Sophia Jones
@Sophia_MJones
@HRW Digital Investigations Lab. Award-winning journo & researcher investigating war crimes & human rights violations. Wandering Wisconsinite. DM for Signal.
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This is house number 30, اطلاعات روز | Etilaatroz’s previous office in Kabul, Afghanistan. We reported the corruption of Ashraf Ghani's government, the crime of Taliban and the untold story of the Afghan people from this house. Seeing my office, my workplace, and my memories in this situation…
#BurkinaFaso : Don’t block-INVESTIGATE.
Gvt blocked Human Rights Watch website over our report on war crimes, possibly #crimesagainsthumanity by sec forces+suspended VOA Afrique BBC News Africa. They should investigate abuses vs blocking indpn’t media & rights groups,
hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…
No US Cluster Bombs Ban Cluster Bombs Convention on Cluster Munitions The 155mm artillery projectiles transferred by the US to Ukraine contain 72 or 88 DPICM submunitions, each the size of a D-cell battery. Any short-term advantages to their use are far outweighed by devastating, long-term humanitarian consequences - Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…
Despite humanitarian concerns & an international ban treaty signed by 124 countries, the United States has announced another transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine - its 5th since last July: defense.gov/News/Releases/… No US Cluster Bombs Ban Cluster Bombs Convention on Cluster Munitions
.The New York Times video investigates Israel’s strike on our guesthouse in #Gaza & others
IRC/MAP house was deconflicted. Staff movements to it were deconflicted. Israel confirmed its safety in below message
Then Israel struck it with a 1,000 lb US bomb
Israel tells NYT it wasn’t them
#BurkinaFaso : Army Massacres 223 Villagers
“The failure of the Burkinabè authorities to investigate such atrocities underlines why int'l assistance is critical to support a credible investigation into possible crimes against humanity”, Tirana Hassan Human Rights Watch
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.Evan Gershkovich ‘s strength is astonishing. He’s been detained by the Russian government since March 2023. It’s time to #BringEvanHome .
#JournalismIsNotACrime
This case of war crimes in the Kosovo villages of Cuska, Zahac, Pavljan and Ljubenic in '98 has been dragging on and on but now, maybe, the victims will see some justice, albeit of low-level foot soldiers because the Serbian govt protects those higher up. balkaninsight.com/2024/04/03/ser…
I knew Misha as a dedicated journalist, a loving father, a dreamer. He was my co-reporter on a war crimes investigation (investigation.rollingstone.com/dj-photo-war-c…) for which he gave so much of himself. Misha would want us to keep living fully, keep reporting, keep dreaming. Rest in peace, Misha ❤️
Devastated to share that journalist Milivoje Pantović has died. In words of Branko Čečen: 'Alone, in a rented apartment in Montenegro, where he fled from Serbia & his life, died Milivoje, a passionate journalist with the eyes & soul of a child, my friend.' facebook.com/share/p/En7fdp…
💫 NEW! In March 2022, Human Rights Watch embarked on what would become an almost two year-long investigation into the Russian siege of Mariupol.
Here, Robin Taylor & Devon Lum explain the methodology behind their findings: gijn.org/stories/remote…
🧵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.
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On this day 10 years ago German photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus was killed while reporting in Afghanistan. Doing what she was best at, spreading the truth.
Today we remeber & celebrate her life & work she did.
#WeRemember
#InMemoriam
#AnjaNiedringhaus
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