
Ida Sawyer
@ida_sawyer
Crisis and Conflict Director at Human Rights Watch
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https://www.hrw.org 02-09-2011 13:08:01
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🚨 A family’s home turned into a massacre. A Türkiye-backed drone attack in Syria killed ten members of one family. Only one 9-year-old girl from family survived. No warning. No apparent justification. Read Human Rights Watch’s full investigation: hrw.org/news/2025/06/0… #Syria #HumanRights


The #M23 armed group has deported over 1,500 people from occupied eastern #DRCongo to #Rwanda. The forcible transfer of civilians is a war crime, and Rwanda’s control over the M23 makes it ultimately responsible for the group’s numerous abuses. Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/06/1…

Le groupe armé #M23 a déporté de force plus de 1500 civils de l’est occupé de la #RDC vers le #Rwanda. Le transfert forcé de civils est un crime de guerre. Le Rwanda est responsable des abus du M23 en raison de son contrôle sur ce groupe armé. HRW en français hrw.org/fr/news/2025/0…


đź‡đź‡ąOne year since Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti deployed to #Haiti, violence keeps rising as hundreds flee daily seeking refuge in makeshift sites or other cities. UN member states should reinforce the MSS & the UNSC turn it into a full-fledged UN mission to protect Haitians. hrw.org/news/2025/06/2…

đź‡đź‡ąUn an après l'arrivĂ©e de la Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti en #HaĂŻti, la violence s'intensifie. Des centaines fuient chaque jour vers des sites prĂ©caires ou d'autres villes. Le Conseil de sĂ©curitĂ© devrait transformer la MMAS en mission de l'ONU pour protĂ©ger les HaĂŻtiens. hrw.org/fr/news/2025/0…


đź‡đź‡ąâ€śEnvironmental situation in Haiti improved?” 90% of the capital under criminal control 6M need humanitarian aid 5.7M face acute hunger 1.3M displaced Even the US urges its citizens to leave ASAP. This is not progress. It’s collapse. Ending TPS for Haitians is simply inhumane



In late July, Human Rights Watch will be publishing a report on the horrifying conditions of confinement in 3 immigration detention centers in Florida- Krome, BTC, and FDC. But now this #AlligatorAlcatraz


The withdrawal of five European countries from the longstanding & effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel landmines unnecessarily puts civilians at risk - Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/07/0… Baltic states deposited their Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention withdrawals with United Nations HQ on Friday


🇺🇦Ukraine just started a process to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Because it is in the midst of a war, this is effectively a symbolic move to gain political cover while disregarding the core prohibitions on producing & using antipersonnel mines- Human Rights Watch: hrw.org/news/2025/07/0…



The IDF dropped a 500lb bomb into a cafe in Gaza on Monday. We saw & identified fragments. They had conducted "aerial surveillance" so knew it was crowded with civilians. They had other precise munitions available. Up to 40 died, more injured. My report: theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…



🚨 NEW REPORT: “You Feel Like Your Life is Over” — Human Rights Watch Americans for Immigrant Justice - AI Justice and SOS expose abusive conditions at 3 Florida immigration detention centers. Overcrowding, medical neglect, and degrading treatment are rampant. #HumanRights #ImmigrationJustice 🔗 hrw.org/news/2025/07/2…


"You Feel Like Your Life is Over" 🚨New report from Human Rights Watch Americans for Immigrant Justice - AI Justice & SOS exposes abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions at three Florida immigration detention centers, amidst a surge in immigration detention nationally: hrw.org/news/2025/07/2…
