Jan Kooy
@kooyjan.bsky.social
Communications expert / public affairs strategist.
Associate Director Europe - Comms at Human Rights Watch (@hrw.org).
Board of Directors Sport & Rights Alliance (@sportrightsall.bsky.social).
Past: Foreign Desk at Dutch newswire ANP.
Associate Director Europe - Comms at Human Rights Watch (@hrw.org).
Board of Directors Sport & Rights Alliance (@sportrightsall.bsky.social).
Past: Foreign Desk at Dutch newswire ANP.
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Jan Kooy
@kooyjan.bsky.social
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🚨"The EU should not yield to businesses that want to weaken requirements to safeguard working conditions through business supply chains and protect workers’ human rights."
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
- 141(!) organizations including @hrw.org in joint letter before crucial November 13 EP vote ⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Wag the Dog - Original Theatrical Trailer
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Rewind
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November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Democratieën sterven als journalisten de aanval op de rechtstaat als een sportwedstrijd verslaan.
In deze reportage van 1Vandaag gaat Joost Vullings uitgebreid in op de hechtheid van het team van Eerdmans, maar geen moment op de antirechtstatelijke standpunten. eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/ka...
In deze reportage van 1Vandaag gaat Joost Vullings uitgebreid in op de hechtheid van het team van Eerdmans, maar geen moment op de antirechtstatelijke standpunten. eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/ka...
Kan JA21 een rol spelen in nieuw kabinet? 'Wij zijn een hecht en stevig team'
Mocht de nieuwe coalitie over rechts willen, dan zijn alle ogen gericht op JA21. Want met die partij zou de coalitie dichtbij een meerderheid zijn. Maar de v...
eenvandaag.avrotros.nl
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Democratieën sterven als journalisten de aanval op de rechtstaat als een sportwedstrijd verslaan.
In deze reportage van 1Vandaag gaat Joost Vullings uitgebreid in op de hechtheid van het team van Eerdmans, maar geen moment op de antirechtstatelijke standpunten. eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/ka...
In deze reportage van 1Vandaag gaat Joost Vullings uitgebreid in op de hechtheid van het team van Eerdmans, maar geen moment op de antirechtstatelijke standpunten. eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/ka...
"This is the first universal jurisdiction trial for atrocities committed in Congo by a Congolese national, an important step for justice and a testament to the perseverance of victims and survivors."
- @hrw.org on the trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga
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- @hrw.org on the trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga
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Trial of Ex-Congolese Warlord Important Step for Justice
The trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former rebel leader and former minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, begins on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, before the Paris Criminal Court. Lumbala is...
www.hrw.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"This is the first universal jurisdiction trial for atrocities committed in Congo by a Congolese national, an important step for justice and a testament to the perseverance of victims and survivors."
- @hrw.org on the trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga
Read more ⤵️
- @hrw.org on the trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga
Read more ⤵️
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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
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...
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@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social: Stand for human rights in #Tunisia, call for release of those arbitrarily detained & respect for fundamental freedoms
@mounirsatouri.bsky.social @michaelgahler.bsky.social: Put #Tunisia on your urgency situation agenda
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
@mounirsatouri.bsky.social @michaelgahler.bsky.social: Put #Tunisia on your urgency situation agenda
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
The EU Has Simply Abandoned Human Rights in Tunisia
In the early morning of April 19, a Tunis Court issued sentences in a mass trial of 40 lawyers, opposition figures, and critics of the president. Thirty-seven defendants were sentenced to heavy prison...
www.hrw.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social: Stand for human rights in #Tunisia, call for release of those arbitrarily detained & respect for fundamental freedoms
@mounirsatouri.bsky.social @michaelgahler.bsky.social: Put #Tunisia on your urgency situation agenda
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
@mounirsatouri.bsky.social @michaelgahler.bsky.social: Put #Tunisia on your urgency situation agenda
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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EU institutions should stop ignoring #Tunisia s fall into repression. Petting authoritarian leaders in the back is not only a blow to EU values - it's also bad policy.
Our take on the fabricated mass ‘Conspiracy’ Trial 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Our take on the fabricated mass ‘Conspiracy’ Trial 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Tunisia: Overturn Unjust ‘Conspiracy’ Trial Convictions
A Tunisian Court on November 17, 2025, is scheduled to hear the appeal of 37 people unjustly sentenced to heavy prison terms in a politically motivated “Conspiracy Case” from April.
www.hrw.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
EU institutions should stop ignoring #Tunisia s fall into repression. Petting authoritarian leaders in the back is not only a blow to EU values - it's also bad policy.
