Gabriela Mirescu
@gabrielamirescu.bsky.social
Political scientist & mobilizing strategist @Amnesty International. Steadfast in defending human rights with diplomacy or strategic mobilization, but always with a strong voice for truth. Hopeless optimist, believing in the good in people. Views are my own
Despite Moscow’s desperate efforts to sway the elections — through disinformation, bribery, and manipulation — Moldova is marching firmly toward the EU, not the Kremlin.
PAS is securing a clear majority in Parliament 🇲🇩 🇪🇺
#StopDisinformation
shorturl.at/pTAIS
PAS is securing a clear majority in Parliament 🇲🇩 🇪🇺
#StopDisinformation
shorturl.at/pTAIS
Pro-EU party leads in high-stakes Moldovan election
The parliamentary election comes amid reports of an “unprecedented” Russian hybrid interference campaign.
www.politico.eu
September 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Despite Moscow’s desperate efforts to sway the elections — through disinformation, bribery, and manipulation — Moldova is marching firmly toward the EU, not the Kremlin.
PAS is securing a clear majority in Parliament 🇲🇩 🇪🇺
#StopDisinformation
shorturl.at/pTAIS
PAS is securing a clear majority in Parliament 🇲🇩 🇪🇺
#StopDisinformation
shorturl.at/pTAIS
Enough words. We need action. Now!
As EU foreign ministers meet in Denmark to discuss the “situation in the Middle East,” the genocide continues.
@amnestydk.bsky.social sent them a message they can't ignore: STOP ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE – EU, take action!
❌ Suspend the EU–Israel Agreement
🕊️ #StopGenocide
As EU foreign ministers meet in Denmark to discuss the “situation in the Middle East,” the genocide continues.
@amnestydk.bsky.social sent them a message they can't ignore: STOP ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE – EU, take action!
❌ Suspend the EU–Israel Agreement
🕊️ #StopGenocide
August 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Enough words. We need action. Now!
As EU foreign ministers meet in Denmark to discuss the “situation in the Middle East,” the genocide continues.
@amnestydk.bsky.social sent them a message they can't ignore: STOP ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE – EU, take action!
❌ Suspend the EU–Israel Agreement
🕊️ #StopGenocide
As EU foreign ministers meet in Denmark to discuss the “situation in the Middle East,” the genocide continues.
@amnestydk.bsky.social sent them a message they can't ignore: STOP ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE – EU, take action!
❌ Suspend the EU–Israel Agreement
🕊️ #StopGenocide
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
“#Gaza: more journalists killed today.
Silencing the last remaining voices reporting about children dying silently amid #famine.
The world’s indifference & inaction is shocking."
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
Silencing the last remaining voices reporting about children dying silently amid #famine.
The world’s indifference & inaction is shocking."
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
August 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Famine has officially been declared in Gaza City. A devastating confirmation of what @amnesty.org and others have warned for months. This is a man-made catastrophe. This is the result of Israel's genocide.
The world’s failure to act is unforgivable
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The world’s failure to act is unforgivable
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Israel/OPT: States must act now to halt Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City as famine officially declared
Responding to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification’s official declaration of famine in Gaza City today, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaign...
www.amnesty.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Famine has officially been declared in Gaza City. A devastating confirmation of what @amnesty.org and others have warned for months. This is a man-made catastrophe. This is the result of Israel's genocide.
The world’s failure to act is unforgivable
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The world’s failure to act is unforgivable
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Gruppenvergewaltigungen, Entführungen, Tötungen: Die Liste der Verbrechen, welche die von Ruanda unterstützte bewaffnete Gruppe #M23 sowie andere Gruppierungen in der DR #Kongo begangen haben, ist lang. Zeit, die Verantwortlichen endlich zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen! www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/a...
Neuer Amnesty-Bericht dokumentiert Gruppenvergewaltigungen, Entführungen und Tötungen
Sowohl die von Ruanda unterstützte bewaffnete Gruppe Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) als auch die Wazalendo, ein loser Zusammenschluss bewaffneter Gruppen, die von der kongolesischen Armee unterstützt werd...
www.amnesty.ch
August 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Gruppenvergewaltigungen, Entführungen, Tötungen: Die Liste der Verbrechen, welche die von Ruanda unterstützte bewaffnete Gruppe #M23 sowie andere Gruppierungen in der DR #Kongo begangen haben, ist lang. Zeit, die Verantwortlichen endlich zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen! www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/a...
