"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

🚩On @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social, Aziz Ansari said he would donate part of his Riyadh Comedy Fest fee to @hrw.org While HRW cannot accept the donation, it's not too late for him to call for the release of detained Saudi activists Manahel al Otaibi & Waleed Abu al Khair www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Gaza ravagée par 2 ans de guerre: "Les autorités israéliennes vont au-delà des opérations nécessaires pour atteindre leurs objectifs militaires : outre les frappes et l'envoi de troupes au sol, elles rasent et ravagent des zones entières." @nadiahardman.bsky.social www.franceinfo.fr/monde/proche...

Despite promising statements from PM Nawaf Salam and MEHE Rima Karami on education for all, #Lebanon gov decision to uphold residency requirement for public school registration risks barring 10s of thousands of refugee students from school @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

“Under international law, children, regardless of their [immigration] status...have the right to an education. Education should never be used as a political pawn...” @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/analysis/how...

Pakistan’s govt should provide assistance to at least 4 million people displaced by recent flooding, but also take action to prevent foreseeable harms, including from climate change and extreme weather events. @hrw.org @saroopijaz.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Some good news: Thailand Allows Myanmar Refugees in Camps to Work Legally www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

🚨 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...

My thoughts: the US Congress shld question why women shld have to shoehorn their claims into a narrow understanding of membership of a particular social group & thereby have less consistent or predictable protection than racial, religious, nationality & political groups. www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

THREAD: What does it mean to seek food in Gaza today? For many Palestinians, it means risking death. These are the stories behind the hundreds killed. #Gaza #HumanRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

The UK gov plans to experiment with facial age estimation tech on vulnerable young people. But refugee children need care, not algorithms. This tech isn't the solution - instead, it creates new potentially life-changing risks, as @techchildrights.bsky.social and I write. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

När USA drar ner biståndet till Myanmars flyktingar måste andra länder som Sverige agera. @hrw.org @nadiahardman.bsky.social och Sunai Pashuk varnar för en akut kris i Thailand och ifrågasätter varför Sverige inte gör mer. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/huma...

🚨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...

1/15 🧵 Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage. @hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights. www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Today, Rohingya seeking asylum are still being beaten, extorted, and left to die, while the violence and repression pushing them from their homes has surged. My @hrw.org colleagues, Shayna Bauchner and @nadiahardman.bsky.social comment: thediplomat.com/2025/05/10-y...

For more on the crisis in the Andaman Sea and the continuous exploitation of the Rohingya desperate to leave a life of brutality, read our new oped in @thediplomat.com 👇 thediplomat.com/2025/05/10-y...

Ten years ago, 8,000 Rohingya were left stranded in the Andaman Sea during a refugee crisis that grabbed global attention. Today, #Rohingya refugees continue to embark on these high-risk journeys. Learn more:

The Naval Court in Greece has said 17 coast guard officers should face felony charges over a shipwreck on June 14, 2023, in which at least 500 migrants died. Greek authorities did not intervene in a timely or safe way despite the boat being obviously in distress.

This week, the British government is in the High Court defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel. HRW's Yasmine Ahmed is at the High Court in London ⤵️

Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup: Human rights groups warn of migrant worker deaths

1/ After nearly 3 years of research, our @hrw.org report "The Gig Trap" is finally out. It documents how companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, Shipt, Favor, and Amazon Flex created a business model that undermines labor rights & deepens inequality in the US. A 🧵https://hrw.org/node/391214

NEW from #HRW: Without accountability mechanisms, "those with power may become tyrants and no one under their rule is free or safe." www.hrw.org/news/2025/05... Authored by: @treywalk.bsky.social + John Raphling

📣 Exciting news! We're proud to announce that our film, Swept, on unhoused people being criminalized in Los Angeles, has been nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Short Documentary category! Watch the full film here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmgA...

NEW: A Trump-appointed federal judge rejects Trump's invocation of 18th century Alien Enemies Act www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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

NEW: Jordanian authorities have forcibly evicted and demolished homes and shops in an informal Palestinian refugee camp in Amman. This was done without adequate consultation, notice, compensation process, relocation help, or means of redress. Read more:

One month after the devastating earthquake, Myanmar's junta has continued to obstruct access to lifesaving services in opposition-held areas & during military operations. New from @hrw.org & @p4hr.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

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 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 ⤵️

The Cambodian & Thai govts have engaged in transnational repression to silence dissent by committing human rights abuses against their own nationals outside their own territory. Both govts have facilitated assaults, abductions, enforced disappearances & forced returns. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights - “Forcibly returning a refugee or asylum-seeker to a home country where they may face torture or persecution will no longer be highlighted, nor will serious harassment of human rights organizations.”

