“The Israeli military’s systematic and repeated attacks on bridges, which threaten to isolate civilians in southern Lebanon from access to means of survival, demonstrate a callous disregard for the welfare of the tens of thousands of people still living there.”
- @ramzikaiss.bsky.social / @hrw.org
In a new report, HRW documents serious human rights abuses against civilians across Burkina Faso by the Burkinabè military, allied militias, and an Islamist armed group since 2022.
Read our new Q&A addressing key issues explored in the report:
Israel’s attacks in Lebanon—and the threat of more to come—have caused more than a million people to flee their homes.
Governments should urgently act to end the potential forced displacement of civilians in Lebanon, ensure their right to return, and prevent further attacks on Lebanese civilians.
#Israel's mass displacement in #Lebanon follows the same strategy used in Gaza, the West Bank and Syria. Forced displacement of civilians, widespread destruction and prevention of return.
In short, potential war crimes.
My opinion for @AJEnglish:
aje.news/gn8v60
Only yesterday, the Israeli military called for the evacuation of the entire area south of the Litani River, approximately 8% of Lebanon’s territory and home to hundreds of thousands of people.
Today, they issued displacement orders for all residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Three years ago, at least 94 people, including 35 children, died near Italy in what is known as the Cutro shipwreck.
Humane and rational migration policies are possible, and there is now a rare chance for accountability.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OwsMud
قبل عام، هجّرت #إسرائيل سكان 3 مخيمات فلسطينية في #الضفة_الغربية.
هذه الجريمة ضد الإنسانية بحق 32 ألف شخص ما زالت مستمرة مع منعهم من العودة. يجب التحقيق مع نتنياهو ووزير دفاعه كاتس وفرض عقوبات على القادة الإسرائيليين المسؤولين عن هذه الانتهاكات.
توثيقنا لهذه القضية مؤخرا: https://bit.ly/4a1y2OU
Heute jährt sich die "Operation Iron Wall": Seit einem Jahr riegelt Israel mehrere Flüchtlingslager im #Westjordanland ab. Dabei wurden 32.000 Palästinenser vertrieben.
Es ist die größte Vertreibung seit 1967, ein Kriegsverbrechen & vorsätzliche Politik des Staates Israel. Der Bericht vom November👇
"Israel’s forced removal of 32,000 West Bank refugees is not a lawful evacuation," writes @hrw.org's @nadiahardman.bsky.social.
"It is a war crime of forced displacement" that is "intentional Israeli state policy," per statements by Israeli officials.
On Sunday, @60minutes.bsky.social pulled a segment on torture against US deportees in CECOT, El Salvador's mega prison.
Curious what the story said? Read HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social's report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
The UK’s new immigration plan is a profound retreat from the humane approach Labour promised voters. Labour should recognize the enormous contributions refugees make, and the moral and legal obligation to provide protection. ✍️ HRW's @yasmineahmed.bsky.social
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ
Israel's emptying of refugee camps in the occupied West Bank is a crime against humanity.
New report @hrw.org ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Interview BBC Newshour with researcher @nadiahardman.bsky.social⤵️
„Das sind die Menschen, die 1948 vertrieben wurden, und ihre Nachfahren […]. Jetzt wurden sie erneut gezwungen, ihre Häuser zu verlassen und ihnen wird die Rückkehr verweigert.“
@nadiahardman.bsky.social über den neuen Bericht zu Israels Zwangsvertreibung von Palästinenser*innen im #Westjordanland:
تقرير جديد لـ هيومن رايتس ووتش يكشف أن إسرائيل ارتكبت جرائم حرب وجرائم ضد الإنسانية وتطهيرا عرقيا في الضفة الغربية.
https://bit.ly/4a1y2OU
🚨New @hrw.org report finds #Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity + ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Israel forcibly displaced 32,000 #Palestinian refugees from 3 refugee camps, prevented return + systematically destroyed parts of the camps.👇
hrw.org/node/392462
Increased cooperation between Thai & Vietnamese authorities is putting Vietnamese refugees & asylum seekers in Thailand at heightened risk of forcible return to Vietnam. Thai police have carried out several large operations in 2025 detaining Vietnamese. NEW from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
🚩On @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social, Aziz Ansari said he would donate part of his Riyadh Comedy Fest fee to @hrw.org
While HRW cannot accept the donation, it's not too late for him to call for the release of detained Saudi activists Manahel al Otaibi & Waleed Abu al Khair
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Gaza ravagée par 2 ans de guerre:
"Les autorités israéliennes vont au-delà des opérations nécessaires pour atteindre leurs objectifs militaires : outre les frappes et l'envoi de troupes au sol, elles rasent et ravagent des zones entières." @nadiahardman.bsky.social
www.franceinfo.fr/monde/proche...
