
Sam Dubberley
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Director, Technology, Rights and Investigations Division @hrw. Fellow @essexhrc and @BonaveroIHR
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https://www.hrw.org/topic/technology-and-rights 11-03-2009 10:41:48
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As I write here in the Byline Times , Laila Soueif, Alaa Abdel Fattah mother, is in hospital on day 151 of her hunger strike. Time is running out. Tangible progress 2 get Alaa, a Brit citizen, released from prison in Egypt must happen urgently. ⬇️ bylinetimes.com/2025/02/27/why…

During negotiations w Öcalan, Erdoğan govt simultaneously escalated crackdown on legal political opposition. Abusive prosecutions & detentions of elected opposition politicians, civil society & govt critics should never be part of conflict resolution Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/02/2…


More horror from Burkina Faso. This time we Human Rights Watch reviewed gruesome videos showing dozens of civilians killed - apparently including children - by government linked militias who filmed themselves in the act.

Istanbul mayor İmamoğlu’s detention a politically motivated move to stifle lawful political activities, undermines the rights of voters who elected him & the broader democratic process in Türkiye. He & others detained should be released immediately Human Rights Watch. hrw.org/news/2025/03/1…


Global leaders need to respond to reports of fresh attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam displacement camp near North Darfur’s capital of El Fasher, says Laetitia Bader Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/04/1…



The Vietnamese government has intensified its crackdown on dissent to punish people simply for raising concerns or complaints about government policies or local officials. New Human Rights Watch report hrw.org/news/2025/04/2…




Mohammed al Bardawil, a young witness to the March 23 attack on medics in Gaza, was killed on Saturday when an Israeli gunboat fired on Rafah beach. His father Saeed asked our colleague Bilal Shbair today for a photo of his son when he interviewed them together for our report.






Recently ennobled MP Chi Onwurah 💙 expressed her hope that 'engagement' with Saudi dictatorship would perhaps liberalise them... 3+ yrs on the regime executes another journalist. Chi has said nowt but has accepted the largesse of the club. #FreeTickets northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/sport/…

Yesterday we told Foreign Affairs Committee that, with political leaders distracted by Israel's conflict with Iran & amid internet blackouts, colleagues worry people in Gaza will die in the dark. Today: Israeli forces massacred 59 Palestinians seeking aid, to zero political condemnation
