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Belkis Wille

@belkiswille

8 years

Niqabs strewn the ground as west #Mosul women breathe a sigh of relief that they are out of the clutches of #ISIS

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2 years

1/ After 6 months of Russian occupation, residents of Izium, Kharkiv have finally been able to speak to @hrw about the unlawful detentions and torture they were subjected to

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Most of the 200k ppl still in #Mariupol have been sheltering in basements to avoid death/injury but ppl with limited mobility incl. older ppl and ppl w/ disabilities could not make it down into basements once electricity was cut and elevators stopped working 1/📸Sergii Marakov

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Some thoughts after 2 days of interviewing dozens of residents of #Mariupol who described to me the hell they escaped from. They were the lucky ones who were able to make it out in their own cars, but they left thousands behind with no electricity, gas, water and phone reception

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2 years

Many ppl ask me which are toughest stories I have heard while in Ukraine during 6 weeks of the conflict & I always say the stories of older ppl & ppl w/ disabilities who are trapped in their homes as fighting rages on, unable to evacuate, are most painful

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4 years

دخل #العراق مرحلة جديد، وينبغي للحكومة اغتنام الفرصة للتركيز على حماية الحقوق الأساسية للعراقيين وجعل القانون العراقي متسقا مع القانون الدولي. الاحتياجات عديدة، ولكن إليكم 6 خطوات ملموسة يمكن اتخاذها:

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2 years

7/ Medical institutions should urgently establish services in de-occupied areas to support victims of torture, including psychosocial (mental health) support and specialist services for survivors of sexual violence. Those responsible for abuses should be prosecuted for war crimes

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2/ Survivors described being subjected to electric shock, waterboarding, severe beatings, threats at gunpoint, and being forced to hold stress positions for extended periods by Russian forces

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4/ 1 woman who was held & repeatedly raped carved her name and words and phrases “electricity, undressed or raped,” “barely alive,” “murdered,” “very painful,” and “help” into wall of room she was held in. She considered trying to kill herself in detention

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3 years

إذا لم تضع سلطات #العراق حدا لقتل الصحفيين والمتظاهرين والنشطاء على يد الجماعات المسلحة، فلن تستطيع الأصوات السياسية الجديدة أن تشارك بأمان في الانتخابات النيابية في أكتوبر، ما يمحي أي مكتسبات محتملة من حركة الاحتجاجات

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Belkis Wille

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Horrifying case of Israeli forces storming Gaza home of unarmed civs in Dec, opening fire and killing 8 ppl including a blind older man and pregnant woman, and critically wounding 2 including a 5-year-old boy. Should be investigated as possible war crime

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2 years

5/ @HRW spoke to relatives & friends of 2 men detained by Russian forces – one for about two days in late June and another in June for a day or two and again in July for three days. Both men took their own lives by hanging a day or two after their release

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2 years

3/ Survivors identified at least seven locations in Izium, including two schools, where they said Russian soldiers had detained and abused them

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6/ Multiple victims shared with @hrw credible accounts of similar experiences of torture during interrogation in facilities under the control of Russian forces and their subordinates, indicating this treatment was part of a policy and plan

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4 years

أصدرت "اللجنة المعنية بحالات الاختفاء القسري" التابعة للأمم المتحدة نتائجها بشأن #العراق أمس. وجدت أن نمطا من الإخفاء القسري وانتشار السجون السرية ما زال قائما، كما يسود الإفلات من العقاب وتكرار الأذى

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2 years

I was in Zaporizhzhia today w/ @rich_weir interviewing over dozen #Mariupol residents who had just escaped. 2 said they had recently visited city's theater that was bombed today and saw over 500 residents sheltering there. Sat imagery shows "children" written clearly outside @hrw

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5 years

According to intl military analyst, man on left is aiming directly at ppl he is targeting, which carries high risk of causing serious injury or death if teargas cartridges are being fired. This is an inappropriate and highly dangerous use of teargas cartridges.

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Belkis Wille

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2 years

"When we were kids, at family gatherings our grandma always used to make a toast to “peaceful skies.” To us, this toast was just words, it held no real meaning. I never really understood what she meant. Now I sadly do," Igor told me on an eerily quiet street in Odessa 5 days ago.

