Human rights defenders and academics like Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Dr. Abduljalil Singace continue to languish in prisons, denied urgent healthcare, when they should have never been imprisoned to begin with.

Over 600 political prisoners released yesterday in #Bahrain after pressure. Many of these political prisoners have been subjected to horrific torture and long imprisonment- came out with their heads held high and chanting for #Palestine .

In December, Human Rights Watch found Israel using starvation of Gaza as a weapon of war, a war crime.

Today, we detail its deadly consequences: infants, toddlers, and school-aged kids dying from malnutrition, dehydration, and other starvation-related complications. hrw.org/news/2024/04/0….

While the king of Bahrain's decision to pardon nearly 1600 prisoners is a positive development, #Bahrain is holding many more prisoners who should never have been behind bars in the first place. Free speech should never be a crime.

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🧵In Dec, Human Rights Watch found Israel using starvation of Gaza as a weapon of war, a war crime. Today, we detail its deadly consequences: kids not only killed in airstrikes but now dying from malnutrition, dehydration, and other starvation-related complications.
hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

🚩A group of Saudi football fans were sentenced to 1year or 6months in prison. Their crime? Chanting during a football match.

How can fans feel safe if they can be easily sent to prison for chants the govt doesn’t like? Saudi Arabia must quash the verdict
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The second Israeli raid on the al-Shifa compound in Gaza is still ongoing. The limited visuals that have surfaced depict horrific scenes of fires raging in the specialised surgery building and the arrest and detention of Palestinians, reportedly totalling in the many hundreds.

A #Houthi court sentenced 32 men - 9 to death - in January, in an unfair mass trial based on dubious charges of 'sodomy,' in what my colleague Niku Jafarnia calls 'an abhorrent disregard for the rule of law...without a semblance of due process.' Human Rights Watch
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#اليمن : محكمة تابعة للحوثيين أصدرت أحكام بحق 32 رجلا، بينها تسعة أحكام بالإعدام، في محاكمة جماعية جائرة تعتمد على تهم 'لواط' مشكوك فيها hrw.org/ar/news/2024/0…

I’m proud to finally announce the launch of The Yemen Listening Project. An Arabic-English collection of nearly 100 personal stories, from Yemenis, about what it has been like to live through a war that enters its 10th year this week. 🧵thenewhumanitarian.org/yemenlistening…

This is the second time in four months that #Bahrain authorities have arrested Ebrahim Sharif over harmless social media posts. Authorities have detained, and tortured, Sharif on and off since Bahrain's 2011 pro-democracy protests for his peaceful speech and activism.

Last week, #Houthis blew up a civilian home in #Yemen , killing 9 members of one family and injuring dozens of others. They claim it was an 'irresponsible reaction' by some of their forces, despite targeting civilians throughout the conflict.

From 2021:
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The #Houthis have kept five Baha'i men arbitrarily detained since last May, when they stormed a private Baha'i meeting and forcibly disappeared 17 people. The Houthis should release these men, along with the many others in detention for practicing their freedom of expression.

في #اليوم_العالمي_للمرأة ،
جميع أطراف النزاع في #اليمن تقيّد حرية تنقّل النساء، ما يحرمهنّ من التعليم والعمل وممارسة أبسط حقوقهن

تقرير هيومن رايتس ووتش:
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