The Chinese government reached around the globe to shut down a film festival in New York City. This latest act of transnational repression demonstrates the Chinese government’s aim to control what the world sees and learns about China. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Trump’s travel ban inspired Ghazala Hashmi to first run for office. Today, its fighting bigotry and the “chaos” of Trump’s second term. Virginia makes history electing the state's first woman governor and the first Muslim woman ever to statewide office in U.S. history. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...

Schockierend: Deutschland hat möglicherweise eine uigurische Asylbewerberin nach China abgeschoben, wo Peking Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit an der uigurischen Bevölkerung begeht. Die zuständigen deutschen Behörden sollten umgehend ihren Aufenthaltsort mitteilen: uyghurtimes.com/uyghur-woman...

Beijing's blatant intimidations pushed Sheffield Hallam to violate academic freedom of Prof. @lauratmurphy.bsky.social, whose work has been foundational for #UyghurForcedLabor research. The university and relevant authorities should ensure her rights are protected. theguardian.com/education/20...

🚨 New from @hrw.org: #ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities @jraphling.bsky.social says ICE targets Latinos & blatantly violates rights: “They tear apart families, cause people to live in fear & showcase the cruelty of the #Trump administration’s immigration policies.”

🔴 Today: EU Parliament hearing on EU–Gulf trade & investment relations, with HRW’s @joeyshea.bsky.social Our recs to the EU: link closer ties to concrete labor rights & human rights progress & reforms: hrw.org/news/2024/09... 📷 Livestream from 2h30 👉🏽 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

Police have failed to take crucial steps to investigate 121 killings during a raid in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Police didn´t preserve crime scenes and the chain of custody of evidence. Authorities should ensure a thorough, independent investigation. New from @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

As part of its 18-month siege of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan dug a trench and built a sand berm around the city. Since RSF captured El Fasher, HRW documented and geolocated videos near the berm to the northwest — videos that could be used to prove crimes. 1/7🧵

🚨 New from @hrw.org: UN Security Council should urgently act to prevent further mass atrocities in captured #Darfur city in #Sudan. The council meets this morning in NY. Time to hold UAE-backed #RSF accountable, including through targeted sanctions.

Suspending SNAP payments will put the rights of tens of millions of Americans in jeopardy. No one’s ability to eat should be vulnerable to political games. New dispatch from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Cutting aid has a human cost. The US Department of Agriculture announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through SNAP starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down.

A win for Windrush campaigners: Private pension losses will now be compensated under the #Windrush Compensation Scheme--important considering the age of claimants. BUT without free legal representation, access to compensation is hampered. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @hrw.org

🚨 NEW: US federal law enforcement agents used excessive force against protesters, medics, legal observers & journalists at numerous protests outside ICE facility in Illinois. This isn’t crowd control—it’s intimidation. Congress must act. -- @belkiswille.bsky.social 📢Read the @hrw.org report.

Russia, using drones, attacked a UN Convoy in Ukraine. The very next day, they posted video evidence of the attack for the world to see, and not for the first time. Latest for @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

🚨 Important new International Court of Justice advisory opinion: "ICJ orders #Israel to allow aid into #Gaza & says restrictions breached international obligations" [email protected] UN’s top court also finds Israel failed to justify blocking @unrwa.org and other relief agencies.

When govts convene this week in Paris to discuss feminist foreign policy, there will be a lot to talk about. The French govt’s description of the event says progress toward gender equality “is not being made fast enough.” That is an epic understatement. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

The #Trump administration signals deep cuts in refugee admissions and prioritizing remaining places for white South Africans & Europeans who oppose immigration. @hrw.org's @billfrelick.bsky.social says this 180° resettlement turn "adds deep insult to even deeper injury."

When visiting China, Swedish Foreign Minister Malmer Stenergard should focus on 1) human rights and growing Chinese repression including in Xinjiang and 2) Chinese transnational repression, to secure the release of bookseller Gui Minhai. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Morocco's youth have clear-cut demands for better healthcare, education & end to corruption. If the government can fund state-of-the art stadiums, it can afford to fund its healthcare. Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

It wasn’t exactly a nail-biter. In a non-competitive vote, UN General Assembly elected serial rights abusers #Egypt & #Vietnam to the Human Rights Council. Thanks to the lack of a veto, the HRC does some good work. But time to stop handing HRC seats to abusive govts on a silver platter. @hrw.org

🚨 It wasn’t exactly a nail-biter. In a non-competitive vote, UN General Assembly elected serial rights abusers #Egypt & #Vietnam to the UN Human Rights Council. Thanks to the lack of veto, the HRC does some good work. But time to stop handing HRC seats to abusive govts on a silver platter. @hrw.org

🚨 This morning the UN General Assembly is set to elect abusive governments like #Egypt, #Vietnam and others to the Human Rights Council in a non-competitive vote. @hrw.org: “UN member states should stop handing Council seats on a silver platter to serial rights violators.”

🚨 This morning the UN General Assembly is set to elect abusive governments like #Egypt, #Vietnam and others to the Human Rights Council in a non-competitive vote. @hrw.org: “UN member states should stop handing Council seats on a silver platter to serial rights violators.”

