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Yasmine Ahmed

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UK Director, Human Rights Watch @hrw . Views expressed are personal, RTs are not endorsement. @HRW .

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🚨In an excl int'v w/ @guardian @anniekelly I send an urgent warning that the UK Govt's outright attack on human rights is a dangerous assault on democracy & our fundamental rights Once gone, it will be nearly impossible to get back our rights 👇 @hrw
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There is NO question. In light of the provisional measures judgment @CIJ_ICJ , the 🇬🇧 must halt arms exports to Israel with immediate effect @David_Cameron @KemiBadenoch The Court found a plausible risk of genocide & the UK has an obligation to prevent genocide & not be complicit
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While this is only a 'pause' it is an important first step in ending US complicity in war crimes in Yemen. The question now is whether the UK Govt is going to demonstrate its moral credentials on the world stage & also stop arming the Saudis #livesb4profit
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So excited and proud to be starting as @HRW UK Director today. Honoured to be working with colleagues I have admired for many years, for an organisation that makes such a difference, and on issues that are of such importance.
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Powerful & important statement by 5 UN Special Rapporteurs that calls on the int'l community to demand an immediate end to violence & 2 address the underlying source of the conflict: the denial of collective and individual rights of the Palestinian ppl
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British surgeon @GhassanAbuSitt1 says that systemic destruction of the health care system in Gaza is a deliberate strategy. He explains that 800,000 in N Gaza have no hospital. Patients who survived the attacks will now die of wounds.
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British surgeon @GhassanAbuSitt1 is in no doubt - the destruction of the healthcare system in Gaza is a deliberate strategy by Israel.
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We must not forget that the 'conflict' in Israel-Palestine is fueled by injustice. The Israeli authorities systematically oppress and discriminate against Palestinian ppl. So many r deprived of basic rights to a home, to move freely, to a nationality. It's time to treat the cause
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The 🇬🇧 statement on the ICJ interim ruling is beyond appalling. Despite the ICJ finding a plausible risk of genocide, you not only fail to call on 🇮🇱 2 comply with the ruling but undermine the entire indep judicial process @David_Cameron @tariqahmadbt ⬇️
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UK @DominicRaab takes historic first step @UN_HRC to hold China accountable for egregious rights violations in Xinjiang @SophieHRW @JohnFisher_hrw @BradMAdams @patrickwintour @Rob_Merrick @benedictrogers
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2 years
Today marks a dark day for the UK. After a long fight & one that we’ll cont fighting ✊🏽, the Govt announced it will be rushing through a law to undermine our greatest national treasure, the #HumanRightsAct . And to top it off, has refused proper scrutiny of the proposed new law.
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📢Offshoring asylum seekers to Rwanda is unethical, immoral, ineffective, costly and v likely unlawful. The UK Gov @pritipatel is set to announce this at a time when the British public have opened their hearts and homes to Ukrainian refugees 🧵
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3 years
BREAKING NEWS: The @UN_HRC just passed a resolution that establishes an ongoing Commission of Inquiry into 'all underlying root causes of the recurrent tensions, instability & the protraction of conflict, including systematic discrimination & repression ...'. A Threshold Crossed!
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3 years
The words from a 10 yr old in Gaza. Please @DominicRaab @JamesCleverly @BorisJohnson tell me how you respond to her words? A 10 yr old who for her entire life has been subject to the unlawful Israeli blockade of and attack on Gaza that is part of a system of apartheid. Thread
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‼️Breaking, @hrw has found that Israel is using Starvation as Weapon of War in Gaza, an abhorrent war crime ➡️ denial of food & water ➡️ destruction of objects indispensable 2 survival ➡️ razing of agricultural lands ⬇️
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🚨 @HRW finds that Israeli ambulance strike killing at least 21 in Gaza outside al-Shifa hospital was apparently unlawful and should be investigated as a possible War Crime @IntlCrimCourt 🔽
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2 years
📢To say that this is an outrage 😤 is an understatement. The UK Govt @trussliz @tariqahmadbt @UK_FoRBEnvoy have taken out commitments to abortion & sexual health rights from an int'l statement on gender equality after more than 20 countries had signed on, giving no explanation🧵
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3 years
BREAKING NEWS: The UK has just taken the significant and critical step of sanctioning one of the Myanmar junta’s most significant financial entities, the Myanmar Economic Holding Corporation. This strikes at the heart of the military’s power 1/4
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🚨 The law proposed by @SuellaBraverman in Parl 2day to ban people claiming asylum in the UK is illegal, unworkable & utterly inhumane. The UK is playing fast & loose with its int'l commitments, ramming through flawed legislation that targets some of the most vulnerable @HRW
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1 year
The High Court has just given green light to the Govt to expel asylum seekers 2 Rwanda, a country that is not safe for them. This a v dark day for the rights of the most vulnerable & our standing as a country that promotes the int'l rules based order 🧵
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7 months
Ok … so let’s be clear @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy @WayneDavid_MP that it is UNLAWFUL under int’l law - a war crime - to collectively punish a ppl. Israel cutting off food, water, fuel, electricity to a civilian population in Gaza is a CRIME. No if buts or maybes!
