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bulljonas.bsky.social
@bulljonas.bsky.social
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Former Assistant Researcher, Disability Rights Division, Human Rights Watch.
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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.

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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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#BurkinaFaso : Des journalistes arrêtés lors d’une vague de répression des médias

L'arrestation arbitraire et la disparition de 3 journalistes montrent que la junte cherche désespérément à contrôler la vérité et commettre des abus en toute impunité.
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Burkina Faso : Des journalistes arrêtés lors d’une vague de répression des médias
La junte militaire poursuit sa répression contre les médias au Burkina Faso.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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“Syria’s transition should be a pathway to a rights-respecting democracy – not a pretext for entrenching authoritarian control“
March 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Philippines ex-President Duterte’s arrest & transfer to The Hague is a long-overdue victory against impunity that could bring victims & their families a step closer to justice. This sends a message to rights abusers everywhere that one day they will be held to account.
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Philippines: Duterte Arrested on ICC Warrant
The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is a historic step toward justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Incredible news from Malaysia: the state of Sarawak will not award any new permits for oil palm plantations 'for now', a senior minister said on February 20. He said Sarawak aimed to mitigate deforestation, citing international scrutiny in particular from the EU.

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March 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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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.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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New HRW geospatial analysis shows the dismantlement of camps west of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, that housed hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

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February 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
bulljonas.bsky.social
"EU ministers have a chance at their meeting on February 24 to take action. Sanctioning abusive actors from all sides and dropping deals with Rwanda that foster abuses are the first steps to take."

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February 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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🧵 @hrw.org has been seeking accountability for Indigenous rights violations at a major carbon offsetting project accredited by Verra, the standard setter that issues two of every three credits in the voluntary carbon market.
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December 12, 2024 at 12:26 PM
bulljonas.bsky.social
“Children in families making decisions about whether their low incomes will stretch to pay for food, electricity, or new school shoes, do not have the luxury of time.”
kartikraj.bsky.social Kartik Raj @kartikraj.bsky.social · Nov 20
New UK data show 5.2 million kids live in poverty.

It's great that there's now a Child Poverty Taskforce, but you don't need a Taskforce to state the obvious:

End the #twochildlimit

www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...

Time for a Taskforce to do its work is a luxury kids in poverty can't afford

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Children play in a park on a housing estate in Redcar, Teesside, May 17, 2023. © 2023 Joanne Coates/Bloomberg via Getty Images
November 20, 2024 at 3:41 PM