@almazteffera.bsky.social
Senior Researcher on racism in Europe @hrw, ex @amnesty @ecre @AIRECenter, alumnus @Geneva_Academy. RTs not endorsements
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...
"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⤵️
Weltweit wird alle 10 Minuten eine Frau ermordet, weil sie eine Frau ist!
Femizide sind Ausdruck patriarchaler Machtverhältnisse, die Männern Kontrolle über weibliche Körper zuschreiben - bis zur vermeintl. Legitimation von Gewalt.
Alle Frauen haben das Recht auf ein gewaltfreies Leben #NiUnaMenos
🚨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
HRW is proud to have helped create the Global Reparations Hub!
Want to learn more about the hub and how to get involved?
‼️Join us in-person in Berlin or online on November 12 ‼️
Register now: decolonize-berlin.de/de/events/bu...
Police have failed to take crucial steps to investigate 121 killings during a raid in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Police didn´t preserve crime scenes and the chain of custody of evidence.
Authorities should ensure a thorough, independent investigation.
New from @hrw.org:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
An anti-drug police operation in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro has resulted in more than 100 killings.
Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
A win for Windrush campaigners:
Private pension losses will now be compensated under the #Windrush Compensation Scheme--important considering the age of claimants.
BUT without free legal representation, access to compensation is hampered.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @hrw.org
Neuer Kommentar von @almazteffera.bsky.social zu Deutschlands neuer Leitlinie über die Restitution kolonialer Kulturgüter und warum diese nicht menschenrechtskonform ist👇🏽
24.10.2025 07:57 — 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
"...the guidelines in their current form are a missed opportunity. The German government should look at them again with rights and justice in mind."
- @almazteffera.bsky.social / @hrw.org
Restitution kolonialer Kulturgüter & menschlicher Gebeine muss auf menschenrechtlichen Verpflichtungen begründet sein. Deutschlands neue Leitlinie distanziert sich jedoch vom Völkerrecht.
Das Ergebnis: Rechte von betroffenen Gemeinschaften stehen nicht im Fokus.
www.hrw.org/de/news/2025...
Returning colonial-era cultural belongings & ancestral remains is an international human rights & reparations issue. Communities' rights should be at the core. Yet Germany's new guidelines distance themselves from international law.
Returns aren't goodwill gestures.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Ja, es gibt ein Problem im #Stadtbild. Aber das ist nicht Migration, sondern Armut.
Daran könnten Merz’ Bundesregierung arbeiten. Sie könnte den Sozialstaat stärken. Sie könnte sich um Integration kümmern, statt sich auf Grenzschließungen und Abschiebungen zu fokussieren. Leitartikel des Tages:
Chancellor #Merz' statements are entrenched in systemic #racism, they aren't just individual racist statements. He's defending existing structural discrimination based on race/ethnicity/religion/status...instead of fulfilling #Germany's duty to end such discrimination under int'l human rights law.
21.10.2025 10:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
So let me get this straight - the Home Secretary thinks the Council of Europe shouldn't stand up for people's rights in the UK now because that might affect its ability to do so in the future. Good grief.
15.10.2025 09:51 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
QUOTE CARD with text “The German government’s plans to punish some social security recipients with severe cuts to support demonstrates contempt for their human rights. This harsh approach will increase poverty, erode social cohesion, and push many into destitution." Kartik Raj, Senior Europe Researcher
The German government's plan for social security "reform" is bad news for #humanrights.
I tried to set out why for @hrw.org here, a couple of weeks back, as we awaited details of these plans:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
The EU joining consensus for the annual UN Human Rights Council resolution on racism is the right signal.
European states chose not to call for a vote bc of inclusion of language on #reparations.
The right to reparation for colonial injustices is non-negotiable. #HRC60 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1e...
Seid am 10.10. dabei‼️
Ein Gespräch über koloniale Langzeitfolgen & Anspruch auf Reparationen betroffener Communities mit Paul Thomas (namibische Nama Traditional Leaders Association), Andrea Pietrafesa (@ECCHRBerlin) & @AlmazTeffera (@hrw).
Anmeldung: https://bit.ly/42uSNhy
Verhandlungen ohne die Betroffenen? Versöhnung ohne Gerechtigkeit? Berlin 10.10.2025, 17:00 Uhr European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Zossener Str. 55-58 (Aufgang D), 10961 Berlin
Verhandlungen ohne die Betroffenen? Versöhnung ohne Gerechtigkeit?
Eine Diskussion über den Umgang Deutschlands & Namibias mit Völkermord und Kolonialverbrechen mit Paul Thomas (NTAL), @almazteffera.bsky.social, @andipietrafesa.bsky.social moderiert von Yannick Müller.
www.ecchr.eu/veranstaltun...
@hrw.org also delivered an oral statement during the session with the commissioner: www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
@hrw.org recently published a Q&A on reparations for historical and ongoing colonial atrocities: www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
The UN rights chief presented his office's report on #reparations for legacies of #colonialism and #enslavement in Geneva yesterday.
@hrw.org welcomes his call for a transformative, context-specific & rights-based approach to reparations led by affected communities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
One to watch for the ESCR nerds out there.
The first complaint from Germany to the UN CESCR, since the country relatively recently (Apr 2023) accepted the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR.
Focused on withdrawal of benefits from some asylum-seekers.
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@hrw.org's research in 2023 found that the Windrush Compensation Scheme wasn't fit for purpose.
6 years later, it still compounds Windrush claimants' suffering. Claimants need access to free legal representation to protect against arbitrary compensation decisions.
www.hrw.org/news/2023/04...
#UK's @phsombudsman.bsky.social finds:
1/ deep flaws in management of Home Office's #Windrush Compensation Scheme
2/ compensation offers should account for private pension losses. #WindrushScandal
@hrw.org will say it again: Windrush claimants need access to legal aid.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Happy Birthday @freiheitsrechte.org 💙
Vielen Dank für Eure unermüdliche Arbeit und die tolle Zusammenarbeit!
Eine Kommission der Vereinten Nationen hat festgestellt, dass Israel in Gaza Völkermord begeht.
Da die israelische Regierung ihre Angriffe auf Gaza-Stadt weiter verschärft und die noch verbliebene zivile Infrastruktur Gazas zerstört, haben alle Staaten die Pflicht, zu handeln.
🔴 Die EU hat Sanktionen gegen Israel vorgeschlagen. Die Aussetzung des 🇪🇺-🇮🇱 Handelsabkommens muss von der Mehrheit der Mitgliedstaaten genehmigt werden.
Deutschland hat sich bisher dagegen ausgesprochen.
Der Konsens über Völkermord wächst – wird #Deutschland diesen Vorschlag endlich unterstützen?
New publication from @hrw.org:
Q&A: Reparations for Historical and Ongoing Colonial Atrocities
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
How do you right the wrongs of colonialism? The wrongs then. And the wrongs now.
I expect to return to this important doc by colleague @almazteffera.bsky.social many times.
This press release addressed at African and Caribbean states summarizes elements from the Q&A:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
@hrw.org published a Q&A on #reparations for historical & ongoing colonial atrocities ahead of a AU-CARICOM summit.
A unified African-Caribbean rights-based position on reparations shaped w civil society & communities would be a gamechanger for the reparations movement.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
