EU leaders are considering declaring certain parts of Syria as safe for refugees to return to.

Ahead of Ursula von der Leyen's visit to Lebanon this week, it must be made crystal clear: Syria is categorically unsafe.

#SaudiArabia : two young men are at imminent risk of execution for crimes allegedly committed as children, countering the Kingdom's own narrative – and obligations: hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Urgent action needed, Christophe FARNAUD Olof Skoog Luigi Di Maio

Don't know how the German government can possibly rebuild its reputation in Muslim-majority countries and the 'global south', as it remains blind to #Israel 's atrocities in #Gaza and silences those denouncing them in #Germany

#UAE : mass trials against critics & human rights defenders, amid serious due process concerns, including #torture

As Europe reacts with silence, (alleged) 'private diplomacy' & yearly human rights dialogues, repression is only intensifying in the country: hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Egypt's leaders nearly bankrupted the country and are now selling it off under duress.

This is happening as a result of their strategy for consolidating power which relied on the predatory leveraging of the state to enrich and empower themselves and their partners.

We are very concerned that instead of facilitating and protecting the right to protest, authorities are cracking down on people taking part in a protest camp in front of the German Parliament, the #Bundestag .

berliner-zeitung.de/news/berlin-pr…

Under your leadership, Israeli officials are starving people to death in #Gaza and helping settlers brutalize Palestinians in the #WestBank , Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו

But don't worry: if your democratic courts seriously investigate and prosecute those responsible, the #ICC won't lift a finger

You have killed over 13000 children

You are starving people to death

You have bombed hospitals, schools, universities, homes, killed and wounded tens of thousands, traumatized millions

And, you're banalizing antisemitism

The world cannot stand idly by, Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו

Not once, in opening or closing remarks, did Margaritis Schinas mention 'human rights' or 'democracy' in a EU Parliament debate on the #EU - #Egypt deal this week

He completely ignored concerns raised by most MEPs, despite platitudes on the importance of the EP: europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…

Reports about mass graves in #Gaza are deeply disturbing - all the more as victims were allegedly found stripped naked, with their hands tied: news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Investigation, justice needed Karim A. A. Khan KC Int'l Criminal Court

EU parl approves supply chain law on the 11th anniversary of the #RanaPlaza disaster.

Holding all victims & survivors in our thoughts today as we get closer to a new chapter on corporate accountability.

Human Rights Watch #csddd #BizHumanRights

hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

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#Israel 's closest allies were quick to believe its allegations and cut funding to #UNRWA , despite famine in #Gaza and shortly after an #ICJ ruling on #genocide

A review led by Catherine Colonna has now found Israel 'has yet to provide evidence' of its claims theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Double standards have a human cost. 'The state department believes us on everything else–they cite us in their annual human rights reports. But when we submit evidence on Israel, they say we haven’t seen any violations of international law.' Sarah H Yager
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Very welcome, meaningful, hard-fought-for, long-overdue step in the right direction

Still a drop in the ocean of what’s needed to end #Israel ’s #apartheid , not to mention its unspeakable crimes in #Gaza , and to ensure accountability

Just a random reminder of the #EU 's position on the #ICC , as unanimously agreed at the highest level by heads of state/government in June last year: data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/S…

Also, all 27 EU govs are parties to the Rome Statute, hence obliged to execute ICC arrest warrants

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'All the ways in which Israel is destroying Gaza'
- a comprehensive feature by El Confidencial.

The consequences of these attacks will last for decades.

Featuring Human Rights Watch's Omar Shakir: 'If education is the ticket to a better future, then in #Gaza , the future does not bode well.'

Purely sadistic acts of #torture , sexual violence, humiliation

Shocking testimonies collected by UNRWA on #Israel 's treatment of Palestinian detainees from #Gaza - in line with reports by Israeli rights groups

This is receiving way too little attention: unrwa.org/resources/repo…

Good statement by Josep Borrell Fontelles & Janez Lenarčič:

-Famine in #Gaza not due to shortage of supplies, but to #Israel blocking aid + killing aid workers

-As occupying power, 🇮🇱 is bound by IHL, + by ICJ, UNSC, to ensure Palestinians' basic needs

But words not enough, 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇿🇭🇺

#WestBank : backed by Israeli authorities, settlers’ violence, killings, and displacement have skyrocketed since Oct 7

#Israel ’s allies are finally sanctioning a few individuals. But this is a state policy, part and parcel of #apartheid

New Human Rights Watch report: hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…