Jan Kooy
@kooyjan.bsky.social
Communications @hrw.org.
(Associate Director, Europe)
Board of Directors @sportrightsall.bsky.social.
Past: Foreign Desk, Dutch newswire ANP.
(Associate Director, Europe)
Board of Directors @sportrightsall.bsky.social.
Past: Foreign Desk, Dutch newswire ANP.
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Jan Kooy
@kooyjan.bsky.social
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🚨Attacks on immigrants, protests, rule of law: all is not well in the United States before the 2026 FIFA⚽️World Cup.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
Reposted by Jan Kooy
One effect of our age of the rich: the flattery industry is booming. Call them luxury hotel concierges, personal trainers, Trump cabinet members, Musk "loyalists", wealth managers etc, but the essential job is flatterer. Me
@financialtimes.com on how the industry works on.ft.com/43SIvbR
@financialtimes.com on how the industry works on.ft.com/43SIvbR
How flattery became a big, beautiful industry
[FREE TO READ] Never before have there been so many rich people to be boosted
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
One effect of our age of the rich: the flattery industry is booming. Call them luxury hotel concierges, personal trainers, Trump cabinet members, Musk "loyalists", wealth managers etc, but the essential job is flatterer. Me
@financialtimes.com on how the industry works on.ft.com/43SIvbR
@financialtimes.com on how the industry works on.ft.com/43SIvbR
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🚨Attacks on immigrants, protests, rule of law: all is not well in the United States before the 2026 FIFA⚽️World Cup.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🚨Attacks on immigrants, protests, rule of law: all is not well in the United States before the 2026 FIFA⚽️World Cup.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
Reposted by Jan Kooy
🚩BREAKING! From New Delhi to Montreal and beyond, thousands will take to the streets this #BlackFriday to #MakeAmazonPay for labour abuses, environmental degradation and threats to democracy.
✊Join Us! #MakeAmazonPay
✊Join Us! #MakeAmazonPay
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🚩BREAKING! From New Delhi to Montreal and beyond, thousands will take to the streets this #BlackFriday to #MakeAmazonPay for labour abuses, environmental degradation and threats to democracy.
✊Join Us! #MakeAmazonPay
✊Join Us! #MakeAmazonPay
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✊Powerful essay by Christy Hoffman on how Amazon’s business model is pushing us all to a breaking point and why workers are pushing back. #BlackFriday to #MakeAmazonPay
TheWire.in
TheWire.in
Heat, Crunch, and Algorithmic Control: The Human Cost Pushing Amazon Workers into the Streets
This Black Friday, as protests unfold from New Delhi to Berlin to Montréal, we have a choice to make.
thewire.in
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
✊Powerful essay by Christy Hoffman on how Amazon’s business model is pushing us all to a breaking point and why workers are pushing back. #BlackFriday to #MakeAmazonPay
TheWire.in
TheWire.in
#MH17?
Russische oorlogsmisdaden en misdaden tegen de menselijkheid in Oekraine?
#Sportswashing in Rusland, met behulp van Tallon Griekspoor. No shame.
nos.nl/artikel/2592...
Russische oorlogsmisdaden en misdaden tegen de menselijkheid in Oekraine?
#Sportswashing in Rusland, met behulp van Tallon Griekspoor. No shame.
nos.nl/artikel/2592...
Griekspoor doet mee aan omstreden tennistoernooi in Rusland
Tallon Griekspoor doet dit weekend samen met zijn vriendin Anastasia Potapova mee aan een Russisch demonstratietoernooi.
nos.nl
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#MH17?
Russische oorlogsmisdaden en misdaden tegen de menselijkheid in Oekraine?
#Sportswashing in Rusland, met behulp van Tallon Griekspoor. No shame.
nos.nl/artikel/2592...
Russische oorlogsmisdaden en misdaden tegen de menselijkheid in Oekraine?
#Sportswashing in Rusland, met behulp van Tallon Griekspoor. No shame.
nos.nl/artikel/2592...
"That support for Israel is no longer de rigueur in New York could come to mean that it is no longer obligatory in Washington either.
That is good news for the rights of Palestinians."
That is good news for the rights of Palestinians."
Zohran Mamdani is re-writing the political rules around support for Israel | Kenneth Roth
If support for Israel is no longer de rigueur in New York, it may soon not be obligatory in Washington. That is good news for Palestinians
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"That support for Israel is no longer de rigueur in New York could come to mean that it is no longer obligatory in Washington either.
That is good news for the rights of Palestinians."
That is good news for the rights of Palestinians."
"De massadeportaties vinden op grote schaal plaats", zegt Sabrina Brandt, directeur van Human Rights Watch Nederland.
"Daarnaast zien we ook in ons onderzoek dat vormen van geweld, zoals elektroshocks en zware verwondingen, structureel voorkomen."
"Daarnaast zien we ook in ons onderzoek dat vormen van geweld, zoals elektroshocks en zware verwondingen, structureel voorkomen."