Our take on the fabricated mass ‘Conspiracy’ Trial 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Our take on the fabricated mass ‘Conspiracy’ Trial 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
The Australian government’s proposed amendments to its sanctions regulations are an important step toward accountability for Taliban officials and others responsible for serious abuses in Afghanistan.
New from @hrw.org / @dgavshon.bsky.social⤵
New from @hrw.org / @dgavshon.bsky.social⤵
Australia: Afghanistan’s Taliban May Face New Sanctions
The Australian government’s proposed amendments to its sanctions regulations are an important step toward accountability for Taliban officials and others responsible for serious abuses in Afghanistan.
www.hrw.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The Australian government’s proposed amendments to its sanctions regulations are an important step toward accountability for Taliban officials and others responsible for serious abuses in Afghanistan.
New from @hrw.org / @dgavshon.bsky.social⤵
New from @hrw.org / @dgavshon.bsky.social⤵
What's wrong with deals that European countries try to reach with abusive regimes in efforts to keep people out?
Here's a thread by @hrw.org's refugee and migrant rights researcher @laurenseibert.bsky.social.
Time to finally focus on human rights and the protection of those most vulnerable!
Here's a thread by @hrw.org's refugee and migrant rights researcher @laurenseibert.bsky.social.
Time to finally focus on human rights and the protection of those most vulnerable!
🚨 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...
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www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What's wrong with deals that European countries try to reach with abusive regimes in efforts to keep people out?
Here's a thread by @hrw.org's refugee and migrant rights researcher @laurenseibert.bsky.social.
Time to finally focus on human rights and the protection of those most vulnerable!
Here's a thread by @hrw.org's refugee and migrant rights researcher @laurenseibert.bsky.social.
Time to finally focus on human rights and the protection of those most vulnerable!
"Cowboybedrijven krijgen ruim baan en mogen een spoor van vernieling achter zich laten."
"Weg is de aansprakelijkheid van oliebedrijven, weg de gerechtigheid voor slachtoffers van moderne slavernij, weg het nemen van verantwoordelijkheid voor milieu- en klimaatschade."
"Weg is de aansprakelijkheid van oliebedrijven, weg de gerechtigheid voor slachtoffers van moderne slavernij, weg het nemen van verantwoordelijkheid voor milieu- en klimaatschade."
Europese duurzaamheidsdoelen sneuvelen, minder regels voor bedrijven
Nog voor nieuwe EU-regels voor verantwoord ondernemen in werking treden zet het Europees Parlement het mes erin, uit vrees economische concurrentiekracht te verliezen.
nos.nl
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Cowboybedrijven krijgen ruim baan en mogen een spoor van vernieling achter zich laten."
"Weg is de aansprakelijkheid van oliebedrijven, weg de gerechtigheid voor slachtoffers van moderne slavernij, weg het nemen van verantwoordelijkheid voor milieu- en klimaatschade."
"Weg is de aansprakelijkheid van oliebedrijven, weg de gerechtigheid voor slachtoffers van moderne slavernij, weg het nemen van verantwoordelijkheid voor milieu- en klimaatschade."
“When anti-EU parties and corporate lobbies write the rules, accountability dies and Europe’s credibility crumbles.
Today’s vote shows how corporate capture and far-right politics now walk hand in hand, and it's the victims, workers and the planet who pay the price.”
Today’s vote shows how corporate capture and far-right politics now walk hand in hand, and it's the victims, workers and the planet who pay the price.”
PRESS RELEASE European Parliament’s far-right alliance adopts position on Omnibus I: Corporate capture on full display, written for the few not for people or planet - ECCJ
corporatejustice.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“When anti-EU parties and corporate lobbies write the rules, accountability dies and Europe’s credibility crumbles.
Today’s vote shows how corporate capture and far-right politics now walk hand in hand, and it's the victims, workers and the planet who pay the price.”
Today’s vote shows how corporate capture and far-right politics now walk hand in hand, and it's the victims, workers and the planet who pay the price.”
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Interim-directeur Human Rights Watch over bloedbad in Soedan: ‘We wisten honderd procent zeker dat dit zou gebeuren’
Interim-directeur Human Rights Watch over bloedbad in Soedan: ‘We wisten honderd procent zeker dat dit zou gebeuren’
Het bloedbad in Al-Fashir is een nieuw dieptepunt in de burgeroorlog in Soedan. Federico Borello, interim-directeur van Human Rights Watch, stelt de dubieuze rol van de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten aan de kaak. ‘Europa moet een einde aan de wapenleveranties eisen.’
www.parool.nl
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Interim-directeur Human Rights Watch over bloedbad in Soedan: ‘We wisten honderd procent zeker dat dit zou gebeuren’
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Imagine having to leave your home due to sea level rise and other climate impacts.
