Sandy Coliver

Working to defend human rights defenders and safeguard freedoms. #FOI, #righttoinformation, #freeassembly, #civicspace, #humanrightsdefenders

[Sandy Coliver @SandyColiver]

I just took action on @theactionnet: Join our Legislating Change team, and help us pass laws to improve women’s lives!. Take action here: https://t.co/mydITcdUdS

[Sandy Coliver @SandyColiver]

URGENT: I just joined over 3 MILLION people urging the President of Tanzania @SuluhuSamia and Prime Minister @majaliwa_kassim to #STOP the eviction of the Maasai people from their ancestral lands. Join here & RT #NoMaasaiEviction #StandWithMaasai
https://t.co/YgZZ7LX7pX

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Ethiopia is engaged in ethnic cleansing and other atrocities in Western Tigray: Immediate actions are required to put an end to the abuses and to impunity. This includes the deployment of an AU-led international peacekeeping force to protect civilians. https://t.co/DSCNAz0J9q

[Sandy Coliver @SandyColiver]

This is an important Mother's Day

[Gregory A. Maniatis @gmaniatis]

History in the making:

American public support for admitting Ukrainian refugees is higher than Gallup has found in ANY refugee situation since 1939.

👉 78% of adults in the US approve of allowing up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees into the country.

https://t.co/SjW1zV0QJa

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Today we pay tribute to the 1 million people murdered in just 100 days in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

As we look back with remorse, we must look ahead with resolve & commit to be ever vigilant.

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

How the world voted on the resolution to suspend Russia from the #HumanRightsCouncil....

[Benjamin Ferencz (legacy) @BenFerencz]

Ben Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg Trials prosecutor, receives Governor’s Medal of Freedom https://t.co/PdcnsyZUAh

[International Renaissance Foundation @IRF_Ukraine]

We stand with 90+ Ukrainian civil society organisations who have come together to create the #KyivDeclaration, calling on the international community to respond to six urgent appeals. Find out more here https://t.co/i6AOAnRcPt. Please RT/share #KyivDeclaration #StandwithUkraine

[Sandy Coliver @SandyColiver]

@BenFerencz I today made an additional contribution to HIAS to support their crucial humanitarian work in Ukraine and Chad.

[Benjamin Ferencz (legacy) @BenFerencz]

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Ben Ferencz is 102 today! Let’s send him some special birthday wishes, but more importantly, let’s do something to make the world a better place today. Please share what YOU will do today to advocate for #LawNotWar, #HumanRights, and #Peace. We will share them with Ben.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Astronaut Scott Kelly returned the medal to Dmitry Medvedev, which he presented to him:

"Please give it to a #Russian mother whose son died in this unjust war."

[Sandy Coliver @SandyColiver]

The bottom line, as stated by @DONUKOGBARA and endorsed by @ChidiOdinkalu, is that "a quality Igbo candidate should be as potentially electable as a quality candidate from elsewhere." Absolutely.

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

#IgboPresidency conflates ethnic origin with geo-politics. This may be convenient in #Nigeria but it could also be lazy. Nearly every person from the #SouthEast maybe #Igbo but not every Igbo is from the South-East.

The Igbo as a…https://t.co/Mkd9Ce2Qdo https://t.co/G8NB7ah9vG

[Maria Sarungi Tsehai @MariaSTsehai]

If you care about Justice and a great cause, support the work of some of the finest legal minds in #Tanzania as they fight for Justice and Democracy Please donate
Every little goes a long way! The legal team has been in court for over 5 months pro bono!

https://t.co/fY2wRzS5Yz

[Sandy Coliver @SandyColiver]

Terrific interview! Important points and memorable ways to say them

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

Elections make or mar the fate of entire peoples. All over #Africa now, u don't go into an election without lawyers & judges....

In the current issue of its journal, #ThePractice, @HLS_CLP focuses on the role of lawyers in electoral politics in #Africa.

https://t.co/YO2cKB6U64

[Former UN Special Rapporteur FoAA rights @cvoule]

📢Call for inputs for my next thematic report on the ability of #civilsociety to access resources, incl foreign funding. What are the measures your country adopts that impact the ability of CSOs to access resources?
🗓️Let us know before 18 Feb 22
More: https://t.co/yWVHaNDxQj

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

Sometimes, you need more than the black letters of the law to see the path to human progress....

[Sandy Coliver @SandyColiver]

Best snapshot I've read of growing authoritarianism and conflict in #Kaduna State and Nigeria generally. Scary.

[Ohimai Amaize @MrFixNigeria]

Please find time to read my latest piece for @Slate: Nigeria’s escalating crackdown on free expression. https://t.co/VSC5r4xKhH

[Sandy Coliver @SandyColiver]

Fabulous journalist Ohimai Amaize helps Americans understand why and how journalists are under attack in Nigeria and other parts of the world.

[Ohimai Amaize @MrFixNigeria]

This morning, I was a guest on @WNYC’s @TheTakeaway alongside @pressfreedom’s @arlenegetz, to discuss the rising attack on journalists around the world. I spoke about my experience in Nigeria. Listen. https://t.co/1nKRWT2r5N

[Sandy Coliver @SandyColiver]

#Esperanza Protocol offers guidance on how states & other powerful actors should, and are required by international law to, respond to threats – and not merely attacks – on #HumanRights Defenders. A critical new tool. https://t.co/2jTgu7t2t9 @ChidiOdinkalu @almubernabeu