Club de Madrid @clubdemadrid.bsky.social World's largest forum of democratic former Presidents and Prime Ministers to strengthen democracy, stimulate dialogue and foster sustainable development
Michel Forst @michelforst.bsky.social UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention
https://unece.org/env/pp/aarhus-convention/special-rapporteur
Maina Kiai @mainakiai.bsky.social Posting about human rights. Chair KHRC, co-founder InformAction. Former UN Special Rapporteur on assembly & association rights, HRW, Oversight Board & more.
Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social Political Ecology of Global Law 🌱🌹⚖️| TransLitigate Project at Tilburg Law School | Latin American enthusiast ❤️🔥
Notes from the Faultline @faultlinenotes.bsky.social We post from the faultlines: where human rights, power, and principles collide ⚡️
We track the loud cracks and the quiet shifts, and what they mean.
https://progresschange.org
Campaign to End Repression in Azerbaijan @endrepression-az.org 🕊️Free political prisoners
🫶Restore civic space & media freedoms
⚖️Uphold human rights & rule of law
https://endrepression-az.org
Sofie Gry Fridal Hansen @sofiegry.bsky.social Human rights defenders, small-scale fishers, gender equality, right to a healthy environment, ocean governance, and role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs).
Adviser at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark’s NHRI, humanrights.dk
@civilsocietylaw.bsky.social @civilsocietylaw.bsky.social 
Irene Petras @renepets.bsky.social Human rights lawyer and defender.
will neal @willneal.bsky.social writer, investigative journalist | 2025 Livingston Award finalist, Amnesty Media Award shortlistee | 2024 John Schofield Trust fellow | contact via willneal.org/
Advocacia Garcez @advocaciagarcez.bsky.social Escritório de advocacia desde 1996 representando exclusivamente trabalhadores e trabalhadoras, entidades sindicais, movimentos populares e partidos de esquerda. Labour, employment, and human rights lawfirm.
www.advocaciagarcez.adv.br
SP, BSB, RJ, CWB, FLO
Gina Romero / Special Rapporteur FoAA @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social Gina Romero, UN special rapporteur for Freedom of Assembly and of Association | Teaching at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia | Personal opinions, reactions not support - https://linktr.ee/GinaRomero
Vanja Skoric @vanjasko.bsky.social Human rights | Music | Fighting fascism with passion | ECNL| Surfing |PhD research at UvA| Tech will not save us but dancing might
Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social 🌍 Daily Human Rights Content 📊⚖️
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social Journalist and editor, providing news and analysis on the drastic reversal of liberal democratic values in Georgia 🇬🇪 Supporting Ukraine with all my heart and passion 🇺🇦
Mark Sidel @marksidel.bsky.social UW-Madison | Chair, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) | Liverpool School of Law + Social Justice | Chair, Myriad/Give2Asia | China Medical Board | Latitude Global | https://law.wisc.edu/profiles/mark.sidel
Thomas Cristofoletti @tcristofoletti.bsky.social Documentary cinematographer & photojournalist based between Bangkok, Thailand & Cambodia. Co-founder of Ruom Collective - 📷 on NYTimes - SCMP - BBC - Bloomberg
Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social Saudi Arabia and UAE Researcher @HRW • she/her
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/joey-shea
Teppei Kasai @teppeikasai.bsky.social Senior program officer at @hrw.org, based in Japan. Previously a multimedia journalist @reuters. Reach me at kasait@hrw.org. Tweets in English and Japanese.
国際人権NGOヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチ アジア局プログラムオフィサー。元ロイター通信記者。日英で発信します。
@bulljonas.bsky.social @bulljonas.bsky.social Former Assistant Researcher, Disability Rights Division, Human Rights Watch.
Almaz Teffera @almazteffera.bsky.social Senior Researcher on racism in Europe @hrw, ex @amnesty @ecre @AIRECenter, alumnus @Geneva_Academy. RTs not endorsements
ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social We are the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, working to empower civil society through legal and policy frameworks that protect civic freedoms.
www.ecnl.org
Mathias Huter @mathiashuter.bsky.social Transparency, freedom of information & anti-corruption
Chair, Forum Informationsfreiheit @infofreiheit.bsky.social
Managing Director, Global Civil Society Coalition for the UNCAC @uncaccoalition.bsky.social
Claire Ivers @claireivers.bsky.social Head of Advocacy @ Front Line Defenders 
Clarisse Ikeda Larcher @clarisseikeda.bsky.social Japanese & French, Human Rights Lawyer | Legal Associate at @LEDGE, strategic human rights litigation in Japan. https://ledge.or.jp/en/
EEA and Norway Grants @eeanorwaygrants.bsky.social Funding projects for a better #Europe. Iceland, Liechtenstein & Norway's contribution to reducing disparities & strengthening bilateral relations.
Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social Director of @boell.de South Caucasus Office, based in Tbilisi.
German & EU foreign policy | Wider Europe | democracy & autocracy | peace & security | feminism. PhD from FU Berlin. FirstGen. All views personal.
Matt Pollard @mpollard.bsky.social Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (@ICRC.org). Updating Geneva Convention commentaries & thematic legal adviser on food security, private military & security companies, detention, and torture & ill-treatment.
Terje Helland @terjehelland.bsky.social Geopolitics. Generous with compliments. Dedicated to helping others. Consultant. Communication. Rhetoric. Politics. Media.
https://buymeacoffee.com/terjehelland
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ENcouncil.org
Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social Sr researcher & advocate on economic justice, human rights watch. Imagining a world where economies unleash human potential for beauty.
Bassam Khawaja @khawaja.bsky.social Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa, @HRW.org
Senior Fellow, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
Counsel to Human Rights & Privatization Project, NYU Law
Mariam Nikuradze @mariamnikuradze.bsky.social Reporter and photojournalist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Co-founder and Executive Director at OC Media
Laura Thornton @laurathornton.bsky.social Democracy hack
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…
ARTICLE 19 Europe @article19europe.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and information in Europe and Central Asia.
#FoE #MediaFreedom #InformationIntegrity #SoJ
Max Fras @maxfras.bsky.social Researcher, international development consultant.
Europe, Caucasus, Middle East, Africa, bad puns.
Not Dmitry Medvedev.
Not quite the master of understatement.
Lincoln Mitchell @lincolnmitchell.bsky.social I kibitz about baseball, politics, and San Francisco and am, with apologies to Leonard Cohen, a lazy bastard living in dungarees and a San Francisco Giants cap. Check out my Substack "Kibitizing with Lincoln."
Inge Snip @lingelien.bsky.social Feminism. Dystopia. Noir.
A Literary Dispatch.
The Medusa Code on substack.
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.
Eva Cossé @evacosse.bsky.social Europe senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. Focusing on #Greece and #France.
Lisa Maier @lisamaier.bsky.social • Comms for @hrw.org
• Everything human rights
• available in EN/ES/DE
• Got a soft spot for soft tacos
• feminista siempre
Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social Independent journalist/researcher in the Philippines focusing mainly on human rights. 🇵🇭. Ex-HRW, ex-NYT. | carlosconde.substack.com
Luciana Téllez Chávez @lucianatellez.bsky.social Senior Researcher on Environment & Human Rights, forestry lead at @hrw.org / Working with front line defenders to protect their forests and uphold their rights. https://www.hrw.org/about/people/luciana-tellez-chavez
András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social Political & security analyst. 🇪🇺🇭🇺🇺🇸. FPRI Eurasia fellow, chief editor of Bear Market Brief. Delphi GRC fellow. Ex-CEPA, ESI. Posts about 🇷🇺, 🇪🇺, illiberalism & its limits. My own views.
Здесь вам не Toth.
www.noyardstick.com
minczifra.substack.com
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social Our mission is to ensure that the truth is always told.
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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social Press freedom is your freedom 🗞️
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Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley.bsky.social Investigating war crimes, pursuing justice, and preparing tomorrow's advocates.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com Brussels' premier independent news media on EU affairs. EUobserver is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what's really going on in Europe. Your support keeps us going: https://euobserver.com/memberships
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7.bsky.social Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian
shaun.walker@theguardian.com
Kate Connolly @kateconnolly.bsky.social International Correspondent, The Guardian
Emma Daly @emmadaly.bsky.social Recovering journalist and human rights activist
God @skeetofgod.bsky.social Disappointed but not surprised. Now ruling a brand new universe: https://theskeetofgod.com.
Mihra Rittmann @mihrarittmann.bsky.social Senior Central Asia Researcher / Human Rights Watch
Giorgi Gogia @ggogia.bsky.social Associate Europe and Central Asia Director at Human Rights Watch
Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas.
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@opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net Free thinking for the world 🌍 We're an independent media organisation. Find us > opendemocracy.net Also at @openDemocracy@newsie.social for those who toot too.
Freedom House @freedomhouse.bsky.social A prodemocracy organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.
