Raghu Menon

Human rights, politics & peacebuilding. Currently @UN with focus on Asia-Pacific 🇱🇰🇲🇲🇳🇵🇲🇻🇦🇫🇧🇹🇹🇭🇵🇭🇰🇭🇱🇦🇮🇳

[Raghu Menon @Raghuspeak]

@airindia why is your online system so appalling? I am trying to check-in on your website and trying to select seats+excess baggage. It won't accept payment in Indian or Nepali bank cards. And no option for buying excess baggage! Customer care never answers!

[Raghu Menon @Raghuspeak]

Shocking & discriminatory behaviour by #KIITUniversity. Nepali students thousands of miles away from home were shocked by death of one of their friends & understandbly expressing grief & anger. Instead of showing empathy, Uni officials reportedly targetted and abused them!

[PSG.In🇮🇳🇨🇵🇵🇹 @Twi_Swastideep]

Nepali girl student #PrakritiLamsal found dead in KIIT university hostel in Odisha

Here is the thread of the whole incident And how the KIIT personal staff and security guards reacted to the situation .🧵

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#SriLanka: Two years after mass protests calling for democratic reform & end to corruption, the demands are largely unfulfilled.

With upcoming elections, @UNHumanRights report calls on Sri Lanka to chart a new course & begin an inclusive journey to a just, sustainable future.

[Marc-André Franche @MAFrancheUN]

Important article @Dailymirror_SL families waiting answers about disappeared loved ones. Country needs to listen & resolve to move forward: https://t.co/Yrk0dz6885

[UN in Sri Lanka @UNSriLanka]

In Sri Lanka, thousands of families of the disappeared have waited decades to learn the fate of their loved ones.⁣

Intl Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances reminds us of the critical need to establish truth & effective access to justice: https://t.co/qtgXYcpMZA

[Marc-André Franche @MAFrancheUN]

The passing of veteran politician @R_Sampanthan is a great loss for Sri Lanka For six decades, he championed equal rights for Tamils, striving to resolve legacy issues to push country towards development and progress. I extend my condolences to his family. @TNAOff @ParliamentLK

[Marc-André Franche @MAFrancheUN]

Great to be back in Jaffna and visit the Public Library. Preservation knowledge is fundamental to sustain development & growth. Good see how far the Jaffna Library has come given its destruction 43 years ago. A true testament to resilience of Sri Lankans @UNESCO @UNICEF_SriLanka

[Marc-André Franche @MAFrancheUN]

Statement by @volker_turk @UNHumanRights HC expressing concerns ongoing anti-drug campaign: https://t.co/ow6bCffluQ

[Manny Maung @mannymaung]

A rare, personal note published in @thenation.

My father passed away a few months ago in Australia, dreaming about returning one day to his homeland of #Myanmar. Of course, going home was impossible because our homeland is being ruled by terror.
.@hrw

https://t.co/Ecu6fbbeNy

[PenPencilDraw @penpencildraw]

Pressing down.

[Georgi Engelbrecht @Durian_Diaries]

Today, we @CrisisGroup are releasing a new report about the Bangsamoro peace process in the Southern Philippines. THREAD and 📷from the field.
https://t.co/lffRoV5jM8

[Raghu Menon @Raghuspeak]

@amish973 Are you alleging they be a "scholar"? 🤔

[Sudipto Mondal @mondalsudipto]

It gives me great satisfaction that decisions I took as a newsroom leader have triggered a furious public debate over terms used to refer to communities that have been oppressed by the Brahminical caste system. Specifically, the usage of 'Lowered Caste' and 'Shudra'. Long 🧵

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk deplores 3rd yr of spiraling human rights, humanitarian & economic crisis caused by military rule. Calls on military to end violence against its people, incl discrimination against Rohingya, & vital intl support:https://t.co/9jBfkBrbjb

[UN Human Rights Asia @OHCHRAsia]

A report published by @UNHumanRights today says military has created a perpetual human rights crisis through the continuous use of violence, including the killing, arbitrary arrest, torture and enforced disappearance of anti-coup opponents.
Learn more🔗https://t.co/H26STok6qX

[Raghu Menon @Raghuspeak]

@sarayupani +1. There'll have to be a rating scale for Gobi Manchurians across India. Kerala version top of my list. Just the right kinda spicy!

[PenPencilDraw @penpencildraw]

Pro-choice.

[PenPencilDraw @penpencildraw]

Criminal procedure.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

The repeated denial of bail to Umar Khalid is a huge blow to everyone exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in India.
https://t.co/d6LTPxJHJj

[Raghu Menon @Raghuspeak]

Nowruz in Lodi Gardens. Scores of Afghan families in Delhi were out picnicking to celebrate the new year! Great vibes during such difficult times! #nowruz @ Lodi Gardens https://t.co/wEu4OWbslo