With world's attention on Gaza, Israeli settlers & soldiers are literally wiping Palestinian communities off the map. Palestinians displaced from 20 communities—at least 7 entirely uprooted. Large areas of the West Bank depopulated of Palestinians in just months. New Human Rights Watch report.

Breaking: State-backed Israeli settler attacks displaced 7+ entire Palestinian West Bank communities since Oct 7. Israeli authorities are responsible—they participated in attacks or looked on, arm settlers & ensure impunity. Sanctions needed. New from Human Rights Watch
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Breaking: new Human Rights Watch report documents another apparent Israeli war crime—Oct 31 strike on central Gaza apartment building killing 106+ civilians, including 54 kids, many playing football. No evidence of military target—making strike unlawfully indiscriminate hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

BREAKING: OxfamAmerica and HRW show Israel is using US weapons in violation of international & US law & blocking US humanitarian aid since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel. The US should stop providing military aid and arms to Israel.

Read more: bit.ly/3TmJAm0

UNbelievable: #SaudiArabia is on track to shortly be appointed to chair #CSW , the UN's top forum on women's rights and gender equality

Human Rights Watch urges all UN member states to call a vote, reject the outrageous bid

See commentary by louis charbonneau 👉🏽
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“Forcing the 1 M+ Palestinian IDPs in Rafah 2 evacu8 w/out a safe place to go wld be unlawful & wld have catastrophic consequences. There is nowhere safe 2 go in Gaza. The intl community shld take action 2 prevent further atrocities.” Nadia Hardman @HRW
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On Jan 18, Jordanian airstrikes on Syria killed 10 Syrian, including 2 little girls, Farah & Dima. Cross-border airstrikes that kill demand scrutiny regardless of the threat posed by drug smuggling. Jordan should ensure accountability and compensation.
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EU-Egypt.
Externalization in action:
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This shows how the European Union abandons its values to prop up a brutal dictator just because he promises to help curtail migration across the Mediterranean. x.com/vonderleyen/st…

Reminder: Forcing 1 million+ displaced Palestinians in Rafah to again evacuate without a safe place to go would be unlawful & catastrophic. There is nowhere safe to go in Gaza. The int'l community should take action to prevent further atrocities. Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/02/0…

“Humanitarian islands”? As if there has been anything humanitarian about the so-called safe zones in Gaza since this war began.

A Rafah offensive would be catastrophic. Full stop.

Nowhere is safe in #Gaza .

“Humanitarian islands”? As if there has been anything humanitarian about the so-called safe zones in Gaza since this war began.

A Rafah offensive would be catastrophic. Full stop.

Nowhere is safe in #Gaza .

NEW INVESTIGATION: Since 7 Oct 23, the Israeli army has weaponised humanitarian measures such as ‘evacuation orders’, ‘safe routes’ & ‘safe zones’ to support their military operations & facilitate the mass displacement of Palestinians.

View the platform: gaza.forensic-architecture.org/displacement

As EU/states consider 'potential scenarios' on #Rafah , priority should be REAL pressure on #Israel to end/prevent war crimes, comply with #ICJ order

Reminders:
-Forced deportation is a war crime
-🇮🇱-🇪🇬 must allow people to seek protection, AND to return
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New Human Rights Watch report out today on the #Malaysian government's detention of about 12,000 migrants & refugees, including 1,400 children, in conditions that put them at serious risk of physical abuse & psychological harm. 👇👇👇hrw.org/news/2024/03/0…

🍾🇫🇷 Yesterday #France 's vote marked global 1st in explicitly introducing #abortion protections in national constitution. It also reflects need for safeguards in face of global attacks on abortion & sexual & repro health rights. #MonCorpsMonChoix Human Rights Watch 1/
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🚨🧵 Today at 3pm UN General Assembly meets to discuss UNRWA's funding crisis. Philippe Lazzarini has warned UNRWA is at a breaking point due to funding suspensions & #Israel trying to shut it down. UN member states should fully fund this crucial lifeline for Palestinians in #Gaza .

Israel is not complying w CIJ_ICJ binding order in genocide case—starving Gaza's 2.3 million ppl more harshly than before—Human Rights Watch finds. Its disregard for the World Court is a challenge to rules-based int’l order. Time for sanctions to press Israel to comply hrw.org/news/2024/02/2…

NEWS: on 15 February 2024, Israel submitted to the #ICJ its observations on the request for additional measures made by South Africa under Article 75 (1) of the Rules of Court in the case #SouthAfrica v. #Israel tinyurl.com/yr4b9yue

Japan Court Finds Rohingya Ethnicity Grounds for Refugee Status trib.al/PyQbGFx