Philippe Dam
philippedam.bsky.social
Philippe Dam
@philippedam.bsky.social
HRW's EU Advocacy Director, in #Brussels.
At UN HRC Sp. Session on #Sudan, UN Human Rights chief calls all States to "take urgent concrete action to ensure protection of civilians in El Fasher"

#EU FAC conclusions said no less. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should step up efforts & mobilize EU's partners to act.

www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
High Commissioner at Special Session on Sudan: The international community has a clear duty to act
Mr. President, Excellencies,The atrocities that are unfolding in El Fasher were foreseen and preventable – but they were not prevented.  They constitute the gravest of crimes.My Office has issued more...
www.ohchr.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 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...
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
Reposted by Philippe Dam
Until recently, Uyghurs who escaped repression at home felt safe in Türkiye, but many are growing fearful. Some say they don’t dare leave their homes for fear of arrests and being sent to deportation centers. See our latest report on how "restriction codes" harm lives: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Türkiye: ‘Restriction Codes’ Harm Uyghurs Seeking Safety
Turkish authorities are increasingly restricting the legal residency of Uyghurs seeking safety from the Chinese government.
www.hrw.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
EuroParliament’s strong text on #TransnationalRepression is milestone in EU’s needed response to attacks by repressive states against nationals beyond borders.

@ec.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should protect & prevent, hold states responsible to account

www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Today & tmrw, European Parliament will adopt its 1st report calling on EU & members to step up response to attacks & harassment by autocratic Govts against their nationals beyond their borders.

#TransnationalRepression is a major threat to freedoms in the EU.

www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agen...
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
At tmrw's UN special session on El Fasher, @euatun.bsky.social should push for dedicated inquiry ion #RSF crimes in #Darfur, support measures for protection of civilians in #Sudan & expose #UnitedArabEmirates role in fueling conflict & atrocities.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Weeks after #RSF mass atrocities in El Fasher, today’s EP hearing on #Sudan is opportunity to press @eudiplomacy.bsky.social to:

📢Condemn RSF crimes
🇦🇪Expose #UnitedArabEmirates’ support
✍️Sanction RSF's top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians

www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Sudan: Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City
Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, E...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#Sudan: UN experts horrified by scale & brutality of RSF crimes & sadistic levels of sexual violence in El Fasher.

RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We met Pastor Gábor Iványi with @hrw.org colleagues in 2018 at his Budapest church.

Truly shocking he is once again under attack.

#Hungary authorities should drop charges against Iványi & stop harassment against him & his church.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
Hungary: Pastor Supporting People in Poverty Faces Charges
Instead of supporting those who fill the gaps left by Hungary’s crumbling public services and social security system, the government is prosecuting them. On November 3, prosecutors charged Pastor Gábo...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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The Chinese government reached around the globe to shut down a film festival in New York City. This latest act of transnational repression demonstrates the Chinese government’s aim to control what the world sees and learns about China. www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
China: Authorities Shut Down Film Festival in New York
Chinese authorities harassed several dozen Chinese film directors and producers, as well as their families in China, causing them to pull films from the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival in New York ...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Despite @kajakallas.bsky.social @hadjalahbib.bsky.social statement after #RSF capture of El Fasher, #EU still falling short of condemning #RSF atrocities.

Time to be serious about #Sudan #Darfur crisis, call out #UAE's support & sanction #RSF top leaders.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#USA unlawful strikes on vessels ashore Latin-American coasts may amount to int'l crimes - say UN Experts.

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Reposted by Philippe Dam
At the 4th #EU–#CELAC Summit, leaders should tackle key human rights challenges in both regions:

🔵Back rights-based responses to crime & violence
🔵Defend democracy & fundamental rights
🔵Act on climate & environmental harm
🔵Support the bi-regional care pact

Our letter: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#Sudan: UN Human Rights office estimates in the 100s number of summarily executions since #RSF capture of El Fasher.

