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The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission defends, promotes and advocates internationally recognized human rights norms in a nonpartisan manner. RT≠ endorsement.
May 22 12 tweets 2 min read
“Our teams... are providing emergency medical treatment, carrying out trauma surgery, c-sections, & running mobile clinics for displaced people. We are treating...diseases, providing maternal & pediatric healthcare, & responding to surging rates of malnutrition...” - @avrilbenoit “Since the armed conflict... broke out in April 2023, what was a collection of localized humanitarian crises quickly evolved into an all-consuming humanitarian catastrophe." - @avrilbenoit @MSF_USA
Feb 18, 2022 10 tweets 8 min read
Begin thread 🧵: Update on repression in #Bahrain on the 11th anniversary of the Pearl Uprising, courtesy of @hrw: hrw.org/news/2022/01/1… Sheikh Ali Salman was unjustly imprisoned in December 2014 after leading a protest rally in #Bahrain. He is a @DefendingFreedoms prisoner of conscience who should be freed immediately and without conditions. @USEmbassyManama humanrightscommission.house.gov/defending-free…
Apr 29, 2021 13 tweets 5 min read
The @TLHumanRights hearing on the state of human rights in the MENA region ten years after the Arab Spring is live now. Watch below: .@RepMcGovern: "When I look at the Middle East, I also see the many brave young people who have risked their lives to imagine a different world for themselves... I see the women who took leadership roles in the Arab Spring."