Many women with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan experience domestic violence.

New HRW research has found authorities do little to prevent it, provide support to survivors, or prosecute those responsible. bit.ly/47TuaMg

DR Congo: Electoral Violence Threatens Vote trib.al/oZKPi7K

Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza bit.ly/4asgPMo

Hostages should not have been in Gaza—hostage-taking is a war crime. But the killings underscore Israel forces' long-standing practice of shooting first/asking later & track record of unlawfully firing at unarmed people who pose no threat w/ impunity—even those waving white flags

As the UN Security Council weighs a Monday vote on a new draft resolution on #Gaza , Human Rights Watch calls on the US not to block any council action demanding #Israel & Palestinian armed groups end laws-of-war violations that have cost 1000s of civilian lives. hrw.org/news/2023/12/1…

Nearly 200 countries have finally agreed at #COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels — the first time that “fossil fuels” are mentioned in a COP outcome.

But this agreement lacks urgency and contains loopholes. Learn more ⤵️

It’s 6 months since a boat sank off Greece - with 600+ feared dead.

Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch have produced more evidence of failures by Greek authorities - which they deny.

In this video a survivor alleges the coastguard caused the sinking.

4 other survivors told us the exact story.

L'ONG Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch), qui a déjà qualifié les vidéos d'otages israéliens diffusées par le Hamas de 'crimes de guerre', a indiqué aux Les Observateurs que le partage intentionnel d'images humiliantes de prisonniers peut être considéré comme un crime de guerre
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Last June Hamza & Hassan survived one of the deadliest shipwrecks in recent history. They told me about their difficult journey &questions they still have about what happened.

Together we ask: how can Greece & Europe continue letting people die like this?
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#Pylos shipwreck 6 months ago. Greece had clear + mounting indications of distress aboard the overcrowded fishing boat but did little to help, and survivors consistently say a Greek patrol boat caused the shipwreck. New report from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. hrw.org/news/2023/12/1…

France Needs to Eliminate Discriminatory Police Practices trib.al/hyUll9j

1/ New @HRW report: Kyrgyzstan - Domestic Violence Against Women, Girls with Disabilities. Women with disabilities are suffering sexual and physical abuse and economic exploitation by family members, based on dozens of interviews w survivors & experts hrw.org/news/2023/12/1…

🚨 This week, the human cost of the govt's cruelty is in plain sight after the tragic suspected suicide of a man on the Bibby Stockholm barge.

Human Rights Watch joins calls for the barge's closure & a new asylum system centred on humanity & ensuring basic rights.

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Dans Gaza ravagée par les bombes israéliennes, l’écrivain Refaat Alareer avait partagé un poème qui a été ensuite traduit dans des dizaines de ­langues. Il a été tué le 6 décembre au cours d’un bombardement israélien. lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/artic…

Contrôles au faciès : que fait l’État ? Tribune conjointe de six responsables d'ONG dont Bénédicte Jeannerod, Directrice France Human Rights Watch, publiée lundi dans Libération. liberation.fr/idees-et-debat… via Libération

🚨Tribune : ' #ContrôlesAuFaciès  : que fait l’Etat ?'
Plus d’un mois après la décision Conseil d'État reconnaissant un manquement de l’Etat, Gouvernement n’a donné aucun signe indiquant qu’il comptait enfin faire cesser cette discrimination. 🤨 #Police
📍liberation.fr/idees-et-debat…

Following recognition of police racial profiling by its highest administrative court, France can no longer ignore its national and international obligations.
The government needs to act now to eliminate discriminatory policing.
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Letter to the UK Government Calling for an Immediate Halt to UK Arms Transfers to the Government of Israel bit.ly/3uWJV6B

🚨 BREAKING - UN General Assembly adopts slightly amended version of #Gaza ceasefire resolution US vetoed in Security Council last week. Text also urges compliance w/ int'l humanitarian law, release of hostages & protection of civilians.

153 in favor, 10 against, 23 abstentions.

Après la reconnaissance par Conseil d'Etat de la pratique des contrôles d'identité discriminatoires, #France ne peut continuer à tourner le dos à ses obligations nationales & internat. Elle doit mettre fin aux #ControlesAuFacies .
Tribune conjointe Libération liberation.fr/idees-et-debat…