IFRD.be

a Brussels based Human Rights & Development Organisation.

[IFRD.be @BeIfrd]

In our pre-campaign for Faz3a2026, we are h’pleased to see the instant interest by @cmkshama and happy to support the trip and facilitate it.

[Kshama Sawant @cmkshama]

I will be visiting the Israeli-occupied West Bank later this month, thanks to the incredible efforts of activists and organizers on the ground in the West Bank and @BeIfrd in Europe.

I will be talking to Palestinians and Palestinian Americans about the holocaust being carried out by the Israeli state and the brutality of the decades of occupation. Our goal will be to help further expose the horrors taking place on Palestinian lands. I will also be visiting Palestinian children in Egypt and Turkey, all of whom are sole survivors of their families and have suffered untold atrocities. All of these children have personally faced Israeli bombardment and have had to undergo limb amputations.

The Israeli state, empowered by U.S. imperialism and war-profiteering billionaires and multimillionaires, has continued the genocide in Gaza for well over a thousand days. At the same time, violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has dramatically escalated, both directly from the Israeli state forces and from state-sanctioned, right-wing settlers. In total, since the genocide began, Israel has killed over a thousand people in the West Bank and inflicted incalculable damage on Palestinian homes and farms.

Nothing short of smashing the apartheid state of Israel will end the indescribable suffering of the Palestinian people.

For that, working-class militant movements in the United States will be crucial because Israel exists as a garrison state for the economic and geopolitical interests of the American capitalist class and other imperialist powers.

This also means that it is a fool’s errand to place any faith in either the Democratic Party or Republican Party, as both are parties of the war-profiteering billionaires and multimillionaires. The strategy of the leadership of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) of supporting careerist Democratic Party politicians is a complete dead end for the Palestinian cause.

Anything other than leadership to build an antiwar movement that unambiguously fights against both the Democratic and Republican parties will lead to further betrayals of the Palestinian people.

[IFRD.be @BeIfrd]

@philippe_dam @Europarl_EN @ingeborgterlaak @MaritMaij @eu_eeas @jcoetjen Guess who lobbied everyone til the last leg? 😎

[IFRD.be @BeIfrd]

@francescaDM_EU @eu_eeas @kajakallas Looking forward to work with you in Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt

[IFRD.be @BeIfrd]

Hear, hear!

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

Important @EU_Sudan explicitly criticizes transfer of foreign fighters in #Sudan.

But one country is involved: @HRW exposed Colombian mercenaries transited via #UnitedArabEmirates.

@KajaKallas: EU should speak up & sanction #UAE-based company involved.

https://t.co/mkUGHepgPw

[IFRD.be @BeIfrd]

@EUSR_Weber Accountability and justice… how did you miss these words?!

[IFRD.be @BeIfrd]

@philippe_dam @hrw @eu_eeas @EUSR_Weber @kajakallas @OlofBSkoog @EU_SUDAN @EUintheUAE @ministerBZ @AussenMinDE @jnbarrot @prevotmaxime @HMcEntee Very good job! It is time to stop this not to applaud for non elected fake parliamentary visit.

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

Colombian private mil contractors were deployed to support abusive #RSF in #Sudan with apparent role of #UnitedArabEmirates companies & via #UAE military bases, new @HRW report finds

@EU_EEAS: speak up & sanction #UAE companies & individuals involved 👇

https://t.co/mkUGHepgPw

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

100s dead, infrastructures destroyed, mass displacement & humanitarian disaster: #Israel's violations in #Lebanon are emboldened by EU leaders' silence & inaction.

EU states should end all arm sales & suspend trade part of Association Agreement w/ Israel

https://t.co/cM1qhuWDq2

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

Utterly discriminatory death penalty bill passed by @KnessetT is another mark of #Apartheid & another line in the list of #Israel's serious breaches to #EU-#Israel Association Agreement.