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Belkis Wille

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4 years

I have spent 12s of hrs sitting in tents of women being punished for what their relative might have done w/ ISIS. While all these interviews have been heart-breaking, my visit to Ishaqi camp is the one that has haunted me the most since 2018. Read why:

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Belkis Wille

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8 years

Stuck in traffic in eastern Mosul, amazing to see all shops open, two civilians fixing a damaged road on their own time, city feels so alive

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2 months

NEW @HRW REPORT on Oct. 7 assault: ➡️ examines almost every civilian attack site ➡️ documents war crimes and crimes against humanity by Palestinian armed groups ➡️ based on interviews with 94 survivors & analysis of over 280 photos, videos

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4 months

Since Oct @hrw identified 8 attacks on aid workers w/out prior warning, in which Israel killed/injured 31 ppl, even though aid groups had provided their coordinates to ensure their protection. These attacks must stop

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Belkis Wille

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6 years

The Swedish court decision to convict an #Iraqi officer of war crimes for posing with decapitated #ISIS suspects is important because it reminds us that law exists to push us to be more humane, not to be discarded in a race to the bottom

Swedish Court Says Abuses Against ISIS Fighters Still War Crimes

On February 19, a Swedish court convicted a former Iraqi officer for war crimes against Islamic State (also known as ISIS) fighters in Iraq. The evidence was pictures and videos he had posted on...

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Belkis Wille

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9 years

قال العسيري إن الذخيرة العنقودية استعملت مرة واحدة في عمران على هدف متحرك – إليكم 5 هجمات أخرى بجوار مدنيين

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Belkis Wille

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5 years

Leaving Baghdad after a week, and wanted to counter the awful force some security forces are using against protesters with some of the joy I saw on the streets.

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2 years

Read @hrw 's newest report delving into how sensitive biometric data that Western donor governments left behind in Afghanistan in August 2021, is putting thousands of Afghans at risk 1/

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8 years

US, UK, France: stop selling arms to #Saudi or risk complicity in war crimes #YemenCrisis

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8 years

عار على مكتب الأمين العام لـ #الأمم_المتحدة تسييس قائمة منتهكي حقوق الطفل والرضوخ لضغوط #السعودية @UN_Spokesperson

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2 years

Photos and videos on social media can be evidence of war crimes in #Ukraine and other conflicts. @Meta , @Twitter , @YouTube and @TikTok_US should preserve, archive and grant access for investigators to this content that gets taken down.

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2 years

Satellite imagery of the Donetsk Regional Theater of Drama, analyzed by @HRW 2 days before today’s attack in #Mariupol , clearly shows the building was marked on either end. It says “Children”

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6 years

Two former detainees and the father of a man who died in detention have provided details of ill-treatment, torture, and death in facilities run by the #Iraqi Interior Ministry in the Mosul area

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8 years

استخدمت السعودية ذخائر عنقودية أمريكية الصنع قرب المدنيين في #اليمن وخلفت قنابل لم تنفجر

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5 years

Strong @antonioguterres statement on #Iraqi protests “We deeply regret the number, the large number of people that have been killed.. There were, indeed, substantial violations of human rights that took place and need to be clearly denounced and condemned.

UN chief Antonio Guterres scolds Iraq over protesters' deaths | The National

Secretary-General spoke out over deaths committed by security forces

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Belkis Wille

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4 years

After months of denials #Greece gov admits it tested soil at Lesbos camp & found some elevated levels of lead, but waited 7 weeks to make it public & has not released actual results & details of testing leaving residents and workers in the dark about risks

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7 years

Deeply disturbing series of tweets, matches videos coming out of #Mosul that HRW was able to geolocate and verify #Iraq

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5 years

في مؤشر مخيف على تواطؤ الدولة، في 6 ديسمبر، غادرت قوات أمن #العراق منطقة التظاهر في بغداد وانقطع التيار الكهربائي، بينما داهم المنطقة مسلحون يرتدون بزات سوداء وأطلقوا النار على المتظاهرين ورموهم من المباني، فقتلوا العشرات

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Belkis Wille

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5 years

Excited to announce that we are hiring for my replacement as Iraq researcher @hrw . Having held job for last 3.5 years, can tell you it is a fantastic position. Hoping to get as diverse candidate pool as possible so please share widely across your networks

