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Oct 7 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Great news. Excellent choices, highlighting the centrality of respect for human rights in fostering democracy, human security and peace.
Read more about #AlesBialiatski from #Belarus: hrw.org/news/2021/10/0…
Read what my colleague @TanyaLokshina has written about Memorial:
hrw.org/news/2021/11/1…
See also, my colleague, @Rachel_Denber, on Memorial: hrw.org/news/2021/12/3…
Very good news following on the #NobelPeacePrize2022 announcement:

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Oct 7
Two decades ago, I asked Russian investigative journalist & human rights defender Anna Politkovskaya how she could keep doing what she did. For her reporting on abuses by Russian forces in the 2nd Chechen War, the military detained & beat her & subjected her to mock execution. 1/
“How can you go on with your investigations? Surely you know the military’s intimidation is not just for show, and that they may actually kill you next time, no?”

“Of course,” she replied.

She saw no choice: The crimes had to be exposed, and she was in a position to do it. 2/
Politkovskaya was poisoned on a plane in 2004.

She survived the poisoning.

But she was shot dead outside her apartment on this day in 2006.
3/
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Oct 6
The White House said it was “disappointed” by the decision of the OPEC Plus energy cartel, led by Saudi Arabia & Russia, to cut oil production to try to raise prices.

Biden’s “fist-bump diplomacy” with Saudi leader MBS failed…

Surprise! 🙄

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nytimes.com/2022/10/05/bus… Image
It was part of US and EU efforts to limit Moscow’s ability to use energy as leverage over third parties after Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine.
But no one, least of all the White House, should be surprised if MBS didn’t keep his word.

When Biden went to Jeddah in July to ask MBS for oil favors –that cringey fist-bump– the Administration surely should have understood who they were dealing with.

hrw.org/news/2022/07/2…
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Oct 6
In a video that’s gone viral in #Iran and around the world, an Iranian schoolgirl flips over the portrait of Ayatollahs Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Khamenei that hangs in every classroom, revealing the words on the other side: “Woman, Life, Freedom.”

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The words are everywhere in Iran, having become a rallying cry at mass protests.

They are a clear rejection of the two Supreme Leaders and the abusive system that has ruled the country for 43 years.

lemonde.fr/en/opinion/art…
Sadly, the regime’s repression cannot be turned over so easily…
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Oct 5
New reporting from Human Rights Watch on how Iranian authorities have ruthlessly cracked down on widespread anti-government protests with excessive & lethal force throughout #Iran.

hrw.org/news/2022/10/0…
Based on videos of protests, and interviews with witnesses and a security force member, we documented numerous incidents of security forces unlawfully using excessive or lethal force against protesters in 13 cities across #Iran.
Verified videos showed security forces using shotguns, assault rifles, and handguns against protesters in largely peaceful and often crowded settings, altogether killing and injuring hundreds.

In some cases, they shot at people who were running away.
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Oct 5
Imagine someone saying it’s their “dream” to send desperate, powerless people to a place with an appalling human rights record.

Not just their “dream.” Their “obsession.”

Shocking words from the new UK Home Secretary.
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huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suella-b…
“I would love to have a front page of The Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda, that’s my dream, it’s my obsession,” Suella Braverman told an interviewer yesterday.
Braverman was referring to the plan of her predecessor, Priti Patel, to send asylum seekers in the UK to Rwanda, a country with a terrible rights record.

A plan that is "Cruelty itself":
hrw.org/news/2022/04/1…
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Oct 5
The on-again-off-again celebrity relationship of the year is back in the news...

Billionaire @elonmusk once more seems set to buy Twitter.

The romance may have been rocky, but our concerns about the possible deal haven't wavered.

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First of all, some of Musk’s past statements give us pause, in particular how he describes himself as a “free speech absolutist.” 🤔

It’s a term that initially may sound appealing to rights defenders, but it doesn’t hold up to closer inspection.
👉 Freedom of expression is not an absolute right.

Media companies, social media companies included, have to walk a fine line between protecting free speech and addressing online content and behavior that threaten people’s rights.
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