Philippe Dam
@philippedam.bsky.social
HRW's EU Advocacy Director, in #Brussels.
Relieved to see aid workers on trial yesterday in #Tunisia can go free. But only because they already spent their sentence in jail.
Colleagues from the Tunisian Refugee Council never have been charged in the first place.
www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...
Colleagues from the Tunisian Refugee Council never have been charged in the first place.
www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Relieved to see aid workers on trial yesterday in #Tunisia can go free. But only because they already spent their sentence in jail.
Colleagues from the Tunisian Refugee Council never have been charged in the first place.
www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...
Colleagues from the Tunisian Refugee Council never have been charged in the first place.
www.france24.com/fr/afrique/2...
In the midst of #Tunisia's jump backwards to authoritarian practices, thousands of people took the street calling for an end of repression & injustice.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: Appeasing Kais Saied at all cost is not only unprincipled - it's also bad policy.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: Appeasing Kais Saied at all cost is not only unprincipled - it's also bad policy.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
‘Enough repression’: Thousands of Tunisians protest against Kais Saied
Protesters in Tunis denounce an escalating crackdown on dissent and demand the release of jailed dissidents.
www.aljazeera.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In the midst of #Tunisia's jump backwards to authoritarian practices, thousands of people took the street calling for an end of repression & injustice.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: Appeasing Kais Saied at all cost is not only unprincipled - it's also bad policy.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: Appeasing Kais Saied at all cost is not only unprincipled - it's also bad policy.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
✍️Ready to use + sanctions
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[🇦🇪?]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[🇦🇪?]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
✍️Ready to use + sanctions
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[🇦🇪?]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[🇦🇪?]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians
Key points of @kajakallas.bsky.social statement on #Sudan:
✍️Ready to use + sanctions
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[but no mention of UAE]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians
✍️Ready to use + sanctions
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[but no mention of UAE]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians
Sudan: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union
The European Union issued a statement condemning in the strongest terms the grave and ongoing atrocities perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, including following the seizure of the ...
www.consilium.europa.eu
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Key points of @kajakallas.bsky.social statement on #Sudan:
✍️Ready to use + sanctions
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[but no mention of UAE]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians
✍️Ready to use + sanctions
⚖️ Steps up support to accountability
🚫 External actors should stop sending arms
[but no mention of UAE]
🇺🇳 ICC role & arms embargo should be expanded to all #Sudan
⛑️Call for concrete measures to protect civilians
Accountability for #Russia's crimes , support and compliance with #ICC & fate of civilians in #Russia-occupied areas should core in EU's response to brutal conflict in #Ukraine.
www.hrw.org/tag/russia-u... @kajakallas.bsky.social
www.hrw.org/tag/russia-u... @kajakallas.bsky.social
Russia-Ukraine War | Human Rights Watch
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, its war against Ukraine has had a disastrous impact on civilian life, killing thousands of civilians, injuring many thousands more, and destroying civilian ...
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Accountability for #Russia's crimes , support and compliance with #ICC & fate of civilians in #Russia-occupied areas should core in EU's response to brutal conflict in #Ukraine.
www.hrw.org/tag/russia-u... @kajakallas.bsky.social
www.hrw.org/tag/russia-u... @kajakallas.bsky.social
Even after RSF's mass atrocities in #Darfur, #EU's response to years of conflict in #Sudan remains weak & inconsistent.
Urgent to
✍️ Sanction top RSF commander
⛑️ Lead initiatives to protect civilians
🇦🇪 Address role of #UnitedArabEmirates
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Urgent to
✍️ Sanction top RSF commander
⛑️ Lead initiatives to protect civilians
🇦🇪 Address role of #UnitedArabEmirates
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Sudan: Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City
Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, E...
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Even after RSF's mass atrocities in #Darfur, #EU's response to years of conflict in #Sudan remains weak & inconsistent.
Urgent to
✍️ Sanction top RSF commander
⛑️ Lead initiatives to protect civilians
🇦🇪 Address role of #UnitedArabEmirates
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
Urgent to
✍️ Sanction top RSF commander
⛑️ Lead initiatives to protect civilians
🇦🇪 Address role of #UnitedArabEmirates
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
EU's new approach to #Sahel is essential to respond to instability & conflict in region. But for reboot to matter, EU should put civilian protection, remedies for victims & support to civil society & free media at core of its vision.
Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @joaocravinho.bsky.social
Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @joaocravinho.bsky.social
EU Should Focus on Civilian Safety in Sahel Region
Since a series of military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, the EU engagement in the Sahel has dramatically changed. For the new EU strategy in the Sahel to matter, Brussels should recognize th...
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
EU's new approach to #Sahel is essential to respond to instability & conflict in region. But for reboot to matter, EU should put civilian protection, remedies for victims & support to civil society & free media at core of its vision.
Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @joaocravinho.bsky.social
Our take 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11... @joaocravinho.bsky.social
#Israel's crimes are not limited to #Gaza. @hrw.org 's new report on forced displacement of civilians in #WestBank makes once again the case for serious #EU action - including sanctioning #Israel 's leaders responsible & comply with ICJ decisions.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity
The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said ...
www.hrw.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social: Stand for human rights in #Tunisia, call for release of those arbitrarily detained & respect for fundamental freedoms
@mounirsatouri.bsky.social @michaelgahler.bsky.social: Put #Tunisia on your urgency situation agenda
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
@mounirsatouri.bsky.social @michaelgahler.bsky.social: Put #Tunisia on your urgency situation agenda
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
The EU Has Simply Abandoned Human Rights in Tunisia
In the early morning of April 19, a Tunis Court issued sentences in a mass trial of 40 lawyers, opposition figures, and critics of the president. Thirty-seven defendants were sentenced to heavy prison...
www.hrw.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social: Stand for human rights in #Tunisia, call for release of those arbitrarily detained & respect for fundamental freedoms
@mounirsatouri.bsky.social @michaelgahler.bsky.social: Put #Tunisia on your urgency situation agenda
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
@mounirsatouri.bsky.social @michaelgahler.bsky.social: Put #Tunisia on your urgency situation agenda
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...