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Israels Übernahme von Gaza-Stadt und die drohende militärische Kontrolle des gesamten Küstenstreifens wird Hunger, Leid und Zerstörung vertiefen.
📣 Schluss mit der Straflosigkeit – internationale Konsequenzen jetzt! #Gaza #Genozid
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
📣 Schluss mit der Straflosigkeit – internationale Konsequenzen jetzt! #Gaza #Genozid
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Israel must rescind outrageous decision to “take control” of Gaza City
It is utterly outrageous and revolting that the Israeli cabinet has approved plans for the military to scale up their ground presence in the occupied Gaza Strip and completely take over Gaza City.
www.amnesty.org
August 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Israels Übernahme von Gaza-Stadt und die drohende militärische Kontrolle des gesamten Küstenstreifens wird Hunger, Leid und Zerstörung vertiefen.
📣 Schluss mit der Straflosigkeit – internationale Konsequenzen jetzt! #Gaza #Genozid
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
📣 Schluss mit der Straflosigkeit – internationale Konsequenzen jetzt! #Gaza #Genozid
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
2 August – not just a day to remember the Roma Holocaust, but a call to confront ideologies, incl. today’s anti-Roma racism in Europe. As far-right rises, remembering Roma victims & Nazi criminals is a moral test for now. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka reflects: shorturl.at/xYlNF
#RomaHolocaust #ResistHate
#RomaHolocaust #ResistHate
What 2 August Means to Me
Commemorating this history is essential not only for us, the Roma. It is also vital for the future of Europe.
shorturl.at
August 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
2 August – not just a day to remember the Roma Holocaust, but a call to confront ideologies, incl. today’s anti-Roma racism in Europe. As far-right rises, remembering Roma victims & Nazi criminals is a moral test for now. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka reflects: shorturl.at/xYlNF
#RomaHolocaust #ResistHate
#RomaHolocaust #ResistHate
Freedom and love can't be banned! 🌈✊
#StandWithDemocracy #DemocracyForHungary #NoToHate #NoMoreOrban #BudapestPride
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#StandWithDemocracy #DemocracyForHungary #NoToHate #NoMoreOrban #BudapestPride
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Budapest Pride goes ahead, defying Orban threat of 'legal consequences'
Tens of thousands have gathered for the LGBTQ march in Hungary's capital, despite a police ban and warning from PM Viktor Orban.
www.bbc.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Freedom and love can't be banned! 🌈✊
#StandWithDemocracy #DemocracyForHungary #NoToHate #NoMoreOrban #BudapestPride
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#StandWithDemocracy #DemocracyForHungary #NoToHate #NoMoreOrban #BudapestPride
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Around 10 000 rallied in Bern for Gaza, denouncing Swiss govt inaction masked as “traditional neutrality” and demanding condemnation of Israel’s war crimes. Ex-Federal Councillor Ruth Dreifuss: No neutrality in the face of human rights violations. #StopGenocide #Gaza #SwissNeutrality #HumanRightsNow
June 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Around 10 000 rallied in Bern for Gaza, denouncing Swiss govt inaction masked as “traditional neutrality” and demanding condemnation of Israel’s war crimes. Ex-Federal Councillor Ruth Dreifuss: No neutrality in the face of human rights violations. #StopGenocide #Gaza #SwissNeutrality #HumanRightsNow
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Israeli and Iranian authorities must abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians.
Further escalation of these hostilities could have dangerous and far-reaching consequences for civilians across the region.
Further escalation of these hostilities could have dangerous and far-reaching consequences for civilians across the region.
June 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Israeli and Iranian authorities must abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians.
Further escalation of these hostilities could have dangerous and far-reaching consequences for civilians across the region.
Further escalation of these hostilities could have dangerous and far-reaching consequences for civilians across the region.
I was born in a dictatorship.
These days, I’m reminded—more than I want—of truth’s high cost.
Truth is criminalized; truth-tellers demonized, hunted.
Power-drunk fear one thing: light they can’t manipulate.
All crew must be freed immediately, unconditionally.
#GazaFlotilla #TruthMatters
rb.gy/ki39qa
These days, I’m reminded—more than I want—of truth’s high cost.
Truth is criminalized; truth-tellers demonized, hunted.
