There is no longer any doubt that China is detaining upwards of one million Uighur Muslims for reeducation (forced brainwashing). The big open question is who will stop this mass atrocity? In particular, where are the Muslim-majority countries? https://t.co/SDHO8l9dqP
A virgin Sabiyya, 12 year old was up for sale. This is how they sold Yazidi girls, when we say they raped 12 year old girls people think we are making up these stories. IT’S STILL HAPPENING with more than 3000 Yazidi women & children in captivity in Syria.
“Early in 2014 when ISIS attacked, other minorities were given options… but when ISIS took over #Sinjar in August of 2014, they did not give these options to Yazidis… They wanted to eradicate #Yazidis.” -@NadiaMuradBasee
China was the worst abuser of internet freedom in 2018, according to a report from U.S. NGO @freedomhouse.
“Leaders in Beijing have stepped up efforts to use digital media to increase their own power, both at home and abroad,”
via @RadioFreeAsia https://t.co/KXLf6Iw5nR
“There are no guarantees of safety or protections for #Rohingya people to go back to #Rakhine state at this time. These 2 gov'ts are working to force Rohingya to go back, & it looks like a very bad arrangement that would result in more rights abuses" @hrw https://t.co/F9KNMnGi1h
#DidYouKnow: Girls and young women with #disabilities face up to 10 times more gender-based violence than those without disabilities?
Here are five more things you need to know about disability, gender and discrimination: https://t.co/owSCYKAaeE
#ENDviolence
These two girls took over the @UN_Women office in China earlier this month, helping to plan a campaign against gender-based violence. The two are from ethnic minorities. 🙌
How many times have you seen something, but didn’t say something?
For students around the 🌎, violence is an everyday lesson. Together, we can work to change this and make sure every girl & child feels safe → https://t.co/l1zmUTdIgH #ENDviolence v @UNICEF
“When we took our case to court, we believed we would win, because we told the truth.”
Groundbreaking #SepurZarco case where Guatemalan women, raped & enslaved during civil war, fought for justice at the highest court & won:
https://t.co/U7PzhwV5WO
This is the last piece written by Jamal Khashoggi, which his editor Karen Attiah received a day after he disappeared. Read by journalists and writers worldwide. We stand with journalists demanding justice for Jamal Khashoggi. Freedom of expression should never be silenced.
More than 68 million people have been forcibly displaced by armed conflict and persecution, yet we see borders closing and solidarity diminishing. We must urgently reestablish the integrity of the international refugee protection regime.