
Yasmine Ahmed
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UK Director, Human Rights Watch @hrw . Views expressed are personal, RTs are not endorsement.
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https://hrw.org 11-09-2013 16:09:55
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A brave group of young Afghan rights defenders are attending the #HRC59 session for Afghanistan. UN Human Rights Council should listen to their call and immediately establish an accountability mechanism for Afghanistan. Artemis Akbary Aylar Muzhda Samadi



It is a tremendous honour to learn Durham University will confer an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree on me. I had a wonderful period in the early part of my career as a Lecturer Durham Law School - a lovely scholarly environment & the perfect launchpad for what I have gone on to do.

We urge the UN Human Rights Council to heed UNSR's recommendation for the establishment of an additional comprehensive independent accountability mechanism demonstrating that the international community will not turn away from human rights violations in Afghanistan.



If I published this video next week, I could be sent to prison for 14 years. That’s for expressing support for Palestine Action, who take direct action to stop genocide. We are heading to a very dark place. New video 👇 youtu.be/KgPy2QRS7r8


The court failed to meet our demands, but we achieved a partial suspension of UK arms to Israel, exposed govt complicity in war crimes & rallied public support. This is a breakthrough & just the start. We fight on for justice. Join us & GLAN | Global Legal Action Network 📍Royal Courts of Justice at 1PM


Tonight MPs have tabled a reasoned amendment on behalf of disabled people who have yet to have agency in this process. It is time their voices were heard. It is backed by 138 organisations Pippa Crerar The Guardian

2days UK court ruling in the Israel arms case marks a dark day 4 justice & accountability but mostly 4 Palestinians in Gaza who are being subject to genocidal acts and other atrocities by 🇮🇱 BUT we will continue 2 fight 💪 My reaction 4 Human Rights Watch ⬇️


How a good EU law on the rights of people affected by global supply chains is being gutted - and replaced with window-dressing: Our new Human Rights Watch piece on the EU Council “general approach” on #CSDDD. hrw.org/news/2025/07/0…

