"States gathering for the General Assembly opening should reject the US invitation to trash the post-World War II global refugee system." My thoughts on a US invitation to a high-level meeting to "fix" the global refugee and asylum system: www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

“Migrants report brutal treatment by EU funded security forces” in #Mauritania: NPR @npr.org on new report by @hrw.org Listen to NPR here 👇 www.npr.org/2025/08/30/n... HRW’s report: shorturl.at/stqpv @rsherlock.bsky.social

#Mauritanie: Les forces de sécurité mauritaniennes ont commis de graves violations des droits humains entre 2020 et début 2025 à l’encontre de migrants et de demandeurs d’asile. Dans un nouveau rapport, @hrw-fr.hrw.org documente ces abus 🧵⬇️ www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against migrants and asylum seekers. In a new report, HRW documents the abuses 🧵⬇️ www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

“Europeans signed contracts with #Mauritania, Morocco – they’re buffer countries. It’s always the same, the suffering of migrants, ...the expulsions… Africans are doing the work for the EU.” – Malian aid worker at Mauritania border. See new @hrw report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

“La policía me golpeó y no me dio comida. Me trataron como a un animal. Cuando quería ir a orinar o hablar con un agente, me daban con un látigo”. Palizas, hambre y expulsiones: la violencia en Mauritania que explica la caída de llegadas de cayucos a Canarias social.elpais.com/tzf2s4

🇲🇷 Humans Rights Watch acusa a Mauritania de abusos a migrantes y critica el apoyo "continuo" de España y la UE

Le Monde @lemonde.fr sur le rapport de @hrw-fr.hrw.org #Mauritanie : "Le rapport, qui s’appuie sur des centaines de témoignages [de migrants], fait état de cas de torture, de viols, de sévices physiques,...de détentions arbitraires, d’extorsions ou encore d’expulsions sommaires et collectives"

EU urged to uphold human rights, as Mauritania accused of abuse of migrants

BBC on new @hrw.org report: "EU deal fuelling Mauritania's abuse of migrants" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Africa News sur nouveau rapport de HRW @hrw-fr.hrw.org (abus à l'encontre de migrants en Mauritanie):

EU and Spain risk rights abuse complicity in Mauritania, says Human Rights Watch

🚨 Nouveau rapport de HRW documente des années d'abus commis par les forces de sécurité en #Mauritanie à l'encontre de migrants, alors que ces autorités recevaient le soutien 💰 de l'UE et de l'Espagne pour renforcer le contrôle des frontières @hrw-fr.hrw.org 👇 www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

🚨 New @hrw.org report documents years of serious abuses by security forces in #Mauritania against West & Central African migrants, while those same authorities received equipment/support 💰 from the EU & #Spain to bolster border control & prevent irregular migration 🧵👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

What is the logic in denying asylum because the persecuted group a person is part of is "too large"? US should fix the gender gap in refugee protection, argues HRW's Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social in The Hill @thehill.com. @hrw.org thehill.com/opinion/immi...

Whether they perform surgery, pick fruit or tobacco, teach children, play music, or pack meat, immigrants' hands deserve dignity: not human rights violations. #ConEstasManos #WithTheseHands HRW shares this video in solidarity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=REXq...

This is sickening. No matter what side of US politics you’re on, how can anyone feel ok about this? @nbcnews.com: “ICE targets Los Angeles homeless shelter” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

⚠️ New report, “You Feel Like Your Life is Over" by @hrw.org, Americans for Immigrant Justice, & Sanctuary of the South exposes abusive conditions - overcrowding, medical neglect, degrading treatment - at 3 Florida immigration detention centers: Krome, BTC, FDC. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

🚨New @hrw.org finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand. The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

ICE raids at immigration courthouses, schools, worksites, and stores followed by National Guard deployments have triggered protests in Los Angeles and nationwide. Reminder: The fight for human rights is real in the US.

The Trump administration’s new travel ban is just one of many harmful, arbitrary, and discriminatory policies. The US government should work toward a rights-respecting approach to immigration policy that protects the dignity of immigrants.