Happy Being 🌿 @happybeing.bsky.social Your daily dose of mental peace ✨ | Tips, affirmations & tools for anxiety, stress & self-care 🧠💛 | 10K+ minds healing together | all you need is below 👇
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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social Author, Indonesia, Human Rights Watch, journalism, religious freedom and belief, freedom of expression, West Papua https://www.andreasharsono.net/
Jelger Groeneveld @jelgerg.bsky.social |🇬🇪Georgia|🏔️Caucasus | Strictly personal | Raadslid D66 Delft (cie Ruimte & Verkeer: mobiliteit & energietransitie)
www: https://eastwatch.eu
Eric Lee @erictlee.bsky.social Social Democrat. Historian, author, journalist, activist. Founding editor of LabourStart www.labourstart.org
Shota Hintsagty @hintsagty.bsky.social Interested in religion and nationalism, gender and queer politics, and media and democracy, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Doctoral researcher at Lund University. https://linktr.ee/hintsagty
Robin Fabbro @robinfabbro.bsky.social Serial procrastinator and editor-in-chief at OC Media. Host of the Caucasus Digest podcast.
Dominik K Cagara @dkcagara.bsky.social Co-founder and CFO at @ocmedia.bsky.social. Pronounced [t͡saˈɡara]. 🇵🇱🇪🇺
Batumelebi&Netgazeti @netgazeti.org News and analysis on Georgia, the Caucasus region, and beyond | Based in Batumi and Tbilisi, Georgia.
📌 https://batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social Open Caucasus Media — the Caucasus with depth. News, commentary, and multimedia from the North and South Caucasus.
Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social საზოგადოებრივ-პოლიტიკური ონლაინგამოცემა
Socio-political online media based in Georgia 🇬🇪
Hans Gutbrod @hansgutbrod.bsky.social Interest in policy, think tanks, Caucasus, dogs, ethics. Teach at Ilia State University.
Nicholas OPIYO @nickopiyo.bsky.social Human Rights lawyer
Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social Public Citizen has been standing up to corporate power and holding government accountable for 50 years. We're people-powered and accept no corporate money.
Andro @thisisandro.bsky.social Tbilisian in Kraków. Making a relocation from Twitter. Interest in Tbilisi stories, some politics & enjoy a good podcast. Arsenal fan. Not on here to pick fights.
Sandro 🇬🇪 @sandrog.bsky.social Renewables, Science, Governance
Jeffrey Vogt @jeffreysvogt.bsky.social International Labor Law Expert / Chair, ILAW Network / Member ILO Governing Body and ILO Committee on Freedom of Association / Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School Human Rights Program
Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social Droa Party Foreign Affairs. Lecturer, researcher. CEE Europe & Central Asia. University of St Andrews alumna.
Aspiring to foster a tangible Democracy, Inc.
Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social Protecting the Rights of People and Communities in the Era of Climate Change
Learn more about our work at https://cri.org/.
United Nations Global Compact @globalcompact.bsky.social #UnitingBusiness for a better world through #TenPrinciples on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
edu coalition (dm for details)
go bears!
Gina Romero @ginitastar.bsky.social Cuenta personal | Soñadora, trotamundos y buena vida.
Personal account.
Florian Irminger @florianirminger.ch At the intersection of international advocacy and solidarity with human rights defenders. Finding pathways for human rights and the rule of law amidst the global realignment. Father.
https://progresschange.org
Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social Fighting for human rights across UK & the world 🌍 follow for activism & news. Amnesty UK (Charitable Trust & Section).
http://amnesty.org.uk/
ICNL @icnl.bsky.social The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law works to improve the digital and legal environment for civil society, philanthropy, and public participation around the world. ⚖️ www.icnl.org
LydsG @lydsg.bsky.social Senior researcher on Eastern EU and Western Balkans at Human Rights Watch. Views expressed my own.
Elaine Pearson @elainepearson.bsky.social Asia Director, Human Rights Watch
Author of Chasing Wrongs and Rights
Paul Aufiero @aufierp.bsky.social Senior Web Producer @ Human Rights Watch
Philippe Dam @philippedam.bsky.social HRW's EU Advocacy Director, in #Brussels.
Abir Ghattas @abirghattas.bsky.social CIO & Director of Information Security @HRW • Feminist • @abirghattas@infosec.exchange •
Claudio Francavilla @claudiofrancavilla.bsky.social Associate EU Director at @hrw.org
Posts about #EU foreign policy on #HumanRights, mainly #MiddleEast, #Asia, #EUtrade, #UN #HRC
Slowly transitioning here from an irredeemably ruined Twitter. Usual caveats