Rawya Rageh
@rawya.bsky.social
Sr Crisis Advisor Amnesty International — war crimes, human rights abuses in crises. Recovering journalist. Aptly named. Rawya = Storyteller in Arabic.
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Rawya Rageh
@rawya.bsky.social
· Feb 12
📣 Out Now: @amnesty.org’s report “‘I’m a child, why did this happen to me?’ Gangs’ assault on childhood in #Haiti”
Based on 112 interviews, we document
‼️ Recruitment of children
‼️ Rape & sexual violence
‼️ Killings & injuries
‼️ Impact on children with disabilities
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Based on 112 interviews, we document
‼️ Recruitment of children
‼️ Rape & sexual violence
‼️ Killings & injuries
‼️ Impact on children with disabilities
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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In Nov, I visited E #DRC to investigate acts by Islamic State-linked #ADF. 40+ victims (men, women, children) spoke of abductions, killings, sexual violence, forced labor.
My @amnesty.org OpEd on ADF’s #warcrimes, need for UNSC/others to do more to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
My @amnesty.org OpEd on ADF’s #warcrimes, need for UNSC/others to do more to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
“Tell everyone we are being massacred”: overlooked war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), across a vast swathe of mountainous terrain, a conflict is raging that the world has forgotten. The Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamic State-linked...
www.amnesty.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In Nov, I visited E #DRC to investigate acts by Islamic State-linked #ADF. 40+ victims (men, women, children) spoke of abductions, killings, sexual violence, forced labor.
My @amnesty.org OpEd on ADF’s #warcrimes, need for UNSC/others to do more to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
My @amnesty.org OpEd on ADF’s #warcrimes, need for UNSC/others to do more to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
“The Coalition Air Forces conducted a limited military operation this morning targeting weapons and combat vehicles unloaded from the two ships at the port.”
Mind boggling the statement refers to this as an act of the “coalition”. Perhaps since that’s the legal cover for Saudi mil action in #Yemen?
Mind boggling the statement refers to this as an act of the “coalition”. Perhaps since that’s the legal cover for Saudi mil action in #Yemen?
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia said it bombed the port city of Mukalla in Yemen over a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen over shipment of weapons for separatists that arrived from UAE
Saudi Arabia says it bombed the port city of Mukalla in Yemen over a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“The Coalition Air Forces conducted a limited military operation this morning targeting weapons and combat vehicles unloaded from the two ships at the port.”
Mind boggling the statement refers to this as an act of the “coalition”. Perhaps since that’s the legal cover for Saudi mil action in #Yemen?
Mind boggling the statement refers to this as an act of the “coalition”. Perhaps since that’s the legal cover for Saudi mil action in #Yemen?
In Nov, I visited E #DRC to investigate acts by Islamic State-linked #ADF. 40+ victims (men, women, children) spoke of abductions, killings, sexual violence, forced labor.
My @amnesty.org OpEd on ADF’s #warcrimes, need for UNSC/others to do more to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
My @amnesty.org OpEd on ADF’s #warcrimes, need for UNSC/others to do more to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
“Tell everyone we are being massacred”: overlooked war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), across a vast swathe of mountainous terrain, a conflict is raging that the world has forgotten. The Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamic State-linked...
www.amnesty.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In Nov, I visited E #DRC to investigate acts by Islamic State-linked #ADF. 40+ victims (men, women, children) spoke of abductions, killings, sexual violence, forced labor.
My @amnesty.org OpEd on ADF’s #warcrimes, need for UNSC/others to do more to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
My @amnesty.org OpEd on ADF’s #warcrimes, need for UNSC/others to do more to protect civilians.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
I watched The Voice of Hind Rajab last night. Twice.
I have no words.
Please go see it. Tell everyone about it.
And if you’re so inclined, support the Palestinian Red Crescent. donate.mazloweb.com/donate/7PKxN...
I have no words.
Please go see it. Tell everyone about it.
And if you’re so inclined, support the Palestinian Red Crescent. donate.mazloweb.com/donate/7PKxN...
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I watched The Voice of Hind Rajab last night. Twice.
I have no words.
Please go see it. Tell everyone about it.
And if you’re so inclined, support the Palestinian Red Crescent. donate.mazloweb.com/donate/7PKxN...
I have no words.
Please go see it. Tell everyone about it.
And if you’re so inclined, support the Palestinian Red Crescent. donate.mazloweb.com/donate/7PKxN...
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I can’t believe we are watching the deliberate starvation in Gaza and are this helpless. How is this 2025? How did we as a human race allow this to happen? How?
July 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I can’t believe we are watching the deliberate starvation in Gaza and are this helpless. How is this 2025? How did we as a human race allow this to happen? How?