Many communities are facing this difficult choice.
@myrtotilianaki.bsky.social is at #COP30, where HRW is pushing for community-centered climate policies ⤵️
Many communities are facing this difficult choice.
@myrtotilianaki.bsky.social is at #COP30, where HRW is pushing for community-centered climate policies ⤵️
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Imagine having to leave your home due to sea level rise and other climate impacts.
Many communities are facing this difficult choice.
@myrtotilianaki.bsky.social is at #COP30, where HRW is pushing for community-centered climate policies ⤵️
Many communities are facing this difficult choice.
@myrtotilianaki.bsky.social is at #COP30, where HRW is pushing for community-centered climate policies ⤵️
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."
Reposted by Jan Kooy
De vorige keer dat Henk Kamp het met zoveel gemak en kwaadaardigheid over “grootschalig misbruik” had op basis van hoe “een groot deel van de samenleving” dat “ervaarde”, was de uitkomst een van de grootste overheids-misdaden tegen haar eigen bevolking.
Henk Kamp: "In de 25 jaar dat ik Kamerlid en minister ben geweest, was er altijd een centrumlinkse meerderheid. Er is voor het eerst een centrumrechtse meerderheid. Om dat te doen waar bijna iedereen bezorgd over is: het grootschalige misbruik van de asielprocedure." (26 juni 2025)
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
De vorige keer dat Henk Kamp het met zoveel gemak en kwaadaardigheid over “grootschalig misbruik” had op basis van hoe “een groot deel van de samenleving” dat “ervaarde”, was de uitkomst een van de grootste overheids-misdaden tegen haar eigen bevolking.
📢🌏Indonesië ontgint op grote schaal nikkel voor de productie van elektrische auto’s.
De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
Meer weten? @nrc.nl sprak @kristashennum.bsky.social, onderzoeker van @climaterights.bsky.social, over nieuw baanbrekend rapport. Een must-read!
#COP30 #Mensenrechten
De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
Meer weten? @nrc.nl sprak @kristashennum.bsky.social, onderzoeker van @climaterights.bsky.social, over nieuw baanbrekend rapport. Een must-read!
#COP30 #Mensenrechten
‘Door nikkelwinning voltrekt zich een ramp in Indonesië. Dat kan anders’
Krista Shennum | Milieuonderzoeker: Indonesië ontgint op grote schaal nikkel voor de productie van elektrische auto’s. De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
www.nrc.nl
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📢🌏Indonesië ontgint op grote schaal nikkel voor de productie van elektrische auto’s.
De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
Meer weten? @nrc.nl sprak @kristashennum.bsky.social, onderzoeker van @climaterights.bsky.social, over nieuw baanbrekend rapport. Een must-read!
#COP30 #Mensenrechten
De gevolgen ter plekke zijn desastreus.
Meer weten? @nrc.nl sprak @kristashennum.bsky.social, onderzoeker van @climaterights.bsky.social, over nieuw baanbrekend rapport. Een must-read!
#COP30 #Mensenrechten
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The European Commission seems hell-bent on removing hard-won protections for people's health, nature, human rights, labour rights and privacy – basically anything that powerful industries feel hurts their profits
This deregulation drive is hugely irresponsible – is it also illegal?
This deregulation drive is hugely irresponsible – is it also illegal?
Deregulation plans break EU law, legal scholars warn
Over one hundred legal experts have warned that the EU’s Omnibus I package, which cuts green and social reporting rules, breached EU law and was "likely to be annulled" if adopted.
euobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The European Commission seems hell-bent on removing hard-won protections for people's health, nature, human rights, labour rights and privacy – basically anything that powerful industries feel hurts their profits
This deregulation drive is hugely irresponsible – is it also illegal?
This deregulation drive is hugely irresponsible – is it also illegal?
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Venezolaanse migranten die door de regering-Trump werden gedeporteerd naar de beruchte CECOT-gevangenis in El Salvador, zijn daar systematisch gemarteld en mishandeld, ook met seksueel geweld. Dat blijkt uit een uitgebreid rapport van Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Watch: "Venezolanen gemarteld in Salvadoraanse gevangenis na deportatie door VS" | VRT NWS: nieuws
Venezolaanse migranten die door de regering-Trump werden gedeporteerd naar de beruchte CECOT-gevangenis voor terroristen in El Salvador, zijn daar systematisch gemarteld en mishandeld, ook met seksuee...
www.vrt.be
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Venezolaanse migranten die door de regering-Trump werden gedeporteerd naar de beruchte CECOT-gevangenis in El Salvador, zijn daar systematisch gemarteld en mishandeld, ook met seksueel geweld. Dat blijkt uit een uitgebreid rapport van Human Rights Watch.
