“Iran’s revolutionary court judges… make a mockery of any existing legal safeguards… Toumaj Salehi’s outrageous verdict is just latest manifestation of Iran’s brutal justice system. He should be released immediately.” hrw.org/news/2024/04/2… Human Rights Watch

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

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The UK cannot rewrite Rwanda's atrocious rights record - including security forces' 2018 killing of 12 Congolese refugees, its involvement in large-scale displacement the DRC, and its transnational repression.

The truth is there for all to see.

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The Australian government should withdraw a proposed law that would allow the authorities to seek prison terms for asylum seekers for exercising their right not to be sent to a country where they fear being persecuted. @annabelhennessy @HRW Daniela Gavshon
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It's an extraordinary time to be discussing Palestine in Germany, which has banned speakers critical of Israel from stepping foot on German soil or even appearing at conferences by video.

I'll be giving talks in Berlin on May 6 and in Frankfurt on May 7. Details below:

May 6 in Berlin: 'Life, Death, Tragedy in Israel and Palestine: An Evening with Nathan Thrall.' Thanks to the generous support of Open Society Foundations, dozens of free copies of A Day in the Life of Abed Salama will be available at the event. Register here:
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for decades, usg has kept a massive arms cache in israel, up to $4.4bn in value.

a sneaky little piece of the law signed today basically allows usg to give those weapons to israel for free, with even less oversight than before (description from wh letter to congress)

Why is settler violence against Palestinians surging in the West Bank, even after the US and other governments sanctioned a handful of settlers?

Hmmm.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, makes a heart-shaped gesture behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

Bangladesh has closed schools for a week due to a heatwave. Education providers also closed schools for #Rohingya children in the refugee camps.
A warning of things to come. Children in societies that bear little responsibility for global warming, risk losing access to education

A day after Columbia University students set up peaceful Gaza protest, uni. administrators suspended them all and called in police. Police said protesters were “peaceful, offered no resistance whatsoever ... saying what they wanted to say in a peaceful manner,” and arrested 108 of them.

Ahead of #EarthDay2024 , take a look at an extraordinary court ruling. It holds Peru accountable for violating the right to a healthy environment & orders a cleanup & other steps.
Relevant for #sacrificezones #leadpoisoning around the world! Alliance For A Lead-Free Kabwe
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🧵Crucial for Global Affairs Canada & Mélanie Joly to review damning evidence in a new Human Rights Watch report of unprecedented settler violence in the West Bank since Oct 7. Spoiler: the Israeli military either participated in or didn't protect Palestinians from attacks. hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

Palestinian children have seen their families brutalized, their homes & schools destroyed by settler & soldier attacks.
Senior Israeli officials are fueling or failing to prevent these attacks.
Israel’s allies should do far more to stop this: Human Rights Watch report hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

New Human Rights Watch report documents the forcible displacement of 5 entire Palestinian communities due to settler attacks, often with direct participation of Israel Defense Forces. This is not going to be resolved by sanctioning a few bad apples. Here's what US, UK, EU should do: hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

Israeli soldiers entered one Palestinian woman’s tent, shoved her and her children and took their phones, she said, after which “one man in uniform kicked me in the back of my neck. They said, ‘Go to the valley, and if you come back, we will kill you.’” washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Who is responsible for rising settler violence in the West Bank? New @HRW research. A 🧵: hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

Breaking: State-backed Israeli settler attacks displaced 7+ entire Palestinian West Bank communities since Oct 7. Israeli authorities are responsible—they participated in attacks or looked on, arm settlers & ensure impunity. Sanctions needed. New from Human Rights Watch
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Formal schooling has stopped for all children in Gaza, the targeting of schools and destruction of educational infrastructure must have consequences. The futures of Gazan children are being obstructed every minute this war continues and their basic rights are violated United Nations