Constant threats and backlash undermine women's rights around the globe, but women still continue to fight against repression.
This International Women's Day, we honor the courage of those working to improve the lives of women and girls everywhere. #IWD26 #InternationalWomensDay
Amid US/Israeli airstrikes & brutal repression, Iranians are entering day 8 of an internet shutdown, placing civilians at risk, restricting their ability to access lifesaving info & reach loved ones, and contributing to psychological harm.
Iranian authorities should urgently restore internet access
#EU leaders should never belittle role of int'l law or apply it selectively - as they've done since #USA/#Israel's strikes on #Iran & retaliatory strikes on neighboring countries.
It goes against #EU values & its long-term interests.
Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2026/03... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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#Haiti: A new UN report describes how criminal groups in Haiti are trafficking children into crime and sexual slavery.
@hrw.org has documented these abuses and urges Haitian authorities to prioritize children’s protection and rehabilitation.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Rare news from #Tunisia: lawyer and former administrative Judge Ahmed Souab was released this Monday.
HRW calls on Tunisian authorities to stop prosecuting individuals for exercising their human rights, guarantee fair trials, and release all those arbitrarily detained
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Today @hrw.org @lealparker.bsky.social will brief EP's #HumanRights Cttee on #ICE abuses in #USA.
⏰ 24 Feb, 4.30pmCET
▶️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: attention to US #RuleOfLaw decline is key in order not to normalize abusive policies & press for reversal.
“Aging out” shouldn’t mean being forced out. Sweden is deporting young people who grew up here while their families stay. The government should halt these deportations and change course. Short dispatch by me and @suzebpark.bsky.social @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Sechs Jahre ohne Gerechtigkeit für #Hanau
Wie Deutschland bei der Bekämpfung von strukturellem Rassismus scheitert: www.hrw.org/de/news/2026...
Wir gedenken:
Ferhat Unvar
Hamza Kurtović
Said Nesar Hashemi
Vili Viorel Păun
Mercedes Kierpacz
Kaloyan Velkov
Fatih Saraçoğlu
Sedat Gürbüz
Gökhan Gültekin
A Tunisian lawyer and human rights defender, Ahmed Souab, who was sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges, will face a new trial on appeal on February 12. Tunisian authorities should immediately drop the unfounded charges and release him www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
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Today's votes on an EU-wide list of “safe countries of origin” and "safe third country" concept jeopardize the right to seek & receive asylum.
By turning a blind eye to human rights abuses in the countries mentioned, the EU erodes international human rights protections.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Human rights protection can win over attacks by #Trump, #China & #Russia if governments that still value human rights push back.
It's #EU's time to show true & principled leadership.
@hrw.org's World Report is out, 100+ countries under review 👇
www.hrw.org/world-report... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
#ICE's killing of 2nd civilian in #Minneapolis unjustified, says @hrw.org. Obstacles to investigations raise serious #RuleOfLaw concerns.
"No comment" cannot seriously be the #EU answer to severe democratic decline of historic partner.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
🇭🇹 Sexual violence by criminal groups in Haiti is widespread. According to a new @msfincanada.bsky.social report, attacks are becoming more intense and brutal, while survivors face increasingly limited access to care.
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
#EU leaders should publicly press for rights-respecting transition during first-ever visit to #Syria:
🤝recovery free from abuses
🪖genuine security sector reform
⚖️justice for past & ongoing violation
Our take👇
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01... @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
Die EU knickt angesichts der aggressiven Einflussnahme der Industrie - insbesondere der Fossilindustrie - ein und verabschiedet ein stark ausgehöhltes Lieferkettengesetz.
Wo bleiben Menschenrechte, Umwelt und die Werte der EU?
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
8 months of intense corporate lobbying, untransparent processes and foreign interference lead to the adoption of a gutted #CSDDD.
✊But a due diligence obligation remains and even if weaker, #Victims will still demand #Justice for #HumanRights abuses.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
‼️Deeply moving news today as our colleagues Ales Bialiatski, Uladzimir Labkovich & Valiantsin Stefanovich from #Viasna are free, as well as Maria Kalesnikava 🫶
Every day they spent in jail was profound a injustice. Fingers crossed for other rights defenders & activists.
spring96.org/en/news/119261
Tunisian authorities recently arrested three prominent activists convicted on unjust charges of conspiracy and terrorism.
The arrests are the latest step in President Kais Saied’s scheme to eliminate any alternative to his one-man rule.
Young people use wheelbarrows to carry debris out of their homes, which were damaged by criminal group violence, in the Solino neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 10, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph
🚨 @hrw.org reaction to reports of a successful Canadian-US troop-pledging conference for a new #Haiti force: “Pledges from multiple countries to commit personnel for the Gang Suppression Force are a welcome step toward providing Haitians with the protection they urgently need." 1/x
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Mit Friedrich Merz trifft erstmals ein 🇩🇪 Bundeskanzler eine Person - Benjamin Netanjahu -, die vom IStGH wegen Kriegsverbrechen gesucht wird. Das gefährdet Deutschlands Glaubwürdigkeit in Fragen internationaler Gerechtigkeit.
Was die Bundesregierung stattdessen tun sollte: https://bit.ly/4iF6TUt
Cyprus' EU Presidency comes at a pivotal moment. It should use this role to defend human rights & uphold intl. law—from Russia’s war in Ukraine to serious crimes in Israel/Palestine and democratic backsliding in the EU—principled action can help restore its credibility.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
🌎 HRW Americas Director @juanitagoebertus.bsky.social briefed the @europarl.europa.eu on the state of human rights and the rise of crime in Latin America and the Caribbean.
🇪🇺 She also outlined what the EU should prioritize following the recent EU–CELAC summit.
⬇️Here are the main insights: 🧵
Das EU-Lieferkettengesetz wurde auf Druck der Industrie vom EU-Parlament deutlich entschärft.
Die @spdfraktion.de sollte ein ausgehöhltes Gesetz ablehnen + darauf bestehen, daß die CDU ihre Position nicht ignoriert wie bei einer Abstimmung im Mai geschehen.
www.fr.de/wirtschaft/e...
🚨The @europarl.europa.eu's new “Scrutiny Working Group,” steered by right-wing MEPs, may be painted as a transparency effort — but its superfluous mandate, narrow focus, and biased composition make it look like a political witch hunt aimed at silencing NGOs.
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
A month ago, a police raid in low-income, mostly Black neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, resulted in 122 killings.
The deadly results and tactics employed suggest that the true intention may have been to kill, rather than arrest suspects.
Read my piece:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
The global ban on antipersonnel landmines saves civilian lives. But the landmark treaty faces serious threats from countries leaving the treaty and new landmine use.
In 2025, five countries gave formal notification to withdraw from the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Learn more ⤵️
#EU states have key responsibility to show full support to Int'l Criminal Court as attacks by #Russia & #USA undermine its work.
🗣️ Speak up against US sanctions
🛡️ Use blocking statute & other measures to protect ICC, its officials & civil society
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
#Tunisia.ns protesting authoritarianism show more courage than EU Delg in Tunis.
Is EU's utter silence on #Tunisia's repressive turn its way to implement @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's deal? It's a blow to principles; it's also poor policy
www.france24.com/en/live-news... @anouarelanouni.bsky.social
🚨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
