Birgit Schwarz

Former Deputy Coms Director Europe & Africa @hrw. My passion: journalism that holds the powerful accountable. My secret love: dancing. My true love: my son.

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

I‘m out of here.

Find me on Bluesky @birgitschwarz.bsky.social

[Claudio Francavilla @ClaFrancavilla]

Without safeguards and pressure for human rights progress & reforms, the #EU deal with #Egypt:

1⃣ Ignores repression
2⃣ Rewards authoritarianism
3⃣ Risks complicity in abuses

Once again, migration obsession leads EU policies across the Mediterranean

[Fereshta Abbasi @FereshtaAbbasi]

According to the United Nations, in 2024, 23.7 million people – more than half of the country's population – will need humanitarian assistance. The statistics are startling: 69 percent of people do not have enough food. https://t.co/J14Xl8S1wC

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

Civilians caught up in #Sudan's civil war talk of rape & street executions.

Ethnically driven attacks on Darfur's black African population are surging. - @BBCWorld

When will this forgotten conflict get the attention it needs to prevent worse?

https://t.co/AChReQ8D18

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

Disinformation is surging in #Africa, a new @AfricaACSS report finds.

#Russia is the single largest sponsors of such campaigns with West Africa being the region most targeted.

There is a strong link between the scope of disinformation & instability.

https://t.co/uQeZ0mupoa

[Andrew Stroehlein @astroehlein]

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for two members of Russian military for missile campaign against 'Ukrainian electric infrastructure' https://t.co/34QJdMUvEa

Read more about Russia's attacks on #Ukraine's infrastructure:
https://t.co/oapvBsrUZM

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

🚨New @hrw report on #Malaysia’s degrading & abusive immigration detention system.

Authorities treat migrants as criminals, arbitrarily holding them for prolonged periods with almost no access to the outside world.

Among those detained: 1400 children.

https://t.co/wzwmzFo4tq

[Wolfgang Büttner @w_buettner]

#Straflosigkeit schützt Täter an der Macht.

Amnestie im #Senegal ist Schritt in die falsche Richtung auf dem Weg aus der Krise.

https://t.co/8ldz7YW4XA

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

The enforcement of the hijab decree has significantly reduced women's mobility.

Some 57 per cent of the women consulted felt “not at all safe” leaving the house without a mahram and were
voluntarily confining themselves to the home instead.

Being a woman in #Afghanistan!

[UNAMA News @UNAMAnews]

Released today: Latest quarterly report of United Nations Secretary-General @AntonioGuterres on the situation in #Afghanistan.
Read full report here:
https://t.co/yNDz0Vqg6V

[Hillary Margolis @hillarymargo]

🍾🇫🇷 Yesterday #France's vote marked global 1st in explicitly introducing #abortion protections in national constitution. It also reflects need for safeguards in face of global attacks on abortion & sexual & repro health rights. #MonCorpsMonChoix @hrw 1/
https://t.co/mApMBFouJz

[Hillary Margolis @hillarymargo]

🍾🇫🇷 L'adoption lundi en #France de l'avortement comme une liberté explicitement garantie par la constitution est une première mondiale qui reflète le besoin de garde-fou face aux attaques contre l'avortement dans le monde. #MonCorpsMonChoix https://t.co/W8jGFxTQ5h @hrw

[ilaria allegrozzi @ilariallegro]

#Sénégal : projet de loi d’amnistie

«Toute amnistie qui garantirait l’impunité en affranchissant les membres des forces de sécurité de leur responsabilité pour des abus est incompatible avec les obligations nationales et int'l du Sénégal » @hrw

https://t.co/drS0zy3J3t

[ilaria allegrozzi @ilariallegro]

#Senegal: Amnesty Bill Opens Door to Impunity
“Any amnesty that entrenches impunity by absolving gvt and security force officials’ responsibility for serious human rights violations is incompatible with Senegal’s national and int'l obligations.”
https://t.co/jRBYQ5vmuZ

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

Democratic Republic of #Congo President Félix Tshisekedi promised to address recurring violence, end repression & improve the daily lives of all Congolese.

His second term is a chance to reverse course on significant human rights backsliding. - @thfessy

https://t.co/b2bQFeg0HR

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

🚨To be launched tomorrow, March 7.

Journalists can DM me for an embargoed copy. ⬇️

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

#NorthKorean leader Kim Jong Un has essentially made the country a giant prison.

With the northern border with China sealed, people can barely make a living or access food.

UN sanctions have aggravated the already dire human rights situation.

New @hrw report live on March 7.⤵️

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

There are reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the forces under their command against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

Situation in #Ukraine: #ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov. Read more ⤵️

https://t.co/fTcNSxPKJ6

[Niku Jafarnia @NikuJafarnia]

New @hrw research shows that women in #Yemen are being stopped at checkpoints throughout the country when traveling without a #mahram-- not just in #Houthi territory. Yemeni govt, STC, Houthis all must end their restrictions on women's freedoms. 🧵

https://t.co/xu7vGjMdrk

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

The #Kenya government needs to listen to its people & address #femicide.

It is unacceptable that men kill hundreds of women each year because the authorities have allowed patriarchy & gender inequality to go unchecked.

@hrw's Betty Kabari in @allafrica
https://t.co/0d2dhDLZc9

[Birgit Schwarz @BirgitMSchwarz]

#NorthKorean leader Kim Jong Un has essentially made the country a giant prison.

With the northern border with China sealed, people can barely make a living or access food.

UN sanctions have aggravated the already dire human rights situation.

New @hrw report live on March 7.⤵️