Birgit Schwarz
@birgitschwarz.bsky.social
Former Deputy Communications Director Europe & Africa @hrw. Now based in Brussels. My passion: journalism that holds the powerful accountable. My secret love: dancing. My true love: my son.
To stay or not to stay on ‚X‘ is an ever more pressing question - in Germany & beyond.
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Should those who stand for democratic values, fact-based debate, integrity & diversity not finally leave?
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Should those who stand for democratic values, fact-based debate, integrity & diversity not finally leave?
Dutzende Forschungseinrichtungen verlassen Plattform X
Die FU Berlin, die Uni Münster, die RWTH Aachen und Dutzende andere der wichtigsten und größten Hochschulen Deutschlands ziehen sich von X zurück. Sie protestieren damit gegen die zunehmende Radikalis...
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January 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
To stay or not to stay on ‚X‘ is an ever more pressing question - in Germany & beyond.
www.tagesschau.de/inland/hochs...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
Should those who stand for democratic values, fact-based debate, integrity & diversity not finally leave?
www.tagesschau.de/inland/hochs...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
Should those who stand for democratic values, fact-based debate, integrity & diversity not finally leave?
There ARE ways to protect democracy from big tech manipulations.
One solution: speed up action against algorithms that derail political debate.
Read Johnny Ryan @theguardian.com for more on what the EU can do to give people back control over their social feeds.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
One solution: speed up action against algorithms that derail political debate.
Read Johnny Ryan @theguardian.com for more on what the EU can do to give people back control over their social feeds.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council...
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
There ARE ways to protect democracy from big tech manipulations.
One solution: speed up action against algorithms that derail political debate.
Read Johnny Ryan @theguardian.com for more on what the EU can do to give people back control over their social feeds.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
One solution: speed up action against algorithms that derail political debate.
Read Johnny Ryan @theguardian.com for more on what the EU can do to give people back control over their social feeds.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Birgit Schwarz
So relentless has been Israel’s assault, and so complete the destruction in northern Gaza that a former Israeli defence minister described the military’s actions there as ‘ethnic cleansing’.
Here's how the Israeli military erased a town of 200,000 people in Gaza. on.ft.com/3DTS14e
Here's how the Israeli military erased a town of 200,000 people in Gaza. on.ft.com/3DTS14e
January 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
So relentless has been Israel’s assault, and so complete the destruction in northern Gaza that a former Israeli defence minister described the military’s actions there as ‘ethnic cleansing’.
Here's how the Israeli military erased a town of 200,000 people in Gaza. on.ft.com/3DTS14e
Here's how the Israeli military erased a town of 200,000 people in Gaza. on.ft.com/3DTS14e
At #COP28, Fossil Fuels Continue to Threaten Human Rights
📢 Join us @hrw tomorrow, Nov 8, at 3pm GMT for a news conference on human rights abuses in the #UAE & how fossil fuels finance governments that engage in arbitrary detention of critics.
hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📢 Join us @hrw tomorrow, Nov 8, at 3pm GMT for a news conference on human rights abuses in the #UAE & how fossil fuels finance governments that engage in arbitrary detention of critics.
hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 7, 2023 at 11:37 AM
At #COP28, Fossil Fuels Continue to Threaten Human Rights
📢 Join us @hrw tomorrow, Nov 8, at 3pm GMT for a news conference on human rights abuses in the #UAE & how fossil fuels finance governments that engage in arbitrary detention of critics.
hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📢 Join us @hrw tomorrow, Nov 8, at 3pm GMT for a news conference on human rights abuses in the #UAE & how fossil fuels finance governments that engage in arbitrary detention of critics.
hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Ugandan authorities seem hell bent on silencing all those critical of the environmental & human costs of the East African Crude Oil pipeline project (EACOP), a new @hrw report "Working on Oil is Forbidden" finds.
hrw.org/news/2023/11...
hrw.org/news/2023/11...
November 2, 2023 at 10:36 AM
Ugandan authorities seem hell bent on silencing all those critical of the environmental & human costs of the East African Crude Oil pipeline project (EACOP), a new @hrw report "Working on Oil is Forbidden" finds.
hrw.org/news/2023/11...
hrw.org/news/2023/11...
Environmental defenders and anti-fossil fuel activists in Uganda face arbitrary arrests, harassment, threats for raising concerns over planned EACOP oil pipeline.
New Human Rights Watch report going out on November 2.
Reporters can DM me for embargoed copy, interview requests or more info.
New Human Rights Watch report going out on November 2.
Reporters can DM me for embargoed copy, interview requests or more info.
October 31, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Environmental defenders and anti-fossil fuel activists in Uganda face arbitrary arrests, harassment, threats for raising concerns over planned EACOP oil pipeline.
New Human Rights Watch report going out on November 2.
Reporters can DM me for embargoed copy, interview requests or more info.
New Human Rights Watch report going out on November 2.
Reporters can DM me for embargoed copy, interview requests or more info.
Nothing can justify the Hamas-led massacres of Israeli civilians on October 7. These were war crimes.
Neither can anything justify the war crimes Israel is committing in Gaza.
Including by depriving civilians of humanitarian aid.
nybooks.com/online/2023/...
Neither can anything justify the war crimes Israel is committing in Gaza.
Including by depriving civilians of humanitarian aid.
nybooks.com/online/2023/...
October 31, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Nothing can justify the Hamas-led massacres of Israeli civilians on October 7. These were war crimes.
Neither can anything justify the war crimes Israel is committing in Gaza.
Including by depriving civilians of humanitarian aid.
nybooks.com/online/2023/...
Neither can anything justify the war crimes Israel is committing in Gaza.
Including by depriving civilians of humanitarian aid.
nybooks.com/online/2023/...
Reposted by Birgit Schwarz
How does international humanitarian law apply in Israel and Gaza?
Learn more about the law governing armed conflict and military occupation, and its application in the current hostilities involving Israel and Palestinian armed groups ⤵
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Learn more about the law governing armed conflict and military occupation, and its application in the current hostilities involving Israel and Palestinian armed groups ⤵
trib.al/pIYRXAw
How Does International Humanitarian Law Apply in Israel and Gaza?
In the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel, and Israel’s ensuing bombardment campaign of the Gaza Strip, there is much discussion, by both experts and non-experts, about international humanitari...
trib.al
October 29, 2023 at 2:29 PM
How does international humanitarian law apply in Israel and Gaza?
Learn more about the law governing armed conflict and military occupation, and its application in the current hostilities involving Israel and Palestinian armed groups ⤵
trib.al/pIYRXAw
Learn more about the law governing armed conflict and military occupation, and its application in the current hostilities involving Israel and Palestinian armed groups ⤵
trib.al/pIYRXAw
Reposted by Birgit Schwarz
Environmental defenders and anti-fossil fuel activists in Uganda face arbitrary arrests, harassment, threats for raising concerns over planned oil pipeline.
New report Human Rights Watch, going out on November 2.
Reporters can DM me for embargoed copy, interview requests etc.
#StopEACOP
New report Human Rights Watch, going out on November 2.
Reporters can DM me for embargoed copy, interview requests etc.
#StopEACOP
October 31, 2023 at 11:04 AM
Environmental defenders and anti-fossil fuel activists in Uganda face arbitrary arrests, harassment, threats for raising concerns over planned oil pipeline.
New report Human Rights Watch, going out on November 2.
Reporters can DM me for embargoed copy, interview requests etc.
#StopEACOP
New report Human Rights Watch, going out on November 2.
Reporters can DM me for embargoed copy, interview requests etc.
#StopEACOP