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Andrew Stroehlein Profile picture
@astroehlein
May 9, 2021 • 7 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Happy #EuropeDay, celebrating the historic, radical experiment to promote peace through economic and political integration based on democracy and human rights.
hrw.org/news/2017/03/1…

It’s a shame that current EU leaders are undermining our founding principles these days...
The EU & its member states did nothing as a dictatorship emerged in Hungary.

In fact, the largest political group in Europe, the European People's Party, actively supported it for years.

The EU is now no longer a bloc of exclusively democratic states
hrw.org/news/2020/04/2…
EU member Poland is not far behind Hungary, either, sinking ever further into authoritarianism along the Hungarian model...

hrw.org/news/2021/04/1…
And because the EU failed to address authoritarian rule in its own member states, EU foreign policy can't fight effectively for democracy globally.

When it comes to refugees, the EU & member states' appalling record of human rights abuses is now infamous.

It's a vicious, daily insult to the EU's founding principles...

theguardian.com/global-develop…

independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

irishtimes.com/opinion/denmar…
And the EU's pharma-profits-first approach to the global pandemic, blocking wider production of vaccines globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver at the WTO, is prolonging the pandemic - an inhumane policy that's an affront to the EU's founding principles
hrw.org/news/2021/03/2…
From the ashes of world war, united Europe was a promise of something new: peace & security through democracy & human rights.

🇪🇺 Happy #EuropeDay2021 to everyone who shares these, our most treasured values.

Sadly, many of our current European leaders do not.

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Nov 16, 2023
Belgium is showing the way on the #Gaza crisis.

✅ Condemned 7/10 killings by Palestinian armed groups;

✅ Questioned legality of some Israeli airstrikes;

✅ Condemned Israel's collective punishment of Palestinians & called for targeted sanctions on those responsible;

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Belgium has also:

✅ Expressed support for the International Criminal Court’s role and its ongoing investigation on the situation in Palestine, which includes jurisdiction over the current hostilities between the Israeli government and Palestinian armed groups.

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In addition, the Belgian federal parliament has introduced a bill to ban trade with settlements in occupied territories.

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Aug 2, 2023
Convincing people that they have fundamental rights takes no effort at all.

Convincing them that others have fundamental rights is the hard part.
I want to write about these things in ways that might encourage new people to warm to the idea of universal human rights.

I don’t feel you can do that by using language and tropes that immediately spark “culture war” reactions - those cliché phrases that close minds instantly.
That’s been the purpose of my newsletter over the past year: to find language that brings people closer to understanding the fundamental rights that bind us together.

hrw.org/daily-brief-ar…
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Jun 19, 2023
Dans l'après-midi du 2 octobre 2018, l'éminent journaliste #saoudien et chroniqueur du Washington Post Jamal Khashoggi s'est rendu au consulat saoudien d'Istanbul pour obtenir les documents nécessaires pour son mariage. C'est la dernière fois que sa fiancée l'a vu.
Des agents saoudiens l’ont assassiné à l'intérieur du consulat et ont découpé son corps en morceaux.
Il ne s'agissait pas simplement d'une opération véreuse. En 2019, une enquête de l'ONU a mis en évidence "une coordination, des ressources et des finances gouvernementales importantes" derrière l'assassinat.
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Jun 18, 2023
1️⃣ From my Daily Brief last week - Monday:

The EU’s illegal and immoral border policies prioritize suffering: hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

Audio: hrw.org/video-photos/a…

En français: hrw.org/fr/news/2023/0… Image
2️⃣ From my Daily Brief last week - Tuesday:

US state lawmakers pushing for MORE child labor: hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

Audio: hrw.org/video-photos/a…

En français: hrw.org/fr/news/2023/0… Image
3️⃣ From my Daily Brief last week - Wednesday:

#India shuts down the internet more than any other country - and it hurts the poor most: hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

Audio: hrw.org/video-photos/a…

En français: hrw.org/fr/news/2023/0… Image
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Jun 17, 2023
Mass drownings at sea are to the EU what mass shootings are to the US.

It keeps happening.

And every time it happens, politicians pretend to be concerned, yet keep in place the government policies at the root of the problem.

So, people keep dying.
hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…
What can be done?

Start with official, proactive search and rescue at sea.

Some EU states have drastically reduced search-and-rescue capacity at sea, and even restricted private groups from doing it.

Read more: hrw.org/news/2023/06/1…
Accepting mass drownings is a deliberate EU policy choice.

They have deliberated. They have discussed the options, and they know the consequences of the policy they chose.

It doesn't have to be this way.

There are other policy options, like making human life the priority.
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Jun 15, 2023
Mass deaths at sea are to the EU what mass shootings are to the US.

- It keeps happening.

- And every time, politicians pretend to be concerned.

- And every time, politicians keep in place the government policies at the root of the problem.

- And it keeps happening.
See also:
See also:
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