#EU leaders should publicly press for rights-respecting transition during first-ever visit to #Syria: 🤝recovery free from abuses 🪖genuine security sector reform ⚖️justice for past & ongoing violation Our take👇 www.hrw.org/news/2026/01... @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

Die EU knickt angesichts der aggressiven Einflussnahme der Industrie - insbesondere der Fossilindustrie - ein und verabschiedet ein stark ausgehöhltes Lieferkettengesetz. Wo bleiben Menschenrechte, Umwelt und die Werte der EU? www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...

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...

‼️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

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.

🚨 @hrw.org reaction to reports of a successful Canadian-US troop-pledging conference for a new #Haiti force: “Pledges from multiple countries to commit personnel for the Gang Suppression Force are a welcome step toward providing Haitians with the protection they urgently need." 1/x

Mit Friedrich Merz trifft erstmals ein 🇩🇪 Bundeskanzler eine Person - Benjamin Netanjahu -, die vom IStGH wegen Kriegsverbrechen gesucht wird. Das gefährdet Deutschlands Glaubwürdigkeit in Fragen internationaler Gerechtigkeit. Was die Bundesregierung stattdessen tun sollte: https://bit.ly/4iF6TUt

Cyprus' EU Presidency comes at a pivotal moment. It should use this role to defend human rights & uphold intl. law—from Russia’s war in Ukraine to serious crimes in Israel/Palestine and democratic backsliding in the EU—principled action can help restore its credibility. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

🌎 HRW Americas Director @juanitagoebertus.bsky.social briefed the @europarl.europa.eu on the state of human rights and the rise of crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. 🇪🇺 She also outlined what the EU should prioritize following the recent EU–CELAC summit. ⬇️Here are the main insights: 🧵

Das EU-Lieferkettengesetz wurde auf Druck der Industrie vom EU-Parlament deutlich entschärft. Die @spdfraktion.de sollte ein ausgehöhltes Gesetz ablehnen + darauf bestehen, daß die CDU ihre Position nicht ignoriert wie bei einer Abstimmung im Mai geschehen. www.fr.de/wirtschaft/e...

🚨The @europarl.europa.eu's new “Scrutiny Working Group,” steered by right-wing MEPs, may be painted as a transparency effort — but its superfluous mandate, narrow focus, and biased composition make it look like a political witch hunt aimed at silencing NGOs. Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

A month ago, a police raid in low-income, mostly Black neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, resulted in 122 killings. The deadly results and tactics employed suggest that the true intention may have been to kill, rather than arrest suspects. Read my piece: www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

The global ban on antipersonnel landmines saves civilian lives. But the landmark treaty faces serious threats from countries leaving the treaty and new landmine use. In 2025, five countries gave formal notification to withdraw from the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Learn more ⤵️

#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...

#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

🚨The Russian government has banned us as an “undesirable” foreign organization. Our work hasn’t changed. But what’s changed is Russia’s full-throttled embrace of dictatorial policies, its staggering rise in repression & the scope of the war crimes its forces are committing in Ukraine. bit.ly/48mvicJ

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...

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...

Ahead of #Honduras' general elections, fraud allegations, army and prosecutor interference, and political deadlock in the electoral authority threaten free and fair elections. Independent domestic & intl. observers will be key to safeguarding credibility. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

🇩🇴The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has struck down laws that criminalized same-sex conduct among police and military officers — a historic victory in the fight for equality. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

NEW: The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

⚠️ NEUE Recherche: Die Zwangsvertreibung der Bewohner*innen von drei Flüchtlingslagern im #Westjordanland durch die israelische Regierung im Januar und Februar 2025 stellen Kriegsverbrechen und Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit dar. Mehr erfahren: https://bit.ly/47QuEoQ

As the world comes together to tackle the climate crisis at #COP30 in #Brazil, its Congress is considering proposals that would exacerbate it. Those measures could have severe impact on the Amazon, which is critical for global climate. New @hrw.org: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Trotz katastrophaler Lage in #Gaza hebt die Bundesregierung den Exportstopp für Rüstungsgüter an Israel auf. Das birgt Risiken politischer & rechtlicher Mitverantwortung für mögliche Völkerrechtsverbrechen. #Deutschland ist als Vertragsstaat der UN-Völkermordkonvention zur Prävention verpflichtet.