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2 years

When #Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021 they got access to extensive biometric and other personal data of Afghans, not just data collected by the government but also collected by foreign govs incl. the USG

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Belkis Wille

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4 years

Over 34k women, men, kids are trapped in overcrowded, unsanitary camps over 6x their capacity on #Greece Islands. Despite #COVID19 , they have almost no access to water, soap, gloves & masks. They call for help and protection. @HRW ’s new report #SOSMoria

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Belkis Wille

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3 years

Excited to announce @hrw hiring for new Iraq researcher. This will give someone incredible opportunity to document most serious abuses, help bring about change. Hoping to get as diverse candidate pool as possible- please share widely across your networks

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5 years

How best to create the next insurgency in #Iraq and push ppl into the hands of the next version of #ISIS ? Marginalize families, lock them in camps, cut them off from services, and prevent their kids from enrolling in school, that's how...

Iraq: School Doors Barred to Many Children

The Iraqi government is denying thousands of children whose parents have a perceived Islamic State (also known as ISIS) affiliation of their right to access an education, Human Rights Watch said...

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6 years

ICE Lied to Court to Keep #Iraqi Detainees Locked Up, ACLU Says; Asks Court to Release Detainees and Open Secret ICE Documents

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Belkis Wille

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9 years

لقي 643 مدنيا حتفهم منذ بداية الحملة في #اليمن وجرح 2226 و لم نجد أدلة على وجود أهداف عسكرية تبرر الخسائر الفادحة http://t.co/vPwTWp75b7

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6 years

After years of waiting without a single prosecution of an #ISIS fighter for the crimes of sexual violence against women across #Iraq and mass graves littering the landscape, not preserved or exhumed, this decision gives victims sliver of hope that finally they might grasp justice

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BREAKING: Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad have been named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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4 years

قتل مسلحون في #البصرة ناشطَيْن وجرحوا 4. الوضع في #العراق وصل إلى درجة إلى أن المجموعات المسلحة تصول وتجول في شوارع المدينة وتقتل الناشطين المدنيين بلا رادع. ليس أكيدا ما إذا كانت الحكومة الاتحادية قادرة على لجم العنف أو إنصاف الضحايا

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6 years

Two years ago @hrw found that the #KRG was torturing child #ISIS suspects, today we report on how zero progress has been made, Asayish is still torturing the children into confessing to terrorism, even in cases where kids say they are lying in confessing

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Detained Children Tortured

The Kurdistan Regional Government is torturing children to confess to involvement with the Islamic State. Nearly two years after the Kurdistan Regional Government promised to investigate the torture...

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4 years

How is it possible that in Europe, over a week after #Moria fires, 1000s of ppl incl. pregnant women, ppl with disabilites, young kids are STILL homeless on Lesbos with no access to toilets, showers & limited food, water, health care? #opentheislands

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5 years

Last August we reported on serious torture allegations in Mosul prison, sent #Iraqi gov names of four implicated officers. They did not investigate, officers are still there, still torturing, using same techniques, including waterboarding

Iraq: Torture Persists in Mosul Jail

Iraqi officers have committed torture at a detention facility in Mosul at least through early 2019, months after Human Rights Watch reported on the abuses and shared information about those respons...

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3 years

غضب وزير #عراقي لأن أخيه تزوج امرأة من قريتهما، يُزعم أن زوجها السابق كان في #داعش. فماذا فعل؟ استخدم الجيش لإجلاء 91 عائلة من القرية دون مبرر، أو السماح لهم بأخذ مقتنياهم

العراق: خلافات عائلية على ما يبدو تتسبب بإخلاءات غير قانونية

أجلى الجيش العراقي بشكل غير قانوني عشرات العائلات من قرية شمال بغداد منذ يوليو/تموز 2021، في ما يبدو نزاعا عائليا يشمل وزيرا في الحكومة.

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8 years

حرب #اليمن تشوبها انتهاكات كثيرة وخطيرة. أوقفوا بيع الأسلحة للـ #السعودية الآن !