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It's out!
The Dangerous Rise of "Dual-Use" Objects in War
Coauthored with @mararevkin.bsky.social and @azmatzahra.bsky.social.
We show that the targeting of dual-use objects over the last several decades has placed civilians at great risk.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Dangerous Rise of "Dual-Use" Objects in War
Coauthored with @mararevkin.bsky.social and @azmatzahra.bsky.social.
We show that the targeting of dual-use objects over the last several decades has placed civilians at great risk.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's out!
The Dangerous Rise of "Dual-Use" Objects in War
Coauthored with @mararevkin.bsky.social and @azmatzahra.bsky.social.
We show that the targeting of dual-use objects over the last several decades has placed civilians at great risk.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Dangerous Rise of "Dual-Use" Objects in War
Coauthored with @mararevkin.bsky.social and @azmatzahra.bsky.social.
We show that the targeting of dual-use objects over the last several decades has placed civilians at great risk.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Badar’s fellowship is partially subsidized by the Scholars at Risk program, which works with U.S. universities to host international scholars facing threats in their countries. He never imagined that a country with a Scholars at Risk program would one day pose a risk to scholars.
A powerful essay ⤵️
A powerful essay ⤵️
NEW: The detention of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri parallels the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk. His colleague Nader Hashemi reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on his recent visit with Suri in an ICE facility in Texas.
newlinesmag.com/first-person...
newlinesmag.com/first-person...
Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center
A visit to the ICE facility housing the Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, whose case parallels those of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk
newlinesmag.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Badar’s fellowship is partially subsidized by the Scholars at Risk program, which works with U.S. universities to host international scholars facing threats in their countries. He never imagined that a country with a Scholars at Risk program would one day pose a risk to scholars.
A powerful essay ⤵️
A powerful essay ⤵️
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"In some 36 strikes about which the UN Human Rights Office corroborated information, the fatalities recorded so far were only women and children."
Read that again.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Read that again.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Gaza: Increasing Israeli “evacuation orders” lead to forcible transfer of Palestinians
The increasing issuance by Israeli Forces of “evacuation orders” – which are, in effect, displacement orders – have resulted in the forcible transfer of Palestinians in Gaza into ever shrinking spaces...
www.ohchr.org
April 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"In some 36 strikes about which the UN Human Rights Office corroborated information, the fatalities recorded so far were only women and children."
Read that again.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Read that again.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
“Ma, forgive me, ma. This is the path I chose — to help people.”
Ya Allah.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Ya Allah.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Ma, forgive me, ma. This is the path I chose — to help people.”
Ya Allah.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Ya Allah.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
@aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social is running an utterly heartbreaking report by Mohamed Vall from the Sudanese capital Khartoum. He says the destruction has rendered the city unrecognizable. And it shows vividly in the report. If you’ve ever been to Khartoum, you’d recognize many places now in ruins.
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
@aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social is running an utterly heartbreaking report by Mohamed Vall from the Sudanese capital Khartoum. He says the destruction has rendered the city unrecognizable. And it shows vividly in the report. If you’ve ever been to Khartoum, you’d recognize many places now in ruins.
Eid prayers in Washington Sq Park, NYC. Quite a beautiful sight to behold.
March 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Eid prayers in Washington Sq Park, NYC. Quite a beautiful sight to behold.
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Video shows former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte being arrested on a plane at Manila airport on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant over alleged crimes against humanity during his crackdown on drugs.
March 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Video shows former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte being arrested on a plane at Manila airport on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant over alleged crimes against humanity during his crackdown on drugs.
Between 2016-2019, my colleagues & I documented extrajudicial executions under #Duterte’s “drug war” among other violations. The work was cited in the request to investigate him over crimes agnst humanity. That the people of the #Philippines could witness justice served…
apnews.com/article/rodr...
apnews.com/article/rodr...
Former Philippine President Duterte arrested on an ICC warrant over drug killings
Police took him into custody on orders of the ICC, which has been investigating the massive killings that happened under the former president’s deadly crackdown against illegal drugs.
apnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Between 2016-2019, my colleagues & I documented extrajudicial executions under #Duterte’s “drug war” among other violations. The work was cited in the request to investigate him over crimes agnst humanity. That the people of the #Philippines could witness justice served…
apnews.com/article/rodr...
apnews.com/article/rodr...
“Funding freezes implemented by the US govt are straining already fragile public health infrastructure & overburdening essential care programs”
What one aid group says abt impact in Haiti.
This amid spiraling sexual violence by gangs necessitating a complex response.
www.pih.org/article/deca...
What one aid group says abt impact in Haiti.
This amid spiraling sexual violence by gangs necessitating a complex response.
www.pih.org/article/deca...
