Human Rights Watch Twitter Spaces

November 30, 2022 Iran, Middle East/North Africa | Women's Rights

Iranian women have been at the forefront of recent struggles for freedom and equality. What can be done to support them? HRW’s Birgit Schwarz is in conversation with Sussan Tahmasebi and HRW researcher Tara Sepehri Far. 
 

Iranian women on October 1, 2022, protest the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran.
November 28, 2022 Middle East/North Africa, Syria | Children's Rights, Migrant and Refugee Children, Migrants

Despite incredible suffering, many children repatriated from detention camps for ISIS families in NE Syria are successfully building new lives in their home countries. In this Twitter Space, we discuss how children repatriated from NE Syrian detention camps are doing, and how governments can help with their reintegration. 

A boy in a face mask sits alone on an airplane
November 23, 2022 Middle East/North Africa, Qatar | LGBT Rights, Migrants, Refugees and Migrants, Women's Rights

In our weekly Twitter Space, HRW discusses labor conditions in Qatar and the fashion industry, and how to ensure better protection for those who make events like the FIFA World Cup and fast fashion products possible.
 

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November 18, 2022 Immigrants’ Rights and Border Policy, Racial Justice, United States | Migrant and Refugee Children, Refugees and Migrants

HRW’s Amanda Klasing is joined by HRW researcher Ari Sawyer and Claudia Muñoz from Grassroots Leadership for a conversation on Operation Lone Star at the Texas border and the human costs of deadly deterrence.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott talks about Operation Lone Star during a press conference at the Texas Department of Public Safety Weslaco Regional Office on April 1, 2021, in Weslaco, Texas.