India will host the centenary #CommonwealthGames in 2030 in Ahmedabad, a moment that could shape not only the Games, but also the country’s bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | @robnewt.bsky.social 🔗 Learn more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Hosting the #CWG2030 is an opportunity for #India to raise the bar on human rights in and around sport. By protecting athletes & workers’ rights and meaningfully engaging with affected communities, it could also boost its #Olympic ambitions @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

Good riddance to rubbish policy. The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone. We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.

Australian PM @albomp.bsky.social should urge #Singapore’s Lawrence Wong to halt the execution of Malaysian national Pannir Selvam — scheduled for tomorrow, the day of the Australia-Singapore Annual Leaders’ Meeting. Quiet diplomacy is unlikely to cut it. @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

From restricting #MediaFreedom to plans to revive the death penalty, the @mmuizzu.bsky.social administration appears set on chipping away at human rights in the #Maldives @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

The recent proposal in the Maldives to introduce the death penalty for drug trafficking is in stark contrast to moves elsewhere in Asia where governments are limiting crimes punishable by death. Instead, the Maldives should abolish capital punishment once & for all. www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

Big win for #EnglishFootball 🏆 UK passed a historic law last week to set up an Independent ⚽ Regulator, with powers to tackle financial instability, safeguard heritage, and weed out rogue owners, including those responsible for #humanrights abuses #FairerFuture @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Beyond the Maldives crystal-clear waters and pristine, white-sand beaches, local communities are facing a far harsher reality: a growing water crisis driven by climate change. Some islands are literally running out of fresh water. By @hrw.org's @robnewt.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Beyond Maldives's crystal-clear waters and pristine, white-sand beaches, local communities are facing a far harsher reality: a growing water crisis driven by climate change. Some islands are literally running out of fresh water www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

While tourists sip cocktails in luxury resorts, many Maldivians are facing a far harsher reality: a growing water crisis driven by climate change, writes Robbie Newton, @hrw.org www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/clim...

Trump lands in Saudi Arabia to chase deals, as workers die building MBS’s World Cup dream. FIFA looks away, Trump shrugs, and migrant blood stains the foundations. Profit over lives, again. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Marginalized communities in the #Maldives' outer islands face severe barriers to accessing safe, clean, affordable water🚰. Climate change impacts 🌊 are threatening freshwater supplies & govt-led water projects are failing 2 protect rights of those most affected @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Muhammad Arshad, a migrant worker from Pakistan, has died while working on a new stadium being built for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#RallyForPannir: anger, rage, grief and determination on display tonight in #Singapore, all directed against the #DeathPenalty, a cruel regime that dehumanises and devalues human life.

Tonight there will be vigils in Singapore & Malaysia to protest the execution of Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman scheduled for tomorrow morning. Transformative Justice Collective will livestream the vigil in Singapore, which begins at 7pm local time. Join here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhfp...

New @hrw.org podcast on the history of #sportswashing and the way its impacting sports fans today. Featuring John Hird, one of the founders of Newcastle United Fans Against Sportswashing, and HRW's Minky Worden open.spotify.com/episode/3tjS...

Football (⚽ not 🏈) fans may be interested. New @hrw.org podcast on “sportswashing,” the phenomenon where countries notorious for human rights abuses host major sports events to launder their reputation. This episode looks from the 1936 Olympics🏅to the 2034 World Cup🏆 www.hrw.org/video-photos...

We cannot cheer on Afghanistan’s cricket team when Afghan women are being silenced | Zahra Joya

Italy’s security bill threatens fundamental rights It criminalizes peaceful protest, with harsh penalties for activists, detainees, and migrants Human rights bodies warn of serious risks - the Senate should listen ❌Repression is not security❌ hrw.org/news/2025/02...

Fascinating piece. "Democrats lost the 2024 presidential election in part because they failed to embrace spaces where community connection was being forged. Sports is an ever-bubbling cauldron of connection on full boil. To ignore it is to concede defeat." www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Lisa Nandy calls out Tory Lords over plan to ‘wreck’ football regulator bill

Huge debate in the House of Lords today on the future of English football, as Tory peers seek to further delay the Regulator which footy fans have been waiting on for years. @fairgameuk.bsky.social will be there in numbers to push back against these delay tactics. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Spoke to @nytimes.com about how the brazen killing of Lim Kimya in downtown Bangkok sends a terrifying message to Cambodians that no one is safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/w...

The same questions should be asked about LA hosting matches of the 2025 Club World Cup and 2026 World Cup (sponsored by one of the companies most responsible for these wildfires, Saudi Aramco).

"By awarding Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup in men’s football, FIFA has legitimised a massively polluting construction project of stadiums and infrastructure and bent its own rules on requirements for pre-existing stadiums." New from @playthegame-org.bsky.social www.playthegame.org/news/saudi-a...

Meta's actions would lead to a 'world without facts' and 'that's a world that's right for a dictator,' Maria Ressa warns

New. In the week that Fifa awarded the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia, a group of Bangladeshi workers went on strike over unpaid wages at a luxury resort in Neom. They were immediately fired. By @samindrakunti.bsky.social and @aselliaas.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2025/01/06/t...

FIFA’s handing of the 2034 Men’s WC to Saudi Arabia yesterday, via a trivial sole bidder process & confirmed by an “acclamation” (a round of applause), should act as a wake up call for UK policymakers as they debate the Football Gov Bill this month. @hrw.org www.the-independent.com/voices/fifa-...

21 human rights orgs, trade unions and fans groups have called the awarding of the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia a "moment of danger". See full statement and quotes from Saudi diaspora groups, migrant workers organisations and more 👇 sportandrightsalliance.org/award-of-203...

FIFA has announced that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup. This is despite evidence of pervasive human rights violations in Saudi Arabia. Learn more: