Sam Zarifi
@SZarifi
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Executive Director, Physicians for Human Rights @P4HR (retweets do not necessarily represent views of PHR or endorsement)
New York & Geneva, Switzerland
Joined January 2010
The Power and Responsibility of the EU to Protect the ICC from US Sanctions https://t.co/eA3vvocxZ1
opiniojuris.org
[Jens Iverson is an assistant professor of international law at Leiden University] The Trump Administration has sanctioned ICC high officials, UN officials, and human rights groups. There is concern...
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My take on the UAE-backed slaughter now unfolding in Sudan, and the refusal of the US and others to call out the UAE for its role. This was preventable, but neither Biden nor Trump cared enough to try: https://t.co/ZsBrQ7M5V3 Thank God some members of Congress are speaking up.
nytimes.com
Reports are emerging of atrocities in Darfur. The Trump and Biden administrations could have tried harder to prevent them.
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Devastating reports from Sudan of one of the deadliest attacks on a hospital anywhere in many years. We call for investigation and accountability for this horrific assault on the Saudi Maternity Hospital. Health workers and patients must always be protected.
.@WHO is appalled and deeply shocked by reports of the tragic killing of more than 460 patients and companions at Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, #Sudan, following recent attacks and the abduction of health workers. Prior to this latest attack, WHO has verified 185
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7 million people in eastern #DRC fled their homes; 11,000 new cases of sexual violence since Feb 25, as armed groups scramble for valuable minerals. As politicians meet in Paris to discuss a deal, it's crucial to provide aid and protect civilians. https://t.co/NuKyvIG60d
phr.org
As leaders from Africa’s Great Lakes region and around the world meet in Paris this week to address the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)...
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If you want to help support people in El Fasher consider donating to @MSF_USA and the good folks at @SudanSunrise
Frightening moment for thousands of people trapped in El Fasher as RSF militias seem to have overrun the city.
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Frightening moment for thousands of people trapped in El Fasher as RSF militias seem to have overrun the city.
After 18 months of brutal siege, Sudan's R.S.F. paramilitaries say they have captured the army garrison in El Fasher. But the fate of the rest of the city remains unclear.
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At @P4HR we're documenting how US aid cuts are fueling a polycrisis: intensified violence driving massive displacement; weakening health systems; increasing infectious diseases; and due to the US cuts, less ability to monitor and treat the ill. https://t.co/w1qzLAvyUG
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PHR is documenting the harms of aid cuts and defending the right to health for all.
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The abrupt cutting of USAID public health funding is threatening hundreds of thousands of lives--around the world and inevitably in the US. Deaths due to unnecessary #HIV infections alone will run in the tens of thousands if PEPFAR isn't restarted. https://t.co/CzZSe8W1Zr
apnews.com
Lesotho, once with the world’s second-highest HIV rate, faces a health crisis as U.S. aid cuts dismantle vital HIV treatment programs, leaving patients without care.
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In Sudan's Darfur region, the murderous RSF militia--backed by the UAE--seems in the process of taking over the major city of El Fasher. There's lots of concern that the result will be massacres and mass rape by the RSF. Unclear if the UAE will seriously try to restrain the RSF.
🚨EMERGENCY ALERT🚨 El Fasher is falling to RSF forces who now control Abu Shouk IDP Camp and have overrun Joint Forces’ operational headquarters. 🛰️@Maxar
#KeepEyesOnSudan
https://t.co/1HApllgfVx
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PRESS RELEASE: Brazil, invoking Article 63 of the #ICJ Statute, filed a declaration of intervention in the case #SouthAfrica v. #Israel. Link to the press release: https://t.co/aAP9sqNBcZ
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📅 9/29 @ 1 p.m. CEST ➡️"Impunity for Mass Atrocities in #Ethiopia", moderated by PHR's @SZarifi 📍 Location: Room IX, Palais des Nations 🤝 Sponsored by PHR, @O_JAH_ @hrw @amnesty @DefendDefenders @LegalActionWW @GCR2P
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📅 10/ 2 @ 3 p.m. CEST ➡️"Health in a Fractured World: Safeguarding the Right to Health in Crisis", featuring remarks from PHR's @SZarifi 📍 Location: Concordia 1, Palais des Nations 🤝 Sponsored by PHR, @UNHumanRights and the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition.
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Germany strongly condemns the ongoing atrocities in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,from massacres against civilians & sexual and gender-based violence to hate speech. Ending impunity is key: a swift Commission of Inquiry is needed. #HRC60
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted National League for Democracy has appealed to the international community to ensure the 80-year-old jailed leader receives unrestricted medical treatment and to press for her release, amid reports her health is deteriorating. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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No state is worth destroying the UN Charter over. Before anyone says “but self-defence!”, this ain’t it. Justifying all Israeli attacks w “self-defence” is an apology for more war & atrocity. Int’l law isn’t perfect, but preserving it makes us all safer. https://t.co/zRsBsn7Izl
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Staggering numbers by the Lancet. Vaccinations have: - Averted 154 million deaths - For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average = 10.2 billion years total - Accounted for 40% of the observed decline in global infant mortality
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Nous saluons la publication par @UNHumanRights du rapport de la mission d’établissement des faits décidée à l’issue de la 37ème session extraordinaire par le Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'@ONU_fr en février 2025. Alors que la vérité est bien souvent la première victime de
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🙌 NEW REPORT: “Crashing Down on Us” New @FortifyRights report exposes #Myanmar junta airstrikes on civilians in Kachin & Karenni states amount to war crimes. The report identifies 22 junta officials and military commands responsible for deadly attacks on schools, hospitals &
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