Philippe Dam
@philippe_dam
@HRW EU Director. Formerly HRW’s Europe-Central Asia Advocacy Director & UN Human Rights Council Advocate.
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Tundu Lissu has been detained for over 18 months solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights. Ahead of Friday’s judgment, release him immediately and unconditionally, drop all charges, and ensure he does not face the death penalty. #FreeTunduLissu#
@SuluhuSamia
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Cruel, devastating, and unjust.
The National Security Law in Hong Kong has been used to punish peaceful protest and expression.
Following the sentencing of Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong on baseless national security charges, HRW's @PearsonElaine speaks with Al Jazeera ⤵️
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@PLinUN @Lana_Nusseibeh @UN @KSzczerski @UAEMissionToUN @PLinEmirates We hope @KSzczerski @PLinUN raised & discussed concerns over @Lana_Nusseibeh's whitewashing of #UnitedArabEmirates#' role in severe violations #Sudan# & #Yemen#, hardly compatible with @UN values, right?
Our take 👇
@SikorskiRadek
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@PLinUN @Lana_Nusseibeh @UN @KSzczerski @UAEMissionToUN @PLinEmirates We hope @KSzczerski @PLinUN raised & discussed concerns over @Lana_Nusseibeh's whitewashing of #UnitedArabEmirates#' role in severe violations #Sudan# & #Yemen#, hardly compatible with @UN values, right?
Our take 👇
@SikorskiRadek
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🔴 Join NOW @EP_HumanRights 's hearing on gender-based violence in Horn of Africa with @hrw's @LaetitiaBader👇
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#Sudan# #Ethiopia#
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In midst of renewed conflict in North with heavy cost on civilians, #Ethiopia#'s authorities continue to crush civic space & suspend independent media @TheReporterET.
@EUinEThiopia should call authorities to lift ban immediately & end crackdown on speech.
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Expanding conflict in Ethiopia with civilian casualties and civilian infrastructure damaged, while meaningful accountability remains largely absent.
New US sanctions on #Rwanda# officials & entities are reminder of how EU lags behind in response to eastern #DRCongo# conflict.
#EU# has role to play. It should revive use of sanctions, put justice at center of peace efforts & act to protect civilians.
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The new #US# sanctions targeting #Rwanda# should be accompanied by concrete measures to put an end to abuses in the eastern #DRC#. Protection of civilians and justice efforts should be central in the ongoing peace processes. New @hrw dispatch
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50 years after Mao's death, Xi Jinping's dictatorship is bullying @KMbappe after legitimate comment on Mao's legacy of abuses & suffering.
A reminder that control of thought and speech is central in #China#'s policies at home & abroad.
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"They killed us"
@Novaya_Gazeta evicted, forced to end activities: another attack on free speech by #Russia#'s authorities.
Anna Politkovskaya
Kirill Radchenko
Alexander Rastorguyev
Orkhan Dzhemal
paid with their lives for their freedom to investigate.
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Impunity, continued detention of Tundu Lissu & other opposition voices, clampdown on media & civil society:
One year on, there is no end to #Tanzania#'s crackdown.
@EUinTZ @EU_EEAS: press TZ authorities to stop targeting critics, ensure accountability.
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🚩Lana Nusseibeh has a long record of whitewashing UAE rights abuses in Sudan & Yemen:
She repeatedly denies the UAE provides military support to the RSF & defended UAE as complying w/ IHL during its intervention in Yemen, dismissing evidence of abuses 👇
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"As if a tsunami hit the city"
A year ago, 6000 civilians were killed during #RSF# capture of El-Fasher #Darfur#.
A year on, no new sanctions on RSF leaders & #UAE# backers, no action to protect civilians.
Time for #EU# to step up & get serious for #Sudan#.
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Banking on wanna-be autocrats never pays off for the EU. It cripples its leverage & boosts skepticism among those fighting for democracy.
Lessons from #Serbia# tell why EU's support to rights & rule-of-law should be non-negotiable with all its parnters.
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The EU is funneling billions to Egypt conditioned on “concrete and credible steps” on human rights
Meanwhile, authorities arrested an entire newsroom and prominent journalist Lina Attalah is facing trial today
Anything to say, @dubravkasuica @kajakallas?
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#UnitedArabEmirates#' pick for UNSG has personnaly denied at @EuroParl_EN #UAE#'s support to #Sudan#'s abusive #RSF#.
@EU_EEAS @EuroParl_EN: Don't ignore that Lana Nusseibeh used her access to #EU# to undermine UN's core principles.
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One year after capture of El Fasher , UK sanctions 15 RSF & SAF commanders involved in atrocities in #Sudan#.
A reminder @EU_EEAS should step up actions, sanction RSF leaders & #UnitedArabEmirates# entities supporting RSF & act for protection of civilians.
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When I visited #Serbia# in April last year I felt the strenght and dignity in the students' movement. I have been following their evolution and I have been in permanent awe of their strenght and wisdom. Today marks a victory for them, but also for the power of peaceful protests 🥹
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It took 2 years of mobilization & protests in #Serbia# to take down Vucic's rule - despite erosion of media freedom, fears of violence & pressure on civil society.
Yep, "A symbol for Europe"
Wonderful to see massive joy in streets of Belgrade last night.
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