The Salvadoran govt has articulated no legal basis for detaining the Venezuelan deportees and has not said when, if ever, they will be released. Their detention appears wholly arbitrary & potentially indefinite; a grave violation of El Salvador’s human rights obligations. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

Israeli soldiers said they systematically razed buildings and agricultural fields to create a sprawling buffer zone in Gaza, actions the troops described as lacking a clear rationale. Legal experts said the tactics appeared to violate international law. wapo.st/4iaJWGX

Syria: “The explosive remnants of war need to be cleared so that people can return to their homes, live safely in their communities, and engage in activities critical to their livelihoods, like agriculture.” @rich_weir @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

Another term for #Israel’s plan to build new security corridors and expand existing ones: Ethnic Cleansing.

Like many governments in the EU, Italy has spent years tying itself in knots on asylum. By trying to appear “tough,” they’ve only abused people while embarrassing themselves and wasting huge amounts of taxpayers’ money. My Daily Brief today: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

Myanmar’s military junta still invokes fear, even in the wake of a horrific natural disaster that killed thousands. The junta needs to break from its appalling past practice & ensure that humanitarian aid quickly reaches those whose lives are at risk. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

#Türkiye's government must immediately cease its attacks against peaceful protesters, stop targeting journalists and news channels, and halt its crackdown on online speech. Statement of 15 international human rights and media freedom groups: www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

Israeli forces have killed Palestinian journalists Mohammed Mansour and Hossam Shabat in Gaza. In 2024, Palestinians accounted for nearly 2/3rds of all journalists killed worldwide, some of them deliberately killed by Israeli forces, per the Committee to Protect Journalists. This is no accident.

A dark time for democracy in Türkiye. The order to detain Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is the latest example of the justice system being weaponized to cancel the democratic process. His detention violates the rights of millions of Istanbul voters.

Searing editorial in the Bangkok Post: "No matter how Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has prodded and cajoled the public into thinking that the government had made the right decision, the trip looks like a hectic public relations campaign." www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin...

NEU: Afghanische Geflüchtete in Pakistan werden nach #Afghanistan abgeschoben, wo ihnen Verfolgung droht. Regierungen, auch #Deutschland, sollten Abschiebungen von Afghan*innen stoppen. Afghanistan ist kein sicheres Land für Zwangsrückführungen. Mehr dazu: www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...

Wah K'Ler Paw was just 30 when she died from renal failure in a remote Thai refugee camp near the Myanmar border. Her death was preventable, but the US freeze on foreign aid abruptly cut her lifeline: dialysis that had kept her disease at bay. New from @hrw.org www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin...

NEW: Afghan refugees in Pakistan are being deported to Afghanistan where they are at risk of persecution. Police have raided homes, assaulted refugees, and confiscated resident permits in an effort to expel Afghans. Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

Thrilled to join BlueSky and share a new @hrw.org report just launched today ‘There’s Just No More Land’: Community-led Planned Relocation as Last-resort Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Solomon Islands www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

"The administration opted to send the first transfers of migrants to Guantanamo Bay on expensive Air Force C-17 and C-130 aircraft. A Wall Street Journal analysis calculated that it cost more than $20,000 to transfer a single migrant to Guantanamo on those planes." www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

In a significant step toward affirming the rights of transgender people in Poland 🇵🇱, the country’s Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling eliminating the requirement for trans people to sue their parents in gender recognition proceedings. New commentary from @hrw.org: hrw.org/news/2025/03...

#US aid cuts to healthcare cause death in #Thailand refugee camps. Now is the time for long-term solutions and integration of Myanmar refugees: www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin...

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...

🚨Tomorrow at 2pm CET➡️Former Philippine president #Duterte will appear for the first time before #ICC. This is an important milestone in the quest for justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings during the “war on drugs.” www.icc-cpi.int/news/mr-rodr... For more on what this means, See 🧵👇