Belkis Wille

The killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis was unjustifiable. Her death shows the dangers posed by law enforcement agencies empowered to act recklessly & sends a threatening message to immigrants, protesters & bystanders alike. Read @hrw.org's analysis: www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

Freedom of assembly is not a gift or privilege governments grant their citizens, it's a right that protects citizens from their governments. @hrw.org report out today about the impact of the UK's increasingly repressive anti-protest laws. www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

Silencing the Streets The 47-page report, “‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK,” documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the...

🚨 ALERT: 2day @hrw.org released a new report that raises the alarm about the right to protest in the UK

This UK Govt has not only failed to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws but has introduced further repressive restrictions 🧵

www.hrw.org/report/2026/...

The right to protest is under attack in the United Kingdom. 

In a new report, HRW documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the previous Conservative government.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qerKB0

Turning a health crisis into a WMD threat is dangerous.
We need treatment and harm reduction—not war rhetoric.
Learn why this matters: www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Labeling fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction” won’t solve the overdose crisis.

Militarized approaches risk more harm. Public health solutions save lives.

Read HRW’s analysis: www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
#DrugPolicy #HumanRights

في أحدث محاولة مفضوحة لعرقلة العدالة الدولية، فرضت الحكومة الأمريكية في 18 ديسمبر/كانون الأول عقوبات انتقامية على قاضيين إضافيين في "المحكمة الجنائية الدولية" لمشاركتهما في قرار رفض أحد طعون #إسرائيل في تحقيق المحكمة في الوضع في #فلسطين.

Masked agents, no badges, no names. This isn’t a security measure—it’s a threat to democracy and the rule of law. The U.S. can and must do better.
Details: www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
#RuleOfLaw #USPolitics

When federal agents hide their identities, they hide accountability. The U.S. must uphold transparency and the rule of law—not secrecy and impunity.
Full report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
#HumanRights #Accountability

🚨 NEW: Masked federal agents in the U.S. are undermining the rule of law by operating without clear identification or accountability. This practice erodes public trust and democratic norms.
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
#RuleOfLaw #HumanRights

US: Masked Federal Agents Undermine Rule of Law United States federal immigration enforcement agents now commonly operate masked and without visible identification, compounding the abusive and unaccountable nature of the Trump administration’s mass...

“Law enforcement officers must be identifiable to be accountable.

This kind of secrecy should be an exception, never the norm, and it’s even more alarming given the widespread abuses associated with immigration arrests in recent months.”

- @belkiswille.bsky.social / @hrw.org

New research⤵️

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Destroying Reconstruction Equipment The Israeli military’s repeated attacks on reconstruction-related equipment and other civilian facilities in southern Lebanon throughout 2025 violate the laws of war and are apparent war crimes.

Reminder for those in the back, via @hrw.org⤵️

"Individuals who order deliberate attacks on civilian objects and infrastructure are responsible for war crimes."

#JusticeMatters

Read more⤵️

Tanzania: Crackdown Ahead of Planned Protests Tanzanian authorities have wrongfully arrested alleged protest organizers and opposition supporters ahead of nationwide protests called for December 9, 2025.

#Tanzania gov't arrested dozens ahead of 9 Dec. nationwide protests - fueling climate of fear rather than addressing public grievances.

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: Press gov't to end crackdown, immediately release those arbitrarily detained & focus on accountability.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

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رغم السجل الحقوقي المروّع لإدارة ترامب، "الفيفا" تمنح الرئيس الأمريكي ما سمّته "جائزة الفيفا للسلام".

بدل منح "جوائز" مُصطنعة، على الفيفا بذل كل جهدها لضمان أن تكون "كأس العالم 2026" خالية من انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان.

US: ICE Arrest at FIFA Event Spotlights Dangers for World Cup The arrest and return of an asylum seeker who took his children to the Club World Cup soccer tournament final on July 13, 2025, raises serious concerns about the safety of noncitizens attending the 20...

New from HRW: The arrest of an asylum seeker at the Club World Cup final in July 2025 raises serious concerns about the safety of noncitizens attending the #WorldCup2026 in the United States next year.

EE. UU.: Una detención de ICE en un evento de la FIFA expone los peligros del Mundial La detención y devolución de un solicitante de asilo que llevó a sus hijos a la final del torneo de fútbol de la Copa Mundial de Clubes el 13 de julio de 2025 plantea serias preocupaciones sobre la se...

Nuevo informe: La detención de un solicitante de asilo que asistió la final de la Copa Mundial de Clubes en julio de 2025 plantea serias preocupaciones sobre la seguridad de lxs inmigrantes que asistirán al Mundial de 2026 en EEUU www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...

