Even in extreme situations World Health Organization (WHO) says people need 15 liters+/day of water minimum to survive. Because of the Israeli gov’s deliberate action in Gaza, Palestinians had 2-9 l/day for over a year. This is extermination & an act of genocide. New Human Rights Watch report: bit.ly/4gDEPP0

Israeli authorities’ deliberate policy of water deprivation in Gaza has caused widespread disease outbreaks among civilians and likely caused thousands of deaths. This is extermination, a crime against humanity, and an act of genocide – read @HRW’s report: hrw.org/node/390031

Iraqi MPs asked the Federal Supreme Court Wednesday to invalidate the previous day's session in which three bills were passed in one package, including amendments to family law that critics say roll back women’s rights and permit underage marriage. #Iraq thenationalnews.com/news/2025/01/2…

🚨 New Report Alert 🚨 "‘Five Babies in One Incubator’: Violations of Pregnant Women’s Rights Amid Israel’s Assault on Gaza" reveals the harrowing impact of Israel's blockade and attacks on Gaza's healthcare. Full report by Human Rights Watch 👇hrw.org/news/2025/01/2…

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Syria’s new leaders vowed to break from past horrors, but grave abuses on a staggering scale are being reported against predominantly Alawite Syrians in the coastal region & in Homs & Hama. Summary killings & indiscriminate shootings have left 100s dead, entire families included.

Free speech is a human right, and the US is obligated to respect it under international law. Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is an outrageous attack on this right.

Federal agents are raiding university dorms in the middle of the night to snatch students who dared protest for human rights. Absolutely chilling.

#Kuwait abolished honor killings and raised the minimum marriage age to 18. Meanwhile, #Iraq moved women's rights backwards: hrw.org/news/2025/03/1…

A “Palestinian under 18” is a child. It’s not complicated. What kind of editorial standard is this The Associated Press ? It’s dehumanizing. No child should be detained for 6 months without charge, and no child should die in detention.

Israel is responsible for nearly 70% of journalist killings across the globe in 2024. A total of 85 killings marks the highest number by a single country in one year since CPJ began documenting this data more than three decades ago. CPJ calls on authorities to grant

Good to see the FT editorial board speaking out, but to be clear -- the west is complicit, not just silent. ft.com/content/f5fd6f…

Our BBC News عربي investigation “The Forbidden Zone: Turkey’s Hidden War" found that as of Dec 2024, there were at least 136 Turkish bases in northern Iraq. That’s significantly more than what was previously reported. So how did we come up with this number? A brief thread on our

The millennia-old history of the marshes -- the reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden -- "would end with this oilfield". 'Leave our marshes alone': Iraqis fear oil drilling would destroy fabled wetlands My latest for AFP News Agency Iraq Wim Zwijnenburg explains: satellite images show the

Syria’s new Transitional Justice Commission could offer long-overdue justice—but by excluding victims of non-state actors, it risks entrenching divisions, not healing them. Alice Autin explains: hrw.org/news/2025/05/1…

Nobody* in Gaza deserves to starve

This is 2003 all over again. #Iraq had no WMDs then, #Iran has no nuclear weapons now. The only country in the region that does is #Israel. This context should be added to any news coverage, lest journalists risk peddling war propaganda just like they did in 2003.

Ahead of 🇪🇺 foreign ministers meeting, 110+ NGOs & trade unions urge suspension of #EU-#Israel Association Agreement Under the #Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act. Signatories "appalled" it took so long for the EU to launch the AA review: hrw.org/news/2025/06/1…

Sweida is collapsing under militia violence, abusive then absent state intervention, Israeli airstrikes, & rising sectarian incitement. 1000s displaced. Hospitals out of service. Aid stalled. This is a crisis of governance and humanity. New for Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/07/2…

🚨New from @HRW: When Israeli forces invaded south Lebanon in 2024, they occupied schools & used some of them as barracks. In at least 2 schools, they apparently pillaged & intentionally destroyed school material & property, which amount to war crimes. hrw.org/news/2025/08/0…