Jean-Baptiste Gallopin
@jbgallopin.bsky.social
Senior crisis and conflict researcher, @hrw.org
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"Wij waarschuwden voor massale wreedheden. Maar de wereld bleef achttien maanden lang toekijken. Niemand kan vandaag zeggen dat de gruweldaden daar iemand hebben verrast."
- @jbgallopin.bsky.social, HRW-onderzoeker, over oorlog in Soedan ⤵️
www.nu.nl/buitenland/6...
#JusticeMatters
- @jbgallopin.bsky.social, HRW-onderzoeker, over oorlog in Soedan ⤵️
www.nu.nl/buitenland/6...
#JusticeMatters
Experts vrezen voor genocide in Soedan: 'Hoe kan de wereld toekijken?'
De grootste humanitaire ramp ter wereld dreigt af te glijden naar genocide, vrezen Soedandeskundigen. Ze verbazen zich dat de wereld niet ingrijpt nu de belegering van een belangrijke stad tienduizend...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Wij waarschuwden voor massale wreedheden. Maar de wereld bleef achttien maanden lang toekijken. Niemand kan vandaag zeggen dat de gruweldaden daar iemand hebben verrast."
- @jbgallopin.bsky.social, HRW-onderzoeker, over oorlog in Soedan ⤵️
www.nu.nl/buitenland/6...
#JusticeMatters
- @jbgallopin.bsky.social, HRW-onderzoeker, over oorlog in Soedan ⤵️
www.nu.nl/buitenland/6...
#JusticeMatters
@hrw.org: A new investigation by France 24, a French broadcaster, provides the first public elements to corroborate the US allegations indicating that Sudan’s military may have used chlorine in two incidents in September 2024.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Disturbing Reports of Sudan’s Military Using Chlorine Gas
The United States government sanctioned General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan’s de facto head of state, in January 2025, alleging that the SAF had used ...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
@hrw.org: A new investigation by France 24, a French broadcaster, provides the first public elements to corroborate the US allegations indicating that Sudan’s military may have used chlorine in two incidents in September 2024.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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🚨Judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague have just convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kosheib) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region.
🚨BREAKING Sudan news via Elizabeth Evenson, International Justice Director @hrw.org ⤵️
“The ICC’s long-awaited landmark conviction for serious crimes in Darfur provides the first opportunity for victims and communities terrorized by the Janjaweed to see a measure of justice before the court."
“The ICC’s long-awaited landmark conviction for serious crimes in Darfur provides the first opportunity for victims and communities terrorized by the Janjaweed to see a measure of justice before the court."
October 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨Judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague have just convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kosheib) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region.
New @hrw.org research: At least five Iranian ballistic missiles struck populated areas of Israel during the June 2025 armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and should be investigated as war crimes.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Iran: Missile Strikes on Israeli Civilians Likely War Crimes
At least five Iranian ballistic missiles struck populated areas of Israel during the June 2025 armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and should be investigated as war crimes, Human Rights Wat...
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September 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
New @hrw.org research: At least five Iranian ballistic missiles struck populated areas of Israel during the June 2025 armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and should be investigated as war crimes.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
New reporting from @lasillavacia.bsky.social on how Colombian mercenaries recruited out of the UAE are training child soldiers to fight with the RSF in Darfur: www.lasillavacia.com/silla-nacion...
Mercenarios colombianos entrenan a niños soldado en Sudán
La Silla Vacía revela fotos, videos testimonios que muestran que exmilitares colombianos entrenan a niños reclutados para la guerra en Sudán.
www.lasillavacia.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New reporting from @lasillavacia.bsky.social on how Colombian mercenaries recruited out of the UAE are training child soldiers to fight with the RSF in Darfur: www.lasillavacia.com/silla-nacion...
Honored to see my PhD research on mutinies in revolutionary uprisings featured in this new piece of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation: www.hfg.org/insights/whe...
When Militaries Turn Against Authoritarians: Lessons from Tunisia and the Arab Spring - HFG
At a terrifying moment of indecision, the course of history may be determined by individual soldiers, fearful of making the wrong choice and gambling for their own survival.
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July 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Honored to see my PhD research on mutinies in revolutionary uprisings featured in this new piece of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation: www.hfg.org/insights/whe...
تحقيقنا الجديد في @hrw : الضربات الجوية للجيش السوداني على وسط نيالا في فبراير التي قتلت وأصابت عشرات المدنيين استخدمت قنابل غير موجهة عشوائية في المناطق المأهولة، وهي بالتالي جرائم حرب محتملة
www.hrw.org/ar/news/2025...