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“I think that Israel does have that right.” Sir Keir Starmer tells @NickFerrariLBC that it is acceptable for Israel to withhold power and water from citizens in Gaza.
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‘The generations to come will know that we watched this human tragedy unfold …. We will not be able to say we did not know. History will ask why the world did not have the courage to … stop this hell on Earth.’ Philippe Lazzarini Comm General UNRWA
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I gave evidence in 🇬🇧 Parliament with @RSF_inter on 🇮🇱 war crimes in Gaza, includ collective punishment & the use of starvation as a method of warfare @hrw The 🇬🇧 Govt @David_Cameron shld: ▶️ Suspend Arms Exports 2 🇮🇱 ▶️ Ensure 🇮🇱 complies with the ICJ ruling ▶️ Fund @UNRWA
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🚨 Breaking! The @UKSupremeCourt found that the UK Rwanda asylum deal is unlawful. As @hrw and many others have said, Rwanda is not a safe country to send asylum seekers to and now the Supreme Court has confirmed this. A good day for justice, compassion and the rule of law!
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🚨I have never heard the @ICRC speak this bluntly & urgently about what they have witnessed. They make clear that we have failed as an int’l community & to alleviate the suffering in Gaza, there needs to be solutions other than military ones. Important & resonating call.
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5 months
My message from Gaza today:
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7 months
This morning I was on @LBC making clear that collectively punishing a civilian population is unlawful. Israel’s actions are unlawful and the war crimes committed by HAMAS do not justify Israel breaching international law.
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'While you have a right to defence, you cannot collectively punish a civilian population.' Israel has 'not complied with international law' human rights expert @YasmineAhmed001 tells Andrew Castle.
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6 months
🚨Very important questions about the possible criminal liability of Brit nationals fighting with the IDF in Israel/Gaza given the war crimes being committed.
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Israel-Palestine war: Legal centre pushes UK to clarify if Brits who fight will be prosecuted | Middle East Eye
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1 year
Appalling letter by #FIFA 's today suggesting that imprisoning LGBT people & allowing grave labour abuses is somehow cultural or based in belief. It is not only nonsensical, it is deeply offensive 🧵
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10 months
🚨 Brilliant news that the UK Court of Appeal has ruled that the Rwanda deal is unlawful! The Govt must now consign this unlawful, cruel and inhumane proposal to the history books. It's time for an asylum policy which treats people with respect & dignity 🧵
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3 years
I am looking for someone to come and work with me at HRW as my advocacy and communications coordinator. It's a really exciting opportunity to work on some of the most pressing human rights issues in the UK and abroad. Closing date 23 June
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3 years
Here are my thoughts on why the UK needs to push forward with financial sanctions and a global arms embargo on Myanmar at the UN Security Council @POLITICOEurope @DominicRaab
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3 years
READ: Why Britain should champion UN action on Myanmar "Unity is great when achievable, but it shouldn’t be an end in itself." @YasmineAhmed001 ( @hrw ) on Britain and the Myanmar conflict.
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2 months
I spoke to @guardian & made clear that the right to right to protest is a fundamental right & is not conditional on whether the Govt agrees with what you're saying. Politicians celebrating one set of protesters while cracking down on others is chilling
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5 months
Devastating beyond words.
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Barry Malone
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My heart breaks. This CNN report is very difficult to watch. But we should watch. Because these are the stories that need to be told.
