Katharine Derderian
@kderderian1.bsky.social
Working @amnestyeu.bsky.social for human rights in EU foreign policy (Africa, Asia, Americas).
Posting on all things human rights and humanitarian.
Nomad happily landed in Belgium.
Posting on all things human rights and humanitarian.
Nomad happily landed in Belgium.
And speaks out on
"other opposition leaders and critics... arbitrarily arrested or targeted, in a sustained purge involving abductions and disappearances, including that of Humphrey Polepole"
"other opposition leaders and critics... arbitrarily arrested or targeted, in a sustained purge involving abductions and disappearances, including that of Humphrey Polepole"
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And speaks out on
"other opposition leaders and critics... arbitrarily arrested or targeted, in a sustained purge involving abductions and disappearances, including that of Humphrey Polepole"
"other opposition leaders and critics... arbitrarily arrested or targeted, in a sustained purge involving abductions and disappearances, including that of Humphrey Polepole"
#Eplenary calls for prompt, thorough, independent & impartial investigation into all alleged killings, enforced disappearances, torture & other violations.
Condemns the arbitrary & politically motivated detention of Tundu Lissu, calling for his immediate & unconditional release.
Condemns the arbitrary & politically motivated detention of Tundu Lissu, calling for his immediate & unconditional release.
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#Eplenary calls for prompt, thorough, independent & impartial investigation into all alleged killings, enforced disappearances, torture & other violations.
Condemns the arbitrary & politically motivated detention of Tundu Lissu, calling for his immediate & unconditional release.
Condemns the arbitrary & politically motivated detention of Tundu Lissu, calling for his immediate & unconditional release.
Tanzania: @europarl.europa.eu urges the authorities to
👉Immediately cease crackdowns & arbitrary arrests of opposition members, protesters, journalists & rights defenders
👉Release all those arbitrarily detained & lift all internet & media restrictions
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
👉Immediately cease crackdowns & arbitrary arrests of opposition members, protesters, journalists & rights defenders
👉Release all those arbitrarily detained & lift all internet & media restrictions
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
europarl.europa.eu
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Tanzania: @europarl.europa.eu urges the authorities to
👉Immediately cease crackdowns & arbitrary arrests of opposition members, protesters, journalists & rights defenders
👉Release all those arbitrarily detained & lift all internet & media restrictions
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
👉Immediately cease crackdowns & arbitrary arrests of opposition members, protesters, journalists & rights defenders
👉Release all those arbitrarily detained & lift all internet & media restrictions
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
The EU has long championed human rights in Cuba.
It's time for the EU to demand concrete protection measures & urge Cuba to:
👉End harassment, arbitrary detention & violence against women rights defenders
👉Urgently work toward a comprehensive law against gender-based violence
It's time for the EU to demand concrete protection measures & urge Cuba to:
👉End harassment, arbitrary detention & violence against women rights defenders
👉Urgently work toward a comprehensive law against gender-based violence
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The EU has long championed human rights in Cuba.
It's time for the EU to demand concrete protection measures & urge Cuba to:
👉End harassment, arbitrary detention & violence against women rights defenders
👉Urgently work toward a comprehensive law against gender-based violence
It's time for the EU to demand concrete protection measures & urge Cuba to:
👉End harassment, arbitrary detention & violence against women rights defenders
👉Urgently work toward a comprehensive law against gender-based violence
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
“Women defenders are punished not only for speaking out, but also for being mothers, journalists & community leaders” says @anaamancay.bsky.social.
“The state wields gender-based violence as a tool of repression, seeking to break their dignity, their families & their collective strength"
“The state wields gender-based violence as a tool of repression, seeking to break their dignity, their families & their collective strength"
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Women defenders are punished not only for speaking out, but also for being mothers, journalists & community leaders” says @anaamancay.bsky.social.
“The state wields gender-based violence as a tool of repression, seeking to break their dignity, their families & their collective strength"
“The state wields gender-based violence as a tool of repression, seeking to break their dignity, their families & their collective strength"
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
Drawing on exchanges between 20 civil society experts, our paper points to the potential of the EU and the AU to positively shape human rights agendas, policies & practices in Europe & Africa
And to effectively protect human rights and all those who defend human rights.
