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@hrw UN director. @Reuters alum, ex-UN bureau chief. CUNY Graduate Center PhD. Native Detroiter now Queens, NYC. Previously Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Hong Kong.

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My @usnews op-ed on UN funding crisis: "How to Save the UN from #Trump; Washington is withholding billions of dollars it owes the UN. Europe must step in & lead." . The UN should cut costs, but wealthy democracies can also find ways to pay more. @hrw.
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🚨 @hrw on #Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes. “US-backed Israeli forces & private contractors have put in place a flawed, militarized aid distribution system that has turned aid distributions into regular bloodbaths.”. 👉
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RT @widadfranco: 📢@hrw recs for UNGA conference on #Palestine July 28-29. UN members: commit to concrete actions.👇.🔵Timebound measures.🔵Tar….
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RT @widadfranco: 🚨@hrw_espanol: .Recomendaciones para conferencia sobre #Palestina en la #ONU 7/28-9:. Llamamos a los gobiernos a comprome….
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🚨 @hrw: UN member states should use high-level conference on #Palestine to commit to ending impunity for Israeli crimes. @BrunoStagno: “Without clear action from governments, Israeli authorities will only continue to exterminate & expel Palestinians.”
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New from @hrw: Fighting in #Syria's #Sweida has devastated services and driven tens of thousands from their homes. Aid is stalled. Bodies lie unburied. Civilians need protection and humanitarian access now.
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🚨 NEW REPORT: “You Feel Like Your Life is Over” — @hrw @Am4ImmJustice and SOS expose abusive conditions at 3 Florida immigration detention centers. Overcrowding, medical neglect, and degrading treatment are rampant. #HumanRights #ImmigrationJustice 🔗
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RT @Nadia_Hardman: 🚨New @hrw finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive mil….
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RT @NWiddersheim: US politics does NOT have to be a literal Blood Sport, our government can do much more to mitigate the violence & heartbr….
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Beyond legislation, members of Congress and lawmakers all the way down to the local level should take care with their words that may make a policy disagreement personal.
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RT @Valen10Francois: French cavalry has evolved since the days of Napoleon
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RT @KenRoth: The Trump administration's imposition of sanctions on the U.N. special rapporteur for the Israeli-occupied territories is an o….
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, for calling for international investigations of Americans and Israelis over the war in the enclave.
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RT @michellenichols: A United Nations conference hosted by France and Saudi Arabia to work towards a two-state solution between Israel and….
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🚨 @UN_Spokesperson condemns US sanctions on #Israel/#Palestine expert @FranceskAlbs: . “The imposition of sanctions on special rapporteurs is a dangerous precedent…The use of unilateral sanctions against special rapporteurs, or any other UN official or expert, is unacceptable.”
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Human rights defenders rally to support UN expert on Palestinian rights @FranceskAlbs after US imposed sanctions on her for criticizing #Israel. - @REUTERSFARGE @Reuters. Among those urging US to reverse course: @hrw @volker_turk @KenRoth @liz_evenson . 👉
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🚨 @hrw's @liz_evenson reacts to US sanctions against UN expert @FranceskAlbs.
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🚨 New from @hrw: UN Funding Crisis Threatens Work of Human Rights Council @UN_HRC . Member States Should Urgently Mobilize to Plug the Gap. Read this dispatch by @LucMcK & @Hilary_Power_ .
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RT @MinkysHighjinks: Cutting “the world” out of the World Cup?. At one-year countdown for the 2026 @FIFAWorldCup, my @Newsweek article re i….
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RT @MinkysHighjinks: In a terrible sign for #WorldCup2026, @FIFAcom canceled its own anti-discrimination+anti-racism campaign at the US #Cl….
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RT @me_vignoli: 🚨This is a busy week for the #ICC & its members in New York, with two important events taking place at the UN 👇. 1⃣On July….
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RT @NathalyeCo: 🇭🇹 Haiti urgently needs international support as violence escalates. Millions are struggling to access food, shelter & esse….
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