Kenneth RothVerified account

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Executive Director, Human Rights Watch . Proudly "sanctioned" by the Chinese government.

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  1. 52 minutes ago

    Memorial is the heart and soul of the Russian human rights movement. It is an utter outrage that the Kremlin is now shutting it down. This is a devastating step backwards toward Soviet times.

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  2. 58 minutes ago

    Present as the verdicts were read, 's says that despite Russian authorities' claim that closing Memorial is about the mind-numbing foreign-agent requirements, prosecutors made clear that it's about stopping criticism of the state and other non-conforming views.

    In two days, Russia’s courts delivered a one-two punch to 🇷🇺’s human rights movement. Today a Court liquidated Memorial Human Rights Center, one of oldest and top human rights groups in Russia 🧵
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  3. 1 hour ago

    Among those arrested in this silencing of a key Hong Kong voice are pro-democracy singer Denise Ho and the barrister Margaret Ng, both of whom previously served on the Stand News board.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Another independent Hong Kong voice silenced: pro-democracy website Stand News is shut down "after police raided its office and arrested six current and former editors and board members in a continuing crackdown on dissent."

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  5. 3 hours ago

    "The Russian government would like to portray Memorial’s closure as a simple, bureaucratic extension of its 'foreign agents' laws." But a prosecutor gave away the real motive, accusing Memorial as “mendaciously portraying the USSR as a terrorist state.”

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  6. 4 hours ago

    As the Kremlin increasingly shows an intolerance of dissent reminiscent of Soviet repression, the last thing the Kremlin wants is an archive of that repression, which is what Memorial International provided. Hence, the order for Memorial to shut down.

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  7. 5 hours ago

    In a bad year for rights in Russia, International Memorial's closure "stands out for its ruthlessness." Founded as Gorbachev allowed reporting on Stalin's millions of victims, its closure shows "Russian civil society being dismantled at lightning speed."

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  8. 6 hours ago

    In jeopardy as Russian authorities close the Memorial International rights group is the fate of its archives containing the personal files of 60,000 victims of Soviet repression" and "its searchable database containing 3 million names of victims."

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  9. 7 hours ago

    It's not that Memorial has done anything new or crossed some Kremlin red line. Memorial is doing what it always does -- documenting current Russian and historical Soviet rights abuses. It's the Kremlin that has changed, with a new intolerance of criticism.

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  10. 7 hours ago

    "Hundreds of thousands of children of Afghan refugees" live in Pakistan. Many were born and raised there, but Pakistan refuses to grant them citizenship, meaning "they cannot attend most schools or universities, get many jobs or buy property or cars."

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  11. 8 hours ago

    Noting that Myanmar "junta troops have repeatedly committed such crimes and atrocities in our areas for a long time,” three ethnic opposition armies condemn the junta's reported massacre of 35 civilians in Kayah State.

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  12. 11 hours ago

    Some 30 Afghan women bravely marched through the Afghan capital on Tuesday, "accusing Taliban authorities of covertly killing soldiers who served" in the former Afghan government, as has found occurred.

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  13. 12 hours ago

    Imprisoning activists like Le Trong Hung who dare to run as independent candidates for parliament shows what a charade Vietnam’s elections are. He could face up to a 12-year prison sentence for exercising his rights.

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  14. 14 hours ago

    Because of the Colombian government's failure to investigate and prosecute ties of powerful political and commercial interests to atrocities, "Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world to be a human rights defender or environmental activist."

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  15. 15 hours ago

    Upset at the Biden administration's revocation of duty-free access to the US market, the Ethiopia government cites its "various initiatives" but none of them includes lifting the blockade of urgently needed humanitarian aid to the people of Tigray.

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  16. 16 hours ago

    For more than three decades Memorial preserved "the memory of the many thousands of Russians who died or were persecuted in forced labor camps during the Stalin era." Russian authorities just forced to close this "symbol of the country's democratization."

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  17. 17 hours ago

    It has become increasingly clear that Egyptian President Sisi's much-trumpeted new "human rights strategy" is to continue his repressive silencing of any critic of his dictatorial rule. He hopes Washington will be (willingly) fooled and keep funding him.

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  18. 18 hours ago

    Reflecting the Israeli government's apartheid rule over Palestinians, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, “When you go to the Holy Land and see what’s being done to the Palestinians at checkpoints, for us, it’s the kind of thing we experienced in South Africa."

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  19. 19 hours ago

    Yes, Tigrayan forces have been responsible for atrocities, too, but that doesn't justify the Ethiopian government blocking the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian aid to Tigray.

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  20. 20 hours ago

    The Indian government's plan to bar contributions from foreign donors to the Christian missionary group founded by the late Mother Teresa illustrates the government's narrow, politicized approach to foreign contributions to Indian charities.

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