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السودان: غارات جوية شنها الجيش في جنوب دارفور
قتلت القوات المسلحة السودانية أعدادا كبيرة من المدنيين في هجمات استخدمت فيها قنابل غير موجهة أُلقيت جوا على أحياء سكنية وتجارية في نيالا، في جنوب دارفور، مطلع فبراير/شباط.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
تحقيقنا الجديد في @hrw : الضربات الجوية للجيش السوداني على وسط نيالا في فبراير التي قتلت وأصابت عشرات المدنيين استخدمت قنابل غير موجهة عشوائية في المناطق المأهولة، وهي بالتالي جرائم حرب محتملة
www.hrw.org/ar/news/2025...
www.hrw.org/ar/news/2025...
تحقيقنا الجديد في @hrw: الضربات الجوية للجيش السوداني على وسط نيالا في فبراير التي قتلت وأصابت عشرات المدنيين استخدمت قنابل غير موجهة عشوائية في المناطق المأهولة، وهي بالتالي جرائم حرب ظاهرة
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur
The Sudanese Armed Forces used unguided air-dropped bombs to carry out attacks in residential and commercial neighborhoods in Nyala, South Darfur in early February 2025.
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June 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
تحقيقنا الجديد في @hrw: الضربات الجوية للجيش السوداني على وسط نيالا في فبراير التي قتلت وأصابت عشرات المدنيين استخدمت قنابل غير موجهة عشوائية في المناطق المأهولة، وهي بالتالي جرائم حرب ظاهرة
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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New @hrw.org research: Airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces using unguided bombs killed and injured scores of civilians, including children, in residential areas of Nyala, South Darfur, in February. Five strikes in 40 minutes on Feb 3 alone. www.hrw.org/preview-link...
Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur
The Sudanese Armed Forces used unguided air-dropped bombs to carry out attacks in residential and commercial neighborhoods in Nyala, South Darfur in early February 2025, Human Rights Watch said today....
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June 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
New @hrw.org research: Airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces using unguided bombs killed and injured scores of civilians, including children, in residential areas of Nyala, South Darfur, in February. Five strikes in 40 minutes on Feb 3 alone. www.hrw.org/preview-link...
Nicolas Niarchos from @newyorker.com recently travelled with my colleague @belkiswille.bsky.social and me to the Nuba Mountains in Sudan — his beautiful piece on the struggle for survival of a family is out today: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Escape from Khartoum
A family of nine’s desperate attempt to find safety in Sudan.
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May 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Nicolas Niarchos from @newyorker.com recently travelled with my colleague @belkiswille.bsky.social and me to the Nuba Mountains in Sudan — his beautiful piece on the struggle for survival of a family is out today: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Our new @hrw research on how the Burkinabè military led an operation in which VDPs (pro-government militias) massacred at least 130 civilians and possibly several hundred. The JNIM then carried out a series of retaliatory attacks killing at least 100 civilians.
#BurkinaFaso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres
The videos of atrocities by VDPs near Solenzo sent shock waves but only told part of the story. New research found the army was responsible for these killings of Fulani ppl, followed by reprisals by JNIM, @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
The videos of atrocities by VDPs near Solenzo sent shock waves but only told part of the story. New research found the army was responsible for these killings of Fulani ppl, followed by reprisals by JNIM, @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Burkina Faso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres
The Burkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly many more, ethnic Fulani civilians by pro-government militias in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in March 202...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Our new @hrw research on how the Burkinabè military led an operation in which VDPs (pro-government militias) massacred at least 130 civilians and possibly several hundred. The JNIM then carried out a series of retaliatory attacks killing at least 100 civilians.
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#BurkinaFaso
Relentless Crackdown on Dissent, Media
Placing exiled journalists + activists on a terrorist list is a blatant attempt to intimidate them. Authorities should remove their names from the list, respect the right to freedom of expression @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Relentless Crackdown on Dissent, Media
Placing exiled journalists + activists on a terrorist list is a blatant attempt to intimidate them. Authorities should remove their names from the list, respect the right to freedom of expression @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Burkina Faso’s Relentless Crackdown on Dissent, Media
“I rose through the ranks!” joked Maixent Somé, an exiled Burkinabè activist and critic of the country's military junta on X yesterday, after learning that his name appears on a list of wanted terrori...
