Rothna Begum

International Human Rights Lawyer. Former Legal Advocacy Director at @ClooneyFDN; @HRW and @Amnesty. Tweets/views are my own. RTs not always endorsements.

[Rothna Begum @Rothna_Begum]

#Qatar’s constitution says women are equal before the law, yet its male guardianship rules treat women as legal minors. Lack of transparency means women don’t often know what the rules are. See new @hrw report https://t.co/Ux7hi5PKnQ #WomensRightsQatar Thread 👇

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

“People are expressing to me that they'd rather just die. They're waiting for death. They’ve lost hope. And that's preferable to what they're going through with serial displacements and the lack of safety.”

MSF’s @DrJavidA just spent two months in Gaza. Here's what he saw.

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

The Biden White House and Republican Congress are considering sanctions against ICC Chief Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC as he seeks arrest warrants for their ally Benjamin Netanyahu. But Khan told me the court “will not be dissuaded”:

[Tamara Alrifai @TamaraAlrifai]

Breaking: @UNRWA no longer has food +other urgently needed items to distribute in #Gaza. Military ops+lack of access make it impossible to save lives. Over 800 thousand people now forcibly displaced from #Rafah after they were told to move there for safety. Nowhere safe in Gaza

[Omar Shakir @OmarSShakir]

121 NGOs, including @hrw, pen letter calling on @POTUS to oppose US sanctions on @IntlCrimCourt—an "affront to justice" that would "do grave harm to the interests of all victims globally & US govt’s ability to champion human rights & the cause of justice." https://t.co/vUfI2P3dsa

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

In a cheap attack, Netanyahu accused the International Criminal Court prosecutor of being an an antisemite. That is rich from an Israeli leader who has had no trouble embracing an antisemite – Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán – when it serves him. https://t.co/umJ6PhPoPd

[Rothna Begum @Rothna_Begum]

Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks by ⁦@guardian⁩ https://t.co/sqfFMjVhP4

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

#ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC announces applications for arrest warrants in relation to Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant in the context of the situation in the State of #Palestine ⤵️
https://t.co/WqDZecXFZq

[Madawi Al-Rasheed @MadawiDr]

My thoughts on Saudi Arabia: Why Mohammed bin Salman failed Gaza https://t.co/9whlNgafpS

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

Israel's first evacuation order instructed 1 million Palestinians to pack up their entire lives and leave Northern Gaza within 24 hours.
Israel is now at The Hague claiming that asking it to respond to a 10-page PM request within one week is too short a deadline.

[Omar Shakir @OmarSShakir]

Breaking: New 100-page report by @unitedforrights & human rights centers at Yale, Cornell, University of Pretoria & Boston University finds that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza & calls on govts to avoid complicity & act to bring end to this grave crime.

[Akshaya Kumar @AkshayaSays]

🧵#StopArmingIsrael:

Big test of 🇪🇸Spain’s arms control policies brewing as a ship called Borkum -- reported to be carrying weapons bound for Israel -- approaches Cartagena. Follow it's progress towards the port here (1/10) https://t.co/WdP8esXvgR

[Omar Shakir @OmarSShakir]

The atrocities & displacement of Gaza’s Palestinians makes this Nakba Day extra hard. Palestinians have right to return under int'l law—to their homes in Gaza & homes they fled/were expelled from in what's now Israel. Blocking return of Palestinians is part of Israel's apartheid.

[FEMENA @FemenaNet]

265 Iranian #Feminists & rights defenders issue statement of solidarity w/ #Palestinians, calling for #CeasefireNOW, end to military aid to Israel & the upholding of international law, including @UN investigation into claims of #genocide in #Gaza. ⬇️
https://t.co/Q8unoNDEfT

[Hiba Zayadin @ZayadinH]

Just a daily reminder for States to:
- halt arms to 🇮🇱 to avoid complicity in war crimes
- use their leverage—incl. targeted sanctions—to press 🇮🇱 to comply with @CIJ_ICJ binding orders in genocide case
-support @IntlCrimCourt's 🇵🇸probe to ensure accountability for grave crimes.

[Avner Gidron @AvnerGidron]

.@amnesty : Nakba Day - Mass forced displacement in #Gaza highlights urgent need for Israel to uphold Palestinians’ right to return https://t.co/9cybWwLxaa

[Rothna Begum @Rothna_Begum]

“I have worked in the world’s most dangerous combat zones. Never have I felt as unsafe as I did in Gaza” https://t.co/kWfZ2dQOgb

[Fereshta Abbasi @FereshtaAbbasi]

If you are following Afghanistan, in this article, @NatashaArnpr, @DuruYavan, and I have discussed how the International Court of Justice could be an avenue for women of Afghanistan to seek justice.
https://t.co/Gw7KIRoLcL

[Omar Shakir @OmarSShakir]

It's not just Gaza—Israeli forces are unlawfully killing Palestinians in the West Bank, including executing those who posed no apparent threat. Israel killed 2X more Palestinians in 2023 than in 18+ years & is on pace to kill more in 2024. New @hrw report🧵https://t.co/HRXDttxRHQ

[Avner Gidron @AvnerGidron]

.@amnesty : Civilians in #Gaza are not pawns to be moved around a chessboard. The notion that displaced Palestinians are safe anywhere in Gaza has repeatedly proved a fallacy as the Israeli military has attacked areas it had designated as safe. https://t.co/nfl1J2qBtt

[Hillary Margolis @hillarymargo]

🌟Landmark #EU Directive on #violenceagainstwomen & #domesticviolence adopted today @EuropeanCouncil marks some positive steps but also leaves major critical gaps.

🔑Key takeaways from joint reaction by 13 rights groups including @hrw🧵:
https://t.co/0GNTTbQmTz /1