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Nadia Hardman
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Refugee and Migrant Rights Researcher at Human Rights Watch. Here for the calm.
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elainepearson.bsky.social
Increased cooperation between Thai & Vietnamese authorities is putting Vietnamese refugees & asylum seekers in Thailand at heightened risk of forcible return to Vietnam. Thai police have carried out several large operations in 2025 detaining Vietnamese. NEW from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Thailand: Vietnamese Refugees at Risk from Hanoi
Increased cooperation between Thai and Vietnamese authorities is putting Vietnamese refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand at heightened risk of forcible returned to Vietnam.
www.hrw.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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joeyshea.bsky.social
🚩On @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social, Aziz Ansari said he would donate part of his Riyadh Comedy Fest fee to @hrw.org

While HRW cannot accept the donation, it's not too late for him to call for the release of detained Saudi activists Manahel al Otaibi & Waleed Abu al Khair
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Saudi Arabia: Comedians Silent on Detained Activists
Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival did not use their public platform to urge Saudi authorities to free unjustly detained Saudi dissidents, journalists, and human rights activists
www.hrw.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Gaza ravagée par 2 ans de guerre:
"Les autorités israéliennes vont au-delà des opérations nécessaires pour atteindre leurs objectifs militaires : outre les frappes et l'envoi de troupes au sol, elles rasent et ravagent des zones entières." @nadiahardman.bsky.social
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CARTES. Des écoles aux cimetières, la bande de Gaza ravagée par deux ans de guerre avec Israël
En 24 mois de conflit depuis le 7-Octobre, 78% des bâtiments du territoire palestinien ont été endommagés ou détruits, selon l'ONU. Franceinfo a cartographié ces destructions.
www.franceinfo.fr
October 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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michellerandhawa.bsky.social
Despite promising statements from PM Nawaf Salam and MEHE Rima Karami on education for all, #Lebanon gov decision to uphold residency requirement for public school registration risks barring 10s of thousands of refugee students from school @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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michellerandhawa.bsky.social
“Under international law, children, regardless of their [immigration] status...have the right to an education. Education should never be used as a political pawn...” @thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/analysis/how...
How Syrian children are being shut out of Lebanon’s classrooms
Government restrictions have effectively barred tens of thousands of Syrian children from school in Lebanon, as NGOs step in to teach those left behind
www.newarab.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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billfrelick.bsky.social
Pakistan’s govt should provide assistance to at least 4 million people displaced by recent flooding, but also take action to prevent foreseeable harms, including from climate change and extreme weather events. @hrw.org @saroopijaz.bsky.social
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
Pakistan Floods Highlight Urgent Need for Reforms
Catastrophic floods from heavy rainfall in Pakistan this past week displaced at least four million people, destroyed thousands of acres of crops, and severely damaged critical infrastructure. At least...
www.hrw.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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billfrelick.bsky.social
Some good news: Thailand Allows Myanmar Refugees in Camps to Work Legally www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
Thailand Allows Myanmar Refugees in Camps to Work Legally
On August 26, Thailand’s cabinet approved measures allowing Myanmar refugees living in camps along the border to work legally. For many, it will be the first formal employment of their lives.
www.hrw.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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laurenseibert.bsky.social
🚨 New @hrw.org report documents years of serious abuses by security forces in #Mauritania against West & Central African migrants, while those same authorities received equipment/support 💰 from the EU & #Spain to bolster border control & prevent irregular migration
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www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
August 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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billfrelick.bsky.social
My thoughts: the US Congress shld question why women shld have to shoehorn their claims into a narrow understanding of membership of a particular social group & thereby have less consistent or predictable protection than racial, religious, nationality & political groups. www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
US Should Fix the Gender Gap in Refugee Protection
In a recent decision denying asylum to a Salvadoran woman being stalked by gang members, the Board of Immigration Appeals — the highest administrative body for interpreting U.S. immigration law — foun...
www.hrw.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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belkiswille.bsky.social
THREAD: What does it mean to seek food in Gaza today? For many Palestinians, it means risking death. These are the stories behind the hundreds killed. #Gaza #HumanRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
August 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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abacci.bsky.social
The UK gov plans to experiment with facial age estimation tech on vulnerable young people. But refugee children need care, not algorithms. This tech isn't the solution - instead, it creates new potentially life-changing risks, as @techchildrights.bsky.social and I write. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
UK Plans AI Experiment on Children Seeking Asylum
The United Kingdom’s announcement on July 22 that it would use AI face-scanning technology to evaluate whether an asylum seeker is under age 18 threatens to harm children seeking refuge.
www.hrw.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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christinaabdulahad.bsky.social
När USA drar ner biståndet till Myanmars flyktingar måste andra länder som Sverige agera. @hrw.org @nadiahardman.bsky.social och Sunai Pashuk varnar för en akut kris i Thailand och ifrågasätter varför Sverige inte gör mer.

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Kraven på Sverige: Måste öka biståndet - Nyheter (Ekot)
När USA skär ner sitt bistånd till flyktingar från Myanmar måste andra länder som Sverige rycka in.Det anser Human Rights Watch i Thailand som varnar för ...
www.sverigesradio.se
July 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
nadiahardman.bsky.social
🚨New @hrw.org finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand.

The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
July 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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kartikraj.bsky.social
1/15 🧵

Today, the UK government will ask MPs to railroad through social security legislation that makes cuts to disability-related benefits to the next stage.