الكشف عن الموقع في "إكس" يهدد سلامة المستخدمين تقول الشركة إن الهدف من هذه الميزة هو التحقق من صحة معلومات الحساب وتحسين الشفافية، ولكنها تثير مخاوف جدية بشأن خصوصية المستخدمين وسلامتهم.

كشف البيانات التعريفية مثل الموقع قد يكشف هوية المستخدمين ويعرّض سلامتهم وحقهم في حرية التعبير للخطر.
https://bit.ly/4ppV9YE

بيان مشترك: أوكرانيا تعلق "معاهدة حظر الألغام" بشكل غير قانوني 82 منظمة وحملة من المجتمع المدني تعرب عن قلقها إزاء تعليق أوكرانيا "معاهدة حظر الألغام".

خطوة #أوكرانيا تهدد جهود 3 عقود لحماية المدنيين من خطر الألغام
https://bit.ly/4rtQdmG

أكثر من ألف إصابة أو وفاة في #سوريا في 2025 جراء الألغام الأرضية
https://bit.ly/4pciVqU ⤵️ 🧵

An Opportunity to Address Mining Abuses Globally When 29-year-old Norbert Amoya went to fetch water from a river in northern Zambia earlier this year, he found large numbers of dead fish and the water had a strange smell. The cause was a major minin...

Starting today, States are meeting in Kenya to negotiate enviro policies ahead of #UNEA7, incl. a key proposal by the Colombian government on environmental protection in mining.

This could open up the path to a new global mining, and bring real change.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

🚨The Russian government has banned us as an “undesirable” foreign organization. Our work hasn’t changed. But what’s changed is Russia’s full-throttled embrace of dictatorial policies, its staggering rise in repression & the scope of the war crimes its forces are committing in Ukraine.
bit.ly/48mvicJ

"A political deal that erases these crimes is not a peace plan. It is permission for future atrocities."

- Kseniya Kvitka (@hrw.org), in must-read, published by @kyivindependent.com⤵️

⚠️ NEUE Recherche: Die Zwangsvertreibung der Bewohner*innen von drei Flüchtlingslagern im #Westjordanland durch die israelische Regierung im Januar und Februar 2025 stellen Kriegsverbrechen und Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit dar.

Mehr erfahren: https://bit.ly/47QuEoQ

🚨New @hrw.org report finds #Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity + ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 #Palestinian refugees from 3 refugee camps, prevented return + systematically destroyed parts of the camps.👇
hrw.org/node/392462

What Escalating Conflict Means for Women and Girls Conflicts and crises cause harm based on gender. Because women and girls across the globe experience legal, economic, and cultural discrimination, they also experience the impacts of conflict in disti...

With conflict globally reaching a level not seen since the post-WWII era, better responses to the impact of conflict on women’s rights are urgently important. Conflicts and crises harm women and girls in ways far beyond sexual violence. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

توصيات بشأن الخطوات التالية لتحقيق العدالة الشاملة في سوريا بعد الإطاحة بحكومة بشار الأسد، وإنهاء أكثر من 60 عاما من حكم "حزب البعث" في سوريا، أمام السلطات السورية فرصة غير مسبوقة لإنهاء عقود من الإفلات من العقاب على الانتهاكات الجسيمة التي ترقى إلى جرائم دولي...

بعد 60 عاما من حكم البعث، أمام الحكومة الانتقالية في #سوريا فرصة لإنهاء الإفلات المزمن من العقاب على الانتهكات الحقوقية.

بعض أبرز النقاط في ورقة توصيات أصدرتها "هيومن رايتس ووتش" ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4roUU1p

Almost a year ago, the fall of #Assad marked a historic shift after decades of atrocities, giving Syrians renewed hope for truth, justice and redress.

HRW's new report advises on steps to advance comprehensive justice meet moment & reaffirm intl law.

🖇️: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

يبدأ ولي العهد السعودي محمد بن سلمان زيارة إلى واشنطن في 18 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2025.
ما هي الاعتبارات الحقوقية التي تصاحب الزيارة️؟
https://bit.ly/4nMKV2Q 🧵⬇️

🚨 The UN Security Council has just adopted a US-drafted resolution to authorize an international stabilization force for #Gaza with 13 votes in favor, 0 against, 2 abstentions (Russia & China). @hrw.org's reaction follows in a short thread. 🧵

World Leaders Commit to Supporting Social Development and Rights At the second United Nations Social Summit in Qatar this week, dozens of governments adopted the Doha Political Declaration, renewing their commitments to tackle poverty, create decent work, combat di...

This week world leaders made commitments to fulfil rights at #WSS2. But this won’t happen without money.

We’re 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...