Elaine Pearson
@PearsonElaine
Asia Director, @hrw Human Rights Watch Author of Chasing Wrongs and Rights http://instagram.com/elainepearsonhrw BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/elainepearson
Imagine watching your kids cry inconsolably bc their stomachs are cramping w emptiness & there’s nothing you can do. That's reality for parents in Gaza due to Israeli-engineered mass starvation. Govs must urgently act—history will judge them. New from @hrw hrw.org/news/2025/07/2…
On July 12, Australia’s Albanese travels to Beijing for an annual leaders’ meeting with China's Xi Jinping. Here's what should be on the agenda: Transnational repression, abuses in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong & the crackdown on lawyers: hrw.org/news/2025/07/1…
Dr. Ali Al-Mudhwahi has continued to be arbitrarily detained by #Houthis for over a year now. He, like so many others in civil society, who've been held in arbitrary detention by the Houthis, spent his career working to better #Yemen.
It’s been over a year since my husband, Dr. Ali Ahmad Al-Mudhwahi, was forcibly disappeared in Sana’a, Yemen. Over a year filled with silence, pain, and endless waiting for his release. And every single day, our daughter Youmna asks me the same question: “When will Baba come…
This is the United States. 👇x.com/belkiswille/st…
Women held in male-only ICE facilities. People punished for seeking mental health care. Deaths that may have been linked to medical neglect. @hrw @Am4ImmJustice and SOS call for urgent reforms to end these abuses. #ImmigrationDetention #HumanRights🔗 hrw.org/news/2025/07/2…
New from @hrw: Jordanian authorities is forcibly evicting the Bedul Bedouin community from their historic homes in Petra — cutting water, suspending salaries, and detaining residents without charge. hrw.org/news/2025/07/2… @UNESCOJordan @UNESCO
It is vital to sustain programs that maintain scrutiny on North Korea - a government that prefers operating in the dark - and instead give North Koreans a window to the outside world. New from @hrw's @linayp fpif.org/north-koreas-w…
New @hrw report: Thai security personnel have engaged in racketeering through a semi-formalized system of extortion that involves “selling” unofficial “police cards” to Myanmar nationals looking for a pathway to documentation or just to avoid arrest. hrw.org/news/2025/07/1…
More than 1.4 million Afghans have fled or been deported from Iran since January during a government clampdown on undocumented refugees (500k+ since the Israel/Iran war last month) nytimes.com/2025/07/16/wor…
"Cow protection" in India has become part of the political agenda of leaders of the BJP and in some cases they have backed the alleged actions of the suspects “while the police have failed to take action against them”. bellingcat.com/news/2025/07/1…
🚨New @hrw finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand. The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals. hrw.org/news/2025/07/1…
Four years ago today, the Cuban government unleashed repression on thousands of Cubans who peacefully took to the streets demanding rights and freedoms. Hundreds remain behind bars in dismal conditions. Read our new @hrw report: hrw.org/news/2025/07/1…
Ten years after China’s crackdown on legal activism, lawyers say they are still being targeted. Our report 🎥👇 #China #709crackdown #wangquanzhanng
Bangladesh’s interim government has taken some positive steps to address enforced disappearances, but some of the hardest & most important steps remain to be taken, according to UN rights experts. hrw.org/news/2025/07/0…
US sanctions on @FranceskAlbs are all about silencing a UN expert for doing her job—speaking truth about Israeli violations & calling on govts & corps not to be complicit. US is dismantling int'l norms & institutions. States should resist & condemn these outrageous efforts. @hrw
Today I am imposing sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt @IntlCrimCourt action against U.S. and Israeli officials, companies, and executives. Albanese’s campaign of political and economic…
New @hrw report on South Korea “Punished for Getting Older" documents how 3 age-based employment laws and policies harm older workers & how inadequate social security programs exacerbate their situation. hrw.org/news/2025/07/0…
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders on a charge of gender persecution. #Afghanistan This could provide victims and their families with an essential pathway to justice.
I welcome the arrest warrants, a huge step forward for justice, esp. for women & girls. Sends an important message that impunity wont last. Also a clear message to States - do not normalize a regime which denies the fundamental rights&dignity of half #Afghanistan population.
Situation in #Afghanistan: #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II issues arrest warrants for Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani ⤵️ icc-cpi.int/news/situation…
In South Korea, you can get penalized simply for getting older. In a new report, HRW documents how South Korea’s laws and policies to protect older workers from age discrimination actually do the exact opposite. Read more: bit.ly/4lGERYR
China’s language policies impact over 60 languages spoken across the Tibetan Plateau. Linguistic diversity is “collapsing” in the region, with China refusing to recognize Tibet's minority languages & only acknowledging a single standard Tibetan language. documentedny.com/2025/06/23/tib…
It's been 10 years since the "709 crackdown" on lawyers in China. Lawyers still face ongoing harassment & authorities increasingly demand lawyers show “absolute loyalty” to the Community Party. New from @hrw hrw.org/news/2025/07/0…
