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@ZamaHRW

Directing Human Rights Watch's Child Rights Division. Passionate about protecting schools in war, ending hazardous , juv justice, migrant kids

New York
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Joined August 2011
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 Jun 2015

    Students worldwide are calling on countries to protect schools from military use. Here's why:

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    Dec 3

    After years of insecurity the basic human need for stability deserves legislative action. Senate should reinstate a pathway to citizenship & Congress needs to deliver lasting protection & permanency for undocumented families. This is the year.

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  3. Dec 3

    Thousands of refugee children in are blocked from school and have nowhere to turn for a better future. Lebanon's new government shld stop creating bottlenecks for these children & revoke discriminatory rules ⁦⁩

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    Nov 30

    For I donated to -- an extraordinary organization advocating for bodily autonomy for people born with variations of their sex characteristics. Will you join me?

    Did you know only 1% of all LGBTQI funding goes to all intersex advocacy organizations combined. This Giving Tuesday, we’re trying to get 2% of all of our followers to give to help us change that. Will you give today?
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    Nov 28

    New statement on surprise release of war crimes suspect Hassan Bouba in : "If the Central African Republic wants to address impunity for atrocities, the gov needs to support the Special Criminal Court and Bouba’s immediate re-arrest."

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    Nov 25

    UN human rights experts press the Iranian government to stop executing child offenders -- people who were 17 or under at the time of their alleged offense. "There are currently over 85 juvenile offenders on death row in Iran."

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    Nov 25

    🦃On this special day while you and your family cook and celebrate around the table, remember to thank for who put food on our tables, through every season of the year. 🧡HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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    Nov 25

    28,618 women and girls have been killed in Syria since March 2011 including 93 due to torture, with 10,628 forcibly disappeared, and 11,523 sexual-assault incidents, the vast majority by Syrian government forces: report.

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  9. Nov 25

    At least 27 people, including a young girl, died in the frigid waters off France this week while trying to cross to the United Kingdom in an inflatable dinghy. ’s on what France and the UK should do

    It’s time for officials on both sides of the Channel to admit that their policies have failed spectacularly, instead inflicting enormous suffering. Yesterday's tragedy should be a turning point for France and the UK. My take:
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  10. Nov 25

    Here’s more information on announced changes to Tanzania’s ban on pregnant girls and young mothers attending school:

    GOOD news for girl’s rights: Tanzania just lifted its discriminatory ban on schooling for pregnant girls & teenage mothers. Together with other groups, has been fighting the ban for years with new evidence last month
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  11. Nov 25

    GOOD news for girl’s rights: Tanzania just lifted its discriminatory ban on schooling for pregnant girls & teenage mothers. Together with other groups, has been fighting the ban for years with new evidence last month

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    Nov 24

    BREAKING: All three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, have been convicted of murder. Today’s verdict helps to write a new and more just chapter in the history of race in the US for all, says .

    "[The Ahmaud Arbery verdict] speaks to the value of ALL Black Lives and whether the US justice system will be one that recognizes and honors that value." Nicole Austin-Hillery, Executive Director, US Program
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    Nov 24

    Domestic violence victims living under lockdown in were cut off from others who might help, giving them no respite from partners or family members beating, raping, or psychologically or verbally abusing them, a new report finds.

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    Nov 23

    If you read 's report on / border, it seems there is no need to help people stranded on Polish side of border. Today's report exposes that suffering and abuses are committed and humanitarian help denied on both sides.

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    Nov 23

    - share responsibility 4 acute suffering in border area. Men, women, children have been ping-ponged across the border 4 days or weeks in freezing weather, desperately needing humanitarian assistance blocked on both sides. New report:

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    Nov 23

    🤓Interested in the 2022 Winter Olympics & Paralympics? 🧐Wondering abt the responsibilities of the in protecting athletes’ rights? 🤔Worried abt China’s treatment of ? ➡️Hear what thinks about it! Join us today 3pm CET:

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    Sep 30

    African countries have taken important steps to protect the right to education of pregnant students and adolescent mothers. But many girls still have to fight against enormous government-imposed barriers that deny them their right to education.

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    Nov 21

    This is just disturbing on another level. The IOC is now actively playing a role in the Chinese government's enforced disappearance, coercion and propaganda machinery.

    Today, IOC President Thomas Bach, the Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission, Emma Terho, and IOC Member in China, Li Lingwei, held a video call with three-time Olympian Peng Shuai from China. Read here:
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    Nov 19

    On the eve of , here's a shout-out to 34 children's rights champions that have ratified or endorsed 7 key child rights treaties/declarations.

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    Nov 18

    “Peng Shuai, and all women, deserve to be heard, not censored"-- 🎾 stance contrasts with IOC backing its partner. Beijing has horrific history of “disappearing” critics+extracting forced confessions My article

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    Nov 18

    Soldiers used live rounds against protesters calling 4 justice for the police killing of a schoolgirl in Bamenda on Nov 12. Authorities should ensure those responsible for the killing of the girl+excessive use of force are held accountable.

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