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Lou Charbonneau
about 17 hours ago
🚨 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
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Next UN Secretary-General Should Champion Rights
United Nations member countries will select a new UN secretary-general this year to succeed António Guterres in January 2027.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/11/next-un-secretary-general-should-champion-rights
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Jan Kooy
16 days ago
“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
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@hrw.org
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Jan Kooy
16 days ago
"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⤵️
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80 Angry Journalists | Early International Festival Teaser
In 2020, Hungary’s largest independent newsroom, Index.hu, collapsed under growing political pressure. In a historic act of protest, more than 80 journalists…
https://vimeo.com/1147047242?fl=pl&fe=vl
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reposted by
Kartik Raj
about 1 month ago
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...
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UK Government Seeks to Restrict Protests, Including Some Against Pharmaceutical Companies
UK lawmakers are set to vote on January 14 on a proposed amendment to the Public Order Act 2023. If adopted, the change, which is drafted in vague and broad language, would expose people who organize ...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/13/uk-government-seeks-to-restrict-protests-including-some-against-pharmaceutical
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Human Rights Watch
about 1 month ago
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
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LydsG
about 1 month ago
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...
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🚨 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/...
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Silencing the Streets
The 47-page report, “‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK,” documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the...
https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/01/07/silencing-the-streets/the-right-to-protest-under-attack-in-the-united-kingdom
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Ben Ward
3 months ago
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...
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Mahmood’s Immigration Plan Breaks Labour’s Promises
Shabana Mahmood’s newly unveiled asylum and returns policy is being sold as a moment of ‘restoring order’. In truth, it marks a profound retreat from the humane, pragmatic approach Labour promised vot...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/21/mahmoods-immigration-plan-breaks-labours-promises
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Human Rights Watch
3 months ago
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
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reposted by
Kartik Raj
3 months ago
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.
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reposted by
Vicky Foxcroft MP
8 months ago
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...
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Starmer’s disability benefit concessions are not enough, says rebel Labour whip
Exclusive: Vicky Foxcroft, who resigned as whip over welfare bill, urges ministers to work with affected people on changes
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/29/starmers-disability-benefit-concessions-are-not-enough-says-rebel-labour-whip
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Human Rights Watch
8 months ago
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.
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reposted by
Elaine Pearson
8 months ago
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...
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Australian Court Says Journalist Critical of Israel Was Wrongfully Fired
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/world/australia/abc-latouff-israel-gaza-firing.html
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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 👏
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8 months ago
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Kartik Raj
8 months ago
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...
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UK Social Security Plans Will Harm People With Disabilities
While the UK government claims its moves “will protect the most vulnerable,” in reality its plans to cut £4.5 billion in disability-linked benefits by 2030 will have a devastating impact on people’s r...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/21/uk-social-security-plans-will-harm-people-with-disabilities
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Human Rights Watch Oral Statement at the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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Human Rights Watch Oral Statement at the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Afghans, especially women and girls, face one of the most severe humanitarian and human rights crises in the world.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/16/human-rights-watch-oral-statement-at-the-59th-session-of-the-un-human-rights
8 months ago
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reposted by
Claudio Francavilla
8 months ago
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...
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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...
https://hrw.org/news/2025/06/10/which-palestine-macron-going-recognize
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🚨 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...
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Without stopping arms to Israel, UK Gaza ‘concern’ is empty talk
If the UK has any spine on Gaza, it must at least use its political leverage and impose a total arms embargo on Israel, writes Yasmine Ahmed.
https://www.newarab.com/opinion/without-stopping-arms-israel-uk-gaza-concern-empty-talk
8 months ago
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reposted by
Clive Baldwin
9 months ago
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.
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Important post about the UK Mauritius Chagos deal by my colleague
@cliveabaldwin.bsky.social
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9 months ago
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🚨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
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9 months ago
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Gaza: Latest Israeli Plan Inches Closer to Extermination
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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Gaza: Latest Israeli Plan Inches Closer to Extermination
The Israeli government’s plan to demolish what remains of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and concentrate the Palestinian population into a tiny area would amount to an abhorrent escalation of its ongo...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/15/gaza-latest-israeli-plan-inches-closer-extermination
9 months ago
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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...
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Is Britain breaking international law over Israel to avoid offending Trump? We may find out in court this week | Yasmine Ahmed
The UK’s arms exports to Israel will be tested again as a Palestinian rights group challenges the government
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/12/britain-israel-donald-trump-arms-exports-law
9 months ago
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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...
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Is Britain breaking international law over Israel to avoid offending Trump? We may find out in court this week | Yasmine Ahmed
The UK’s arms exports to Israel will be tested again as a Palestinian rights group challenges the government
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/12/britain-israel-donald-trump-arms-exports-law
9 months ago
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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...
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UK: Court Ruling Threatens Trans People
(London, May 9, 2025) – A United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling on April 16, 2025 threatens the rights of trans people, Human Rights Watch said today. In in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, ...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/09/uk-court-ruling-threatens-trans-people
9 months ago
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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...
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US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya
The United States should not forcibly transfer migrants to Libya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including torture, ill treatment, sexual assault, and unlawful killings.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/09/us-dont-forcibly-transfer-migrants-libya
9 months ago
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reposted by
The New Yorker
10 months ago
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.
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The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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reposted by
Alison Leal Parker
10 months ago
NEW from
#HRW
: Interactive feature cataloguing 100 human rights harms in Trump administration's first 100 days.
www.hrw.org/feature/2025...
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Human Rights Watch
10 months ago
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 ⤵️
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US: Trump’s First 100 Days an Assault on Rights
The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine the human rights of people in the United States and abroad.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/24/us-trumps-first-100-days-assault-rights
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New Data Exposes Global Healthcare Funding Inequalities
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
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New Data Exposes Global Healthcare Funding Inequalities
New data from the World Health Organization reveals that many governments’ public funding of health care falls short of what is needed to meet their human rights obligations.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/10/new-data-exposes-global-healthcare-funding-inequalities
10 months ago
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reposted by
Human Rights Watch
11 months ago
NEW: Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care.
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Australia: Disproportionate Removal of Aboriginal Children
Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/26/australia-disproportionate-removal-aboriginal-children
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reposted by
English PEN
11 months ago
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...
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Joint appeal for Alaa Abd el-Fattah - English PEN
https://www.englishpen.org/posts/campaigns/joint-appeal-for-alaa-abd-el-fattah/
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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...
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Keir Starmer, slashing UK aid is unconscionable and shortsighted
By cutting UK aid, Keir Starmer isn’t just catering to Donald Trump, he’s threatening lives and making the world a more dangerous place, says Yasmine Ahmed.
https://www.newarab.com/opinion/keir-starmer-slashing-uk-aid-unconscionable-and-shortsighted
11 months ago
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