Federico Borello

In @nytimes, @AgnesCallamard and I ask "What Happened to Human Rights for Palestinians?" @hrw and @amnesty have worked closely with Palestinian human rights groups for decades and can attest that their work is indispensable to the human rights community. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes Israeli forces at the sites of a new US-backed aid distribution system in Gaza have routinely opened fire on starving Palestinian civilians in acts that amount to serious violations of international l...

New from @hrw. Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes. Suspend this flawed “humanitarian” operation and allow the UN and NGOs to rese providing aid. Current system will not stop famine.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

Gaza: Latest Israeli Plan Inches Closer to Extermination The Israeli government’s plan to demolish what remains of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and concentrate the Palestinian population into a tiny area would amount to an abhorrent escalation of its ongo...

We @hrw.org don't invoke lightly the Genocide Convention. But allies to the Israeli government have at this point a legal obligation to act to prevent extermination of the Gaza population. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Social Media Companies Should Resist Turkish State Censorship As of Thursday morning, internet users in Türkiye can no longer access the Turkish-language X account of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. This comes after a Turkish court arbitrarily ordered X to...

The erosion of freedom of expression is of grave concern to us @hrw.org Today we are sounding the alarm on both Greece and Türkiye. Here is the one on Türkiye www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Greece: Media Freedom in Crisis Greece faces a media freedom crisis as a result of actions and failures by the Greek government, threatening democracy and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

The EU must act to defend democracy and uphold the rule of law in #Greece. @HRW's new report details a serious media freedom & rule of law crisis that requires urgent attention and action from the @EU_Commission. Read the full report here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Great thread by my colleague @zamahrw.bsky.social on.children and the ongoing negotiations for a crimes against humanity treaty.

United States: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act The 59-page report, “United States: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act, A Human Rights Argument,” describes how the Trump administration has utilized the act as a vehicle for its attempted end run around ba...

The Alien Enemies Act is incompatible with human rights law and has been weaponized by US Administration. Congress must repeal it. New from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

The April 22 attack by gunmen that killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir has heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.

‘Killer Robots’ Threaten Human Rights During War, Peace In "A Hazard to Human Rights," Human Rights Watch details how autonomous weapons systems pose a grave risk to human rights during both war and peacetime. Governments should tackle the concerns raised ...

We need red lines in the use of technology. We cannot delegate the decision to use force, potentially lethal, to machines. A new treaty is urgently needed. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

At least 12 civilians are reported killed and 90 injured following Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv.

These were among the deadliest strikes on the Ukrainian capital since July 2024.

With all eyes on Trump, another autocrat is restricting human rights in an increasingly fragile democracy. Europe can ignore at its peril.

Tunisia: Arbitrary Detention Crushes Dissent The Tunisian government has turned arbitrary detention into a cornerstone of its repressive policy, aimed at depriving people of their civil and political rights.

In #Tunisia, critics are being silenced, intimidated, and punished through arbitrary detention and politically motivated prosecutions. A new @hrw report documents how the govt has turned arbitrary detention into a cornerstone of its repressive policy 👉 www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

More attacks on civilians in #Sudan. Time for UNSC to take action

Four people who participated in a pro-Palestine protest at a university in Berlin last year are fighting a court case against their deportation.

Governments should not use immigration law to silence views that they disagree with. Learn more ⤵️

US/El Salvador: Venezuelan Deportees Forcibly Disappeared The governments of the United States and El Salvador have subjected more than 200 Venezuelan nationals to enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention, Human Rights Watch said today.

Given the lack of information over who was deported, why, where they are and the fact they are held incommunicado, we @hrw.org qualify these as enforced disappearances. www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

South Sudan: Incendiary Bombs Kill, Burn Civilians South Sudan’s use of improvised air-dropped incendiary weapons has killed and horrifically burned dozens of people, including children, and destroyed civilian infrastructure in Upper Nile state.

This is my first post on Bluesky. A big NO to the use of incendiary weapons in populated areas. South Sudan: Incendiary Bombs Kill, Burn Civilians www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...