I spoke to China Commission today, describing:

Links between #Uyghur forced labor and global supply chains.

Why audits in Xinjiang don't work, and why they're problematic in the rest of China too.

My testimony: hrw.org/news/2024/04/3…

Hearing video: youtube.com/watch?v=iOz7u5…

Reposting with fixed link! COMING SOON Human Rights Watch
podcast #RightsAndWrongs , deep dive into human rights investigations from Ukraine to Bangladesh, produced by veteran radio team Ngofeen Mputubwele //
The New Yorker & Curtis Fox//Ear Hustle Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rig…

.Columbia University announces that it will once again crack down on nonviolent Gaza solidarity encampment despite calls from the UN to @HRW to @Amnesty to the ACLU to protect the right to freedom of assembly and expression:

“Given the chance to support free speech, #USC Provost chose to silence the university’s valedictorian..given the opportunity to facilitate the ..right to peacefully protest, the university called on the LAPD to forcefully break up the gathering and arrest participants”

Int'l media continue to report on @HRW's findings that #BurkinaFaso forces involved in killings of 223 civilians in February.

Silencing the messengers will never cover the crimes. Full independent investigation needed, victims deserve the truth.

hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

COMING: Human Rights Watch podcast #RightsAndWrongs , a deep dive into human rights investigations from Ukraine to Bangladesh, produced by veteran radio team Ngofeen Mputubwele //The New Yorker & Curtis Fox//Ear Hustle Podcast ; dropping 5/6 major podcast platforms.youtube.com/shorts/qJWAz-q…

The reappearance in a #SouthSudan  court of a former refugee who had been forcibly disappeared more than a year ago points up the urgent need to reform the National Security Service (NSS) Human Rights Watch #MorrisMabiorAwikjokBak

Read more here ⤵️
hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Last night Overseas Press Club gave out a new award for “Continuing Coverage of Conflict,” to honor journalism that sustains focus on underreported conflicts & crises, especially in cases where the headlines & stories move elsewhere, awarded to Reuters for “Slaughter in Sudan'

Monday is the 56th anniversary of the execution of one of the most inspiring public intellectuals in the history of the PRC, Lin Zhao. To commemorate this day, minjiandanganguan has put together most of her work and made it available free to download.

University authorities should not equate support for Palestine/ criticism of Israeli govt as hate speech/ anti-semitism. If they’re not protecting rights to peaceful protest/ free speech then what is ‘higher learning’? ⁦louis charbonneau⁩ ⁦Human Rights Watch⁩ hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

“How difficult it is to be a journalist today”

—@MariaRessa, journalist, co-founder+CEO of Rappler and winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks on #PressFreedom , “integrity of facts” and misinformation at the Overseas Press Club annual awards dinner: opcofamerica.org/2023-opc-award…

Burkina Faso has blocked Human Rights Watch’s website over a report on possible crimes against humanity by security forces.

Authorities should unblock HRW and all other outlets wrongfully censored. Access to information is a human right.

Read the report: hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

#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…

Attacks on civilians in #BurkinaFaso are so widespread & systematic they could amount to crimes against humanity. Independent probes needed.

Massacres of 223 people in Nondin & Soro village are among among worst exactions committed by military.

hrw.org/news/2024/04/2… Emanuela C. Del Re

Extremely grateful to be a Livingston finalist for our work on Myanmar.

Even more delighted I get to share this honor with three young Myanmar journalists who have worked relentlessly to share the stories of their communities.

Their names are (cont.)

wallacehouse.umich.edu/announcing-the…

#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
hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Registration open! Interested in human rights and reform in Saudi Arabia? Join this historic gathering led by Saudi activists and civil society leaders in DC or online on the 2nd of May, and hear about the الرؤية الشعبية People’s Vision and more.

Sign up here : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

I love this Prison Journalism Project piece, in which incarcerated writer Darrell Powell writes about what it's been like to watch his beloved Knicks make their playoff run from behind bars prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/04/24/new…

“With the truth up for grabs, Columbia’s young journalists are getting the story.” That’s you, ⁦WKCR-FM NY⁩ ⁦Columbia Daily Spectator⁩ ⁦Bwog⁩ ⁦Columbia Journalism⁩! inquirer.com/columnists/att…

Paris hosts its third The Olympic Games in 100 years—in less than 100 days.

@HRW’s Elvire Fondacci reviews 3 key #HumanRights concerns around the games:
🏅 Migrants evicted by French authorities
🏅 Algorithmic surveillance escalates
🏅 Hijabi women athletes banned from sport by France🇫🇷