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2 years

@hrw captures the hellscape that residents of #Mariupol have been living in since March 2, cut off from cell phone service, food, water, electricity, and gas, and surrounded by constant shelling as the city has been besieged by Russian forces

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5 years

Over dozen @hrw interviews with prosters, journos, medics in south/central #Iraq confirm that over 100+ protesters are dead, 1000s wounded, 100s arrested, with sec forces shooting at them even as they are fleeing demonstration sites, showering them with scalding water cannons.

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3 years

Authorities in Nineveh, Salah al-Din agree to let all kids go back to school incl. those missing birth certificates. Should have happened yrs ago but amazing to see movement on issue that only recently was impossible to see progress on @IOMIraq @UNICEFiraq

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2 years

Read @hrw 's latest investigation showing how Russian & Ukrainian forces have put civilians in #Ukraine at unnecessary risk by basing their forces in populated areas w/o removing residents to safer areas, leading to deaths, injuries & destruction of homes:

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6 years

Four years after being raped, turned into sex slaves, Yezidi survivors suffer from suicidal tendencies, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, while international funds for psychosocial support in #Iraq dwindle

Back from hell: The Yazidi women who survived the Islamic State

Four years after the Yazidi genocide in Iraq, survivors suffer from suicidal tendencies, depression and post-traumatic stress disorders

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3 years

In 2018, UNHCR registered 800k+ Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, incl by gathering their biometrics, so gov cld issue cards to access all humanitarian services. @Refugees told media and community that data would not be shared with Myanmar for repatriations

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9 years

Saudi-led coalition dropped vietnam-era cluster bombs on residential neighborhoods of Sanaa

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5 years

An estimated 1.8 million people remain displaced by the conflict between #Iraqi forces and #ISIS two years after the heaviest fighting ended. highlights the experiences of families struggling to find a safe home in post-ISIS Iraq.

Iraq: Not a Homecoming

Last December, I witnessed the violent closure of Kilo 18, a camp in Anbar given that designation because it was 18 kilometers from the town of Ramadi in central Iraq. The scene was awful: families...

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4 years

UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances issued its findings on #Iraq yesterday. Found that a pattern of enforced disappearance persists as do secret prisons, and impunity and re-victimization prevail

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2 years

As evacuation calls grow more urgent, its vital that both sides ensure that civilians with lower limited mobility, including older people and people with disabilities are given adequate opportunities and assistance to evacuate safely if they choose to 6/

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"أنت التالي. سوف نقتلك إذا كتبت عن هذا [الموضوع]"ــ كيف هي حرية التعبير في #العراق؟ لقاء مع @belkiswille للحديث عن تقرير @hrw_ar الجديد:

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2 years

1/ Read @hrw 's latest on Russia's repeated unlawful attacks that killed and wounded civilians and damaged healthcare facilities and homes in Kharkiv, incl attacks carried out with explosive weapons with wide area effects and widely banned cluster munitions

Ukraine: Unlawful Russian Attacks in Kharkiv

Russian forces have assaulted Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, with repeated unlawful attacks that killed and wounded civilians and damaged healthcare facilities and homes.

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4 months

Report we released today on ethnic cleansing in West Darfur captures most shattering research I have been part of in my many yrs @hrw . UN and AU, in collaboration with IGAD, should urgently deploy to Sudan a mission with a mandate to protect civilians

Sudan: Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur

Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias in El Geneina, the capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur state, from April to November 2023, killed at least thousands of people and left...

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استعمال التحالف القنابل العنقودية تكرارا وسط المدينة المكتظة يشير إلى نية إيذاء المدنيين، وهو جريمة حرب

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5 years

Important piece that highlights stark discriminatory contrast of Iraqi authorities- Yezidi boys forced to fight with #ISIS are being given reintegration and PSS programming while Sunni Arab boys of the same age are being prosecuted, sentenced.

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As death toll mounts by the hour, UN members owe it to every 1 of the 100s of protester killed by sec forces since Oct. 1 in #Iraq to call on Iraq to protect rather than suppress its citizens’ rights to free expression during today's #UPR34 session in GVA

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Since Oct 25, much of #Iraq has had no access to social media except by using VPN. Also slower-than-usual internet speeds, and sometimes complete cuts. @netblocks says disruptions now rank among most severe in any country in 2019.

Iraq: Teargas Cartridges Killing Protesters

Security forces have fired teargas cartridges directly at protesters in Baghdad, Iraq on numerous occasions since protests resumed on October 25, 2019, killing at least 16, Human Rights Watch said...