🚨Did you know that Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the UN Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for membership? The UN General Assembly will 'elect' members to the UN’s premier rights body in a 'noncompetitive vote' on October 14. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

🚨 New from @hrw.org: Abusive Governments Set to Win UN Human Rights Council Seats Oct 14. #Egypt, #Vietnam, Others Benefit from Non-Competitive UNGA Votes: "UN member states should stop handing Council seats on a silver platter to serial rights violators.”

🚨 New from @hrw.org's @idasawyer.bsky.social: Disturbing Reports of #Sudan’s Military Using Chlorine Gas Chlorine's Use as a Weapon Prohibited Under International Law

The UN rights chief presented his office's report on #reparations for legacies of #colonialism and #enslavement in Geneva yesterday. @hrw.org welcomes his call for a transformative, context-specific & rights-based approach to reparations led by affected communities. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

🚨Judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague have just convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kosheib) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region.

Le respect des droits des Palestinien·ne·s ne saurait dépendre de la conclusion d'un accord de paix. Les Etats devraient agir d’urgence pour permettre la justice et en finir avec l’impunité. https://www.hrw.org/fr/node/392229

🚨 @hrw.org reminds UN member states that justice & human rights for Palestinians can't wait for agreement on a peace deal. Govts must follow up on commitments they made at the UN last month to pressure #Israel to end atrocities in #Gaza & West Bank. New dispatch by me & @benjeannerod.bsky.social 👇

Sanctions on Palestinian human rights organizations, ICC officials, a UN special rapporteur. The Trump administration has launched an assault on international justice. Read @fborello1 and @AgnesCallamard in @nytimes: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

🚨 New from @hrw.org: “The ( #Trump ) administration first says that it wants the military to be more lethal and less accountable and then threatens to deploy troops in a show of force to US cities. This is a recipe for disaster.” - HRW's Tanya Greene

“The situation for Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State remains dire. UN members should make clear at the conference that forcing Rohingya to return to Myanmar under these conditions would place their lives at risk and violate their rights.” @loucharb.bsky.social @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

🚨 Op-ed by @amnesty.org's @agnescallamard.bsky.social and @hrw.org's @fborello.bsky.social: "Beyond what has been done to the Palestinians, the #Trump admin has undermined the rule of law, protection of human rights & international justice, which all lie at the heart of a rules-based global order."

UN member states meeting on September 30 to discuss the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence. #JusticeMatters #Myanmar #Bangladesh New from @hrw.org / @loucharb.bsky.social ⤵️

🚨 New from @hrw.org. UN member states attending high-level conference tomorrow on the plight of #Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution, violence, & forced returns. Details about our recommendations here. 👇

Mass walkout from the UN General Assembly hall as #Israel PM Netanyahu took the podium to speak at #UNGA80.

Letter to the editor the @nytimes.com published after Trump’s #UNGA speech

@hrw.org zu Trumps Rede vor der #UNGA80: "Er hat zu viele falsche Behauptungen über das Weltgeschehen aufgestellt, um ernsthaft darauf einzugehen. Ernst zu nehmen ist Trumps offenkundige Respektlosigkeit gegenüber intl. Organisationen, die sich für Menschenrechte einsetzen, wie z.B die UN."

In the 1950s, the false “refrigerator mother” theory fueled stigma & denied children with autism support. Today, Trump & Kennedy repeat unfounded claims linking vaccines or Tylenol to autism—risking more fear, blame & discrimination. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

US President Donald Trump made too many false claims about world affairs at the UN General Assembly to seriously address them, says @fborello.bsky.social. HRW reacts to Trump's #UNGA80 speech ⤵️

🚨🧵 @hrw.org on Trump's #UNGA80 speech: -- He made too many false claims about world affairs to seriously address them. What is serious is Trump’s obvious lack of respect for international organizations that promote human rights, like the UN, which the US played a central role in creating. 1/x

🧵 Thanks to #Chile & #Netherlands for organizing important #UNGA side event on UN funding crisis & UN80 reform plans. @hrw.org's Federico Borello spoke & told attendees: ✳️ Prioritize UN human rights & humanitarian work ✳️ UN's proposed reforms risk disproportionately harming human rights (cont.)

"States gathering for the General Assembly opening should reject the US invitation to trash the post-World War II global refugee system." -- Comments by my @hrw.org colleague @billfrelick.bsky.social ahead of #UNGA.

🚨 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

🚨 New from @hrw.org on #UNGA80: World Leaders Should Act to Protect Human Rights, International Justice ✳️Demand end to escalating Israeli crimes against Palestinians ✳️Urge action on #Haiti #Sudan etc ✳️Urge governments (incl. US) to pay UN contributions ✳️Support International Criminal Court

🚨 Calling all journalists interested in human rights & UN General Assembly high-level week! @hrw.org's Federico Borello & HRW experts will take questions on our priorities for world leaders @ 9am EDT virtual news conference on Weds, Sept 17. Register here: hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@hrw.org’s Sarah Yager: “What this tells me is that this president believes he can kill anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances—and not have to justify it. And that he will be immune from accountability.”

The sentence against former president Bolsonaro is a landmark for Brazil, which has a history of coup attempts that went unpunished. Brazil´s Supreme Court defended people´s right to vote and for their vote to be counted. It affirmed nobody is above the law. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, has been convicted of plotting a coup. The historic ruling is the first time a former president was tried for an attempted coup in Brazil, showing nobody should be above the law.