Alex Faludy @alexander-faludy.bsky.social Journalist covering politics and religion in Hungary. https://alexfaludy.com
Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social UN director at @hrw.org. Native Detroiter, now in Queens, NYC. Recovering journalist, ex @reuters.com UN bureau chief. Formerly based in Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Hong Kong, UN HQ. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.edu PhD. Love to cook. And more…
FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) @fidh-official.bsky.social FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) is an international human rights NGO federating 188 organisations from 116 countries.
European Union Delegations to the United Nations @euatun.bsky.social Official news from the EU Delegations to the United Nations in New York, Geneva and Vienna.
Syinat Sultanalieva @syinats.bsky.social Central Asia Researcher @HRW.org [Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan];
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UPR Info @uprinfo.bsky.social We are an NGO dedicated to advancing human rights through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
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UN-SPexperts @un-spexperts.bsky.social The Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council are human rights experts independent from any govt or organization, serving in their individual capacity. 
Arzu Geybulla @arzugeybulla.bsky.social Co-Executive Director, Access Now
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Jonathan de Leyser @jondeleyser.bsky.social Foreign policy, human rights, trade. EU advocacy for
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Katharine Khamhaengwong @katharinegk.bsky.social senior editor @bindinghook.bsky.social / freelance editor & writer (eater, eurasianet, moscow times, oc media, oxford analytica, saveur, etc)
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int Media and comms advisor @ the 46-nation Council of Europe
@coe.int + #ECHR = "The most effective human rights protection mechanism in world history" (Shami Chakrabarti)
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Council of Europe Media Freedom @coemediafreedom.bsky.social Council of Europe's Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists and other CoE work on media freedom #EuropeForFreeMedia #pressfreedom https://fom.coe.int/
UN Geneva @ungeneva.bsky.social United Nations Office at Geneva: working for peace, rights & wellbeing since 1945.
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Council of Europe @coe.int 46 countries working together to promote
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Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (2020-2026) | Adjunct Prof. at Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity College Business School | Founder Front Line Defenders.
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Katya Andrusz @katyaandrusz.bsky.social Communicating for democracy and the rights of all, now head of communications at ecdc.europa.eu │ Previously odihr.osce.org │Disambiguation: UK/DE national │ Usual caveats apply
Joanna Lillis @joannalillis.bsky.social Almaty-based journalist reporting on Central Asia, author of Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan (2019) and Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan (out in November 2025)
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Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina.bsky.social head of the Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine)/ Nobel Peace Prize 2022/ Democracy Defender Award of OSCE 2016
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Aigerim Turgunbaeva @aigiturgunbaeva.bsky.social Journalist focusing on Central Asia
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Gina Christian @ginajessereina.bsky.social Multimedia Reporter, OSV News. Bylines at CatholicPhilly and Kyiv Post. Religion and human rights journalism. Podcast: Genocide in Ukraine.
Rights in Russia @rightsinrussia.bsky.social Providing information about human rights in the Russian Federation https://rightsinrussia.org
U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social The U.S. Helsinki Commission monitors human rights and international cooperation in the 57 countries of the OSCE. Repost ≠ endorsement.
Raphael Warolin @raphaelwarolin.bsky.social Working on human rights at EEAS. Previously Amnesty International, Peace Brigades International Mexico. - P Pieter Francois @pieterfrancois.bsky.social History, digital humanities, and cultural evolution.
@spaskag.bsky.social @spaskag.bsky.social 
Donnacha Ó Beacháin @donnachadcu.bsky.social Professor of Politics, Dublin City University (DCU)
Ukraine | Russian imperialism | South Caucasus | Central Asia | Belarus | Moldova | unrecognised states | Irish history, politics and foreign policy
Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social Historian. Coffee drinker
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Ann-Sofie Nyman @annsofienyman.bsky.social Central Asia Research, Publications & Polices / International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR, @iphr.bsky.social)
The Times of Central Asia @timesca.com The First English Language media outlet on the region, est. 1999. Central Asia's independent news source - covering politics, economics, culture, social issues, and foreign affairs. timesca.com Contact us: bit.ly/4g1ijim
Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social Opponent of Quiet Desperation. Contains Multitudes. In Search Of Meanness Or Sublimity. Former Moscow Correspondent. Vladivostok Fanboy. Chaotic Good. @RFERL
Niginakhon Saida @niginakhon.bsky.social Central Asian(ist). PhDing in memory studies. Researcher and writer. Sometimes a journalist. (Gender issues, Islam, memory and identity). My pronouns are u/uning
ChildAid to Eastern Europe @childaidee.bsky.social ChildAidee transforms the lives of vulnerable, disadvantaged and disabled children in #Ukraine and #Moldova.
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Giorgi Meladze @giomeladze.bsky.social Civil society activists, campaign strategist and human rights and democracy advocate from Georgia
I will be posting about civic activism in Georgia - Europe
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Heine Paus @heinepaus.bsky.social IHL, IHRL ++. Ex-broadcast journalist (NRK).
He/him. 🇳🇴+🇪🇺 citizen.
Hans Gutbrod @hansgutbrod.bsky.social Interest in policy, think tanks, Caucasus, dogs, ethics. Teach at Ilia State University.
Transparency International Georgia @transparencyge.bsky.social Official Account of Transparency International Georgia - Anti-corruption, Openness, Accountability, Democracy.
LIBERECO – Partnership for Human Rights @liberecophr.bsky.social We are a European NGO committed to defending and promoting human rights in Belarus and Ukraine.
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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social Human rights and watchdog NGO based in Budapest, Hungary. 🇭🇺🇪🇺
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Сибирь.Реалии @sibreal.org.web.brid.gy Сибирь.Реалии: Точные факты. Актуальные репортажи. Интервью. Жизнь в Сибири в рассказах сибиряков.