Deportaties en scheepsrampen: de keerzijde van de Europese migratiedeal met Mauritanië
Met een hardhandige campagne wil Mauritanië migratie in het land terugdringen. De EU zou daar meer oog voor moeten hebben, vinden mensenrechtenorganisaties.
nos.nl
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"De massadeportaties vinden op grote schaal plaats", zegt Sabrina Brandt, directeur van Human Rights Watch Nederland.
"Daarnaast zien we ook in ons onderzoek dat vormen van geweld, zoals elektroshocks en zware verwondingen, structureel voorkomen."
"Daarnaast zien we ook in ons onderzoek dat vormen van geweld, zoals elektroshocks en zware verwondingen, structureel voorkomen."
🚨Attacks on immigrants, protests, rule of law: all is not well in the United States before the 2026 FIFA⚽️World Cup.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🚨Attacks on immigrants, protests, rule of law: all is not well in the United States before the 2026 FIFA⚽️World Cup.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
🗓️3 Dec, media briefing on-topic by @amnesty.org @hrw.org @rsf.org @sportrightsall.bsky.social NAACP.
✒️Reporters can DM me for invite, Zoom link, interview requests etc.
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Collective, racist punishment.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Collective, racist punishment.
Reposted by Jan Kooy
AI shouldn’t come at the cost of workers and the environment !
Over 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter warning that the accelerated approach to AI development could cause a “staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth”. 🌎
Another reason to #MakeAmazonPay
Over 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter warning that the accelerated approach to AI development could cause a “staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth”. 🌎
Another reason to #MakeAmazonPay
Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AI shouldn’t come at the cost of workers and the environment !
Over 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter warning that the accelerated approach to AI development could cause a “staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth”. 🌎
Another reason to #MakeAmazonPay
Over 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter warning that the accelerated approach to AI development could cause a “staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth”. 🌎
Another reason to #MakeAmazonPay
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Amazon makes billions in profits, while its workers can be punished just for using the bathroom.
That's unacceptable. This Black Friday, it is time we #MakeAmazonPay.
Join workers and their allies who will strike and protest in over 30 countries tomorrow: makeamazonpay.com
That's unacceptable. This Black Friday, it is time we #MakeAmazonPay.
Join workers and their allies who will strike and protest in over 30 countries tomorrow: makeamazonpay.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Amazon makes billions in profits, while its workers can be punished just for using the bathroom.
That's unacceptable. This Black Friday, it is time we #MakeAmazonPay.
Join workers and their allies who will strike and protest in over 30 countries tomorrow: makeamazonpay.com
That's unacceptable. This Black Friday, it is time we #MakeAmazonPay.
Join workers and their allies who will strike and protest in over 30 countries tomorrow: makeamazonpay.com
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Amazon is remaking the global economy in its own image — extractive, exploitative and authoritarian. But we won’t let it get away with that.
From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers, activists and citizens will rise up to #MakeAmazonPay.
From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers, activists and citizens will rise up to #MakeAmazonPay.
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Amazon is remaking the global economy in its own image — extractive, exploitative and authoritarian. But we won’t let it get away with that.
From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers, activists and citizens will rise up to #MakeAmazonPay.
From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers, activists and citizens will rise up to #MakeAmazonPay.
Over 1,000 Amazon employees have anonymously signed an open letter warning that the company’s AI development could cause “staggering damage to democracy."
This Black Friday, we #MakeAmazonPay.
This Black Friday, we #MakeAmazonPay.
Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Jan Kooy
NIEUWS I Dat ongedocumenteerde arbeiders uitbuiting melden bij de Arbeidsinspectie –zoals bij Saints & Stars– is uitzonderlijk. Ze vrezen uitzetting. Want ipv beschermen (hun taak) doet de inspectie 'collegiale meldingen' bij de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Lees dit onderzoek v @oneworld.nl & @groene.nl!
Uit angst voor uitzetting durven veel ongedocumenteerde werknemers misstanden niet te melden. Terecht, blijkt uit onderzoek van OneWorld en @groene.nl. De Arbeidsinspectie werkt namelijk samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Daarom worden ook de schoonmakers van Saints & Stars waarschijnlijk uitgezet.
Arbeidsinspectie werkt mee aan uitzetting ongedocumenteerde werknemers
In plaats van ongedocumenteerde werknemers tegen uitbuiting te beschermen, werkt de arbeidsinspectie mee aan hun uitzetting. De dienst werkt daarvoor intensief samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Uit…
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
NIEUWS I Dat ongedocumenteerde arbeiders uitbuiting melden bij de Arbeidsinspectie –zoals bij Saints & Stars– is uitzonderlijk. Ze vrezen uitzetting. Want ipv beschermen (hun taak) doet de inspectie 'collegiale meldingen' bij de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Lees dit onderzoek v @oneworld.nl & @groene.nl!
