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Researcher, crisis and conflict @hrw. Formerly covering Myanmar, among others. RTs not endorsements.
Mar 22, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
🚨New 🚨 @hrw report on a March 9 '22 Russian attack on an apartment building in Izium that killed at least 44 civilians—one of the deadliest single incidents for civilians since the full-scale invasion. 🧵1/ hrw.org/news/2023/03/2… 2/ Generations of families in the basement were entombed by this horrific attack. @hrw found no evidence to justify treating this apartment building as a mil target or that Russian forces tried to minimize civilian casualties.
Nov 30, 2021 9 tweets 6 min read
Explosive weapons w/wide-area effects used in populated areas cont. to cause immediate & long-term harm to civilians.

@hrw's latest report on violations by Houthi forces in #Yemen's Marib governorate lays bare the devastating consequences of #EWIPA

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hrw.org/news/2021/11/2… .@hrw details how Houthis fired artillery & ballistic missiles indiscriminately into populated areas in Marib. The attacks
▪️ Killed/injured scores of civilians
▪️ Destroyed/damaged: homes, the only major hospital in Al-Abdiya district & telecomm cables
▪️ Triggered displacement
Aug 23, 2021 14 tweets 6 min read
🚨New @hrw report: Israeli airstrikes on 4 high-rises in Gaza in May 2021 were apparent violations of the laws of war & may amount to war crimes.

The attacks caused serious harm for those who lived, worked, or benefitted from businesses there.

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hrw.org/news/2021/08/2… Image .@hrw documented attacks on four high-rises:
Hanadi, al-Jawhara, al-Shorouk, and al-Jalaa.

We found no evidence of mil targets.

Israel claims w/o evidence that they attacked the buildings b/c they were used by militants.

Israel should publicly produce that evidence.