Be Humane First

Objective: Education, Advocacy & Support to enhance awareness of what it really means to be humane.

[Robbie Newton @RobNewt96]

The #Maldives’ escalating crackdown on journalists is a serious threat to press freedom. 2 journalists are now facing criminal charges—the first such case since 2008. Authorities should immediately drop the charges & stop targeting independent media. @hrw

https://t.co/k4T8H5tys6

[Jack Spehn @JSpehn]

Health care should never be a target of war.

UN member states and civil society met in NYC on Tuesday to recognize the urgent need to stop attacks on health in conflict and ��close the gaps” between rhetoric and action.

New @hrw dispatch:

https://t.co/kntJ5t5l7n

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

In Liberia, only 17 percent of children complete grade 9, and 1 in 3 children never attend school at all.

In a new report, HRW documents that mandatory fees—despite a legal guarantee of free and compulsory education for grades 1 to 9—place a heavy financial burden on families and violate children’s right to education.

Read more from HRW: https://t.co/vyEbxmY11v

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

Love gives us strength. Like @Olympics figure skaters who rely on each other to push boundaries, love – regardless of our beliefs & identities – can turn what once seemed impossible into reality: in our lives, our communities, & across the world.

Happy #ValentinesDay ❤️

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The Holocaust is not only history.

It is a warning.

A warning that hatred, once unleashed, can consume everything.

So let’s together pledge to stand against antisemitism & all forms of hatred — and against bigotry, racism & discrimination anywhere & everywhere.

https://t.co/C3YAVo8LHs

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The rule of law is foundational to the @UN & our mission of peace.

I am determined to keep driving our relentless push for just & sustainable peace.

Peace firmly anchored in international law.

Peace that endures because it tackles the root causes of conflict, not just its symptoms.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

"The world's largest humanitarian crisis as we speak."

The crisis in Sudan is of staggering proportions, with more than 13 million people displaced.

@MausiSegun discusses more at the launch of our World Report 2026:

[Anna Kwok 郭鳳儀 @AnnaKwokFY]

Today, my father was convicted simply for being my father.

This is how the Hong Kong government retaliates against me and my pro-democracy advocacy. This is hostage taking. This is transnational repression.

[Ajanta Deb Roy @ajantadebroy]

People would do well to remember that these words are every bit as true today as they were all those years ago

#HolocaustMemorialDay

[Juliane Kippenberg @KippenbergJ]

Children living near Ethiopia's largest gold mine have been exposed to toxic pollution. Next week, the UN Child Rights Committee, at its Ethiopia session, should push for the mine's suspension and an independent assessment. https://t.co/Fegib0OfsJ

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

#Iran: The killing may have subsided, but the repression continues. It does not solve any of the country’s problems. I appeal to Iran’s top leadership to initiate dialogue and reforms, and to put the rights and needs of their people first. @UN_HRC

https://t.co/yf3tjURjo6

[UN ECOSOC President @UNECOSOC]

Today, the UN will commemorate #ECOSOC80. As we mark this moment, we also reaffirm the role of multilateralism and solidarity at the core of @UNECOSOC’s work providing a platform where countries come together to strengthen cooperation and advance shared solutions to global challenges. #GlobalGoals

📺 Live on @UNWebTV at 10 AM EST: https://t.co/6A7Y6BOEIl
More: https://t.co/xJCuPGHREH

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The @UN Security Council stands alone in its authority to act on behalf of all member countries on questions of peace & security.

It alone adopts decisions binding on all.

No other body or ad-hoc coalition can legally require all countries to comply with decisions on peace & security.

Its responsibility is singular.

Its obligation is universal.

That is why reform is essential.

That is why we must act without delay to enhance the representation & effectiveness of the Security Council.

[United Nations @UN]

Founded in the aftermath of World War II, for 80 years, the United Nations has worked for peace.

The UN remains steadfast in its commitment to peace with justice; grounded in international law and the inalienable human rights of all people.

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

Despite all the evidence that the family has gathered, Sunali and the others are still stuck in Bangladesh. https://t.co/gdwcn6T2qb

Things took a turn for the worse on August 21, when the police in Bangladesh arrested them from the border district of Chapainawabganj. There too they have been accused of being “illegal infiltrators”.

Anant Gupta reports

[meenakshi ganguly @meeganguly]

#Japan's first woman prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, should make human rights central to her foreign policy. As the only Asian member of the G7 advanced economies, Japan has a significant role in promoting fundamental rights & freedoms in the region @hrw https://t.co/yxhHUxWcBq

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

As long-standing guardians of the natural world, Indigenous peoples are uniquely placed to show us the way toward decisive climate action.

At #COP30, I thanked representatives from Indigenous communities worldwide for their leadership.

[Simon Stiell @simonstiell]

#COP30 showed that climate cooperation is alive and kicking. Keeping humanity in the fight for a livable planet.

194 countries have said in one voice that ‘the Paris Agreement is working’, and resolved to make it go further and faster.

[Elaine Pearson @PearsonElaine]

WATCH executive director @fborello1 in Colombo to launch @hrw new report “Tax Giveaways, Struggling Schools: How Low Taxes Drove Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis & Squandered its Education Lead,” Speech + panel discussion here from 1600hrs IST https://t.co/oVHGKKlOkB

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

This award should help reinvigorate international efforts to promote a peaceful transition to democracy in Venezuela.

Foreign governments should support Venezuelans as they continue to struggle for a rights-respecting democracy.