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'Sudanese kinderen betalen de prijs voor eenzijdige focus EU op grensbewaking'
'Sudanese kinderen betalen de prijs voor eenzijdige focus EU op grensbewaking'
Dat zegt kinderrechtenorganisatie Save The Children. Onderzoekers spraken 66 Sudanese minderjarigen die voor de oorlog vluchtten naar Egypte, Libië en de EU.
nos.nl
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
'Sudanese kinderen betalen de prijs voor eenzijdige focus EU op grensbewaking'
"A political deal that erases these crimes is not a peace plan. It is permission for future atrocities."
- Kseniya Kvitka (@hrw.org), in must-read, published by @kyivindependent.com⤵️
- Kseniya Kvitka (@hrw.org), in must-read, published by @kyivindependent.com⤵️
"As discussions about a possible peace deal unfold, Ukraine and its allies must not betray the small but unwavering candlelight of hope for justice held by thousands of victims of this war," writes Kseniya Kvitka of Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division in her recent op-ed.
The light Ukraine cannot lose: Justice
About the author: Kseniya Kvitka is an assistant researcher with Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division. She is based in Kyiv.
As I sat down to write this, my apartment, like many othe...
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"A political deal that erases these crimes is not a peace plan. It is permission for future atrocities."
- Kseniya Kvitka (@hrw.org), in must-read, published by @kyivindependent.com⤵️
- Kseniya Kvitka (@hrw.org), in must-read, published by @kyivindependent.com⤵️
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera has unleashed a blistering attack on Trump administration, accusing Washington of using “blackmail” to strong-arm the EU into watering down its tech rules
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera has unleashed a blistering attack on Trump administration, accusing Washington of using “blackmail” to strong-arm the EU into watering down its tech rules
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
Reposted by Jan Kooy
2 weeks ago @ec.europa.eu launched vague Civil Society Strategy.
But in parallel vdLeyen's own party joins far-right groups for charge against basic support to civil society.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: show leadership, press your own party to end anti-CSO smears.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
But in parallel vdLeyen's own party joins far-right groups for charge against basic support to civil society.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: show leadership, press your own party to end anti-CSO smears.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
2 weeks ago @ec.europa.eu launched vague Civil Society Strategy.
But in parallel vdLeyen's own party joins far-right groups for charge against basic support to civil society.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: show leadership, press your own party to end anti-CSO smears.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
But in parallel vdLeyen's own party joins far-right groups for charge against basic support to civil society.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: show leadership, press your own party to end anti-CSO smears.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Draft EP resolution on #Sudan lacks key elements to make it relevant. MEPs should back amendments that:
⚠️ denounce role of #UnitedArabEmirates in fueling weapons in breach of UN embargo
⛑️call for concrete measures to protect civilians
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume... @lukasmandl.bsky.social
⚠️ denounce role of #UnitedArabEmirates in fueling weapons in breach of UN embargo
⛑️call for concrete measures to protect civilians
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume... @lukasmandl.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Draft EP resolution on #Sudan lacks key elements to make it relevant. MEPs should back amendments that:
⚠️ denounce role of #UnitedArabEmirates in fueling weapons in breach of UN embargo
⛑️call for concrete measures to protect civilians
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume... @lukasmandl.bsky.social
⚠️ denounce role of #UnitedArabEmirates in fueling weapons in breach of UN embargo
⛑️call for concrete measures to protect civilians
www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume... @lukasmandl.bsky.social
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Good news from the UK 🙌: the end of the cruel "two-child limit" social security policy has been announced.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good news from the UK 🙌: the end of the cruel "two-child limit" social security policy has been announced.
Reposted by Jan Kooy
The UK’s new immigration plan is a profound retreat from the humane approach Labour promised voters. Labour should recognize the enormous contributions refugees make, and the moral and legal obligation to provide protection. ✍️ HRW's @yasmineahmed.bsky.social
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The UK’s new immigration plan is a profound retreat from the humane approach Labour promised voters. Labour should recognize the enormous contributions refugees make, and the moral and legal obligation to provide protection. ✍️ HRW's @yasmineahmed.bsky.social
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ
Reposted by Jan Kooy
Good riddance to rubbish policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Good riddance to rubbish policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
Reposted by Jan Kooy
En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que l'ONU a choisi son tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis, les 8 autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes.
Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Soixante-dix-neuf ans sans femme à la tête de l'ONU
En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que les Nations Unies ont choisi leur tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis lors, les huit autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes.
www.hrw.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
En février 2026, cela fera 80 ans que l'ONU a choisi son tout premier Secrétaire général, un homme. Depuis, les 8 autres personnes ayant occupé ce poste étaient tous des hommes.
Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Il est grand temps qu'une femme occupe ces fonctions.
@heatherbarr.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Reposted by Jan Kooy
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity?
The short answer: NO.
Read more about terrible US-Myanmar deportation plans via @hrw.org⤵️
The short answer: NO.
Read more about terrible US-Myanmar deportation plans via @hrw.org⤵️
Myanmar is Safe?
Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity?
www.hrw.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity?
The short answer: NO.
Read more about terrible US-Myanmar deportation plans via @hrw.org⤵️
The short answer: NO.
Read more about terrible US-Myanmar deportation plans via @hrw.org⤵️