Power-drunk fear one thing: light they can’t manipulate.
All crew must be freed immediately, unconditionally.
#GazaFlotilla #TruthMatters
rb.gy/ki39qa
Israel’s interception of Madleen and detention of crew bound for Gaza flouts international law
Responding to the news that Israel has intercepted and detained the 12-person crew aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s Madleen boat, including activist Greta Thunberg, who has been designated by Amnest...
rb.gy
June 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I was born in a dictatorship.
These days, I’m reminded—more than I want—of truth’s high cost.
Truth is criminalized; truth-tellers demonized, hunted.
Power-drunk fear one thing: light they can’t manipulate.
All crew must be freed immediately, unconditionally.
#GazaFlotilla #TruthMatters
rb.gy/ki39qa
These days, I’m reminded—more than I want—of truth’s high cost.
Truth is criminalized; truth-tellers demonized, hunted.
Power-drunk fear one thing: light they can’t manipulate.
All crew must be freed immediately, unconditionally.
#GazaFlotilla #TruthMatters
rb.gy/ki39qa
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
One day soon, Eid will be celebrated in a Gaza that is whole, alive, and at peace. Until then, we will not stop. Eid Mubarak.
#freedomflotilla #breakthesiege #freepalestine
#freedomflotilla #breakthesiege #freepalestine
June 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
One day soon, Eid will be celebrated in a Gaza that is whole, alive, and at peace. Until then, we will not stop. Eid Mubarak.
#freedomflotilla #breakthesiege #freepalestine
#freedomflotilla #breakthesiege #freepalestine
Sex without consent is rape.
Always. No exceptions. No excuses. ❌
Let’s create a world where consent isn’t optional, it’s the standard — respected, upheld, and demanded by all. ✌️
#StopVictimBlaming #BreakTheSilence
#EndRapeCulture #ConsentIsKey #OnlyYesMeansYes
Always. No exceptions. No excuses. ❌
Let’s create a world where consent isn’t optional, it’s the standard — respected, upheld, and demanded by all. ✌️
#StopVictimBlaming #BreakTheSilence
#EndRapeCulture #ConsentIsKey #OnlyYesMeansYes
June 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Sex without consent is rape.
Always. No exceptions. No excuses. ❌
Let’s create a world where consent isn’t optional, it’s the standard — respected, upheld, and demanded by all. ✌️
#StopVictimBlaming #BreakTheSilence
#EndRapeCulture #ConsentIsKey #OnlyYesMeansYes
Always. No exceptions. No excuses. ❌
Let’s create a world where consent isn’t optional, it’s the standard — respected, upheld, and demanded by all. ✌️
#StopVictimBlaming #BreakTheSilence
#EndRapeCulture #ConsentIsKey #OnlyYesMeansYes
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Today, tomorrow, and every day after that. Black lives matter.
Learn more about how racial discrimination impacts society 👉 http://amn.st/63327NUxic
Learn more about how racial discrimination impacts society 👉 http://amn.st/63327NUxic
May 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today, tomorrow, and every day after that. Black lives matter.
Learn more about how racial discrimination impacts society 👉 http://amn.st/63327NUxic
Learn more about how racial discrimination impacts society 👉 http://amn.st/63327NUxic
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Präsident Trumps rassistisches Einreiseverbot 2.0 befördert Hass und Diskriminierung gegen Menschen aus diversen afrikanischen und muslimischen Ländern und bedroht Schutzsuchende, die vor Krieg und Verfolgung fliehen.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Trump’s travel ban will spread hate and harm people seeking safety
It is discriminatory, racist, and downright cruel
www.amnesty.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Präsident Trumps rassistisches Einreiseverbot 2.0 befördert Hass und Diskriminierung gegen Menschen aus diversen afrikanischen und muslimischen Ländern und bedroht Schutzsuchende, die vor Krieg und Verfolgung fliehen.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Romania: 2025 elections restored order, but the crisis exposed deep democratic fragilities—distrust, disinfo and the limits of democracy in polarized contexts.
Not just a Romanian story, but a warning for all democracies under pressure.
🔗 shorturl.at/gIgnp
#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #FarRight
Not just a Romanian story, but a warning for all democracies under pressure.
