Trending rights tweets this week: Five years since Angela Merkel admitted one million refugees to Germany, they have largely been a success story; violent protests erupt in Colombia after a man dies in police custody; a devastating fire breaks out in the refugee hotspot on Lesbos island, Greece; and children power in Thailand as young students across the country join the democracy rally.
The fearmongers were wrong. Five years since Merkel admitted 1M refugees, they have largely been a success story, judging by their employment, mastery of the language, university attendance, and integration. The predicted violence came from the far right. https://t.co/UKQMuAoBOt pic.twitter.com/wTQV4JO9pw
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) September 5, 2020
Violent Protests Erupt in Colombia After a Man Dies in Police Custody. https://t.co/imNVVjOrqN
— José Miguel Vivanco (@JMVivancoHRW) September 10, 2020
#Children’s power! @HRW witness young #students across #Thailand join #democracy rally. We watch over to ensure their rights and freedoms are respected. Ending repression at school is essential step to end authoritarian rule. #เยาวชนปลดแอก #นักเรียนเลว #WhatsHappeningInThailand pic.twitter.com/C7roLJ7h4O
— Sunai (@sunaibkk) September 5, 2020
Indian government should stop use of pellet-firing shotguns in #Kashmir, says @hrw. Inherently inaccurate, they cause indiscriminate and excessive injuries. UN called these shotguns firing metal pellets "one of the most dangerous weapons used in Kashmir." https://t.co/wLECwmZQmT
— Jayshree Bajoria (@jayshreebajoria) September 4, 2020
Half a dozen police officers tackle & arrest a 12-year-girl buying crayons…
In case you needed further proof that Hong Kong authorities have completely lost the plot… https://t.co/bPJig1d6M3 pic.twitter.com/pgty6hC9ss
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) September 7, 2020
?#China diplomats like to say criticism of its #humanrights record comes only from a few western govts trying to score geopolitical points. But this week +300 civil society groups clapped back–from all over the world. https://t.co/raZBAc8Zum
— Sophie Richardson (@SophieHRW) September 10, 2020
Update: Wang Zhang’s wife has now been formally arrested on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power,” for, well, calling for the release of her husband. https://t.co/Ca6NAFubKu
— Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 (@Yaqiu) September 6, 2020
WaPo reports ICE transferred detainees to a Virginia immigration jail in June IN ORDER to fly agents on a charter flight to DC to police protests there. 100s got Covid-19 in the facility.
James Thomas Hill, a 72-year old Canadian who had been detained there, died in August. https://t.co/LVY5sLLs4b pic.twitter.com/rXfq0tRmuM
— Clara Long (@clarychka) September 11, 2020
Please, please, everyone watch this. Watch this. Watch this, please, please, please…Watch this. https://t.co/YQOp4acLWH
— Bill Frelick (@BillFrelick) September 10, 2020
“No figure has fallen so far and so fast as Aung San Suu Kyi. Had she used her immense popularity and vast parliamentary majority in a more concerted way to rid the country of its repressive laws & practices, she would have accomplished so much more” @hrw https://t.co/HiC5QC8HyN
— Phil Robertson (@Reaproy) September 11, 2020
Breaking! #Moria, the refugee hotspot on Lesbos island, is on fire while 1000s of women, men and children are trapped inside due to #Covid lockdown. Hope everyone will get out safe ? pic.twitter.com/1WAKYjf257
— Eva Cossé (@Eva_Cosse) September 8, 2020
A dangerous moment: Unidentified men in black have grabbed leading Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and pushed her into a minibus. Urgent international appeals are needed for her safety. https://t.co/IWzS73x2mt pic.twitter.com/HwEiZq76lr
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) September 7, 2020
