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https://about.me/bordodedean ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ต๐ธ#CivilRights#HumanRights #PatientRightsโฟ #SocialJustice๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ#Equality#Freedom โญDemocracy Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose & direction-JFK.
This week world leaders made commitments to fulfil rights at #WSS2. But this wonโt happen without money.
Weโre now looking at Nairobi where the UN Tax Convention #UNTC negotiations are resuming on Monday - it could be the key to deliver on those commitments.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
An unknown number of people are feared dead and injured in Tanzania following clashes with security forces after the October 29 elections.
Tanzanian authoritiesโ violent and repressive response to election-related protests further undermines the credibility of the electoral process.
๐จ Only a fraction of Sustainable Development Goal targets are on track for 2030. Chronic underfunding of public services is a major barrier.
Join HRW at #WSS2025 this Thursday to explore bold strategies to turn political commitments into real progress. #SummitOfTheFuture #FFD4
๐ด Today: EU Parliament hearing on EUโGulf trade & investment relations, with HRWโs @joeyshea.bsky.social
Our recs to the EU: link closer ties to concrete labor rights & human rights progress & reforms: hrw.org/news/2024/09...
๐ท Livestream from 2h30 ๐๐ฝ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Moroccans are claiming their human rights and calling for an end to corruption.
Will King Mohamed VI deliver on his promise to create jobs and improve health care and education? Will his government investigate the use of lethal force by the police against protestors?
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๐งต 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 โคต๏ธ 1/7
New changes to EU law will undermine corporate accountability. 72% of companies could be excluded from addressing human rights and environmental harm through their supply chains.
๐ขLawmakers should spare no effort in the next phase of negotiation to strengthen the law.
https://bit.ly/4qcrzGR
UN flags repression of defenders, including by Human Rights Council members
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United Nations member states meeting this week on the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence.
Rohingya in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and across Asia continue to face grave threats.
US President Donald Trump issued a memorandum last week directing law enforcement to investigate a sprawling, imaginary conspiracy to foment political violence, with no evidence to substantiate these claims.
This is a serious threat to human rights and democratic institutions.
Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistanโs northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet.
This ban yet is another way for the Taliban to control women and girls.
Today marks the 11th anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa, Mexico.
President Claudia Sheinbaum should fulfill the promise her predecessor broke and ensure there is a serious investigation that leads to truth and justice.
UN expert on human rights in #Mali urges Gov't to reconsider decision to leave Intl Criminal Court.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@kajakallas.bsky.social: Sorry, but where is @eudiplomacy.bsky.social's statement regretting #Mali's, #BurkinaFaso's & #Niger's decision, calling them to remain in ICC?
Repression of free speech is no laughing matter.
Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which falls during the seventh anniversary of Jamal Khashoggiโs brutal murder, should use their platform to defend free speech in Saudi Arabia.
Police fired on and killed four people in Leh, the capital of Indiaโs Himalayan region of Ladakh, this week after protests over demands for statehood turned violent.
Authorities should impartially investigate and punish those responsible for violence.
Syrian authorities should ensure that judicial proceedings examine not just individual crimes but institutional responsibility. They should also allow access to international accountability mechanisms and carry out security reforms.
Read more: www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
Fighters told Human Rights Watch that military leadership continued to coordinate and deploy forces well after authorities knew or should have known about killings and atrocities.
23.09.2025 20:56 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0NEW: The Syrian transitional government has promised accountability for March 2025 violence, but it has provided little transparency on examining the role of senior military or civilian leaders. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
23.09.2025 20:56 โ ๐ 34 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Extreme weather events forced the Solomon Islander people of Walande to abandon their island home, which is now submerged in the sea.
As Pacific leaders attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Solomon Islands this month, they should center voices from displaced communities.
More than 2,000 people have been killed following a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have imposed rules that make it difficult for female aid workers to help with rescue efforts. Taliban authorities should ensure that women are involved in all relief work.