🚨 New from @hrw.org: #UN member states should select a champion of #HumanRights as the next UN Secretary-General as the UN faces a crisis amid a global retreat on rights & democracy. - by Widad Franco

“It’s imperative that Starmer doesn’t abandon principle in pursuit of profit during his visit to Beijing. At the very least, he needs to publicly press Xi for the release of Jimmy Lai and speak up for the dramatic erasure of freedoms in Hong Kong.” - @yasmineahmed.bsky.social / @hrw.org

"They left the building. Not the truth." A powerful new documentary, 80 Angry Journalists, shows how Hungary’s once-independent news outlet Index was taken over, and how reporters resigned together rather than submit to political pressure. Trailer⤵️

Here @lydsg.bsky.social & @yasmineahmed.bsky.social explain what a proposed amendment to the Public Order Act 2023 could do to protest rights Categorizing “life sciences” as “key national infrastructure” could restrict peaceful protests outside pharma companies. www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

The right to protest is under attack in the United Kingdom.  In a new report, HRW documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the previous Conservative government. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qerKB0

Freedom of assembly is not a gift or privilege governments grant their citizens, it's a right that protects citizens from their governments. @hrw.org report out today about the impact of the UK's increasingly repressive anti-protest laws. www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

🚨 ALERT: 2day @hrw.org released a new report that raises the alarm about the right to protest in the UK This UK Govt has not only failed to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws but has introduced further repressive restrictions 🧵 www.hrw.org/report/2026/...

Oped by @yasmineahmed.bsky.social on UK govt's immigration plans: "We've seen the injustices caused by a hostile environment with the Windrush generation. Instead of learning from that shameful chapter, these proposals risk recreating the same architecture of precarity" www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

The UK’s new immigration plan is a profound retreat from the humane approach Labour promised voters. Labour should recognize the enormous contributions refugees make, and the moral and legal obligation to provide protection. ✍️ HRW's @yasmineahmed.bsky.social Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ

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.

Today the DWP will publish the terms of reference for its review of PIP. It is vital that changes are properly co-produced with disabled people. This isn’t just about warm words. This is about making sure we get policy right. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A court decision today has given the United Kingdom government a green light to continue to supply F-35 military jet components that are used by Israel in Gaza. This is a sad day for justice, accountability, and for the Palestinian people, who continue to face acts of genocide.

Journalist @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social won her case for unlawful termination against the ABC over the posting of a @hrw.org report on Gaza. Journalists should be encouraged to post factual information about human rights violations not penalized for doing so. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...

This is what moral courage and having principles looks like. Well done to the 108 MPs who have stood up and acted on their conscience 👏

UK Parliamentarians should reject the government’s plan to cut disability benefits, and be clear that budget savings should not come at the cost of the rights—especially the right to social security—of people with disabilities. Human dignity must come first. @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Human Rights Watch Oral Statement at the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

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...

🚨 My latest for @hrw.org in the @thenewarab.bsky.social If the UK is serious about exerting pressure on 🇮🇱, there is a glaringly obvious ‘concrete action’ it can take: A COMPLETE & COMPREHENSIVE ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL NOW ⬇️ www.newarab.com/opinion/with...

Righting the wrongs inflicted on the Chagossians will mean acknowledging the crimes, their right of return, and reparations including restoring the islands so they can live there. Above all the Chagossian people should be meaningfully consulted throughout.

Important post about the UK Mauritius Chagos deal by my colleague @cliveabaldwin.bsky.social ⬇️

🚨As Laila, mother of @FreedomForAlaa resumes her zero-calorie hunger strike, in protest at her Brit son's unlawful imprisonment in Egypt (he is also on a hunger strike), plz join her & acclaimed authors outside Downing Str @ 6pm 2day for readings in solidarity w Alaa @englishpen.bsky.social

Gaza: Latest Israeli Plan Inches Closer to Extermination www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

The 🇬🇧 UK Gov is in court 2morrow defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports 2 Israel 🇮🇱 My latest in The Guardian on why the Govt needs 2 stand up for & comply with int’l law even if it upsets Trump ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The UK is in court 2morrow defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel 🇮🇱 My latest in the @theguardian.com on why the Govt needs 2 stand up for & comply with int’l law even if it upsets Trump www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The 🇬🇧Supreme Court ruling in 'For Women Scotland v. The Scottish Ministers' threatens the rights of trans people & is regressive Time 4 Parl to amend the Equalities Act 2 make clear that sex-based protections apply 2 trans people with a gender recognition certificate 🔽 www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

The US should not even consider forcibly transferring migrants to Libya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including torture, ill-treatment, sexual assault, and unlawful killings www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.

NEW from #HRW: Interactive feature cataloguing 100 human rights harms in Trump administration's first 100 days. www.hrw.org/feature/2025...

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 ⤵️

New Data Exposes Global Healthcare Funding Inequalities www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

NEW: Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care.

Two weeks after Prime Minister Starmer called President Sisi to press for Alaa Abd el-Fattah's release, English PEN joins 16 fellow freedom of expression and human rights organisations to call on the UK to intensify efforts to secure Alaa's freedom. #FreeAlaa www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...

In the @thenewarab.bsky.social I set out why UK PM Starmer's slashing UK aid is morally bankrupt & incredibly short sighted. It will cost lives, perpetuate instability, & undermine the UK's soft power and role on the global stage. It is a gift to authoritarians. www.newarab.com/opinion/keir...