Weak @eudiplomacy.bsky.social statements won't end crimes. Condemning crimes, sanctioning RSF leaders & exposing #UAE role can be key to stop them.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Reposted by Philippe Dam
An anti-drug police operation in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro has resulted in more than 100 killings.

Rio authorities’ decisions leading to such a disastrous operation should be investigated. Families of victims deserve truth and justice.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My colleagues' @demontcl.bsky.social & @benjeannerod.bsky.social 's op-ed with for @hrw.org:

Paris conference should bridge the gap between rhetoric & reality in Great Lakes & deliver justice for Congolese who’ve suffered decades of conflict.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Paris Meeting Should Prioritize Promoting Aid and Justice in Congo
On October 30, France will host a conference in Paris in support of peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes to rally global support to confront the deepening humanitarian crisis region and to give fre...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
#TransnationalRepression is not just a most cruel practice by authoritarian governments going after those who fled oppression.

It also undermines democracy wherever it takes place - including in #Europe.

Check @merics.bsky.social's piece with #China in focus 👇
merics.org/en/comment/e...
Europe’s blind spot: How transnational repression undermines democratic resilience
This analysis is part of the MERICS Europe-China Resilience Audit. For detailed country profiles and further analyses, visit the project's landing page. China and other authoritarian regimes often tar...
merics.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Mass atrocities by #RSF since capture of El Fasher #Darfur #Sudan should be wake up call for the world. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should

📢Condemn RSF crimes & their backers, including #UnitedArabEmirates
✍️Sanction RSF top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians

www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Sudan: Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City
Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, E...
www.hrw.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Reposted by Philippe Dam
How NGOs die

This is Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy

My latest for @euobserver.com euobserver.com/news/ar1c67c...
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Civilians targeted based on their ethnicity underscore brutality of Rapid Support Forces"

Good @kajakallas.bsky.social @hadjalahbib.bsky.social call for accountability & protection of civilians, journalists & aid workers

#EU should urgent sanction #RSF's top leaders for crimes in #Sudan El-Fasher
The seizure of El Fasher, Darfur’s capital, by the Rapid Support Forces marks a dangerous turning point in Sudan's war.

The EU urges all parties to return to negotiations, respect humanitarian law, and ensure safe access for humanitarian aid.

My statement with Hadja Lahbib
link.europa.eu/cyxB4r
Sudan: Joint statement by High Representative Kallas and Commissioner Lahbib on the seizure of El Fasher
The seizure of El Fasher, Darfur's capital, by the Rapid Support Forces marks a dangerous turning point in the war and threatens to further worsen the already dire humanitarian situation. Civilians be...
link.europa.eu
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Today is 1st #EU-#Tunisia Association Council since @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 's migration deal in July 2023.

Since, #Tunisia fell more deeply into repression. #EU should make clear failure to release pol detainees & end crackdown will lead to political consequences.

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
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Reports of killings, serious violations already emerge from #RSF captured El-Fasher #Darfur #Sudan.

Risk of large-scale, ethnically motivated atrocities is mounting. Urgent action needed to protect civilians, ensure safe passage - UN Human Rights Chief 👇

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
After months of brutal siege, reports of #RSF capture of El-Fasher #Darfur raise serious concerns of mass atrocities against civilians.

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social should urge #RSF to protect civilians, allow safe movement or face severe sanctions & accountability. #Sudan

www.bbc.com/news/article...
El-Fasher: Rebel group claims capture of key city in Sudan
The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Generally other way around: UN expert echoes #EU' #FAC conclusions calls for measures to protect civilians & accountability.

Add call by AU's inquiry for peacekeeping mission & you have chorus of voices putting civilian protection first.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Sudan: UN expert alarmed by escalating drone attacks, urges protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure
GENEVA – The UN designated Expert on the human rights situation in Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, today expressed alarm at the sharp escalation in drone strikes by both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and ...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🚨UN special rapporteur on migrant rights calls for @ec.europa.eu & others externalizing their migration policies to do full due diligence, independently monitor violations & end programs tied to abuses.

Not doing so is isn't just bad policy - it's also complicity.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM