HRW Krista Shennum calls for an EU #plastic waste export ban.

I heard it loud and clear! It's time we take care of our own waste problems 👏.

That's why I'm fighting for a ban in the new EU waste trade law. I have good hopes for a positive outcome soon!
euobserver.com/opinion/156307

Glad to have a chance next week to talk with the ⁦European Parliament⁩ about the women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan, along with ⁦Tomas Niklasson⁩ ⁦Timor Sharan⁩ and ⁦Andrew Watkins⁩. #GenderApartheid europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/…

Poland's anti-abortion crackdown, two years later--and why what happened then matters now for rule-of-law. My oped for openDemocracy. opendemocracy.net/en/5050/poland…

'Someday there will be a reckoning for the monstrous abuses the authorities have committed since 24 February, and the torture of Artyom Kamardin will be part of it,' writes Human Rights Watch researcher Aleksandr Lokhmutov.

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Excellent news from 🇪🇺 Parliament: resolution urges #Egypt to #FreeAlaa & all other political prisoners, uphold freedom of expression and association during and beyond #COP27

MEPs also support UN Special Procedures's call for UN Climate Change to set human rights criteria for next COP hosts 👏🏽

'The European parliament has awarded the people of Ukraine its annual Sakharov prize for freedom of thought to honor their fight against Russia’s invasion.' “'They are....protecting democracy, freedom and rule of law.'' -- European Parliament president. theguardian.com/world/2022/oct…

Unless the EU takes responsibility for reducing + managing its own plastic waste, the health of child and migrant workers in Turkey - where oversight of plastic recycling facilities is woefully inadequate- will be at risk: Human Rights Watch’s ⁦Krista Shennum⁩

hrw.org/news/2022/10/1…

If you live in the EU, chances are your plastic trash might be recycled by child or migrant workers in Turkey. The EU Waste Shipment Regulation should be amended to prevent this, Krista Shennum of Human Rights Watch argues. #plastic #waste euobserver.com/opinion/156307

1/ Après six mois d'occupation russe, les habitants d'Izioum ont enfin pu parler à Human Rights Watch des détentions illégales et tortures qu'ils ont subies.
hrw.org/fr/news/2022/1…

.@HRW investigators interviewed 100 people in Izyum. “Almost all said that they had a family member or friend who had been tortured, and fifteen people, fourteen men and one woman, described being tortured themselves.” hrw.org/news/2022/10/1…

Russian forces and others operating under their command routinely tortured detainees during their 6-month occupation of Izium, a city in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.

Survivors describe beatings, electric shocks, waterboarding.

Read more here:
hrw.org/news/2022/10/1…

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1/ Today is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #IDEP2022 . Recent work @HRW has done on Spain helps set out why having enough to eat and enough to live on are basic human rights.

🇬🇷 The Greek government is breaking the law.

🇪🇺 The EU is going along with it.

🤔 Why?

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If you live in the EU, chances are your plastic trash will be recycled by child or migrant workers in Turkey.

Want to find out what the EU can do to change this?

Join us for this important event tomorrow at 3pm CET!

Turkey's new 'misinformation law' is a 'dangerous, dystopian' censorship law, per Human Rights Watch -- not just for journalists but for social media users:
'Anyone who criticizes the government on online platforms can be prosecuted under disinformation charges' hrw.org/news/2022/10/1…

Execution of Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijani forces during fighting between the countries in September 2022 is a heinous war crime for which there needs to be accountability. Read new Human Rights Watch investigation hrw.org/news/2022/10/1…

1/8 “What’s happening to the environmental movement in #Egypt should be a wake-up call”

Human Rights Watch's Richard Pearshouse spoke to The Guardian about the regime's repression of civil society and its serious, real life impact on #COP27 & #ClimateCrisis : theguardian.com/environment/20…

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⏰Hapoening NOW: #Poland #abortion activist back in court, facing imprisonment for helping woman access medication abortion. Human Rights Watch at courthouse today & following. 📣Stay tuned for updates. See aborcyjnydreamteam.pl/en/i-am-justyn… Background: hrw.org/news/2022/07/1… #IAmJustyna

#Poland : abortion rights activist Justyna Wydrzyńska is back in court, facing imprisonment for helping women access medication abortion.

🔴Live updates today by Human Rights Watch's Hillary Margolis from the courthouse

🔴For context: hrw.org/news/2022/07/1…

#ReproductiveRightsAreHumanRights