Lewis Mudge

Central Africa Director at Human Rights Watch. Husband. Dad. New Englander. Bo-Sox fan. UNC/SOAS/UoE. Re-tweets not endorsements. Views expressed are my own.

[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

Last week I joined a dedicated group of Congolese civil society leaders to call on the US Congress & White House to keep the pressure on all parties to the peace accord to protect civilians, support justice & accountability.

[Ida Sawyer @ida_sawyer]

#RDC: 9 ans plus tard, la condamnation du Col. Mambweni pour crime de guerre marque la première fois qu'un tribunal reconnaît la responsabilité d'un officier supérieur dans la planification des assassinats des experts de l'ONU Zaida Catalán & Michael Sharp https://t.co/v7f17nSLqO

[Ida Sawyer @ida_sawyer]

#DRC: 9 years on, the war crime conviction of Col. Mambweni for orchestrating the assassinations of UN experts Zaida Catalán & Michael J. Sharp marks the first time a court recognized the responsibility of a senior military officer in planning the murders. https://t.co/xV4sxSLKtZ

[Dr. J. Peter Pham 🇺🇲 @DrJPPham]

New sanctions announced by @USTreasury against #Rwanda🇷🇼-based gold refinery, its chairman, three other companies & another person for smuggling #CriticalMinerals from the #DRC🇨🇩 in scheme to support #M23 rebels, undermining #USA🇺🇲-backed peace efforts.
https://t.co/pMId2nS5Z5

[ilaria allegrozzi @ilariallegro]

#BurkinaFaso: the @EuroParl_EN resolution on the military authorities' continued crackdown on civic space is an important step forward, reaffirming the EU’s commitment to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.

https://t.co/zjP03Vc4PR

[Lewis Mudge @LewisMudge]

Trump has declared peace in #Congo. The reality is much more complicated. New oped by @demontcl and @Bolopion for @hrw in @ipsnews
https://t.co/6AVd4ZdEVA

[Ida Sawyer @ida_sawyer]

1/ Violence erupted in downtown #Kinshasa #DRC today, as opposition politicians and their supporters were on their way to a sit-in to protest a potential constitutional amendment that could allow President #Tshisekedi to extend his stay in power. Reaction from @hrw 👇

[Clementine de Montjoye @demontcl]

Le recrutement forcé & détention abusive de milliers de combattants capturés et de civils par le M23 & les forces rwandaises dans l’est de la #RDC constituent des crimes de guerre et nécessitent une enquête pour possibles crimes contre l’humanité. @hrw_fr
https://t.co/hxz2Ej5Qsl

[Clementine de Montjoye @demontcl]

In Goma, Bukavu, and Nyiragongo, Rutshuru, and Masisi territories, M23 fighters conducted large scale ops, abducting people from the street, their homes, at meetings, churches, or schools, and holding them in makeshift detention facilities, military camps or undisclosed locations

[RFI Afrique @RFIAfrique]

RDC: Human Rights Watch accuse le Rwanda et l'AFC/M23 de nombreuses exactions dans deux camps du Nord-Kivu https://t.co/xE1H7cyIj6

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Rwanda: Two journalists affiliated with a YouTube channel are facing charges for reporting on the Kigali Transit Center, an unofficial detention facility where authorities hold people deemed “undesirable,” and one of the capital’s worst kept secrets. https://t.co/RZcQ61wAyV

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

The current crackdown in the Democratic Republic of Congo "is eerily reminiscent of the Joseph Kabila era, with many Congolese activists and political opponents living in fear of retaliation by the authorities for merely expressing their opinion." https://t.co/DYuP08w5Au

[Lewis Mudge @LewisMudge]

Félicien Kabuga, un suspect du génocide rwandais, meurt sans avoir été jugé. #Rwanda Point de vue pour @hrw_fr https://t.co/JnulC3JjPn

[Lewis Mudge @LewisMudge]

Kabuga died without facing trial. It robs the world of the opportunity to establish a full public record of the role he played in the genocide and a painful lack of closure for the victims of one of the gravest crimes of the 20th century. #Rwanda @hrw https://t.co/vbwigb4kQS

[RFI Afrique @RFIAfrique]

RDC: «Les crimes commis par le M23 à Uvira sont d'une gravité et d'une brutalité exceptionnelles» https://t.co/sKTYd1Sej1

[Reuters @Reuters]

M23 rebels and the Rwandan army carried out killings, rapes and abductions during a month-long occupation of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in late 2025 and early 2026, Human Rights Watch said in a report https://t.co/KSl8ndd6dg

[HRW en français @hrw_fr]

[Podcast] 🎤RDC: «Les crimes commis par le M23 à Uvira sont d'une gravité et d'une brutalité exceptionnelles», selon @Bolopion @hrw. https://t.co/ACw4QvcYjs via @RFIAfrique

[Lewis Mudge @LewisMudge]

M23 and the RDF committed atrocities in Uvira. Proud to have been a part of this new report by @hrw. The impunity for these crimes must end. https://t.co/oPWrevQz9M

[Lewis Mudge @LewisMudge]

@FelixMugenzi @hrw @PatrickMuyaya @demontcl @amluzayamo @TwirwanehoMoise @RealManziWilly @AsstSecStateAF @FilsDeBoncoeur @BahoNtaganira @KenRoth Looks like we were in Uvira…https://t.co/eWfXOvoomZ