Steve Swerdlow (@steveswerdlow) 's Twitter Profile
Steve Swerdlow

@steveswerdlow

Human rights lawyer, Associate Professor of the Practice of Human Rights, Dept. of Pol. Science & Int'l Relations @USC Former @hrw. Central Asia, Eurasia.

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Настоящее Время. Азия (@currenttimeasia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

В Кыргызстане гособвинение запросило восемь лет лишения свободы для журналистки Канышай Мамыркуловой currenttime.tv/a/kyrgyzstan-m…

Alex Raufoglu (@ralakbar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

THIS!!! Yale Lab Tracking Stolen Ukrainian Children Will Survive Until October Despite funding halt, Yale Lab will continue operations for now thanks to individual donors READ 👇 kyivpost.com/post/55460

Navbahor Imamova (@navbahor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“As of July 1st, USAID will officially cease to implement foreign assistance. Foreign assistance programs that align with administration policies—and which advance American interests—will be administered by the State Department, where they will be delivered with more

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (@occrp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Aynur Elgunesh, editor-of-chief of Meydan TV, has won the International Women's Media Foundation 2025 Justice for Women Journalists Award for unjustly detained reporters. Authorities arrested Elgunesh and six other staff on fabricated charges in December.

Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Aynur Elgunesh, editor-of-chief of <a href="/MeydanTV/">Meydan TV</a>, has won the <a href="/IWMF/">International Women's Media Foundation</a> 2025 Justice for Women Journalists Award for unjustly detained reporters.

Authorities arrested Elgunesh and six other staff on fabricated charges in December.
Tymofiy Mylovanov (@mylovanov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Putin: 23,000 houses, schools, hospitals, etc were built or restored in Donbas and Novorossiya [occupied territories] since 2022 [First he flattens Ukrainian homes, kills, and deports. Then builds new ones to resettle them with people from Russia. Colonialism by destruction] 1/

Chris Murphy 🟧 (@chrismurphyct) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My immediate thoughts on the most monstrous, immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever voted on in the Senate. But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.

Tom Malinowski (@malinowski) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Every House Republican who cares about Ukraine (and there are still a few) has absolute leverage this week, as the House takes up the reconciliation bill, to demand this be reversed.

Joanna Lillis (@joannalillis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For #Karakalpakstan + #Uzbekistan early July is 3rd anniversary of turmoil that left at least 21 dead in 2022. My book #SilkMirage contains full account based on my reporting as only foreign journalist to gain access - out November, pre-order at discount bloomsbury.com/uk/silk-mirage…

For #Karakalpakstan + #Uzbekistan early July is 3rd anniversary of turmoil that left at least 21 dead in 2022. My book #SilkMirage contains full account based on my reporting as only foreign journalist to gain access - out November, pre-order at discount bloomsbury.com/uk/silk-mirage…
Настоящее Время. Азия (@currenttimeasia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Власти Таджикистана ввели 20%-ные пошлины на ввоз смартфонов: "Телефоны и сейчас дорогие, а в будущем станут совсем недоступны!" currenttime.tv/a/vlasti-tadzh…

Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@iaponomarenko) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Day 1. Trump loudly rants about Putin destroying civilians’ homes with missile strikes in Ukraine, demands that the killings stop, wags his finger. Day 2. Trump arbitrarily blocks long-approved and fully funded U.S. Congress deliveries of air defense systems that shoot down

Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) 's Twitter Profile Photo

While Lukashenka’s regime celebrates Belarusian ‘independence’ today, drowning the country in pro-Soviet state flags and WWII symbolism, there is no true independence, no real freedom, and no genuine celebration. This is what real-life dystopia looks like.

While Lukashenka’s regime celebrates Belarusian ‘independence’ today, drowning the country in pro-Soviet state flags and WWII symbolism, 
there is no true independence, 
no real freedom, 
and no genuine celebration. 

This is what real-life dystopia looks like.
Joanna Lillis (@joannalillis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Gulnara Karimova declared victim of arbitrary detention - many in #Uzbekistan have little sympathy, given her history, but it's obvious due process was not followed - one of her trials took place in her kitchen, and the trials were all closed - so impossible to judge evidence