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2 years
Yesterday was a dark day. @BorisJohnson @pritipatel tried to sell us a lie, that Rwanda is a safe country to send ppl to & that offshoring asylum seekers is workable, lawful & effective. We know that none of this is true. TODAY I stand up & say #NotInMyName pls stand with me 🇬🇧
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🚨New from @hrw An Oct 31 Israeli strike on Gaza apartment building killed 106+ civilians—includ 54 kids, many playing ⚽️. We found no evid of a military target—making strike unlawfully indiscriminate, an apparent war crime. Halt arms transfers to Israel.
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2 years
📢This weekend @hrw have made clear in our public letter 2 @pritipatel that based on our in-country research Rwanda is NOT a safe third country to expel asylum seekers to. We strongly urge the government 2 rescind the scheme & not proceed with the removals
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1 year
Today, as a British Muslim woman, I @hrw stood proud beside @MuslimCouncil @ZaraM01 @Afzal4Gorton @MahmutRahima & ors to raise awareness of and say NO to Islamophobia in 🇬🇧 or elsewhere. Proud to stand with so many cross party MPs during Islamophobia Awareness Month 🧵
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3 years
#wewillnotrun The bravery of the people of Myanmar is beyond remarkable. We stand with you, and call on States, the UN and other bodies to take strong and decisive action to stop the junta and to hold them to account
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1 year
We @HRW are proud to join 320+ charities, unions, businesses, & faith leaders calling on @RishiSunak 2 scrap the appalling #AntiRefugeeBill2 . This #RefugeeBanBill is opposed by communities across the UK: together, we will defend the right to seek safety
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3 years
This morning I was on @bbcbigquestions talking about why leaving Shamima Begum in a detention camp, in conditions that amount to torture, leaves us less not more safe and violates her rights @hrw @astroehlein
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Yasmine Ahmed
3 years
UK Govt should immediately ask the Ugandan Govt to end the repression of the opposition in Uganda including the house arrest of @HEBobiwine who has been detained with an 18 month old child and his wife for over 1 week @JamesDuddridge @oryembley
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3 years
After #Myanmar 's junta gunned down protesters, it piled on new HR violations incl more unlawful internet shutdowns that appear to be aimed at hiding their brutality. A global arms embargo & targeted sanctions shld be imposed immediately @DominicRaab @hrw
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Yasmine Ahmed
4 months
It is a dark day for the rules based int'l order when the UK Foreign Sec @David_Cameron undermines the integrity of that very order by dismissing the legitimacy of the apex UN court determining allegations of an int'l crime on the request of the state defending those allegations
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ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz
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I thank @David_Cameron , the British Foreign Secretary, who, following my appeal to him, expressed firm and clear words against Israel's accusation of genocide.
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🚨This is a deplorable attempt by the Brit gov 2 suggest that compassion 4 the plight of Palestinians is somehow at odds with remembering the sacrifices of British service ppl. It is cynical, culture war politics and an attack on our democratic freedoms.
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10 months
Here I am going head to head this evening with the Tory Vice-Chairman about the Uk Govt’s unworkable, unethical & immoral refugee policy. As I made clear it’s atrocious! @hrw
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'That is an outrageous thing to say.' Tory Vice-Chairman @pauljholmes vehemently opposes Human Rights Watch's @YasmineAhmed001 's disdain towards the UK's stance on immigration. @IainDale | #CrossQuestion
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Yasmine Ahmed
2 years
New UK PM @RishiSunak & his cabinet raise serious concerns for the protection of our rights & democratic inst. Here, I call on Sunak, at this time of political instability, to affirm his commitment to our human rights & the rules based int'l order @hrw
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🚨Revised 🇬🇧position on ICJ case against 🇮🇱after we raised our concerns that it undermined the integrity of the rules based int'l order: @David_Cameron @CommonsForeign 'I do not think that is helpful. I do not agree with it. I do not think it is right.' Response 2 @hrw ⬇️
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Today @HRW found that Israeli officials are committing the crime against humanity of apartheid & persecution. It’s time for the international community including the UK @DominicRaab @JamesCleverly @BorisJohnson to acknowledge the reality and act 1/5
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2 years
Europe: Ban Trade with Illegal Settlements
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3 years
The UK Gov @DominicRaab @tariqahmadbt @SimonManleyFCDO have taken the shameful position of opposing a @UN_HRC resolution that addresses systemic & structural racism against ppl of African descent. This from a former colonial power & the head of @commonwealthsec #notinourname
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This response fundamentally undermines the int’l rules based order. The glaring hypocrisy is evident when you see the UK’s response to the provisional measures imposed in the case against Myanmar which welcomed the ruling and called for compliance. ⬇️
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“We have never seen a civilian population made to go so hungry so quickly & so completely, that is the consensus among starvation experts,” “Israel ... is trying to damn the future of the Palest ppl by harming their children.” UNSR on right to food
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Yasmine Ahmed
3 years
One word: Apartheid
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Kenneth Roth
3 years
The Israeli Supreme Court offers the residents of East Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem a "compromise" -- they can stay in their homes for some unspecified period if they accept losing title to their land under Israel's discriminatory apartheid laws.
