Tanya Lokshina
@TanyaLokshina
Europe and Central Asia associate director at Human Rights Watch
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http://www.hrw.org 11-06-2013 12:27:02
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“This heritage was part of our lives.” New @HRW & Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection @ Harvard report looks at the devastating harm to cultural heritage & civilians from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas: hrw.org/node/387811 #ProtectCulturalHeritage #Oslo2024
Belarus’s new legal definition of pornography includes depictions of LGBT relationships.
It clearly aims to assault the dignity of LGBT people, who are already demonized and at risk of persecution in Belarus.
New from Human Rights Watch Anastasiia Kruope
hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…
In today’s Russian papers, Russia’s opponents depicted as “forces of the Antichrist” and Russia described as a country “chosen by God.” How Moscow views the world right now. #ReadingRussia
Russian authorities should proclaim and enforce a zero tolerance policy for attacks on and harassment of Central Asians. Ethnic profiling, arbitrary arrests, and other abuses have spike following on the Crocus City Hall tragedy. Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…
Co-chair of the Noble Prize winning Memorial spends his 71st birthday birthday behind bars and suffers ill-treatment as Russian authorities are hindering his preparations for the appeals hearing on the unjust politically motivated verdict. Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…
'To me this will always be about my brother, getting him home. But it's also about journalism & free speech. The world needs him too.' Danielle Gershkovich talks to me about Evan. The US reporter was arrested in Russia a year ago today. Thanks Ben Tavener tinyurl.com/242855eh
The rapid and widespread sharing of Krocus City terrorism suspects’ torture videos appears to be no accident but rather some kind of appalling boast by the Putin government of its brazen disregard for basic rights and fundamental humanity Human Rights Watch. hrw.org/news/2024/03/2…
The March 22 attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed at least 115 and wounded many others was a horrific act of extreme violence for which those responsible should be fully prosecuted. Human Rights Watch extends our deepest condolences to victims' families and loved ones.
Russian #HumanRights defenders and celebrities appeal to #Kyrgyzstan 's president Садыр Жапаров / Sadyr Japarov with call to veto the 'foreign representatives' bill. More people should join this campaign to stop the Kremlin-backed legislation that will ultimately kill civic activism in Kyrgyzstan
12 people were killed in Russian attack on Odessa, 5 of them children. The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine called it “the deadliest incident for children in more than nine months.” Dispatch from the ground by Human Rights Watch Kseniya Kvitka hrw.org/news/2024/03/2…
#Russia #trolling 💀
#OlegOrlov , the #HumanRights defender condemned to prison term for denouncing the agression of #Ukraine was suggested to go fight in Russian troops in Ukraine instead of serving his sentence. Oleg is 71...
Guess what? He refused.
#FreeOlegOrlov