Despite promising statements from PM Nawaf Salam and MEHE Rima Karami on education for all, #Lebanon gov decision to uphold residency requirement for public school registration risks barring 10s of thousands of refugee students from school @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
“Under international law, children, regardless of their [immigration] status...have the right to an education. Education should never be used as a political pawn...” @thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/analysis/how...
Pakistan’s govt should provide assistance to at least 4 million people displaced by recent flooding, but also take action to prevent foreseeable harms, including from climate change and extreme weather events. @hrw.org @saroopijaz.bsky.social
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Some good news: Thailand Allows Myanmar Refugees in Camps to Work Legally www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
🚨 New @hrw.org report documents years of serious abuses by security forces in #Mauritania against West & Central African migrants, while those same authorities received equipment/support 💰 from the EU & #Spain to bolster border control & prevent irregular migration
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www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
My thoughts: the US Congress shld question why women shld have to shoehorn their claims into a narrow understanding of membership of a particular social group & thereby have less consistent or predictable protection than racial, religious, nationality & political groups. www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
THREAD: What does it mean to seek food in Gaza today? For many Palestinians, it means risking death. These are the stories behind the hundreds killed. #Gaza #HumanRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
The UK gov plans to experiment with facial age estimation tech on vulnerable young people. But refugee children need care, not algorithms. This tech isn't the solution - instead, it creates new potentially life-changing risks, as @techchildrights.bsky.social and I write. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
När USA drar ner biståndet till Myanmars flyktingar måste andra länder som Sverige agera. @hrw.org @nadiahardman.bsky.social och Sunai Pashuk varnar för en akut kris i Thailand och ifrågasätter varför Sverige inte gör mer.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/huma...
🚨New @hrw.org finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand.
The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Joint civil society statement on the UC & PIP Bill Monday 30th June 2025 We are coming together as organisations committed to fighting poverty, providing advice, and supporting and championing the rights of disabled people, their families, and carers. We stand firmly with disabled people and their organisations in calling for the UK government to withdraw the UC & PIP Bill and to undertake genuine dialogue with disabled people to shape reforms centred on the rights and dignity that all disabled people need and deserve. At a time when the share of GDP spent on working-age social security has remained stable for the last ten years, cutting the incomes of disabled people is a political choice. There is time for the government to pursue alternatives. If this Bill is voted through, then by 2030 it will have cut PIP for more than 400,000 disabled people and Universal Credit for more than 700,000 people who are disabled or have a long-term health condition. These numbers will only increase in the years to follow.
This Bill has also been brought before parliament: • Without consultation with disabled people • Without any assessment of its impact on health and employment outcomes • Before the planned review of the PIP assessment has properly begun its work • Without knowing how the outcome of the PIP review may affect these reforms The changes announced last week and the compressed timetable for scrutiny mean that MPs will only have a single day to debate or amend the new provisions. There is too much at stake for disabled people for this Bill to be rushed through without the opportunity for meaningful challenge or scrutiny. We urge all MPs to vote against this Bill at Second Reading.
Signatories Acts 435 Action for Children Amnesty International British Association of Social Workers Camphill Village Trust Centre for Mental Health Child Poverty Action Group Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition Children First Citizens Advice Community Money Advice Crisis Cystic Fibrosis Trust Debt Justice Diabetes UK Disability Benefits Consortium Disability Law Service Disabled People Against Cuts End Child Poverty Coalition Endometriosis UK Engender Fuel Poverty Action Home Start Human Rights Watch Huntington's Disease Association Imagine Act and Succeed In Kind Direct Independent Age Independent Food Aid Network Joseph Rowntree Foundation Kidney Care Learning Disability Allies Leonard Cheshire ME Foggy Dog Mental Health Foundation Mental Health UK Mind Money and Mental Health Policy Institute MS Society National Autistic Society National Children's Bureau National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society National Survivor User Network Neuroendocrine Cancer UK New Economics Foundation Oxfam Parkinson's UK Quaker Social Action Rethink Mental Illness Royal National Institute of Blind People Royal National Institute of Deaf People SeeAbility Scope Sense Shelter Sisters of Frida St Mungo's Stripy Lightbulb CIC The Children's Society The Food Foundation The Poverty Alliance The Salvation Army Trussell Turn2Us Turning Point Versus Arthritis Voluntary Organisations Disability Group We Care Campaign Whizz Kidz Women's Budget Group Young Lives vs Cancer Z2K 4 in 10 Black Country Foodbank Citizens Advice Scotland Close the Gap Food Plymouth Hartlepool Foodbank Includem North East Child Poverty Commission One Parent Families Scotland Parenting Across Scotland Scottish Women's Budget Group Shelter Scotland Stay Safe East The Scottish Pantry Network
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Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage.
@hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights.
www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