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For a decade, @hrw has documented journalists across #Iraq suffering threats, beatings and killings, sometimes by authorities, with minimal action to protect them. For the first time, we document how laws are also used in Iraq/KRG to muzzle #FreeSpeech

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Today the UN will hold a UPR session to examine #Iraq ’s human rights records. The rash of killings of protestors by Iraqi security forces over the past month should at the front of diplomats’ minds as they shape their recommendations.

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Want to know how @hrw researchers documented Syria-Russian war crimes in northwest Syria w/out stepping foot into Idlib? Read abt innovative methodology blending witness testimony, social media content, SAT images, flight spotter logs w/ in-house expertise

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New @hrw report details what life has been like for over 200k ppl living in #Mariupol since city was besieged by Russian forces on March 2 and cut off from the world, and from access to food, water, medicines, electricity, gas, and even telecommunications

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Contrast in firing of teargas in shocking footage raises que of whether some #Iraqi forces are operating side-by-side under different orders OR all have orders to disperse crowds in any way they see fit OR are disregarding orders @AdilAbdAlMahdi owes families of dead this answer

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9 years

All your legal questions about the #YemenCrisis answered http://t.co/DeC7kkz7yo

Yemen: Questions and Answers on the Armed Conflict

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1000s of ppl trapped in overcrowded, unsanitary Greek island camps are not just waiting for #COVID19 . They are taking own measures to protect each other where #Greece government has failed, and in turn protecting Greeks @hrw @refocusmedialab #SOSMoria

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Impossible to document all incidents of civs killed as Russians forces open fire on civ vehicles in areas they control in #Ukraine but here are 3 devastating cases showing their lack of efforts to distinguish between civs and military, killing 6 ppl

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4 years

Important coverage of @hrw new report on social media companies taking down content that is vital evidence of war crimes. We propose a fix- the creation of an international archive accessible to investigators and researchers documenting serious crimes

Social Media Platforms Remove War Crimes Evidence

Social media platforms are taking down online content they consider terrorist, violently extremist, or hateful in a way that prevents its potential use to investigate serious crimes, including war...

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If you care about #CleanWaterForBasra , then take a selfie with a glass of water and post it to show #Iraqi gov that everyone deserves the right to safe drinking water

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4 years

Turkish military showed incredible misjudgment by attacking PJAK fighters in midst of Kuna Masi water resort, seriously, injured several civilians and could have harmed many more. Turkey must investigate attack, compensate victims. Why hasn't it already?

Iraq: Turkish Airstrike Disregards Civilian Loss

A Turkish military attack on an Iranian armed group in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in late June 2020 failed to take adequate precautions to minimize civilian casualties.

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Is this okay with you? @masrour_barzani @qubadjt @jensstoltenberg this is my brother playing with my nephew when a Turkish bomb drops 20 meters away from them in Kuna Masi. #TwitterKurds

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لا يمكن للمجتمع الدولي الاكتفاء بالتفرج. على أمريكا، وبريطانيا، وإيران، والدول الأخرى التي تدعم العراق أن تعلق مساعداتها العسكرية حتى تتخذ السلطات خطوات لوقف القتل ومحاسبة المعتدين. على مجلس حقوق الإنسان الأممي @UN_HRC عقد جلسة خاصة بشأن الانتهاكات المستمرة ضد المتظاهرين

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@belkiswille

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2 women said they left their older mothers behind when they fled the city bc the journey out would be too difficult for them. Both said they had no idea whether their mothers were still alive, since phone lines in the city are still down 5/

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Belkis Wille

@belkiswille

2 years

Excited to announce @hrw hiring for new #Iraq researcher. This will give someone incredible opportunity to document most serious abuses, help bring about change. Hoping to get as diverse candidate pool as possible- please share widely across your networks

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Belkis Wille

@belkiswille

4 years

A 10-year-old girl in Brazil was raped by her uncle and became pregnant. The pregnancy threatened her young life, but she had to fight to access the abortion care she desperately needed. @hrw on this devastating case:

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@belkiswille

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Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi has been detained in Thailand since November. He now has to wait 2 more months until his next court date. There is a simple solution. Release him now and send him back to Australia. #SaveHakeem

