
Matt McConnell
@mcconnell_m
economic justice and rights researcher for @hrw focusing on global health | ex @OpenSociety fellow | writer of mediocre SFF | šŗšø/š§š¦šš· | he/him
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https://www.hrw.org/about/people/matt-mcconnell 15-02-2012 03:12:28
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1/ š§µ The US Senate just passed a budget that rewards the wealthy while slashing programs essential for human rights They call it the āOne Big Beautiful Billā Hereās what they think is ābeautifulā š Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/07/0ā¦

.Human Rights Watch: Proposed #Trump administration budget would benefit the wealthiest at the expense of human rights. If signed into law, it would strip millions of people of health insurance coverage and harm rights in numerous other ways. - Matt McConnell hrw.org/news/2025/07/0ā¦



Another international conference, another conference WiFi system blocking access to civil society groups' sites, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International United Nations says it welcomes the voices of CSOs but prohibits #FFD4 #FFD4Sevilla guests from even looking at their work smh




āThis is the most regressive tax policy that has ever been put forward. That inequality agenda Trump is now trying to take global.ā Joseph E. Stiglitz on the US budget bill. For Human Rights Watch analysis- hrw.org/news/2025/07/0ā¦


The future of money is being decided ā and that future should put human rights first. Human Rights Watch is at the International Financing for Development Conference in Seville, Spain. Listen to Matt McConnell's dispatch ⤵ļø

"If you're not at the table, you're on the menu" š½ļø. Why is #FFD4 important for human rights - and how can human rights contribute to reshaping global economic rules to make it fairer? Our very own Matt McConnell makes it very clear just 1ļøā£ minute below.



L'avenir de la finance est en train de se décider et cet avenir doit donner la priorité aux droits humains. Human Rights Watch participe à la Conférence internationale sur le financement du développement à Séville, en Espagne. Matt McConnell nous explique les enjeux ⤵

#Ethiopian doctor Daniel Fentaneh, detained for almost 2 weeks on politically motivated charges, following health workersā strike. Govāt should drop charges, end clampdown & meaningfully engage with grievances Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/07/0ā¦



Had a great convo with Rosie Bultman of KCSB-FM 91.9 and my Human Rights Watch colleague Sarah Saadoun about the Trump admin's terrible budget bill and how it will make ordinary people pay for tax cuts for the rich with their health Take a listen š podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theā¦