Decades of Progress at Risk: U.S. Aid Cuts Threaten Haiti’s Healthcare
Hear directly from Wesler Lambert, Zanmi Lasante’s interim executive director, about the dangers of a U.S. funding freeze on communities in Haiti.
www.pih.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“Funding freezes implemented by the US govt are straining already fragile public health infrastructure & overburdening essential care programs”
What one aid group says abt impact in Haiti.
This amid spiraling sexual violence by gangs necessitating a complex response.
www.pih.org/article/deca...
What one aid group says abt impact in Haiti.
This amid spiraling sexual violence by gangs necessitating a complex response.
www.pih.org/article/deca...
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🚨 Major threat to academic freedom in NY:
Has an American governor ever intervened to shut down a search committee?
Here's the key paragraph in Hunter's advert. 1) For starters, "critical lens" doesn't nec mean "supportive lens." 2) Using all terms that follow doesn't make someone antisemitic.
🧵
Has an American governor ever intervened to shut down a search committee?
Here's the key paragraph in Hunter's advert. 1) For starters, "critical lens" doesn't nec mean "supportive lens." 2) Using all terms that follow doesn't make someone antisemitic.
🧵
February 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
🚨 Major threat to academic freedom in NY:
Has an American governor ever intervened to shut down a search committee?
Here's the key paragraph in Hunter's advert. 1) For starters, "critical lens" doesn't nec mean "supportive lens." 2) Using all terms that follow doesn't make someone antisemitic.
🧵
Has an American governor ever intervened to shut down a search committee?
Here's the key paragraph in Hunter's advert. 1) For starters, "critical lens" doesn't nec mean "supportive lens." 2) Using all terms that follow doesn't make someone antisemitic.
🧵
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Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
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“Perhaps the greatest of these sins is convincing ourselves that posting is a form of political activism, when it is at best a coping mechanism—an individualist solution to problems that can only be solved by collective action.” www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“Perhaps the greatest of these sins is convincing ourselves that posting is a form of political activism, when it is at best a coping mechanism—an individualist solution to problems that can only be solved by collective action.” www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
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📢 Join us for an online event to remember #MarieColvin on the 13th anniversary of her killing by Assad's regime and hear about #Syria's post-Assad future from MCJN members who are highly acclaimed journalists from #Syria and #Lebanon.
⏰ Feb 20th | 17:00 to 18:30 GMT
Register here 🔗 bit.ly/418RynR
⏰ Feb 20th | 17:00 to 18:30 GMT
Register here 🔗 bit.ly/418RynR
February 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
📢 Join us for an online event to remember #MarieColvin on the 13th anniversary of her killing by Assad's regime and hear about #Syria's post-Assad future from MCJN members who are highly acclaimed journalists from #Syria and #Lebanon.
⏰ Feb 20th | 17:00 to 18:30 GMT
Register here 🔗 bit.ly/418RynR
⏰ Feb 20th | 17:00 to 18:30 GMT
Register here 🔗 bit.ly/418RynR
📣 Out Now: @amnesty.org’s report “‘I’m a child, why did this happen to me?’ Gangs’ assault on childhood in #Haiti”
Based on 112 interviews, we document
‼️ Recruitment of children
‼️ Rape & sexual violence
‼️ Killings & injuries
‼️ Impact on children with disabilities
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Based on 112 interviews, we document
‼️ Recruitment of children
‼️ Rape & sexual violence
‼️ Killings & injuries
‼️ Impact on children with disabilities
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
February 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
📣 Out Now: @amnesty.org’s report “‘I’m a child, why did this happen to me?’ Gangs’ assault on childhood in #Haiti”
Based on 112 interviews, we document
‼️ Recruitment of children
‼️ Rape & sexual violence
‼️ Killings & injuries
‼️ Impact on children with disabilities
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Based on 112 interviews, we document
‼️ Recruitment of children
‼️ Rape & sexual violence
‼️ Killings & injuries
‼️ Impact on children with disabilities
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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In September, I went to Haiti with a colleague and we interviewed 50+ children. Our @amnesty.org report on the gangs’ assault on childhood comes out next week.
⚡ Publishing next week: Wed 12 Feb, 00.01 EST
#Haiti: Children suffering gang recruitment, attacks and sexual violence amid escalating crisis – a major new @amnesty.org report
For more information, DM me or email press@amnesty.org
#Haiti: Children suffering gang recruitment, attacks and sexual violence amid escalating crisis – a major new @amnesty.org report
For more information, DM me or email press@amnesty.org
February 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In September, I went to Haiti with a colleague and we interviewed 50+ children. Our @amnesty.org report on the gangs’ assault on childhood comes out next week.