new @hrw.org on how spending on education & health care in #Egypt declined to unprecedented levels, while Sisi keeps justifying jailing tens of thousands by inferring that social & economic rights take precedence over political rights. www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
New poverty data just out affirms a shameful fact:
The US is one of the most unequal rich countries in the world.
Home to more billionaires than any other country, and 43.7 million ppl in poverty. Trump's agenda is set to make things worse.
Our take👇 www.oxfamamerica.org/press/new-us...
Had a great chat with @rosiebultman.bsky.social of KCSB and my @hrw.org colleague @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social about the Trump admin's terrible budget bill and how it will make ordinary people pay for tax cuts for the rich with their health
Take a listen 👇
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Pleasure to join @rosiebultman.bsky.social on The People’s Program with my @hrw.org colleague @mattcconnell.bsky.social to talk about how Trump used the budget bill to kill a global rule meant to finally make companies pay a minimum tax rate on their profits. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Maksym Chernyak came to the US from Ukraine seeking safety. He died in ICE custody. This is his story. www.hrw.org/report/2025/... 🧵
As the #UCBill (without PIP) returns to UK Parliament for its third (and final?) reading, my post for @hrw.org
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The watered-down version of the Bill will still negatively affect many with disabilities and long term health conditions. The government should scrap it.
L'avenir de la finance est en train de se décider et cet avenir doit donner la priorité aux droits humains.
Human Rights Watch participe à la Conférence internationale sur le financement du développement à Séville, en Espagne.
@mattcconnell.bsky.social nous explique les enjeux ⤵
If you're not at the table, you're on the menu
This week, @hrw.org joined partners from around the world at #FfD4 in Sevilla, Spain to pressure governments, banks, and agencies to put human rights first
Watch a quick summary 👇
The future of money is being decided — and that future should put human rights first.
Human Rights Watch is at the International Financing for Development Conference in Seville, Spain.
Listen to @mattcconnell.bsky.social's dispatch:
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act isn't a solution to economic inequality or for managing immigration and asylum procedures — it's a blueprint for cruelty.
The US deserves a health care system that fulfills everyone’s human right to health, and a budget that makes this possible.
@hrw.org: Proposed #Trump administration "big beautiful bill" would benefit the wealthiest at the expense of human rights.
If signed into law, it would strip millions of people of health insurance coverage and harm rights in numerous other ways. - @mattcconnell.bsky.social
“It’s appalling that President Trump ran on a campaign to fix the economy but is delivering a budget that makes ordinary people pay with their health for tax breaks for millionaires."
More from @hrw.org 👇
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Tell the House: #NotOnOurWatch
7/ Gov. budgets should respect, protect, and fulfill all human rights — not reward billionaires
But the fight is not over.
📞 Call your House reps
📝And use the form below to tell them
📢 #NotOnOurWatch
www.hrw.org/NotOnOurWatch
6/ Researchers 👇 estimated that this bill could cause 51,000+ excess deaths per year due to loss of care and services!
This isn’t “balancing the budget” — it’s weaponizing it
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5/ But it doesn't stop there. 3+ million are set to lose food assistance through SNAP, while 10s of billions of $$ in public money goes to expanding abusive immigration detention, including for families
4/ 🏥 On health, cuts to Medicaid, CHIP and the ACA = 11.8 million people losing health insurance coverage!
Women, LGBTQ folks, rural and low-income people, and Black, Hispanic, and immigrant communities will be hit hard
3/ The most recent estimates from the @USCBO
found that the bill would cause:
– The Bottom 10% to lose ~$1,600/year
– The Top 10% to gain ~$12,000/year
That’s a – 4% hit for the poor, +2.3% gain for the rich!
It's inequality, turbocharged
2/ 💰 Massive tax cuts for the richest Americans and deep cuts to health care, food aid, and funding for programs necessary to protect the environment and our planet
It’s a massive transfer of wealth from public goods to private pockets
1/ 🧵 The US Senate just passed a budget that rewards the wealthy while slashing programs essential for human rights
They call it the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
Here’s what they think is “beautiful” 👇
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
@hrw.org
“It’s appalling that President Trump ran on a campaign to fix the economy but is delivering a budget that makes ordinary people pay with their health for tax breaks for millionaires” @mattcconnell.bsky.social @hrw.org on the catastrophe of a budget the senate just passed www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
How can we finance universal #SocialProtection in a world shaped by inequality & debt crises?
I joined @socialprotection.org , @afdbgroup.bsky.social, @unicef.org for a timely conversation about the need for political will ahead of #FfD4. socialprotection.org/learn/podcas...
🚨 Big news from Geneva: the @ilo.org has agreed to develop binding global standards on decent work in the platform economy. This is a major breakthrough—but the real fight is just beginning.🧵
#ILC2025 #GigWorkersRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
This is a low point.
Trump, having unconstitutionally obliterated foreign aid, asks members of Congress to bless the power he illegally took from them.
Trump’s cuts will save a rounding error, but cost America its credibility and hundreds of thousands of people their lives.
My latest piece for @inequality.org on how the platform economy runs on #inequality while sidestepping labor rights.
This isn’t about rejecting technology. It’s about making sure companies don’t hide exploitation behind an app. #ILC2025
inequality.org/article/the-...
"Whether [it] can live up to its promise will depend on whether governments live up to theirs.... far stronger commitments are needed, especially from Global North countries, to avoid repeating our mistakes"
More👇 from @hrw.org on the new @who.int pandemic agreement
www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
The House is trying to vote as soon as today on their budget bill. Several members who declared they wouldn’t cut Medicaid have now gone quiet as their ‘walk-the-plank’ moment approaches.
Forget what you promised? Don’t worry. We have receipts. 🧵🧾
Right now, the US House is considering a bill that would make health care less available, less affordable, and of poorer quality for millions
If you live in the US, use the info below to get in touch with your Congressmembers and tell them to reject these cuts!
#HandsOffMedicaid
Countries came together amidst scarcity to commit to a more just & healthy world. That is worth celebrating.
If the U.S. had applied these terms NIH-Moderna could have been affordable & available to rich & poor countries alike, saving hundreds of thousands of lives.
www.citizen.org/news/despite...
Right now, the US House is considering a bill that would make health care less available, less affordable, and of poorer quality for millions
If you live in the US, use the info below to get in touch with your Congressmembers and tell them to reject these cuts!
#HandsOffMedicaid
