Annabel Hennessy
@annabelhennessy
Australia Researcher @hrw Human Rights Watch, former newspaper journalist
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03-08-2012 10:33:20
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In October, Al Jazeera English’s bureau chief in Gaza وائل الدحدوح Wael Al dahdouh lost his wife, son, daughter and grandson in an Israeli airstrike A few months later, his 27-year-old son Hamza – also a journalist – would be killed while reporting in Gaza … thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2024-01-1…
Highest death toll in 9 years... UNHCR Asia Pacific says 569 Rohingya have perished or gone missing last year in South-East Asian waters in the past year, with nearly 4,500 embarking on deadly sea journeys – a significant increase on previous years. unhcr.org/us/news/briefi…
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I wrote about the terrifying loss of freedom in #HongKong, drawing parallels to Xinjiang & asks the world not to look away. Read on The New York Times: nytimes.com/2024/03/26/opi…
“Let me tell you their family names because they are not just stats.” - Ahmed Benchemsi on Human Rights Watch’s new report about one of the single deadliest Israeli strikes in #Gaza. We identified the names of 106 civilians killed in the attack, including 54 children. hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…
Like father, like son. The mayor of Davao City in the Philippines, Sebastian Duterte, declared a new “war on drugs" & local authorities killed 5 people in the 24 hours after he made the declaration & at least 7 within a matter of days. New from Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…
It is a dark day in the #UK after the #RwandaBill was passed. It will have a devastating impact on human rights & the rule of law, risking the lives of asylum seekers & setting a dangerous global precedent. New from Yasmine Ahmed & me ⬇️ Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…
The Australian government should withdraw a proposed law that would allow the authorities to seek prison terms for asylum seekers for exercising their right not to be sent to a country where they fear being persecuted. @annabelhennessy @HRW Daniela Gavshon hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…
NDIS bill in parliament right now reproduces critical elements of failed scheme re-draft pushed by the Coalition in 2021 which never made it into law. Those sections, increasing compliance on participants, were co-drafted by an architect of Robodebt. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2024/06/0…
Released today: Human Rights Watch report on criminalization of unhoused people in Los Angeles. A massive study on LA’s cruel, ineffective treatment of people living on the streets hrw.org/report/2024/08…
Last week, a 17-year-old died by self-harm in his detention cell in Western Australia--the 2nd such death in a year. Says Human Rights Watch's Annabel Hennessy: WA should prohibit solitary confinement for kids & invest in detention alternatives that uphold #ChildRights hrw.org/news/2024/09/0…
New report by Human Rights Watch documents Indonesian govt’s suppression of #PapuanLivesMatter protests after a 2019 attack on Papuan students. The protests highlighted longstanding racial discrimination against Indigenous Papuans hrw.org/report/2024/09…