@KajaKallas: time to review & suspend Agreement.

https://t.co/ZqFlrr8M7v

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

Concerns (finally!) without condemnation: #EU statement on #Israel attacks' devastating impact on civilians in #Lebanon shows once again the bloc's double-standard & inaction.

#EUCO: Words remain empty without actions to stop killings, mass displacement & to press for justice.

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

Pledging to defend rules-based system, but failing to stand for it when norms are crushed by its partners, cannot serve EU's interests.

EU is credible & reliable when it leads by example - not when it bites its tongue when allies undermine norms.

https://t.co/7NAfEBlyYe

[IFRD.be @BeIfrd]

@philippe_dam @kajakallas @kajakallas herself did not uphold the https://t.co/l8LHJBSg7U in Gaza.. no need to wear a fake mask and bring this hypothetical behaviour.

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

"Chaos in Middle East is direct consequence of erosion of int'l law" - which is direct consequence of States attacking or failing to uphold it.

@KajaKallas asks the question #EU as a whole should have already answered (hint: option B, heed the clarion!).

https://t.co/eARGHxF2Sn

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

#EU's selective & ambiguous words on situation in Middle East can only continue to undermine the bloc's credibility. They also badly weaken int'l norms.

@EU_EEAS should explicitly press United States, Israel, and Iran to abide by IHL & protect civilians.

https://t.co/7BhSM5cjrq

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

#Libya: @UNHumanRights office reports that violations against migrants are so ruthless & systematic that it urges @EU_Commission to establish moratorium on interceptions & returns until adequate safeguards are ensured.

#EU policies perpetuate abuses.

https://t.co/YaE1TQTrm1

[IFRD.be @BeIfrd]

الفدرالية الدولية للحقوق والتنمية تشجب اعتقال السلطات في الأردن ��لصحفي محمد فرج وتوقيفه فور عودته من بيروت.
تدعو إفرد للكشف عن مكان احتجازه ووضعه القانوني فورًا، وتمكينه من لقاء محامٍ والتواصل مع عائلته دون قيود.
https://t.co/03rnThXHRi

[DARFUR NETWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS @DNforHR]

💧 Water crisis in Adre camp, Chad

Sudanese refugees face severe water shortages. Women carry water on their heads over long distances just to meet basic needs.

After fleeing violence in Darfur, refugees shouldn't face dehydration in displacement.

Access to clean water is a fundamental human right, not a privilege.

The humanitarian crisis in Chad's refugee camps continues to worsen. Refugees protested in Marah camp. Testimonies from Qaga camp reveal desperation. Now water shortages in Adre camp.

Urgent action is needed.

#Sudan #Chad #AdreСamp #WaterCrisis #RefugeeCrisis #KeepEyesOnSudan #sudan_war_updates #HumanitarianEmergency #RefugeeRights

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

Capture of #Uvira in eastern #DRCongo by #M23 & #Rwanda forces forced 200,000 people to flee, puts civilians at risk.

At #FAC today, #EU should end wait-and-see attitude in the face of blatant collapse of US-brokered deal. @HRW's first report 👇

https://t.co/b2yhviBggh

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

#Tunisia's arrest of prominent activists, following flawed conspiracy trial, should raise #EU's concerns, no?

Instead, @EU_EEAS @UeTunisie remain loudly silent, emboldening Kais Saied's repression.

@vonderLeyen @kajakallas: time to shift gear, speak up.

https://t.co/kq5YYFdH98

[IFRD.be @BeIfrd]

@hildebentele @philippe_dam @EPPGroup @reis_bugalho @gahler_michael @lukasmandl @ingeborgterlaak @iwiseler @jeroen_lenaers @MEPNielsGeuking @caspary @Andreas_Schwab @TonoEPP It is ultra sad to read this explanation coming from @hildebentele . What stopped @EPPGroup from naming all the actors? The text from @TheProgressives and @Left_EU named them one by one but EPP bowed for the UAE cheap propaganda and broke the cordon Saintaire in the negotiations.