Associate Director, Europe. Communications @hrw. Board of Directors @Sport_Rights. Past: Foreign Desk @anp. Refuse / Resist. Optimist.
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'X is een gigantisch internationaal bedrijf, met grote invloed in Europa. Als zo’n bedrijf... dient als facilitator van haat en strafbare uitingen, en weigert te voldoen aan Europese en nationale wetgeving, dan hebben we met z’n allen een flink probleem.’
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‘Het is totaal gestoord dat op X zoveel haat en strafbare feiten gefaciliteerd worden.
Volgens mij is iedereen, van links tot rechts, het erover eens dat niemand boven de wet staat.’
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"There is growing anger... that the Dutch government in particular – as host to the ICC in The Hague – has done little to protect ICC judges facing crippling sanctions or individual intimidation."
#JusticeMatters
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"Summoning ambassadors and words of condemnation are not enough. States need to immediately work to end Israeli abuses by halting arms transfers and enforcing the International Court of Justice’s binding orders on humanitarian access.”
- @SarahSanbar / @hrw on Ben Gvir outrage
A video shared by Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir shows Israeli security forces humiliating detained international activists.
When a senior minister taunts detainees on camera, it is a signal that abuse is not just tolerated but celebrated.
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“The current crackdown in Congo is eerily reminiscent of the Joseph Kabila era, with many Congolese activists and political opponents living in fear of retaliation by the authorities for merely expressing their opinion".
- @Bolopion / @hrw
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ALT Logo of the National Cyber Defense Council (Conseil national de cyberdéfense) at the entrance to the National Transport Office in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. © 2025 Human Rights Watch Congolese security forces have been responsible for numerous enforced disappearances in and around Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, since March 2025. The Congolese government is using the National Cyber Defense Council (CNC) as a proxy to carry out arrests and detentions of political opponents on dubious grounds. The authorities should ensure that all those taken into custody by the CNC are immediately released or brought before a judge and that any further detention fully complies with Congolese and international law.
ALT An M23 fighter guards detained Congolese soldiers at the Stade de l'Unité in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 30, 2025. © 2025 Daniel Buuma/AFP via Getty Images
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This week @hrw's executive director Philippe Bolopion visited the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He urged senior DRC officials, including Prime Minister Judith Suminwa, to respect freedom of expression, end arbitrary arrests and detentions, and ensure accountability for abuses.
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The visit took place against a backdrop of the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group’s occupation in eastern 🇨🇩; a crackdown against journalists, activists, and political opposition members; and the renewed use of secret detention sites in the capital, Kinshasa.
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A federal slush fund to reward Trump allies - © Chappatte in The @BostonGlobe via Boston @GlobeOpinion 👉 bostonglobe.com/2026/05/20/o…
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Appreciate the efforts, @PorteParoleMEAE @jnbarrot @MariaStenergard, but this must be clear: international law requires a ban.
Trade with illegal settlements (war crimes), occupation, apartheid, cannot be legal. And it only bankrolls them.
@vonderleyen @kajakallas #Gymnich
🇫🇷 FM spokesman @P_Confavreux says talks with @EU_Commission over restricting trade with the OPT will continue at the informal FAC next week - last month 🇫🇷 and 🇸🇪 jointly signed a non paper asking for a proposal that has yet to come.
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Het blijft onthutsende rapporten regenen, van de VN, van Amnesty, van AZG en ook van HRW. En wat doet ons land, wat doet de EU? Waar zijn de sancties, waar is de actie?
Six months after the ceasefire agreement in October 2025, Israeli authorities are undermining humanitarian lifelines in Gaza, while continuing Israeli attacks have killed at least 856 Palestinians and wounded 2,463 others. trib.al/JktGm9x
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#CPI #Libye La Cour pénale internationale a tenu une audience de confirmation des charges concernant Khaled El Hishri, accusé de graves crimes commis à la prison de Mitiga, à Tripoli. Ceci offre enfin aux victimes un espoir de justice, selon @HananMSalah @hrw. ⤵️
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"The courage of Catriona Graham in the face of Israeli outrages, puts our leadership to shame." Stephen Bowen, Executive Director, Amnesty International Ireland.
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"Progress" in #Gaza since the "ceasefire":
-856 killed
-2463 wounded
-0 hospitals fully operational
-Rats/insects infestation
-Aid restrictions
-Denial of medical evacuations
-Growing hunger
Israel's genocidal campaign never ended. It only slowed down: hrw.org/news/2026/05/19/gaza…
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In Afghanistan today, three in four people cannot meet their basic needs, according to the United Nations. Unemployment is rife, healthcare struggling and the aid that once provided the basics for millions has dwindled to a fraction of what it once was.
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"Legal reform should be designed to protect, not undermine, Ukrainians’ human rights and to promote equality and the rule of law."
- @yuliagorbunova_ & @KvitkaKseniya on a new draft civil code that would entrench discrimination, erode legal safeguards⤵️
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Prominent Uyghur scholar Rahile Dawut celebrates her 60th birthday behind bars, where she is serving a blatant life sentence. The Chinese government should free Rahile and all innocent Uyghurs & end its crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. #FreeRahileDawut
Yet another enforced disappearance and secret trial in Xinjiang — Uyghur academic Rahile Dawut has now been sentenced to life in prison.
The world should not let the Chinese government get away with these efforts to silence Uyghur voices.
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Donderdag spreekt Fatou Bensouda, voormalig hoofdaanklager van het Internationaal Strafhof, in Amare in Den Haag over de Israëlische intimidatie van het Hof en over de Nederlandse verantwoordelijkheid voor dat Hof. rightsforum.org/ondanks-isra…
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Why the EU should act on Israeli crimes, what tools it has at its disposal, and why it hasn't used them yet
Speech before the UN Palestinian Rights Committee: youtube.com/watch?v=PbpFr-sl…
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