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economic justice and rights researcher for @hrw focusing on global health | ex @OpenSociety fellow | writer of mediocre SFF | 🇺🇸/🇧🇦🇭🇷 | he/him

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If you're not at the table, you're on the menu. This week, @hrw joined partners from around the world at #FfD4 in Sevilla, Spain to pressure governments, banks, and agencies to put human rights first. Watch a quick summary 👇
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RT @belkiswille: Maksym Chernyak came to the US from Ukraine seeking safety. He died in ICE custody. This is his story. .
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RT @hrw_fr: L'avenir de la finance est en train de se décider et cet avenir doit donner la priorité aux droits humains. Human Rights Watc….
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RT @loucharbon: Not exactly a brilliant headline for an unprecedented assault on human rights that will take away millions of people’s heal….
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RT @hrw: The United States Congress just passed the “Big Beautiful Bill” that will deepen economic inequality and funnel billions in public….
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RT @saubryhr: "If you're not at the table, you're on the menu" 🍽️. Why is #FFD4 important for human rights - and how can human rights cont….
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RT @hrw: The future of money is being decided — and that future should put human rights first. Human Rights Watch is at the International….
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RT @sarah_saadoun: Trump’s budget not only transfers public goods to private pockets in the US, he weaponised the process to let US compani….
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The Trump administration has weaponized its bill to benefit the wealthiest US corporations by undermining global efforts to tax businesses fairly.
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RT @EFEnoticias: Human Rights Watch alerta que el plan fiscal de Trump "extendería los recortes fiscales que benefician desproporcionadamen….
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) alertó que el plan fiscal del presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, "extendería los recortes fiscales" a los más ricos.
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RT @sarah_saadoun: “This is the most regressive tax policy that has ever been put forward. That inequality agenda Trump is now trying to ta….
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The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s wealthiest families while reducing spending on health and...
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RT @fborello1: Stop the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that puts the rights of people in the United States at risk. Tell Congress: No Funding….
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Budgets are moral documents. They should realize all human rights — not transfer immense wealth from public goods to private pockets. But the fight is not over. 📞 Call your House reps.📝 Use the form below to tell them.📢 #NotOnOurWatch. From @hrw 👇.
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The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s wealthiest families while reducing spending on health and...
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Another international conference, another conference WiFi system blocking access to civil society groups' sites, including @hrw and @amnesty . @UN says it welcomes the voices of CSOs but prohibits #FFD4 #FFD4Sevilla guests from even looking at their work smh
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RT @mcconnell_m: 1/ 🧵 The US Senate just passed a budget that rewards the wealthy while slashing programs essential for human rights. They….
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The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s wealthiest families while reducing spending on health and...
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RT @loucharbon: .@hrw: Proposed #Trump administration budget would benefit the wealthiest at the expense of human rights. If signed into l….
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RT @LenaSimet: Powerful panel at #FFD4 on financing alternatives to budget cuts for investing in universal social protection & public servi….
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RT @MariaRonBalsera: Marcella Favretto @ohchr There is an artificial separation between economic decisions & Human Rights. We have the no….
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"This is a time of crisis and a time of reform," says @DrTedros, DG of @WHO at #FFD4Sevilla. "We need more resilient health financing systems that are less reliant on aid, and protect people from catastrophic out-of-pocket spending." . Read how 👇.
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