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United in our fight for the human rights of Palestinians ✊🏽
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2 years
📢TO UK MPs: Plz listen to the voices of former detainees & staff of Australia’s cruel offshore regime pleading with UK MPs to not send asylum seekers offshore. It is an ineffective & inhumane approach. Support Amendment 9 to the #AntiRefugeeBill
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The #Myanmar authorities’ ability to identify people on the streets, potentially track their movements and relationships, and intrude into private lives poses a grave risk to anti-coup activists, says @hrw #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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1 year
When you start suspending TV presenters for criticising the Govt 4 doing something that the Govt acknowledged is unlawful, you are not only undermine free expression, you undermine democracy itself @GaryLineker
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As the int’l community is at pains 2 reiterate Israel’s right to self defence, Israel continues to carry out crimes against humanity of apartheid & persecution against Palestinians ⬇️
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Yasmine Ahmed
2 months
There is a clear risk that UK military equipment is being used to commit serious violations of IHL in Gaza right now! The UK @David_Cameron @KemiBadenoch needs to suspend arms exports to Israel immediately.
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Yasmine Ahmed
3 years
BREAKING NEWS: New Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka, presented by the UK, Canada, Germany, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Malawi, has just been adopted. This is a significant victory for accountability! Here's why HRW thinks so
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2 years
The US admin should not renew arms sales to Saudi Arabia and possibly increase the risk of US complicity in rights violations in #Yemen Biden should push for a truly independent UN accountability mechanism that would investigate apparent war crimes
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Yasmine Ahmed
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🚨 New from @hrw - Israeli forces apparently deliberately killed @Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon on Oct 13. Those responsible for this apparent war crime should be held to account. 👇
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Omar Shakir
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Breaking: @hrw report finds that Israeli forces apparently deliberately killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon on Oct 13. Those responsible for this apparent war crime should be held to account. Unprecedented #s of journalists have been killed since Oct 7—it must end
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Need I say more. Merry Christmas 🎄
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1 year
🚨50 human rights orgs incl @hrw made clear that the new anti-strike bill will hand ministers ‘vast powers’ to curb strike action & lead to more 🚶‍♀️ outs. @RishiSunak shld address the cost of living crisis & NHS on its knees rather than gagging workers.
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Yasmine Ahmed
2 years
Well done @CommonsSpeaker @LordSpeaker for refusing China access to Westminster Hall. It is important that China understands that committing crimes against humanity & sanctioning UK MPs and human rights defenders for raising concerns will not be tolerated
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Yasmine Ahmed
3 years
Today the @UN_HRC established an ongoing Commission of Inquiry into underlying root causes of the violence including systematic discrim & repression in the OPT & Israel. Shame on the UK & European States Germany, France, Denmark, Italy & Poland for voting against & abstaining.