@amnestyeu.bsky.social
And to effectively protect human rights and all those who defend human rights.
@amnestyeu.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Drawing on exchanges between 20 civil society experts, our paper points to the potential of the EU and the AU to positively shape human rights agendas, policies & practices in Europe & Africa
And to effectively protect human rights and all those who defend human rights.
@amnestyeu.bsky.social
And to effectively protect human rights and all those who defend human rights.
@amnestyeu.bsky.social
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
In Europe & Africa, civil society is witnessing
➡️Cuts in funding to civil society & human rights institutions
➡️Mis- & disinformation about civil society & its work
➡️Active undermining of norms & institutions including international human rights law
➡️Authoritarian practices
➡️Cuts in funding to civil society & human rights institutions
➡️Mis- & disinformation about civil society & its work
➡️Active undermining of norms & institutions including international human rights law
➡️Authoritarian practices
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In Europe & Africa, civil society is witnessing
➡️Cuts in funding to civil society & human rights institutions
➡️Mis- & disinformation about civil society & its work
➡️Active undermining of norms & institutions including international human rights law
➡️Authoritarian practices
➡️Cuts in funding to civil society & human rights institutions
➡️Mis- & disinformation about civil society & its work
➡️Active undermining of norms & institutions including international human rights law
➡️Authoritarian practices
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
👉Uphold the rights of refugees & migrants
👉Champion justice for rights violations, supporting the work of the ICC & regional courts
👉Defend the international human rights system with its crucial norms & safeguards that protect people on both continents
👉Champion justice for rights violations, supporting the work of the ICC & regional courts
👉Defend the international human rights system with its crucial norms & safeguards that protect people on both continents
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👉Uphold the rights of refugees & migrants
👉Champion justice for rights violations, supporting the work of the ICC & regional courts
👉Defend the international human rights system with its crucial norms & safeguards that protect people on both continents
👉Champion justice for rights violations, supporting the work of the ICC & regional courts
👉Defend the international human rights system with its crucial norms & safeguards that protect people on both continents
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
The AU & EU should deliver on their shared human rights commitments, working together toward principled positions & consistent action:
👉Respond to conflict & crisis in line w/int'l human rights standards
👉Protect rights defenders, activists, civil society & their important work
👉Respond to conflict & crisis in line w/int'l human rights standards
👉Protect rights defenders, activists, civil society & their important work
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The AU & EU should deliver on their shared human rights commitments, working together toward principled positions & consistent action:
👉Respond to conflict & crisis in line w/int'l human rights standards
👉Protect rights defenders, activists, civil society & their important work
👉Respond to conflict & crisis in line w/int'l human rights standards
👉Protect rights defenders, activists, civil society & their important work
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
And as European and African leaders meet at next week's EU-AU summit, the human rights and humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC must be high on the agenda.
The time to act is now! www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The time to act is now! www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
DRC: Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions
Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses aga...
www.amnesty.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
And as European and African leaders meet at next week's EU-AU summit, the human rights and humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC must be high on the agenda.
The time to act is now! www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The time to act is now! www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
@amnesty.org documented gang rapes, summary executions, torture & attacks on health facilities by #M23, Wazalendo & the Congolese army.
100,000s of lives are at stake.
The EU must demand accountability for abuses & ensure all armed groups prioritize protection of civilians.
100,000s of lives are at stake.
The EU must demand accountability for abuses & ensure all armed groups prioritize protection of civilians.
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
@amnesty.org documented gang rapes, summary executions, torture & attacks on health facilities by #M23, Wazalendo & the Congolese army.
100,000s of lives are at stake.
The EU must demand accountability for abuses & ensure all armed groups prioritize protection of civilians.
100,000s of lives are at stake.
The EU must demand accountability for abuses & ensure all armed groups prioritize protection of civilians.
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
European and Latin American states must act now for *all* those forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily detained in Venezuela.
And support consistent international scrutiny and mechanisms that can deliver justice for these crimes.
