#Ukraine: Executions and torture during the Russian occupation. Apparent war crimes newly documented by @hrw.

Human Rights Watch investigated 31 cases of unlawful killings, 6 possible enforced disappearances, 7 cases of torture in the #Kyiv and #Chernihiv regions. The numerous atrocities by Russian forces occupying parts of northeastern #Ukraine early in the war are abhorrent, unlawful, and cruel. These abuses against civilians are war crimes that should be promptly and impartially investigated and appropriately prosecuted. @Giorgi_Gogia

#Iran: Overseer of mass executions elected president. Further erosion of political rights and accountability. hrw.org/news/2021/06/1… The victory of Ebrahim Raeesi, Iran’s judiciary chief, on June 19, 2021, in a presidential election that was neither free nor fair raises serious concerns about human rights and accountability in the country.

1 \ Syrians deported by #Lebanon have been arrested at home. A
new policy forcibly returns thousands. There is no due process. @hrw hrw.org/news/2019/09/0… #Syria 2 \ Lebanon is putting Syrians at grave risk by returning them to the country they fled and handing them over to a government that is responsible for mass atrocities. @lamamfakih

“Deporting our director for doing his job is an attack not only on Human Rights Watch, but on the broader human rights movement. If the government gets its way today with Human Rights Watch, who will it throw out next time?” @KenRoth hrw.org/news/2019/07/2… Neither @hrw nor @OmarSShakir as its representative has ever called for a boycott of Israel, as the Israeli government itself has acknowledged.

Human Rights Watch mourns the death of our friend, supporter, and board member Sid Sheinberg, a legendary Hollywood executive who died at home on March 7 aged 84. @hrw hrw.org/news/2019/03/0… Sheinberg and his wife Lorraine worked tirelessly for decades to support human rights and were instrumental in helping Human Rights Watch to establish work on the rights of women and LGBT people. @hrw #LGBT