📢“The Trump administration is complicit in torture, enforced disappearance, and other grave violations, and should stop sending people to El Salvador or any other country where they face a risk of torture.”
- @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social in new, ground-breaking report by @hrw.org ⤵️
- @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social in new, ground-breaking report by @hrw.org ⤵️
US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees
The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
www.hrw.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📢“The Trump administration is complicit in torture, enforced disappearance, and other grave violations, and should stop sending people to El Salvador or any other country where they face a risk of torture.”
- @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social in new, ground-breaking report by @hrw.org ⤵️
- @juanpappierhrw.bsky.social in new, ground-breaking report by @hrw.org ⤵️
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Bei @hrw.org veröffentlichen wir am 13. November einen Bericht, in dem wir dokumentieren wie die #Türkei zunehmend den legalen Aufenthalt von #Uiguren einschränken, die vor der chinesischen Regierung Schutz suchen.
Journos - Schreibt mir, wenn ihr den Bericht schon vorab wollt.
Journos - Schreibt mir, wenn ihr den Bericht schon vorab wollt.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Kun je me even terugvolgen @evacukier.bsky.social? Heb een vraag.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Kun je me even terugvolgen @evacukier.bsky.social? Heb een vraag.
🚨"This tragedy highlights the vulnerability of young players to scams and extortion attempts, to which young African football players have regularly been exposed ...
... young Africans have seen their dreams and lives crushed by trafficking networks."
New from @hrw.org ⤵️
... young Africans have seen their dreams and lives crushed by trafficking networks."
New from @hrw.org ⤵️
Youth Football Dream Turned Into Nightmare
On November 2, a funeral was held for Cheikh Touré, a promising young Senegalese goalkeeper, after his body was finally returned to his family from Ghana. According to media reports, Touré had travele...
www.hrw.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🚨"This tragedy highlights the vulnerability of young players to scams and extortion attempts, to which young African football players have regularly been exposed ...
... young Africans have seen their dreams and lives crushed by trafficking networks."
New from @hrw.org ⤵️
... young Africans have seen their dreams and lives crushed by trafficking networks."
New from @hrw.org ⤵️
Reposted by Jan Kooy
This is brilliant!
November 17, 2024 at 10:07 AM
This is brilliant!
The scale of the intimidation around the world shows the expanding surveillance power of Xi Jinping's regime.
Maya Wang (@mayawang.bsky.social), @hrw.org's associate Asia director in @nytimes.com:
“It’s incredibly chilling for anyone who has some remote connection to China.”
Maya Wang (@mayawang.bsky.social), @hrw.org's associate Asia director in @nytimes.com:
“It’s incredibly chilling for anyone who has some remote connection to China.”
How China Reached Into New York to Stop a Tiny Film Festival
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The scale of the intimidation around the world shows the expanding surveillance power of Xi Jinping's regime.
Maya Wang (@mayawang.bsky.social), @hrw.org's associate Asia director in @nytimes.com:
“It’s incredibly chilling for anyone who has some remote connection to China.”
Maya Wang (@mayawang.bsky.social), @hrw.org's associate Asia director in @nytimes.com:
“It’s incredibly chilling for anyone who has some remote connection to China.”
Soeharto a national hero?
Focus on his terrible human rights record
- Media censorship
- Tight restrictions on freedom of association & assembly
- Highly politicized, controlled judiciary
- Widespread torture
- Attacks on rights of minorities
- Massacres of alleged communists
- Numerous war crimes
Focus on his terrible human rights record
- Media censorship
- Tight restrictions on freedom of association & assembly
- Highly politicized, controlled judiciary
- Widespread torture
- Attacks on rights of minorities
- Massacres of alleged communists
- Numerous war crimes
Indonesia’s President Declares Late Dictator Soeharto a ‘National Hero’
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto declared 10 people “national heroes” on November 10, which Indonesia celebrates as Heroes Day. Among them was the late President Soeharto, who ruled Indonesia fro...
www.hrw.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Soeharto a national hero?
Focus on his terrible human rights record
- Media censorship
- Tight restrictions on freedom of association & assembly
- Highly politicized, controlled judiciary
- Widespread torture
- Attacks on rights of minorities
- Massacres of alleged communists
- Numerous war crimes
Focus on his terrible human rights record
- Media censorship
- Tight restrictions on freedom of association & assembly
- Highly politicized, controlled judiciary
- Widespread torture
- Attacks on rights of minorities
- Massacres of alleged communists
- Numerous war crimes