NEW: For @thenation.com and @typeinvestigations.org: I interviewed several attorneys in the Md area whose clients were held in ICE field office processing cells -- meant for less than a 12-hour hold -- for several days without beds, showers, medication. www.typeinvestigations.org/news/2025/03...

It is ludicrous for the US to even consider forcibly transferring migrants to Libya, where serious abuses against migrants are well documented - inhumane detention conditions; unlawful killings; torture, sexual assault, & other violence; forced labor. @hrw.org comments: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

NEW from HRW: United States: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

The United States carried out mass expulsions of 299 third-country nationals to Panama, subjecting them to harsh detention conditions and mistreatment, while also denying due process and the right to seek asylum. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

“The Racial Twist in Trump’s Cutoff of Refugee Admissions” - @hrw.org / Bill Frelick commentary on Trump’s shutdown of all refugee resettlement except for White Afrikaners from South Africa. www.justsecurity.org/108412/trump...

#DRCongo: @hrw.org had exposed #Rwanda backed #M23 had forcibly expelled thousands IDPs & civilians from camps. Now the skies cleared up, check proof via satellite images 🧵👇 @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should sanction abusive commanders, suspend flawed deals with Rwanda. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

The company contracted to run the US govt immigration detention center at Guantánamo “has been the subject of critical audits & a civil rights complaint over conditions” at 3 other immigration detention facilities it has run in the US, says @theGuardian.com : www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Across a wide spectrum of actions, my take on the extensive harm Trump Administration immigration and refugee policies are having in the United States and abroad: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

Great op-ed that European leaders should read. Why, amidst these turbulent times, are #reparations & accountability for enduring impacts of #colonialism & #enslavement more urgent than ever? Liliane Umubyeyi at African Futures Lab hit the nail on the head. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Bonne nouvelle: la France autorise les visites "transitoires" pour les Syriens, afin qu'ils puissent se rendre en Syrie sans perdre leur statut de réfugié. Autres pays devraient suivre l'exemple, dit HRW: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02... Sur la France : www.infomigrants.net/fr/post/6282...

Good news - #France allowing “go & see” visits for Syrians, so they can visit Syria without losing refugee status. This is a welcome step, one #Turkey has also taken. Other countries should follow suit, @hrw.org has said: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02... On France: www.infomigrants.net/fr/post/6282...

The US is not being "invaded." But Trump's steps to block safe & legal pathways for migration & asylum are likely to cause the very chaos he imagines. The US is capable of ensuring security & acting w/ compassion, says @billfrelick.bsky.social of @hrw.org in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/immi...

The US military is about to fly migrants to Guantanamo Bay. @hrw.org on why this is a bad idea: www.hrw.org/news/2025/01... www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US: Don’t Send Migrants to the Black Hole of Guantánamo--a remote, highly controlled overseas US military installation, which the US government has used to evade legal protections and public scrutiny. www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...

Among the harmful impacts of US foreign aid freeze: clinics at camps in Thailand sheltering ~100,000 refugees from Myanmar were ordered to shut, after the U.S. froze funding to the International Rescue Committee, @reuters.com reports: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

NEW from #HRW on Trump immigration EOs: "All people, regardless of immigration status or criminal history, have the right to fair treatment before the law and a chance to argue for their liberty and rights when they are detained or face deportation." www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...

New dispatch by @hrw.org’s Bill Frelick: Trump's executive orders that close down safe and legal pathways for refugees and immigrants will result in lawlessness and chaos, making the world a more dangerous, less humane place : www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...

#USelection: Newly sworn in president #Trump has already begun decimating the refugee system by suspending US refugee admissions. This will trap thousands of people in harm's way - the equivalent of holding out a lifeline and then dropping it. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/w...

Important UN Human Rights Committee ruling: #Australia violated rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on Nauru; calls for compensation of victims. "A state...cannot escape its human rights responsibility when outsourcing asylum processing to another state" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

#Egypt’s problematic asylum bill was just signed into law today. This law does not align with Egypt’s obligations under international law & risks violating the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Statement from @hrw.org (written just prior to the bill’s ratification): www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

Despite joyous images of Syrian refugees going home, no government should be sending or planning to send people back involuntarily. My thoughts on the continuing need for refugee protection at a time of revolutionary change: www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...