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

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social: Stand for human rights in #Tunisia, call for release of those arbitrarily detained & respect for fundamental freedoms @mounirsatouri.bsky.social @michaelgahler.bsky.social: Put #Tunisia on your urgency situation agenda www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

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...

At the 4th #EU–#CELAC Summit, leaders should tackle key human rights challenges in both regions: 🔵Back rights-based responses to crime & violence 🔵Defend democracy & fundamental rights 🔵Act on climate & environmental harm 🔵Support the bi-regional care pact Our letter: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

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

@phfrisch.bsky.social zum Treffen zwischen #Merz und #Erdoğan: Allianzen in Verteidigung, regionaler Entwicklungspolitik und Wirtschaft dürfen die brutale Repression in der Türkei nicht überschatten. Demokratische Rückschritte müssen offen angesprochen werden, bevor es zu spät ist.

Today is 1st #EU-#Tunisia Association Council since @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 's migration deal in July 2023. Since, #Tunisia fell more deeply into repression. #EU should make clear failure to release pol detainees & end crackdown will lead to political consequences. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Returning colonial-era cultural belongings & ancestral remains is an international human rights & reparations issue. Communities' rights should be at the core. Yet Germany's new guidelines distance themselves from international law. Returns aren't goodwill gestures. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

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...

By embedding #LGBTIQ+ equality in #EU external action, the new strategy positions the EU as a global defender of LGBTIQ+ rights. Next step: turn ambitions into action through political will, adequate funding, enforcement mechanisms, and implementation at home & abroad. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

🧵 As #EU governments prepare to meet amid a fragile #Gaza ceasefire, pressure is mounting for them to "drop the stick" they never used on #Israel Caving to that pressure would be yet another blow to their credibility, and to hopes for rights and justice: hrw.org/news/2025/10... #EUCO #FAC ⤵️ 1/7

#Brazil: Illegal cattle ranching has devastated territories in the #Amazon, right where #COP30 will be held Some of that beef may have come into the EU - and keep coming if EU Deforestation Law #EUDR is delayed New @hrw.org report: hrw.org/news/2025/10... @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

“Now is not the time to sanction Israel,” an EU diplomat said. Tell that to those mourning, starving, maimed, living under occupation and apartheid. Sanctions, suspension of EU-Israel deal must be squarely on the table - and leave it only once adopted. 👉🏽 euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w... #EUCO #FAC

5 questions you might have about #COP30 and why it’s a pivotal moment for climate action & human rights. Governments should phase out fossil fuels, ensure a just transition, and protect forests & communities. hrw.org/news/2025/10/09/qa-united-nations-climate-change-conference-cop30

A Tunisian court sentenced a man to death last week for peaceful Facebook posts. He received a presidential pardon this week following widespread outrage, but this is an unprecedented sentence for nonviolent expression in Tunisia. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

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.

#Peru | @mreyesmilk.bsky.social on the recently signed amnesty bill: "In a country that continues to witness attacks to democracy & rule of law and where impunity remains ubiquitous, this latest measure is a cruel blow to victims’ long-standing quest for justice." www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

#Israel forces occupying southern #Syria have destroyed homes, forcibly displaced civilians, in absence of immediate threat. These are war crimes. @kajakallas.bsky.social: #EU should press for accountability & seek sanctions on officials responsible of violations. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

"Israel has committed genocide in #Gaza" - concludes UN Commission of Inquiry. All states have legal obligations to end the genocide & punish those responsible. "The absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity" www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... #HRC60

At long last: @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to propose sanctions on Israeli ministers, suspension of #EU - #Israel trade deal It took 2 years of unspeakable crimes, 60K+ killed, famine, growing consensus on #genocide It will go on, unless #Merz & #Meloni stop blocking EU action #SOTEU

“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

@hrw.org published a Q&A on #reparations for historical & ongoing colonial atrocities ahead of a AU-CARICOM summit. A unified African-Caribbean rights-based position on reparations shaped w civil society & communities would be a gamechanger for the reparations movement. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Very honored that @hrw-brussels.bsky.social met today with EU's new Special Representative for Human Rights @kajsaollongren.bsky.social. Rich discussion on the many challenges ahead for the human rights movement - in the world and within Europe. No doubt we have a strong advocate for a stronger EU!

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...

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