Widad Franco
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UN Advocacy Officer @hrw - Tweets in English and Spanish RTs are not endorsements (She/Ella) 🇪🇨🇺🇸
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Joined June 2008
🚨 Israeli forces have killed hundreds of starving Palestinians seeking food in Gaza. These are not isolated incidents; these are war crimes. @hrw latest investigation lays out the evidence. #Gaza #WarCrimes . 🔗
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RT @YasmineAhmed001: 🚨Breaking!!! Govt's decision 2 ban Palestine Action under terrorism law will be reviewed by Courts. The Govt's decis….
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Judge says ban on direct action group could have ‘chilling effect’ on legitimate political speech
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RT @hrw_espanol: ⚖️ Justicia laboral para los trabajadores de plataformas. Cada día millones en EEUU se conectan a aplicaciones como @Ube….
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La economía gig se rige por reglas ocultas. Cada día, millones de trabajadores en Estados Unidos se conectan a aplicaciones como Uber, DoorDash y Amazon Flex para ganarse la vida, sin saber cuánto se...
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RT @hrw: One year after the 2024 election, many Venezuelans continue to risk their lives and freedom for democracy. Venezuelan authoritie….
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RT @OmarSShakir: Repeating platitudes about the peace process/solutions at today's UN conference wont suffice to meet states' Genocide Conv….
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More platitudes about a 2-state solution & peace process will do nothing to advance the conference’s goals, nor to halt the extermination of Palestinians in Gaza.
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@BrunoStagno: “Without clear action from governments, Israeli authorities will only continue to exterminate & expel Palestinians.”.
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🚨TODAY UN high-level conference on #palestine.@hrw 📢UN members: commit to concrete actions. 🕑Timebound measures.🎯Targeted sanctions.🚫Arms embargoes.👎Suspend preferential trade agreements.⚖️Support ICC arrest warrants ➡️end impunity for Israeli crimes.
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Miembros de la ONU deberían.👇. 🔵Medidas con plazos definidos.🔵Sanciones específicas.🔵Embargos de armas.🔵Suspender los acuerdos comerciales preferenciales.🔵Apoyar y hacer cumplir las órdenes de arresto de la CPI para poner fin a la impunidad de los crímenes israelíes.
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🚨@hrw_espanol: .Recomendaciones para conferencia sobre #Palestina en la #ONU 7/28-9:. Llamamos a los gobiernos a comprometerse a acabar con la impunidad con acciones concretas. Sin acciones claras las autoridades israelíes seguirán exterminando y expulsando a los palestinos
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📢@hrw recs for UNGA conference on #Palestine July 28-29. UN members: commit to concrete actions.👇.🔵Timebound measures.🔵Targeted sanctions.🔵Arms embargoes.🔵Suspend preferential trade agreements.🔵Support/enforce ICC arrest warrants to end impunity for Israeli crimes.
🚨 @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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RT @loucharbon: Human rights defenders rally to support UN expert on Palestinian rights @FranceskAlbs after US imposed sanctions on her for….
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RT @loucharbon: 🚨 New from @hrw: UN Funding Crisis Threatens Work of Human Rights Council @UN_HRC . Member States Should Urgently Mobilize….
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RT @hrw: In South Korea, you can get penalized simply for getting older. In a new report, HRW documents how South Korea’s laws and policie….
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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 @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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While the #UN Security Council will meet TODAY at 3 pm on next steps on @antonioguterres' recommendations on #Haiti➡️@hrw amplifies the voices of those suffering in the spiraling crisis in Haiti. Lack of resources have severely limited the MSS’s ability to contain violence.
🇭🇹 Haiti needs urgent support to address its security crisis. The police are under-resourced and overwhelmed. This is the story of a 24-year-old student and his brother, a police officer, who both fled after criminal groups took over their neighborhood in Port-au-Prince:
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RT @saubryhr: History in the making! 🚀. Just before #FFD4Sevilla, where 10,000 minds will unite to forge economic policies, we at @hrw unve….
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This brief is based on an extensive analysis of how human rights treaty bodies have engaged with individual states’ approaches to tax policy issues.
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