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Belkis Wille

@belkiswille

4 years

#Iraq has entered new phase and new gov should seize opportunity to focus on protecting Iraqis’ basic rights and bringing Iraq’s laws in line with international standards. Many things needed, but here are 6 concrete ones:

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@belkiswille

2 years

#Mariupol 's theater was housing 500+ civilians on March 16, and residents put tape outside in large letters to spell "children" to signal to the Russians this was a shelter. On March 17 Russia destroyed the theater, see @hrw 's investigation into attack

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Belkis Wille

@belkiswille

4 years

New @hrw report on 46 Syrian-Russian attacks that damaged, destroyed civilian infrastructure, incl 12 hospitals, 10 schools in Idlib, sent pop. from their homes. Time for action- govs shld sanction & prosecute those most responsible for the attacks

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@belkiswille

8 years

My response to al-Assiri that "there is no team from @hrw on the ground" in the #YemenCrisis

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@belkiswille

4 years

Fantastic investigation into range of reasons that people in Basra are getting sick from the Shatt al-Arab's water, which gets pumped to their homes replete with sewage and oil from spills. Sadly, it shows zero progress since our report on this in 2019

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@belkiswille

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Israel has targetted @MSF facilities, people an average of 3.7x per month in Gaza since Oct. @hrw published new report today on another 5 aid orgs that Israel has attacked- in all cases Israel had their coordinates and gave no prior warning.

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@belkiswille

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Oksana, 45, uses a wheelchair. “For the last 2 weeks I just stayed in the apartment on a sofa with a blanket over my head because I couldn’t get down to the basement. My heart leapt every time I heard an explosion… It was a living hell,” she told @hrw 4/

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@belkiswille

8 years

Why is UK still selling weapons to Saudi that are wounding civs in Yemen? #StopArmingSaudi

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@belkiswille

9 years

Coalition continues to kill civilians in #YemenCrisis with cluster munitions http://t.co/oVWhsOJUUw http://t.co/TfEZwh5rFy

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@belkiswille

2 years

Saga at #Mariupol theater continues- I just spoke to city's deputy mayor who says rescue workers have been able to rescue 200 ppl, including 1 woman who is wounded and in hospital. He said they have yet to get information about the 100s more that might still be under the rubble

Richard Weir

@rich_weir

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I just met a woman and her teenage son who spent 2 weeks at the drama theater that was destroyed in an attack. They fled #Marioupol hours before the building was caved in. This is what they told me 👇

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Petro, 82, said “I was shaking as bombs were dropping. The walls were shaking. I was afraid the building would collapse. I spent my days trying to clean glass shards. I was just cleaning, I had to somehow occupy myself. It was pointless, but it was all I could do to keep busy” 3/

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@belkiswille

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على المشاركين في محادثات السلام في #اليمن دعم التحقيقات والعدالة والتعويض.

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@belkiswille

4 years

We already saw river water so saline and polluted that it sent over 100k #Iraqis in Basra to hospital after being poisoned in 2018 . This new study proves that was just precursor to the even more dramatic crisis to come if the government doesn't address it.

Iraq: Water Crisis in Basra

Iraqi authorities have failed to ensure for almost 30 years that Basra residents have sufficient safe drinking water, resulting in on-going health concerns, Human Rights Watch said in a report...

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Eric in Chicago

@Eric_Strating

4 years

Alarming report on Iraq’s looming water crisis, by #Dutch knowledge institute @deltares and @IOMIraq , pointing at risks of water shortage- induced displacement of populations in #Iraq . Study financed by 🇺🇸 Dep of State and 🇳🇱 @WaterPeaceSec Partnership.

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Belkis Wille

@belkiswille

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In Oct/Nov, just before pulling out of Kherson, #Russian forces pillaged 2 museums, a church and an important historical archive, taking 1000s of artifacts and documents. They have looted at least five other cultural institutions.

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@belkiswille

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Curious about #Iraq ’s ongoing water crisis and why over 118k people in Basra got sick last summer? Read @hrw ’s new report exposing the link btw mismanagement, pollution, sewage, and corruption #CleanWaterForBasra

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@belkiswille

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Government forces forcibly disappeared scores of Arab Sunni men in #Iraq . That is no way to fight ISIS. A new @HRW report says more:

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