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🚨On the same day as UK Govt is at Supreme Court arguing that it is safe & lawful to expel asylum seekers 2 Rwanda @hrw released a ground breaking report that shows that Rwanda is using violence & spreading fear across the 🌎, including the 🇬🇧, 2 silence dissent & critics ⬇️ 🧵
@hrw
Human Rights Watch
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Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to silence criticism from Rwandans living around the world. Many Rwandans abroad, including asylum seekers and refugees, live in fear. Learn more:
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Yasmine Ahmed
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We @hrw , with NGOs partners, have raised serious concerns with the 🇬🇧Govt that their public position on the licensing of military equipment used by the IDF in Gaza is at odds with what it admitted in litigation. 🧵
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Yasmine Ahmed
2 years
“We have no idea how and what time they were killed… I keep wondering, what were my brother’s last words? Did they pray over his body?” – relative of two of the men executed on Saturday in what was one of Saudi Arabia’s largest mass executions ever
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Yasmine Ahmed
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🚨YDA the UK Govt published an anti-boycott bill. It joins the long list of anti-democractic bills from this Govt. The Bill makes it harder for public bodies to make ethical investment decisions & restricts ppl in public bodies from even speaking in support of boycotts 🧵
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Yasmine Ahmed
2 years
Yes yes yes 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Agnes Callamard
2 years
Dear European leaders and judges, repeat after me: Saving Lives Is Not A Crime. It is not a crime when the lives are Ukrainian. It is not a crime when the lives are Syrian. Or Iraqi. Or Eritrean. Or Afghani. Or anyone. Anywhere! #savinglivesisnotacrime
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We know from Australia that offshore detention is cruel & unethical. @HRW documented the devastating toll on the physical and mental health of refugees & asylum seekers including suicides, an epidemic of self harm, and medical neglect and sexual assault
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Yasmine Ahmed
2 years
It was such an honour to speak yesterday at the UK memorial 4 ⁦ @ShireenAbuAkleh ⁩. “You paid the ultimate price for bearing witness to injustice, & we commit to you to continue to bear witness & to fight for accountability for your death.” ⁦ @hrw ⁩ ⁦ @OmarSShakir
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Yasmine Ahmed
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🚨 My new op ed in @BylineTimes calling on the UK @RishiSunak @David_Cameron @KemiBadenoch 2 immediately suspend arms to 🇮🇱. Failing to do so risks the UK breaching its own laws & being complicit in grave abuses. The 🇬🇧shld not be profiting on misery.
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Yasmine Ahmed
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This evening my 6 y/o mentioned that a girl in her class is the best at maths. She looked at me and said ‘mum what am I best at?’ I paused for a moment and while doing so, she said ‘I know mum, I am the best at being kind to people’. Couldn’t be more proud ❤️
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Yasmine Ahmed
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🚨Today the UK Supreme Court will hear the Rwanda asylum deal case. As has been made clear the scheme is unlawful, unworkable & immoral. The welfare of asylum seekers in the UK & the broader system of protection of asylum seekers hangs in the balance @hrw
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Yasmine Ahmed
2 years
Last night on @SkyNews @TrevorPTweets I went head to head with Alexander Downer, former Aus Foreign Min & principal architect of the 'pacific solution', on the UK's attempts to expel asylum seekers 2 Rwanda. Be warned its a 🔥exchange. Full int'v here:
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Yasmine Ahmed
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Just spoke on 5_news about ⁦ @hrw ⁩ reporting on Mariupol Theatre hit by a Russian attack which we understand was sheltering hundreds of civilians & clearly marked ‘children’ either side. The deliberate targeting of civilians is a #warcrime ➡️
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Yasmine Ahmed
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This is one of the most pervasive parts of the systematic oppression of Palestinians. The utter decontextualisation of their oppression by a violent occupying power 🇮🇱 A decontextualisation that renders the heinious crimes committed against them invisible & dehumanises them.
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Mohammed El-Kurd
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I’m constantly in awe of more and more Palestinians refusing misleading framings from mainstream media. This @Yaraeid_ interview on Sky News is an absolute must-see.
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Yasmine Ahmed
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How can 2 lawyers & leaders of @UKLabour @EmilyThornberry @Keir_Starmer refuse to say that besieging the ppl of Gaza, stopping food, water, fuel & electricity, is unlawful? Replace Gaza with Mariupol or Sarajevo & the response wld b very different. The law is the law as u know!