🔗 shorturl.at/gIgnp
#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #FarRight
How the Far Right Almost Destroyed Romanian Democracy | Journal of Democracy
Romania’s democracy just survived a near-death experience, but it may be more vulnerable going forward. How far can leaders go in defending democracy without compromising their claim to represent the…
shorturl.at
June 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Romania: 2025 elections restored order, but the crisis exposed deep democratic fragilities—distrust, disinfo and the limits of democracy in polarized contexts.
Not just a Romanian story, but a warning for all democracies under pressure.
🔗 shorturl.at/gIgnp
#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #FarRight
Not just a Romanian story, but a warning for all democracies under pressure.
🔗 shorturl.at/gIgnp
#Democracy #RuleOfLaw #FarRight
The people of Gaza are living through unimaginable suffering—day after day—enduring the horrors of a genocide unfolding in full view of the world.
Urgency is not optional. Silence is complicity.
🙏🏽🕯️
@amnestyfrance.bsky.social
@greenpeace.fr @oxfamfrance.bsky.social @msf.fr @msf.org
#ActForGazaNow
Urgency is not optional. Silence is complicity.
🙏🏽🕯️
@amnestyfrance.bsky.social
@greenpeace.fr @oxfamfrance.bsky.social @msf.fr @msf.org
#ActForGazaNow
Avec d'autres associations, dont @greenpeace.fr, nous étions à Paris pour dénoncer le génocide en cours à Gaza.
Nous avons symboliquement teinté de rouge la Fontaine des Innocents pour demander à Emmanuel Macron d'agir pour mettre fin à ce bain de sang.
Insupportable, intolérable, inhumain.
Nous avons symboliquement teinté de rouge la Fontaine des Innocents pour demander à Emmanuel Macron d'agir pour mettre fin à ce bain de sang.
Insupportable, intolérable, inhumain.
May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The people of Gaza are living through unimaginable suffering—day after day—enduring the horrors of a genocide unfolding in full view of the world.
Urgency is not optional. Silence is complicity.
🙏🏽🕯️
@amnestyfrance.bsky.social
@greenpeace.fr @oxfamfrance.bsky.social @msf.fr @msf.org
#ActForGazaNow
Urgency is not optional. Silence is complicity.
🙏🏽🕯️
@amnestyfrance.bsky.social
@greenpeace.fr @oxfamfrance.bsky.social @msf.fr @msf.org
#ActForGazaNow
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Dringender Appell: Rund 100 Organisationen und namhafte Persönlichkeiten aus Diplomatie, Wissenschaft und Kultur rufen die Schweiz in einem offenen Brief zum Handeln auf.
Dem #Bundesrat werden 10 konkrete Massnahmen zum Schutz des Völkerrechts in #Gaza unterbreitet.
www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/e...
Dem #Bundesrat werden 10 konkrete Massnahmen zum Schutz des Völkerrechts in #Gaza unterbreitet.
www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/e...
May 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Dringender Appell: Rund 100 Organisationen und namhafte Persönlichkeiten aus Diplomatie, Wissenschaft und Kultur rufen die Schweiz in einem offenen Brief zum Handeln auf.
Dem #Bundesrat werden 10 konkrete Massnahmen zum Schutz des Völkerrechts in #Gaza unterbreitet.
www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/e...
Dem #Bundesrat werden 10 konkrete Massnahmen zum Schutz des Völkerrechts in #Gaza unterbreitet.
www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/e...
If war is possible, peace is inevitable.
Still moved by today’s talk with Amira Mohammed & Magen Inon—Palestinian and Israeli, united by loss and driven by peace.
Their voices are proof that dialogue can heal & connect.
This is what hope looks like ✨
#PeaceIsPossible #DialogueForPeace #HumanityFirst
Still moved by today’s talk with Amira Mohammed & Magen Inon—Palestinian and Israeli, united by loss and driven by peace.
Their voices are proof that dialogue can heal & connect.
This is what hope looks like ✨
#PeaceIsPossible #DialogueForPeace #HumanityFirst
May 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If war is possible, peace is inevitable.
Still moved by today’s talk with Amira Mohammed & Magen Inon—Palestinian and Israeli, united by loss and driven by peace.
Their voices are proof that dialogue can heal & connect.
This is what hope looks like ✨
#PeaceIsPossible #DialogueForPeace #HumanityFirst
Still moved by today’s talk with Amira Mohammed & Magen Inon—Palestinian and Israeli, united by loss and driven by peace.
