
Fereshta Abbasi
@fereshtaabbasi
Lawyer, Afghanistan Researcher @HRW, LLM in Law and Strategic Studies @Aberdeenuni, Fellow @Asia_Foundation, Scholar @Cheveningfcdo.
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Laila Soueif, the mother of imprisoned British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, has resumed a zero-calorie hunger strike. In February, HRW’s Yasmine Ahmed visited Laila in a London hospital, where she was at imminent risk of death.



Chinese dissident artist 巴丢草 Bad ї ucao spoke with Human Rights Watch about transnational repression, censorship in China, and defending democracy. Watch our interview to learn more ⤵️

A Uyghur who visited the region on an official tour told Human Rights Watch: "when I was able to walk around the city, I could see the empty mosques, men without beards, little kids who could no longer speak Uyghur. I could hardly recognize the city I once knew." hrw.org/news/2025/02/0…






In new investigation, Human Rights Watch finds that the US attack on Ras Issa Port in #Yemen in April is an apparent war crime. The port is critical as an entry point for aid + commercial imports. According to Airwars, at least 84 civilians were killed, 150 injured. hrw.org/news/2025/06/0…


🚨2day I stood w thousands of ppl 2 surrounded the entire UK Parl with a red sash 2 symbolise the red line that has been well & truly crossed by 🇮🇱 The 🇬🇧 Gov Keir Starmer must immediately IMPOSE a comprehensive arms embargo & other sanctions on 🇮🇱 Khalid Abdalla Paloma Faith


"In Afghanistan, news, particularly when it’s about politics, war, or survival, is not only heard, it is lived. In such a country, if journalism is the act of truth-telling, then that act itself is revolutionary." Read Zahra Joya for Center for News, Technology & Innovation - CNTI: bit.ly/4kvRfLk