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April 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#BurkinaFaso
Relentless Crackdown on Dissent, Media
Placing exiled journalists + activists on a terrorist list is a blatant attempt to intimidate them. Authorities should remove their names from the list, respect the right to freedom of expression @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Relentless Crackdown on Dissent, Media
Placing exiled journalists + activists on a terrorist list is a blatant attempt to intimidate them. Authorities should remove their names from the list, respect the right to freedom of expression @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...
Our brilliant @hrw.org UK team is looking for an advocacy officer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
UK Advocacy Officer
London, England, United Kingdom
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April 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Our brilliant @hrw.org UK team is looking for an advocacy officer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
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20 years after referral of crimes in #Darfur to the #ICC, impunity continues to fuel violence and atrocities in #Sudan.
Governments should support:
*ICC's work in Darfur and expanding its jurisdiction.
*Int.l judicial mechanism for Sudan.
*Universal Jurisdiction cases.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Governments should support:
*ICC's work in Darfur and expanding its jurisdiction.
*Int.l judicial mechanism for Sudan.
*Universal Jurisdiction cases.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Sudan: 20th Anniversary of Darfur ICC Referral
Two decades after the United Nations Security Council referred crimes in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC), impunity for crimes in Sudan continues to embolden rights abusers to commit f...
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March 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
20 years after referral of crimes in #Darfur to the #ICC, impunity continues to fuel violence and atrocities in #Sudan.
Governments should support:
*ICC's work in Darfur and expanding its jurisdiction.
*Int.l judicial mechanism for Sudan.
*Universal Jurisdiction cases.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Governments should support:
*ICC's work in Darfur and expanding its jurisdiction.
*Int.l judicial mechanism for Sudan.
*Universal Jurisdiction cases.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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#BurkinaFaso: Activist, journo Idrissa Barry Feared Forcibly Disappeared.
Enforced disappearances violate human rights, eg prohibitions against torture, extrajudicial execution. Authorities should immediately disclose Barry’s whereabouts+release him
@hrw
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Enforced disappearances violate human rights, eg prohibitions against torture, extrajudicial execution. Authorities should immediately disclose Barry’s whereabouts+release him
@hrw
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Prominent Burkina Faso Activist Feared Forcibly Disappeared
On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, sparking fears he has been forcibly disa...
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March 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
#BurkinaFaso: Activist, journo Idrissa Barry Feared Forcibly Disappeared.
Enforced disappearances violate human rights, eg prohibitions against torture, extrajudicial execution. Authorities should immediately disclose Barry’s whereabouts+release him
@hrw
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Enforced disappearances violate human rights, eg prohibitions against torture, extrajudicial execution. Authorities should immediately disclose Barry’s whereabouts+release him
@hrw
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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In the @thenewarab.bsky.social I set out why UK PM Starmer's
slashing UK aid is morally bankrupt & incredibly short sighted.
It will cost lives, perpetuate instability, & undermine the UK's soft power and role on the global stage. It is a gift to authoritarians.
www.newarab.com/opinion/keir...
slashing UK aid is morally bankrupt & incredibly short sighted.
It will cost lives, perpetuate instability, & undermine the UK's soft power and role on the global stage. It is a gift to authoritarians.
www.newarab.com/opinion/keir...
Keir Starmer, slashing UK aid is unconscionable and shortsighted
By cutting UK aid, Keir Starmer isn’t just catering to Donald Trump, he’s threatening lives and making the world a more dangerous place, says Yasmine Ahmed.
www.newarab.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In the @thenewarab.bsky.social I set out why UK PM Starmer's
slashing UK aid is morally bankrupt & incredibly short sighted.
It will cost lives, perpetuate instability, & undermine the UK's soft power and role on the global stage. It is a gift to authoritarians.
www.newarab.com/opinion/keir...
slashing UK aid is morally bankrupt & incredibly short sighted.
It will cost lives, perpetuate instability, & undermine the UK's soft power and role on the global stage. It is a gift to authoritarians.
www.newarab.com/opinion/keir...
ICJ: "#Sudan institutes proceedings against the #UnitedArabEmirates before the #ICJ and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures."
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go.icj-cij.org/43mj1nx
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March 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
ICJ: "#Sudan institutes proceedings against the #UnitedArabEmirates before the #ICJ and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures."
go.icj-cij.org/43mj1nx
go.icj-cij.org/43mj1nx
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#Tunisia The long-awaited trial for "conspiracy" began yesterday without the main defendants who refused to attend by video. By denying them the right to appear in person, the authorities have taken an add'l step to trample their right to a fair trial. @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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March 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
#Tunisia The long-awaited trial for "conspiracy" began yesterday without the main defendants who refused to attend by video. By denying them the right to appear in person, the authorities have taken an add'l step to trample their right to a fair trial. @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Colombian mercenaries hired by a UAE company have been fighting in El Fasher, Sudan, since late 2024. Since the story came out, routes have changed: they fly into Nyala from N'Djamena, after trips from the UAE via Ethiopia or Puntland. www.lasillavacia.com/silla-nacion...