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Labour's Emily Thornberry refuses to state whether cutting off food and electricity to Gaza is breaking international law
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Yasmine Ahmed
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You can dress up in military uniforms & use the words of humanitarian law but be clear @IDF & 🇮🇱 that the world 👀 past your disguise. Ur statements & policies are clear, ur intention is to subjugate & expel Palestinians. From the time of the Nakba till now, this has not changed
@IDF
Israel Defense Forces
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An urgent message for the residents of Gaza:
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🚨The sight of anti-monarchy protestors being arrested 4 peacefully protesting in the streets of London this morning gives a green light to Putin & Xi to do the same. As I made clear, ‘This is something you would expect to see in Moscow not London.’ ➡️
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🚨We @HRW r 🗣️ on @GermanyDiplo to explain their actions! How is it that a 🇬🇧🇵🇸Dr is 🛑& deported from 🇩🇪 & allegedly told it wld be a crim offence to even 🗣️ remotely or send a video message to a conference in 🇩🇪on his experience in Gaza? Freedom of express is a right 🧵
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Middle East Eye
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In an exclusive interview with Middle East Eye, Ghassan Abu Sittah, a British-Palestinian doctor who has become known for his work in Gaza, detailed how he was detained at an airport in Germany and subsequently denied entry. Abu Sittah wanted to attend a conference where he would…
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Just finished my ⁦ @OxfordUnion ⁩ debate speaking against the motion that the Court room is not a forum for advancing social justice with ⁦ @HelenMountfield ⁩ ⁦ @JolyonMaugham ⁩ and the most wonderful supporter ⁦ @Mustafa_Qadri
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Cutting edge research by @HRW released today on Myanmar and the lethal violence and tactics used against protestors
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Manny Maung
2 years
New @hrw research shows #Myanmar security forces deliberately planned lethal violence and "kettled" anti-junta protesters on #Mar14 in Yangon's Hlaing Tharyar township, killing at least 65 protesters and bystanders. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Dec02
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Good news in a sea of darkness. @RishiSunak suffers defeat on Rwanda bill as @UKHouseofLords vote by a 102 maj to insist it must be compliant with int’l law. As it stands it is in flagrant violation of int’l law.
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Yasmine Ahmed
3 years
Here are my thoughts on why neither Justice nor Security is Served by Leaving Shamima Begum in a Legal Black Hole @hrw @astroehlein @lettatayler @NiAolainF
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This is so hugely significant. Now NSO, a secretive spyware company will be subject to the discovery process in the US which will require it to bare at least some of its secrets. And a huge win for corporate accountability, NSO can’t hide behind sovereign immunity!
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Yasmine Ahmed
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How serious is the UK @BorisJohnson @pritipatel about providing protection for those brave souls who stood up against China's crackdown in HK when the BNO scheme has left behind the very young ppl at the forefront of the struggle. Time to amend the scheme!
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Yasmine Ahmed
2 years
My op ed 👇🏾in @Daily_Express on accountability for alleged war crimes in #Ukraine @hrw
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We now have a Home Sec who dreams of expelling those who have sought protection in the UK to Rwanda. @SuellaBraverman those who drafted the Refugee Convention, including the UK, in the aftermath of the holocaust & WW2 also had a dream, to protect the most vulnerable. Shame on you
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‘I would love to be having a front page of The Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda. That’s my dream. That’s my obsession’ Home Secretary Suella Braverman
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I spoke at a rally outside the UK Parliament held by a British Jewish group @NaamodUK Together we said never again We stood in sorrow 4 the murder of innocent Israeli lives by Hamas We stood in outage at 🇬🇧 silence as 🇮🇱 commits ongoing atrocities against Palestinians ⬇️
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Yasmine Ahmed
3 years
@DominicRaab @BWallaceMP at the very least, the UK Govt must now immediately confirm that it will stop all deportations of Afghan asylum seekers to Afghanistan in line with the position adopted by Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden & Norway & int'l law
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Only an international effort can put an end to China’s crimes in Xinjiang | Jewher Ilham and @SophieHRW
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Yasmine Ahmed
2 years
Worrying signs on fossil fuels & possibly other climate commitments from PM Truss. The response to the cost of living crisis is not to fuel the climate crisis. In fact it is quite the opposite 1/
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Yasmine Ahmed
1 year
Shamima Begum has again been utterly failed by the UK. In a judgment this wk, the Commission acknowledged that she was likely a child victim of trafficking for sexual exploitation & failed by UK authorities, yet left her effectively stateless 🧵 ➡️
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