Nicole Widdersheim

DD of HRW DC, Raising hell at the nexus of human rights, atrocity prevention, foreign policy, national security @hrw, @CPG_USHMM, @EssexHRC

[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

Don't get jaded, overwhelmed, don't let mass atrocities be normalized-get inspired, get to work, get cracking.. Read our calls for action & new direction to prevent genocide, mass killing here. Thank you @NotreDame for supporting this publication
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[T. Christian Miller @txtianmiller]

An in-depth report by @WOLA_org @adam_wola digs into the almost forgotten killings of alleged drug traffickers by U.S. air strikes - 221 dead and counting.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Good to see Europe speak up about the UAE's role in the slaughter unfolding in Sudan. Will the US ever break its silence about this?

[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

Resolutions that pass the House signal the majority opinion of the chamber.

[House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems @HouseForeign]

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The House just passed @RepJayapal's Iran War Powers Resolution.

Once again sending a clear message to Donald Trump on behalf of the American people that it’s time to end his deeply unpopular and illegal war of choice in Iran.

[Nathalye Cotrino @NathalyeCo]

🇭🇹 US officials warn the UN Security Council about Haiti’s rampant violence, while preparing to deport Haitians there.

Deportations to Haiti should stop. The US Congress should restore protections.

Read more from @BillFrelick: https://t.co/KNzPjSrq7X

[ilaria allegrozzi @ilariallegro]

#Niger

Three years after the coup, the junta has broadened its assault on human rights.

The military leaders have expanded their own authority while closing civic space and shutting off pathways to justice for victims, @hrw

https://t.co/P3ByEmI3Zr

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[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

What insanity. Why anyone would fight to get elected to the cede their oversight powers to the executive and US military access to foreign country is completely baffling.

[Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 @mtgreenee]

It just passed.
This is the real vote tally some people are reporting it wrong.

[House Judiciary Dems @HouseJudiciary]

Republicans just voted to STRIP the parents of active duty service members of “military parole” protection from deportation.

This policy is so extreme it overturns current Trump Administration policy and threatens the parents of brave service members who are putting their lives on the line serving in Donald Trump’s illegal, disastrous war in Iran.

[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

The Rubio-Musk legacy of condemning 77,000 children to fighting HIV with no more help.

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the U.S. in the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that found declines after the Trump administration's cuts and changes to foreign aid. https://t.co/1uziBawSha

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the U.S. in the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that found declines after the Trump administration's cuts and changes to foreign aid. https://t.co/1uziBawSha

[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

Stop stripping help away from children- Congress needs to provide protection, guidance & fund non profit experts who don’t see this as money-making but vital to keeping kids safe and giving them due process https://t.co/8OAUcjh348

[House Judiciary Dems @HouseJudiciary]

Republicans voted to strip the right of unaccompanied kids to have a lawyer represent them in immigration court.

We're talking about kids who are as young as 18 months old who will now be left to fend for themselves in front of the government.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

I disagree with @LauraLoomer on 1,000 things, but I admire her willingness to rethink Ukraine and go there. One of the things we pundits aren't good at is admitting when we're wrong--let alone seeking out information that contradicts our priors. She has courage to do just that.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Climate change is forcing communities to make impossible choices about their homes, livelihoods, and futures.

Academy Award–nominated actor and human rights advocate @MarkRuffalo helps share the stories of those affected by climate displacement in Solomon Islands in a new 25-minute immersive documentary, “Solwata.”

Made in partnership with Human Rights Watch, NowHere Media, and Agog, “Solwata” uses immersive storytelling to bring audiences closer to the people living through the climate crisis.

Read more: https://t.co/dAhr3TXdKa

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Security forces in India’s capital Delhi are cracking down on one of the biggest anti-government protests in recent years.

The authorities should order police to exercise restraint, restore mobile internet connectivity near protests, and ensure people can protest peacefully.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

The United States has “partnered” with Ecuador to respond to rising violence, driven largely by organized crime groups, in Ecuador — but has it made it safer for Ecuadorians?

From a human rights perspective, this partnership is a perilous one.

New report from HRW: https://t.co/58mV7D7HWZ

[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

Well…. Is the USG followed its OWN laws, it should have. Shame!

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

Netanyahu told Blinken, to his face, that he was blocking humanitarian aid as a form of collective punishment.

This alone should have automatically triggered U.S. laws prohibiting arms transfers.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

After the horrors of the October 7th attack, no one in the Biden Administration questioned Israel’s right to retaliate. Nor did anyone question the imperative for U.S. military backing. But the White House disagreed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about how best to crush Hamas. President Biden and some of his top advisers worried privately that the scale of Israel’s retaliation could put U.S. forces at risk, complicate negotiations to release the hostages, and undermine the region’s long-term stability. But they publicly backed Netanyahu.

“We repeatedly raised and discussed options for withholding weapons,” Jake Sullivan, Biden’s former national-security adviser, told David D. Kirkpatrick. But the President “always deferred on that decision, because we kept thinking that we were close to getting a deal” for a hostage release and a ceasefire. Sullivan said, “When you look back at it in the cold light of day, the trap in that kind of thinking is easier to recognize.” He added, “I will say straightforwardly—we should have put more pressure on Israel to take a different approach.”

Several senior U.S. officials told Kirkpatrick that virtually everyone involved in Gaza policy thought that Israel was killing more Palestinians than was necessary to achieve any legitimate objective. Nevertheless, the Administration gradually came to believe that it could not persuade Israel to alter its approach in Gaza. Kirkpatrick reports on how Biden enabled Israel’s aggression toward Gaza—and Iran: https://t.co/5Fa0iXwjNk

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

.@elonmusk and others claim that no one died because of US aid cuts. Obvious nonsense. A new IAS study finds that 77,000 children were dropped from Pepfar last year (the cost of the ARV's for them is 12 cents per day), and what happens to kids who don't get AIDS medicines?

[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

And we are calling on Rwanda and M23 to stop the forced recruitment, killings, abuses on civilians that we have documented here: https://t.co/xktbIYDTPR

[Nicole Widdersheim @NWiddersheim]

@hrw is calling on the Congolese govt to stop abuses on protesters and investigate violence by their own officers and affiliates https://t.co/6JXD60diSw

[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.

[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.