@hrw.org joins 80+ other orgs asking MPs to reject the UCPIP Bill. It is bad news for human rights.

www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Joint civil society statement on the UC & PIP Bill Monday 30th June 2025 We are coming together as organisations committed to fighting poverty, providing advice, and supporting and championing the rights of disabled people, their families, and carers. We stand firmly with disabled people and their organisations in calling for the UK government to withdraw the UC & PIP Bill and to undertake genuine dialogue with disabled people to shape reforms centred on the rights and dignity that all disabled people need and deserve. At a time when the share of GDP spent on working-age social security has remained stable for the last ten years, cutting the incomes of disabled people is a political choice. There is time for the government to pursue alternatives. If this Bill is voted through, then by 2030 it will have cut PIP for more than 400,000 disabled people and Universal Credit for more than 700,000 people who are disabled or have a long-term health condition. These numbers will only increase in the years to follow. This Bill has also been brought before parliament: • Without consultation with disabled people • Without any assessment of its impact on health and employment outcomes • Before the planned review of the PIP assessment has properly begun its work • Without knowing how the outcome of the PIP review may affect these reforms The changes announced last week and the compressed timetable for scrutiny mean that MPs will only have a single day to debate or amend the new provisions. There is too much at stake for disabled people for this Bill to be rushed through without the opportunity for meaningful challenge or scrutiny. We urge all MPs to vote against this Bill at Second Reading. Signatories Acts 435 Action for Children Amnesty International British Association of Social Workers Camphill Village Trust Centre for Mental Health Child Poverty Action Group Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition Children First Citizens Advice Community Money Advice Crisis Cystic Fibrosis Trust Debt Justice Diabetes UK Disability Benefits Consortium Disability Law Service Disabled People Against Cuts End Child Poverty Coalition Endometriosis UK Engender Fuel Poverty Action Home Start Human Rights Watch Huntington's Disease Association Imagine Act and Succeed In Kind Direct Independent Age Independent Food Aid Network Joseph Rowntree Foundation Kidney Care Learning Disability Allies Leonard Cheshire ME Foggy Dog Mental Health Foundation Mental Health UK Mind Money and Mental Health Policy Institute MS Society National Autistic Society National Children's Bureau National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society National Survivor User Network Neuroendocrine Cancer UK New Economics Foundation Oxfam Parkinson's UK Quaker Social Action Rethink Mental Illness Royal National Institute of Blind People Royal National Institute of Deaf People SeeAbility Scope Sense Shelter Sisters of Frida St Mungo's Stripy Lightbulb CIC The Children's Society The Food Foundation The Poverty Alliance The Salvation Army Trussell Turn2Us Turning Point Versus Arthritis Voluntary Organisations Disability Group We Care Campaign Whizz Kidz Women's Budget Group Young Lives vs Cancer Z2K 4 in 10 Black Country Foodbank Citizens Advice Scotland Close the Gap Food Plymouth Hartlepool Foodbank Includem North East Child Poverty Commission One Parent Families Scotland Parenting Across Scotland Scottish Women's Budget Group Shelter Scotland Stay Safe East The Scottish Pantry Network
July 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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billfrelick.bsky.social
Today, Rohingya seeking asylum are still being beaten, extorted, and left to die, while the violence and repression pushing them from their homes has surged.

My @hrw.org colleagues, Shayna Bauchner and @nadiahardman.bsky.social comment:

thediplomat.com/2025/05/10-y...
10 Years of Rohingya Refugees Stranded at Sea
Today, Rohingya seeking asylum are still being beaten, extorted, and left to die, while the violence and repression pushing them from their homes has surged.
thediplomat.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
nadiahardman.bsky.social
For more on the crisis in the Andaman Sea and the continuous exploitation of the Rohingya desperate to leave a life of brutality, read our new oped in @thediplomat.com 👇

thediplomat.com/2025/05/10-y...
May 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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hrw.org
Ten years ago, 8,000 Rohingya were left stranded in the Andaman Sea during a refugee crisis that grabbed global attention.

Today, #Rohingya refugees continue to embark on these high-risk journeys.

Learn more:
May 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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hrw.org
The Naval Court in Greece has said 17 coast guard officers should face felony charges over a shipwreck on June 14, 2023, in which at least 500 migrants died.

Greek authorities did not intervene in a timely or safe way despite the boat being obviously in distress.
May 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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hrw.org
This week, the British government is in the High Court defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel.

HRW's Yasmine Ahmed is at the High Court in London ⤵️
May 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup: Human rights groups warn of migrant worker deaths
Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup: Human rights groups warn of migrant worker deaths
Workers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents as the country prepares to host the 2034 World Cup, reports say.
www.bbc.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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lenasimet.bsky.social
1/ After nearly 3 years of research, our @hrw.org report "The Gig Trap" is finally out. It documents how companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, Shipt, Favor, and Amazon Flex created a business model that undermines labor rights & deepens inequality in the US. A 🧵https://hrw.org/node/391214
May 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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NEW from #HRW: Without accountability mechanisms, "those with power may become tyrants and no one under their rule is free or safe." www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Authored by: @treywalk.bsky.social + John Raphling
President Trump’s Efforts to Defy Accountability
During the first three months of his administration, President Donald Trump has destroyed, captured, or marginalized institutions intended to check abuses of executive power.
www.hrw.org
May 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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hrw.org
📣 Exciting news!

We're proud to announce that our film, Swept, on unhoused people being criminalized in Los Angeles, has been nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Short Documentary category!

Watch the full film here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmgA...
How Authorities in Los Angeles use Sanitation Sweeps to Criminalize Unhoused People
YouTube video by Human Rights Watch
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May 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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NEW: A Trump-appointed federal judge rejects Trump's invocation of 18th century Alien Enemies Act www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Trump-appointed federal district judge rejects use of Alien Enemies Act in Venezuelan deporations
The ruling marked the first time a judge weighed in on the merits of Trump's invocation of the wartime authority granted back in 1798.
www.nbcnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM