. See our latest report on how "restriction codes" harm lives: 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...

Today & tmrw, European Parliament will adopt its 1st report calling on EU & members to step up response to attacks & harassment by autocratic Govts against their nationals beyond their borders. #TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...

At tmrw's UN special session on El Fasher, @euatun.bsky.social should push for dedicated inquiry ion #RSF crimes in #Darfur, support measures for protection of civilians in #Sudan & expose #UnitedArabEmirates role in fueling conflict & atrocities. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social

Weeks after #RSF mass atrocities in El Fasher, today’s EP hearing on #Sudan is opportunity to press @eudiplomacy.bsky.social to: 📢Condemn RSF crimes 🇦🇪Expose #UnitedArabEmirates’ support ✍️Sanction RSF's top leaders ⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

#Sudan: UN experts horrified by scale & brutality of RSF crimes & sadistic levels of sexual violence in El Fasher. RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social

We met Pastor Gábor Iványi with @hrw.org colleagues in 2018 at his Budapest church. Truly shocking he is once again under attack. #Hungary authorities should drop charges against Iványi & stop harassment against him & his church. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social