“Lobos del Desierto”: así operan los mercenarios colombianos en Sudán
Hay más de 300 exmilitares peleando la guerra civil sudanesa. La Silla revela videos, documentos y testimonios de cómo opera el batallón.
www.lasillavacia.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Colombian mercenaries hired by a UAE company have been fighting in El Fasher, Sudan, since late 2024. Since the story came out, routes have changed: they fly into Nyala from N'Djamena, after trips from the UAE via Ethiopia or Puntland. www.lasillavacia.com/silla-nacion...
@hrw.org: Trump Administration Guts Foreign Aid. “The Trump administration’s abrupt elimination of so many vital human rights and humanitarian programs is reckless, cruel, and will wreak havoc on efforts to promote democracy and rule of law around the world.”
www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
US: Trump Administration Guts Foreign Aid
The Trump administration’s termination of over 90 percent of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s programming and thousands of State Department foreign assistance programs will undermine hu...
www.hrw.org
March 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
@hrw.org: Trump Administration Guts Foreign Aid. “The Trump administration’s abrupt elimination of so many vital human rights and humanitarian programs is reckless, cruel, and will wreak havoc on efforts to promote democracy and rule of law around the world.”
www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
🚨NOUVEAU RAPPORT @hrw_fr Soudan: Les Forces du Bouclier Soudanais, alliées aux Forces Armées Soudanaises, ont ciblé des civils à Tayba (Gezira) en janvier, tuant 26 personnes dont un enfant. Ces actes constituent des crimes de guerre. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/25/sudan-armed-group-allied-military-attacks-village🧵
February 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨NOUVEAU RAPPORT @hrw_fr Soudan: Les Forces du Bouclier Soudanais, alliées aux Forces Armées Soudanaises, ont ciblé des civils à Tayba (Gezira) en janvier, tuant 26 personnes dont un enfant. Ces actes constituent des crimes de guerre. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
New @hrw.org report: The Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces, intentionally targeted civilians in a January attack on Tayba village, killing at least 26 people including a child. This constitutes war crimes. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02... 🧵
Sudan: Armed Group Allied to the Military Attacks Village
The Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group that fights alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), intentionally targeted civilians in an attack on January 10, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.
www.hrw.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
New @hrw.org report: The Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces, intentionally targeted civilians in a January attack on Tayba village, killing at least 26 people including a child. This constitutes war crimes. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02... 🧵
I spoke with @channel4news.bsky.social, one of the rare news organizations to have recently travelled to the Nuba Mountains of #Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of people have fled attacks and famine has been declared: www.youtube.com/watch?si=hRq...
What is going on in Sudan’s rebel-controlled Nuba Mountains?
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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February 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I spoke with @channel4news.bsky.social, one of the rare news organizations to have recently travelled to the Nuba Mountains of #Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of people have fled attacks and famine has been declared: www.youtube.com/watch?si=hRq...
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Plutôt que de faire abusivement des personnes migrantes la source de tous les maux à Mayotte, le gouvernement français devrait agir pour enfin garantir les droits sociaux et économiques de tous les
habitants de l’archipel.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
habitants de l’archipel.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Les dégâts causés par le cyclone à Mayotte, révélateurs de la faiblesse des protections sociales
Les élèves du département français d'outre-mer de Mayotte retournent à l'école cette semaine, un mois et demi après qu'un cyclone dévastateur a détruit les maisons et les infrastructures de l’archipel...
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January 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Plutôt que de faire abusivement des personnes migrantes la source de tous les maux à Mayotte, le gouvernement français devrait agir pour enfin garantir les droits sociaux et économiques de tous les
habitants de l’archipel.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
habitants de l’archipel.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
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1/ New @hrw.org #Sudan report : The Rapid Support Forces & allied militias carried out war crimes in South Kordofan, killing and raping civilians, and looting & destroying homes in attacks that displaced 10s of thousands & left ghost towns in their wake. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
December 10, 2024 at 8:51 AM
1/ New @hrw.org #Sudan report : The Rapid Support Forces & allied militias carried out war crimes in South Kordofan, killing and raping civilians, and looting & destroying homes in attacks that displaced 10s of thousands & left ghost towns in their wake. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...