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social Human rights expert. Global authoritarianism, transnational repression, Turkey and Eurasia, academic freedom. Entirely personal account.
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Memorial in English @enmemorial.bsky.social Stories of resistance & the Soviet past that shapes our present. Preserving memory & bringing Memorial's work to the world.
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Arve Hansen @arvehansen.bsky.social 
Temur Umarov @tumarov.bsky.social Fellow at @carnegieendowment.org I write about Central Asia for @ceip-politika.bsky.social
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Peter Leonard @peterleonard1.bsky.social Journalist, my writing can currently be found at havli.substack.com
Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int Official account of Michael O'Flaherty, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, independent, non-judicial institution promoting human rights in Europe.
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Transparency International @anticorruption.bsky.social We are a global movement that wants to end the injustice of corruption worldwide 💙 Imprint: http://anticorru.pt/im
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Knox Thames @knoxthames.bsky.social Former diplomat writing about human rights, religious freedom, and interfaith understanding. Author of ENDING PERSECUTION. https://shorturl.at/fe3jE
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David Griffiths @dlgriffiths.bsky.social Strategy for a more just and equitable world. Free Thought consultancy. Associate Fellow at Chatham House.
Gwendolyn Albert @4-gwen.bsky.social Independent human rights activist
Anna Karjalainen @annakarjalainen.bsky.social British Swede 🇬🇧🍠 💙🌻 Yorkshire lass in West SE/ NO border. Studies in Post-Soviet Eurasia. Baltics, Central Asia. Independent Consultant. Uppsala University.
Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhcno.bsky.social Human rights and democracy in Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia.
Sara Machado @machadosara.bsky.social Human rights, advocacy and journalism 🇧🇷🇳🇴 Communications Adviser at the Norwegian Helsinki Committee @nhcno
Olivier Ferrando @olivferrando.bsky.social Enseignant-chercheur en science politique à l'Université catholique de Lyon
Chargé de cours à SciencesPo Paris
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Lene Wetteland @lenewett.bsky.social Head of the Documentation and Accountability Hub of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee https://bsky.app/profile/nhcno.bsky.social - defending human rights, civil society and accountability in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia.
Luca Anceschi @anceschistan.bsky.social Professor in Eurasian Studies at the University of Glasgow
Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) @zois.bsky.social Independent, int., publicly funded research institute focusing on Eastern Europe & sharing the results with policymakers, media & public.
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Marietta van der Tol @marietta1.bsky.social University of Cambridge | Trinity College | Conferences in Political Theologies | Comparative study of religion in politics, law and society | All the interdisciplinary stuff | Constitutionalist.
Regula M. Zwahlen @remaz.bsky.social Wissenschaftl. Leiterin "Forschungsstelle Sergij Bulgakov", Uni Fribourg ; Redakteurin "Religion & Gesellschaft in Ost und West" (RGOW)
Scientific Director "Sergij Bulgakov Research Center", Uni. of Fribourg; Journal Editor RGOW
Mina Wikshåland Skouen @minaskouen.bsky.social Senior Adviser, Norwegian Helsinki Committee 
@adamlhedmat.bsky.social @adamlhedmat.bsky.social 
John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social Professor @cais-exeter.bsky.social University of Exeter, UK. Author of "Security After Christendom" (2024) and "Indulging Kleptocracy" (2025). Academic freedom by/for/of academics.
@muzaffars.bsky.social @muzaffars.bsky.social Just a man with a phone. Father of a toddler, work in human rights.
Настоящее Время [Unofficial] @currenttime.tv.web.brid.gy Новости и репортажи из России, Украины, Беларуси, стран Азии
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Eurasianet @eurasianet.bsky.social Critical perspectives and on-the-ground reporting from the #Caucasus and #CentralAsia, with analyses you won't find elsewhere: 🔗 https://eurasianet.org/
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Bjørn Johan Berger @bjornjberger.bsky.social Dislike Putin's invasion of Ukraine (since 2014), disinfo and whatever threatens our democracies. Norsk-ukrainsk venneforening. Humanistprisen 2025.
Petter Abrahamsen @petterabrahamsen.eurosky.social Research Director, PhD in statistics.
“They must find it difficult, those who have taken authority as truth, rather than truth as authority.”― Gerald Massey
Márta Pardavi @martapardavi.bsky.social Co-chair of Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social, working on strengthening the rule of law and the work of human rights defenders.
Most of the time in Budapest, Hungary.
Csilla Czimbalmos @csillacz.bsky.social Senior portfolio manager at Norwegian Helsinki Committee | eclectic person
Association for Human Rights in Central Asia - #AHRCA @ahrca.bsky.social We are an independent association for human rights. We tell stories and provide legal support to victims of human rights violations and unlawful persecution in Central Asia.
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InterpreterNews @interpreternews.bsky.social Links to news and translations on Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Caucasus, Central Asia, Iran, Syria, and beyond -- in short, Russia's wars at home and abroad, international human rights and opposition movements.
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Michael Hall @mishahall.bsky.social Bostonian expat living in New York. Human rights. Academic freedom. Languages/linguistics. Russia, Central/Inner Asia. Politics of memory/commemoration. Books. The occasional lighthouse. Personal account, views expressed are my own. Repost≠endorsement. 🇺🇦🍉
Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social Join us to protect individuals and communities from government repression www.freedom-now.org
Philippe Dam @philippedam.bsky.social HRW's EU Advocacy Director, in #Brussels.
Mihra Rittmann @mihrarittmann.bsky.social Senior Central Asia Researcher / Human Rights Watch
Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social Journalist, author, thinktanker, baker, swimmer, politician. Lifelong Kremlin-basher.
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