Protests have swept Iran for six days 🇮🇷 People demand change, dignity, and rights. A dozen have been killed already. They deserve solidarity, not President Trump’s rambling that feed the authorities’ claims of foreign interference ⚡️ Time for global solidarity protests.

The true action of authoritarian power 🇺🇸 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The governor of a territory the US bought from France is now tasked with trying to buy another territory, this time from Denmark. 222 years later. Pathetic.

Murdered at 10 years old 💔 #NeverForget

Autocrats call it “shared interests” 🤝 Russia and aligned leaders pitched cooperation in Africa as transactional; energy, security, ways to shield each other from sanctions. An alliance of convenience, not values ⚠️ #StayTuned, we will investigate Russia’s role in Africa further 🇷🇺⚡️🌍

Great exchange with @ecnl.bsky.social colleagues on how civil society can hold international organisations accountable and advance human rights. Belarus reminds us that this is a long haul (I remember the Jan 2011 civil society meeting well) 🤍❤️🤍

“Moral clarity is our sole duty on this dark day:” Bondi Beach shooting is third worst pogrom since 1945. It’s that simple, that clear. “If this pitiless atrocity doesn’t prise open the eyes of the West, nothing will.” www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

The European Parliament is to debate a new resolution on the human rights crisis in Azerbaijan this week 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿 @europarl.europa.eu should use it to adopt benchmarks aimed at fixing a roadmap for the Commission and EEAS’ engagement with Azerbaijan. ➡️ Learn more free-anar.site/the-european...

La terreur antisémite frappe encore. Le soir de Kanukkah. Choc. Tristesse. Sympathie.

Members of the jewish community in Sydney were struck by a heinous terrorist attack. The victims, the injured & their loved ones are in our thoughts. Antisemitism has no place in our societies. We stand in solidarity with those who oppose hatred & violence today & everyday. (vdb)

A slightly selfish reflection on #HumanRightsDay 🌍 Three publications: gender backlash ✊ repression in Azerbaijan ⚠️ and the case for an Eastern European woman to lead the UN 🟣 Proud of what we are building with Progress and Change Partnerships 🙂 progress-change-actionlab.org

Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, eastern Congo. Global democratic backsliding. A UN in crisis ⚡️ Vesna Pusić argues only leadership shaped by fragility, courage and rebuilding experience can restore credibility 🇺🇳 🔗 Why a woman from Eastern Europe should lead @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2025/12/09/a...

We make this message ours on #HumanRightsDay. Its value is universal 💜

We should step away from fossil fuels, not deepen ties with petro-autocrats🛢️ We should protect human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, not reward their abusers ⚖️ We should defend democracy, not sideline it for short-term gains 🗳️ Proud to contribute to this work ⤵️

Press release: Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan: EU Must Stop Trading Away its Principles 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿 🔜 Our report will be made available to the public today at 15.00 CET. 🔗 Find out more about what to expect: free-anar.site/press-releas...

EU engagement hasn't matched the scale of repression in Azerbaijan 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿 Brussels treats energy and connectivity as detached from human rights. EU leaders skip political prisoners and civil society, and Baku took that silence as permission. 🔜 Report drops later today free-anar.site/report-eu-az...

Europe’s focus on energy and the Middle Corridor has given Baku leverage while rights were pushed aside 🇪🇺🛢️🇦🇿 Allegations of Russian fuel flowing through Azerbaijan raise deeper questions about Europe’s security choices 🇦🇿⚠️🇷🇺 Our report goes live tomorrow 🔜 free-anar.site/report-eu-az...

Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.

Steve Witkoff caught saying he has “utmost respect for Pres. Putin” 🤡 Putin crushed dissent, shut down civil society, now faces an ICC warrant for deporting Ukrainian children 🇺🇦⚖️ Witkoff then floated amnesty for Russia’s crimes in Ukraine. No impunity for those offering amnesty for war crimes ⚡️

This 👇 . Ukraine betrayed by the West for the second time. #BudapestMemorandum #Trump-PutinDirtyDeal #1994 #2025

Wer im Parlament einen erklärten Antisemiten und Nationalsozialisten ehrt, stellt die Werte infrage, auf denen die (zweite) Republik Österreich aufgebaut wurde 🇦🇹 Die FPÖ beschmutzt die Ehre der Republik. orf.at/stories/3411...

#COP30 ends in Belém🌍🌳 The façade of multilateralism holds, but ambition does not. No fossil-fuel exit plan, weak national pledges, and only vague steps on adaptation finance. The crisis moves faster than the process ⚡️

Tout est dit 🧐 L’état de notre démocratie, c’est la force de notre défense et la crédibilité de notre sécurité. C’est la raison pour laquelle Trump et Poutine poussent les extrêmes droites en Europe pour nous affaiblir et nous neutraliser. @fhollande.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

I want my daughter to grow up knowing that if a man ever calls one of her friends or colleagues “piggy”, she can feel empowered to stand up for them 💪 There is no “business as usual” in such a situation.