Their voices are proof that dialogue can heal & connect.
This is what hope looks like ✨
#PeaceIsPossible #DialogueForPeace #HumanityFirst
How easy is it to make a dictator look “respectable”?
PR, international support, and shiny speeches mask their true nature.
Autocrats are laundering their image, but their façade is crumbling. #ExposeTheTruth #ReputationLaundering #HumanRights #Propaganda
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
PR, international support, and shiny speeches mask their true nature.
Autocrats are laundering their image, but their façade is crumbling. #ExposeTheTruth #ReputationLaundering #HumanRights #Propaganda
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
How Dictators Use Sports to Win Friends and Influence People | Journal of Democracy
Authoritarians are developing new tools to project their malign influence across the globe. The world of sports can teach us a lot about the games they play.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
May 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
How easy is it to make a dictator look “respectable”?
PR, international support, and shiny speeches mask their true nature.
Autocrats are laundering their image, but their façade is crumbling. #ExposeTheTruth #ReputationLaundering #HumanRights #Propaganda
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
PR, international support, and shiny speeches mask their true nature.
Autocrats are laundering their image, but their façade is crumbling. #ExposeTheTruth #ReputationLaundering #HumanRights #Propaganda
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
In our annual @amnesty.org’s State of the World’s Human Rights report, we present a sobering snapshot of the worsening conditions facing millions of people due to serious human rights abuses around the globe:
Read more: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read more: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
April 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In our annual @amnesty.org’s State of the World’s Human Rights report, we present a sobering snapshot of the worsening conditions facing millions of people due to serious human rights abuses around the globe:
Read more: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read more: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Staaten sind dazu verpflichtet, einen Genozid zu verhindern - das schreibt die Völkermordkonvention vor. (Auch Österreich hat diese Verpflichtung).
Blinne Ní Ghráilaigh, Rechtsvertreterin der besetzten palästinensischen Gebiete heute vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof.
Blinne Ní Ghráilaigh, Rechtsvertreterin der besetzten palästinensischen Gebiete heute vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof.
April 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Staaten sind dazu verpflichtet, einen Genozid zu verhindern - das schreibt die Völkermordkonvention vor. (Auch Österreich hat diese Verpflichtung).
Blinne Ní Ghráilaigh, Rechtsvertreterin der besetzten palästinensischen Gebiete heute vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof.
Blinne Ní Ghráilaigh, Rechtsvertreterin der besetzten palästinensischen Gebiete heute vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof.
Reposted by Gabriela Mirescu
Tunisia: Days after @ec.europa.eu proposes Tunisia is safe for Tunisians to be returned to - alarming crackdown on dissent.
40 people incl. politicians & rights defenders sentenced to prison terms ranging from 13-66 years. Some live in the EU.
@ec.europa.eu cannot ignore this.
40 people incl. politicians & rights defenders sentenced to prison terms ranging from 13-66 years. Some live in the EU.
@ec.europa.eu cannot ignore this.
Tunisia: Mass convictions of opposition activists after sham trial marks a dangerous moment
A Tunisian court has sentenced forty individuals to harsh prison terms after they were convicted on trumped-up charges.
www.amnesty.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tunisia: Days after @ec.europa.eu proposes Tunisia is safe for Tunisians to be returned to - alarming crackdown on dissent.
40 people incl. politicians & rights defenders sentenced to prison terms ranging from 13-66 years. Some live in the EU.
@ec.europa.eu cannot ignore this.
40 people incl. politicians & rights defenders sentenced to prison terms ranging from 13-66 years. Some live in the EU.
@ec.europa.eu cannot ignore this.
Modern propaganda hides behind a mask of independence. In many autocracies, “private media”are regime proxies—credible on the surface, loyal underneath. Who really owns the mic? New in @jodemocracy.bsky.social
#propaganda #autocracy ##medialiteracy
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
#propaganda #autocracy ##medialiteracy
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Project MUSE - How Autocrats Use Proxies to Control the Media
muse.jhu.edu
April 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Modern propaganda hides behind a mask of independence. In many autocracies, “private media”are regime proxies—credible on the surface, loyal underneath. Who really owns the mic? New in @jodemocracy.bsky.social
#propaganda #autocracy ##medialiteracy
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
#propaganda #autocracy ##medialiteracy
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...