@manmader.bsky.social
Nordic Director, Human Rights Watch
’Authorities at all levels should invest substantially in efforts to counter threats or acts of incitement, the spreading of hateful content online and harmful misinformation, and to promote inclusiveness and respect for all communities in Australia.’
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
HRW quote card that says, “The UK government’s decision to end the cruel "two-child limit” social security policy is welcome and long-overdue. It forced growing numbers of children and families into poverty and undermined their rights.” Kartik Raj, Europe Senior Researcher
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.
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...
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...
Idag är Sveriges utrikesminister i Kina för samtal. Hon bör kräva att Gui Minhai, som hållits i 10 år, frisläpps omedelbart. Mänskliga rättigheter sägs vara en hörnsten i svensk utrikespolitik, då måste de vara det även i dagens samtal.
Skriver i Aftonbladet:
www.aftonbladet.se/a/vg4RpL
#Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania & #Finland should reject proposals to leave the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Treaty.
@kajakallas.bsky.social should reaffirm EU's binding collective commitment to Ottawa Convention & norms aimed at safeguarding humanity in war.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
What is the logic in denying asylum because the persecuted group a person is part of is "too large"? US should fix the gender gap in refugee protection, argues HRW's Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social in The Hill @thehill.com. @hrw.org
thehill.com/opinion/immi...
Excited to share this new piece on why @hrw.org is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. www.justsecurity.org/116780/gende...
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Our new @hrw piece on how a good EU law on the rights of people affected by corporate abuse in global supply chains is being gutted - and how EU member states want to replace it with window-dressing:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
US: Budget Would Benefit Wealthiest at Expense of Rights
Slashing Social Programs to Help Pay for Regressive Tax Cuts Would Harm Millions
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Denmark should use its upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union to champion human rights, the rule of law, and accountability across the EU and beyond.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
🚨 Just 1 year until the #FIFA Men's #WorldCup kicks off in US, the Canada & Mexico, escalating attacks on human rights & civil freedoms threaten safety, wellbeing & rights for the 6.5 million+ fans, workers, journalists & athletes involved.
Read joint statement: https://loom.ly/IHoTaeE
Will #Macron & other European leaders recognize #Palestine? Will they not?
Whichever it is, it will NOT prevent the #genocide of Palestine's people, nor will it dismantle #Israel 's illegal occupation and apartheid
Action, not words, urgently needed 👉🏼 hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Broad interest in the first #UNGA meeting on autonomous weapons systems & substantive engagement shows why states should commit to open negotiations on a new international treaty to deal with the dangers - @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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New @hrw.org report dropping next week on labor rights abuses in the US platform economy.
📅Join us for the launch event on
Tuesday, May 13 at 11:30am ET / 3:30pm UTC
Featuring @deschuttero.bsky.social @amostoh.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social & others!
📌 Register here: hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Sweden should adopt an international law-based and ethical approach to new technology - which means adopting new legally binding rules on autonomous weapon systems.
Wait and see is not an option. Killer robots must be banned before it’s too late.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
One Man’s Ordeal Triggers Test of US Constitution - Abrego Garcia’s plight represents a challenge to the constitutional order itself.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Human Rights Watch is on Bluesky!
Follow our team here ⤵️
Sweden should push for concrete measures to stop the crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and hold those responsible to account.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Sverige och EU måste agera – nu krävs ansvar för Israels övergrepp i Gaza
www.hrw.org/sv/news/2025...
Inför dagens EU-möte skriver HRW i Aftonbladet, tillsammans med Act Svenska Kyrkan och Diakonia, om behovet av ny svensk politik för Gaza; ompröva biståndsstrategin, följ den internationella domstolens beslut och se till att EU:s avtal med Israel efterlevs.
aftonbladet.se/a/RzpdeJ
Devastating developments driven largely by two countries that have not banned antipersonnel landmines – the United States & Russia – are threatening international norms & long-standing working to eradicate these weapons, which predominately harm civilians - @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
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Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the current hostilities, amounting to war crimes. Those responsible, including senior Israeli officials, should be held to account.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
#Germany.
The industrial powerhouse of Europe.
The world’s third richest economy.
Germany has a poverty problem.
My Daily Brief:
📰 Read: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
🔊 Listen: www.hrw.org/video-photos...
An older woman collecting food at a Tafel-run\ food bank in Berlin, Germany, July 3, 2023. © 2023 Carsten Koall/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
1/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany.
The full report is here:
“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
A dark time for democracy in Türkiye, with such a blatantly lawless move to weaponize the justice system to cancel the democratic process.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
US-Russia Engagement Should Address Rights Abuses
Moscow Should Release Unlawfully Held Ukrainians, Political Prisoners
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Azerbaijani opposition leader Tofig Yagublu convicted on bogus charges, as the government again uses the criminal justice system to retaliate against its critics.
Azerbaijan should immediately free Yagublu and all other unjustly imprisoned journalists and activists.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Philippines ex-President Duterte’s arrest & transfer to The Hague is a long-overdue victory against impunity that could bring victims & their families a step closer to justice. This sends a message to rights abusers everywhere that one day they will be held to account.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
With talk in Europe now of rearmament and the need for new security structures, it's vital European leaders and institutions keep human rights at the centre of their efforts. Democracy depends on it. My new piece for @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
