Simon Adams
@SAdamsR2P
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President & CEO of the Center for Victims of Torture @CVTorg. Working with torture survivors & human rights defenders around the world. Also, @Skateistan
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Joined September 2011
The UN Security Council failed to uphold its responsibility to protect during the 2017 #Rohingya genocide, but #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar today requires a coordinated international response. Statements of concern won't be enough. (My comments on @CNN ⬇️)
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Dr. Paul Orieny is one of @CVTorg’s finest clinicians. His decades of work around the world with refugees and torture survivors is the epitome of humble humanitarian service.
“This moment calls us to do more – not only to serve but to listen, to partner in communities, to ensure that mental health is not an afterthought,” said Dr. Paul Orieny, CVT senior clinical advisor for mental health, as he accepted the 2025 Excellence in Global Mental Health &
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RT @newtactics: ⚖️ #InternationalJusticeDay. We stand in solidarity with victims of #HumanRights abuses. Despite the suffering, we’re insp….
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From the Statue of Liberty to this: UN experts warn that US deportations to third countries, increase risk of torture and other grave human rights violations.🗽🇺🇸
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RT @KenRoth: Slovenia is the first European Union member to ban far-right Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir for inciti….
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Three people are dead after the Israeli army strikes Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Parish in #Gaza. Yet another mistake, or an unconscionable and illegal attack on a place of sanctuary for Christian Palestinians?
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RT @SAdamsR2P: Another crossroad in ASEAN’s history. Will it welcome democratic Timor-Leste or support #Myanmar’s murderous military junta?….
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In San Francisco for a few days for work. Nestled in a hotel just across from the original Alcatraz.
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RT @SAdamsR2P: Protesting should not be a death sentence. Police in #Kenya must end the excessive use of deadly force against protesters. A….
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Another crossroad in ASEAN’s history. Will it welcome democratic Timor-Leste or support #Myanmar’s murderous military junta? Time for ASEAN to stop worrying about offending dictators and stand up for human rights.🇲🇲🇹🇱
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“Culture isn’t just dead stones and statues; culture is life. Culture is all the ways in which we move and interact together as peoples.” There is an inextricable link between the destruction of cultural heritage and genocide.
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I attended the official 15th commemoration of #Srebrenica genocide in July 2015. What has changed since then? International community still failing to uphold its responsibility to protect civilians when it matters most. We need to end this new age of impunity. #Srebrenica30
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The international community failed to uphold its responsibility to protect civilians at Srebrenica. The resulting genocide shocked the world but should inspire us to do more to stand with those who face the threat of atrocities today. #Srebrenica30.
The 1995 Srebrenica genocide resulted in the deaths of more than 8,000 Muslim Bosniak men and boys. There are still many victims missing and, 30 years later, remains are still being identified and returned to their families.
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Trying to intimidate a UN Special Rapporteur into silence is what authoritarian governments do. Shame.
Statement by Ambassador Jürg Lauber, President of the @UN Human Rights Council, on sanctions imposed on Francesca Albanese (@FranceskAlbs), the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
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Quick overnight visit to Minneapolis but still found time for a quick walk beside the mighty Mississippi river.
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RT @CVTorg: Torture is not only used against an individual. It is used to create fear within communities. When someone is tortured, the fam….
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RT @SAdamsR2P: Russian arms supplier, Rosoboronexport, donated $431,000 for post-earthquake aid after selling $227 million in weapons to #M….
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RT @SAdamsR2P: “Alligator Alcatraz” is what happens when cruelty becomes policy. A nation built by immigrants now wants to punish and dehum….
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Protesting should not be a death sentence. Police in #Kenya must end the excessive use of deadly force against protesters. Accountability and justice are essential. 🇰🇪.
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The whole world should welcome the peace agreement between Rwanda & DRCongo. But there will be no lasting peace unless root causes are confronted – including impunity for past atrocities, underlying ethnic grievances, predatory armed groups & mineral exploitation.🇨🇩🇷🇼.
"We want peace.". 6.5 million internally displaced people in #DRCongo desperately need peace to be able to return home.
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#Venezuela is afraid of international scrutiny and has declared UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk persona non grata. Here’s why ⬇️🇻🇪
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