Gerry Simpson (@gerrysimpsonhrw) 's Twitter Profile
Gerry Simpson

@gerrysimpsonhrw

Associate Director, Crisis & Conflict Division, Human Rights Watch - [email protected]

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linkhttps://www.hrw.org/topic/crisis-and-conflict calendar_today28-02-2014 11:16:57

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New HRW geospatial analysis shows the dismantlement of camps west of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, that housed hundreds of thousands of displaced people. 1/10 🧵⤵️

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Une nouvelle analyse géospatiale de HRW en français montre le démantèlement de camps à l'ouest de #Goma, dans l'est de la République démocratique du #Congo, qui abritaient des centaines de milliers de personnes déplacées. 1/10 🧵⤵️

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#Mali: Armed Islamist Attack on Convoy Kills 34 Civilians 👉attack shows deadly risks civilians face just going about their daily lives. 👉loss of civilian life underscores need for all parties to the conflict to better protect civilians from military ops hrw.org/news/2025/02/2…

#Mali: Armed Islamist Attack on Convoy Kills 34 Civilians
👉attack shows deadly risks civilians face just going about their daily lives.
👉loss of civilian life underscores need for all parties to the conflict to better protect civilians from military ops hrw.org/news/2025/02/2…
ilaria allegrozzi (@ilariallegro) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Mali: attaque #convoi #Kobé Les autorités devraient mener une enquête impartiale sur l'incident pour déterminer si les assaillants ont violé les lois de la guerre+comment leurs forces de sécurité pourraient mieux protéger les civils en danger, HRW en français hrw.org/fr/news/2025/0…

Jean-Baptiste Gallopin (@jbgallopin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New @HRW report: The Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces, intentionally targeted civilians in a January attack on Tayba village, killing at least 26 people including a child. This constitutes war crimes. hrw.org/news/2025/02/2… 🧵

Omar Shakir (@omarsshakir) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Patients & doctors gunned down, abused, denied meds, water & electricity, pulled off life-saving treatment & forced out. Scores killed. Hospitals destroyed. As Israel reinvades Gaza, Human Rights Watch report out on war crimes Israel committed while occupying hospitals. hrw.org/news/2025/03/2…

Patients &amp; doctors gunned down, abused, denied meds, water &amp; electricity, pulled off life-saving treatment &amp; forced out. Scores killed. Hospitals destroyed. As Israel reinvades Gaza, <a href="/hrw/">Human Rights Watch</a> report out on war crimes Israel committed while occupying hospitals. hrw.org/news/2025/03/2…
Kenneth Roth (@kenroth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Israeli military’s denial of water and electricity to hospitals in Gaza left sick and wounded people to die, while soldiers mistreated and forcibly displaced patients and health workers, and damaged and destroyed hospitals. These were war crimes. hrw.org/news/2025/03/2…

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At the Human Rights Council this week, Human Rights Watch highlighted how continued arms transfers to Israel & efforts to undermine Int'l Criminal Court effectively gave Israel green light to continue to commit acts of genocide. Urgent action needed to prevent more atrocities hrw.org/news/2025/03/2…

At the Human Rights Council this week, <a href="/hrw/">Human Rights Watch</a> highlighted how continued arms transfers to Israel &amp; efforts to undermine <a href="/IntlCrimCourt/">Int'l Criminal Court</a> effectively gave Israel green light to continue to commit acts of genocide. Urgent action needed to prevent more atrocities hrw.org/news/2025/03/2…
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The West Bank settler attack on the Oscar-winning director of "No Other Land" was "no isolated event." Israeli settlers are now regularly attacking Palestinians to drive them from their homes and land, all as the Israeli army passively looks on. theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

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🚨The Palestine Red Crescent Society is devastated by the killing of eight of its EMTs in Rafah, who were targeted by the Israeli army while performing their humanitarian duties. They were responding to an emergency call to assist the wounded following Israeli airstrikes in the

🚨The Palestine Red Crescent Society is devastated by the killing of eight of its EMTs in Rafah, who were targeted by the Israeli army while performing their humanitarian duties. They were responding to an emergency call to assist the wounded following Israeli airstrikes in the
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In Gaza, human shields are used by Israeli soldiers at least six times a day. I served in Gaza for nine months, and first came across these procedures in December 2023, writes an anonymous senior officer in a non-reservist brigade haaretz.com/opinion/2025-0…

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📍Gaza| We are appalled that eight medics from the PRCS were killed, along with first responders from the Civil Defence in Gaza & a United Nations staff member. We are deeply saddened & mourn alongside their families, loved ones, and colleagues Read more: ms.spr.ly/6011qmARh

📍Gaza| We are appalled that eight medics from the <a href="/PalestineRCS/">PRCS</a> were killed, along with first responders from the Civil Defence in Gaza &amp; a <a href="/UN/">United Nations</a> staff member.

We are deeply saddened &amp; mourn alongside their families, loved ones, and colleagues

Read more: ms.spr.ly/6011qmARh
Tamara Aburamadan (@tamaraaramadan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

20 years after referral of #Darfur to Int'l Criminal Court, impunity continues to fuel atrocities in #Sudan. Governments should support: *ICC's work in Darfur and expanding its jurisdiction. *Int.l judicial mechanism for Sudan. *Universal Jurisdiction cases. hrw.org/news/2025/03/3…

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NEW: During a recent trip to Syria @HRW spoke to some of the hundreds of recent victims of Syria's extensive contamination by landmines & explosive remnants of war & the humanitarian community working to clear these hazards. hrw.org/news/2025/04/0…

Yasmine Ahmed (@yasmineahmed001) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UK ⁦Keir Starmer⁩ ⁦David Lammy⁩ is in court 2morow defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel 🇮🇱 My latest in ⁦The Guardian⁩ on why the Govt needs 2 stand up for int’l law even if it upsets Trump ⬇️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Belkis Wille (@belkiswille) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/ A mother shielding her children in a shelter. A man carrying a bleeding woman through smoke. The scene of children swinging in a playground turning into a massacre. This is Ukraine in 2025. #Ukraine #WarCrimes hrw.org/news/2025/05/2…

1/ A mother shielding her children in a shelter. A man carrying a bleeding woman through smoke. The scene of children swinging in a playground turning into a massacre. This is Ukraine in 2025. #Ukraine #WarCrimes hrw.org/news/2025/05/2…
Belkis Wille (@belkiswille) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From Poltava to Kryvyi Rih, Human Rights Watch documents 4 Russian strikes that killed 47 civilians and injured 180+. No military targets. No justification. Just civilian lives lost. 📄Read the evidence. Demand justice. hrw.org/news/2025/05/2… Ukraine #JusticeMatters #HumanRights

From Poltava to Kryvyi Rih, <a href="/hrw/">Human Rights Watch</a> documents 4 Russian strikes that killed 47 civilians and injured 180+.
No military targets. No justification.
Just civilian lives lost.
 📄Read the evidence. Demand justice.
hrw.org/news/2025/05/2…
Ukraine #JusticeMatters #HumanRights