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And support consistent international scrutiny and mechanisms that can deliver justice for these crimes.
9/9
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
European and Latin American states must act now for *all* those forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily detained in Venezuela.
And support consistent international scrutiny and mechanisms that can deliver justice for these crimes.
9/9
And support consistent international scrutiny and mechanisms that can deliver justice for these crimes.
9/9
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
Enforced disappearances & arbitrary detention are part of a widespread, systematic attack on real or perceived dissent in Venezuela.
The targeting of foreign or dual nationals seems aimed at exerting political pressure on governments worldwide in pursuit of impunity.
8/9
The targeting of foreign or dual nationals seems aimed at exerting political pressure on governments worldwide in pursuit of impunity.
8/9
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Enforced disappearances & arbitrary detention are part of a widespread, systematic attack on real or perceived dissent in Venezuela.
The targeting of foreign or dual nationals seems aimed at exerting political pressure on governments worldwide in pursuit of impunity.
8/9
The targeting of foreign or dual nationals seems aimed at exerting political pressure on governments worldwide in pursuit of impunity.
8/9
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
Spanish citizens Andrés Martínez & Jose María Basoa have been detained since September 2024 and accused of unsubstantiated charges.
Their precise whereabouts & situation were unknown for over a year and they remain detained.
7/9
Their precise whereabouts & situation were unknown for over a year and they remain detained.
7/9
Amnistía Internacional España on X: "Hoy, en el Parlamento Vasco, las familias de José María Basoa Valdovinos y Andrés Martínez Adasme agradecen a @PVasco_EuskoL el apoyo institucional y recuerdan que llevan más de 13 meses injustamente detenidos en Venezuela. Pedimos su liberación inmediata. @amnestyeuskadi https://t.co/Od8hUcRUlu" / X
Hoy, en el Parlamento Vasco, las familias de José María Basoa Valdovinos y Andrés Martínez Adasme agradecen a @PVasco_EuskoL el apoyo institucional y recuerdan que llevan más de 13 meses injustamente detenidos en Venezuela. Pedimos su liberación inmediata. @amnestyeuskadi https://t.co/Od8hUcRUlu
x.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Spanish citizens Andrés Martínez & Jose María Basoa have been detained since September 2024 and accused of unsubstantiated charges.
Their precise whereabouts & situation were unknown for over a year and they remain detained.
7/9
Their precise whereabouts & situation were unknown for over a year and they remain detained.
7/9
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
Italian-Venezuelan national Biagio Pilieri was arbitrarily detained on 28 August 2024. A journalist and politician, he was subjected to enforced disappearance and is still being denied family visits and medical care.
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Venezuela: Further information: Release persons arbitrarily detained - Amnesty International
Around 900 people remain arbitrarily detained for political reasons in Venezuela, according to the Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal. Many of these people are subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, enf...
www.amnesty.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Italian-Venezuelan national Biagio Pilieri was arbitrarily detained on 28 August 2024. A journalist and politician, he was subjected to enforced disappearance and is still being denied family visits and medical care.
6/9
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Reposted by Katharine Derderian
Hungarian-Venezuelan national Luis Palocz was arbitrarily detained on 14 December 2024. His fate and whereabouts were unknown for days. His relatives now know he was sent to the El Helicoide prison.
5/9
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Venezuela: Further information: Release persons arbitrarily detained - Amnesty International
Around 900 people remain arbitrarily detained for political reasons in Venezuela, according to the Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal. Many of these people are subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, enf...
www.amnesty.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hungarian-Venezuelan national Luis Palocz was arbitrarily detained on 14 December 2024. His fate and whereabouts were unknown for days. His relatives now know he was sent to the El Helicoide prison.
5/9
5/9
Reposted by Katharine Derderian
French citizen Camilo Castro was also arbitrarily detained at the border with Colombia, on 26 June 2025. His fate and whereabouts were unknown for months and he was only recently granted consular assistance.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
French citizen Camilo Castro was also arbitrarily detained at the border with Colombia, on 26 June 2025. His fate and whereabouts were unknown for months and he was only recently granted consular assistance.
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