So right @moiradonegan.bsky.social! Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveal a disdain for morality amongst powerful men. And that’s what should hold our attention. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A new “Community of Central Asia” is taking shape 🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯🇹🇲🇺🇿 A regional bloc with no binding standards, no space for accountability. Azerbaijan joining shows what this model rewards: human rights and rule of law are optional 🇦🇿⚡ And the Council of Europe’s recent charm tour in the region proves useless.

The EU’s new plan to protect democracy targets foreign influence and misinformation. By copying “foreign agent” laws, 🇪🇺-states could harm democracy and human rights defenders, the EU’s real shield 🛡️⚡️ By @carlosdolan.bsky.social in @epc-official.bsky.social www.epc.eu/publication/...

A day without earl grey just isn’t a good day. #OMG #JustSaying

Today EU Human Rights Representative @kajsaollongren.bsky.social presents her priorities before @droi.europarl.europa.eu & @afet.europarl.europa.eu ⚖️ She must address Azerbaijan’s human rights crisis: 1️⃣ Support exiled civil society & media 2️⃣ Build a common EU response #StayTuned for our report 🇦🇿🇪🇺

Western media is (finally) paying attention to Sudan: 25 million facing famine, 150000 dead, children executed, women raped, murdered 💔🇸🇩 Will those who showed (justified) solidarity with Gaza now invest energy for the people of Sundan? Selective silence speaks loud.

“It's Time for Peace” 🇮🇱🕊️🇵🇸 @pinkfront.bsky.social

“State violence starts when the state withdraws protection” ♀︎💪💜

A year after the #NoviSad tragedy, Serbia’s streets still echo with repression🇷🇸⚡️ Protesters beaten, lawyers blocked, sound cannons deployed, NGOs raided. Civic space collapse💥 Read @goranmiletic.bsky.social on what must change, exclusive for @curecampaign.bsky.social 🔗 mailchi.mp/csf-ev.org/s...

When the far right’s words become parliament’s votes ⚡️ For the first time, a #LePen Rassemblement national text was adopted by the National Assembly 🇫🇷 The “cordon sanitaire” that once protected democracy has snapped ‼️ @liberation.fr 🔗 www.liberation.fr/politique/el...

The European five-step playbook is unfolding to kill civil society: 📌 Fabricate the scandal 📌 Institutionalise the witch-hunt 📌 Defund 📌 Criminalise 📌 Exploit what’s left What disappears with NGOs isn’t “lobbying”, it’s accountability itself. @euobserver.com euobserver.com/news/ar1c67c...

So happy for Miklós Haraszti, a friend, mentor, lifelong defender of democracy. From Hungary’s underground press to the UN and OSCE, his courage and integrity, his humour and intelligence have inspired me. A well-deserved recognition by @freedomhouse.bsky.social 🫶

Unacceptable threats against @mmkarmenia.bsky.social in Armenia 🇦🇲 Thanks to Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders for speaking up. We all stand in solidarity with Mamikon 💙🏳️‍🌈 @pinkarmenia.org

Time for a woman at the head of the United Nations 💪

Looking forward to spend a few days in Brussels ☀️ On the agenda: 🇪🇺⚖️🇦🇿 EU-Azerbaijan relations 🚨🇪🇺 European security architecture 🇺🇦 Rule of law in Ukraine 🫶 Seeing great friends and colleagues again

Environmental destruction is a crime against humanity 🌍⚡️ Leila Nadya Sadat argues that the UN treaty on crimes against humanity must recognise environmental harm as its 12th crime. Close a 30-year gap: name what truly “shocks the conscience of humanity.” 🔗 www.justsecurity.org/122271/envir...

Great to meet the FGIP Board in Prague💙 Our strategy, based on 45 years of experience, addresses today’s challenges: 💪Multifaceted mental health crisis ⚖️Repression targeting civil society 🛑Populism and reduced foreign funding. 🔗 fgip-global.org/wp-content/u...

The so-called head of 🇬🇪 government was still trying to make himself look important among the European leaders just 2 days ago. Today, his regime is waging war against its own people with tear gas and violence. What a disgrace. Europe, stand with the Georgians.

This 🇬🇪⤵️

The attack on civil society is a major faultline⚡️ 🌍 Civil society closures 💸 Aid collapse 🛑 Weaponised laws 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Gender & LGBTQI rights attacked ⚔️ Security over rights An existential threat to democracy, solidarity, human dignity. @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social 🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

Швейцария: права человека должны стать главной темой ОБСЕ🇨🇭 Oпубликовано с Элеонорой Монгелли @eleonoramongelli.bsky.social

Wow! youtu.be/I_KsGWbPY8c?...

When you arrive in Prague and the radio plays the perfect welcome song: 99 Luftballons. #TaxiSkeet

When multilateral organisations yield to a “culture of caution”, they lose legitimacy in the eyes of those who most embody their values, human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists. That loss is a faultline ⚡️ 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/cautio...

Balthasar Glättli spricht von einer “Bromance”. Ich lernte ihn durch unsere Zusammenarbeit als klugen, offenen, bescheidenen Menschen kennen. Sein Einfluss auf die Grünen Schweiz war immens. Zürich verdient jetzt @bglaettli.bsky.social 💚 🔗 www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/people/swiss...

OMG 🥸 #Trump #UNGA80