Lewis Mudge

@gateteviews But a report was done by the org less than two months after the massacre mzee. And we have continued to push for accountability for the FNL ever since. This one was more in my time hrw.org/news/2014/08/1…

@LewisMudge Lewis, you’re a newbie, this was done way before your time, kid..

French UN Worker killed in drone strike in Goma, Eastern Congo: When 166 Banyamulenge were massacred, and another 106 wounded, on August 13, 2004, at a United Nations-run refugee camp in Gatumba, near Bujumbura, Burundi, @hrw conducted the investigation and concluded it was an act of FDLR and Burundi’s FLN-Parmehutu. @hrw warned: “if we publish these findings, they will embolden Rwanda. Let’s classify them sine die.” That was the cause of the fallout between Rwanda and Human Rights Watch lead researcher, late Alison Desforges. No one has ever been held accountable for these crimes, not even the leaders of Burundi’s FNL-Parmehutu who claimed responsibility. The hesitation to name the culprit of the drone strikes in Goma that killed a French UN worker Karine Buisset fall in the same ideology. Imagine such cruelty! The lives of innocents do not matter if they validate Rwanda’s Responsibility to Protect (R2P): an international norm. I hope this investigation will not end in Thucydides proverbial: "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

#RCA La mort de Mathurin Kombo souligne la nécessité persistante de rendre justice. Nouveau communiqué de @hrw_fr hrw.org/fr/news/2026/0…

Maturin Kombo, one of the principal leaders of the 2014 Guen massacre in southwest CAR, has died in Bangui. His trial is ongoing. #RCA hrw.org/news/2026/03/1…

#Congo Vague de disparitions forcées à Kinshasa. Nouveau rapport de @hrw_fr hrw.org/fr/news/2026/0…

For the past year Congolese security forces have secretly arrested and detained people on spurious grounds in Kinshasa and detained them at theNational Cyber Defense Council. New report by @hrw hrw.org/news/2026/03/1…

The US government imposes sanctions on the Rwandan military and four senior commanders for “actively supporting, training, and fighting alongside the” M23, an “armed group responsible for human rights abuses & a mass displacement crisis” in eastern Congo. trib.al/PSXORLa

My report for @NPR from behind the government frontlines in Fizi territory, eastern Congo. The area is exceedingly hard to reach, and so much of the fighting and displacement is happening in silence. npr.org/2026/02/23/nx-…

Six ans après la mort en détention du chanteur #rwandais Kizito Mihigo, un autre détracteur, Aimable Karasira, risque des décennies de prison. La justice rwandaise est mise à l’épreuve sur la liberté d’expression. Dépêche pour @hrw_fr hrw.org/fr/news/2026/0…

Last week marked 6 years since #Rwanda|n gospel singer Kizito Mihigo died in police custody. As another critic Aimable Karasira faces a possible decades-long sentence, Rwanda’s judiciary is being tested on free speech. New dispatch for @hrw: hrw.org/news/2026/02/2…

Omar Shakir is disingenuous to say “I’m not aware of any precedent” for HRW’s executive director “overruling…the normal vetting process.” When I was ED, I was the last part of the normal vetting process for Israel-Palestine and regularly edited reports. trib.al/EUOAqav

En RD Congo, la fin des abus demeure lointaine, selon @LewisMudge ⤵️ hrw.org/fr/news/2026/0…

Breaking the authoritarian wave and standing up for human rights is a generational challenge. Today, Human Rights Watch launches our World Report 2026, documenting the events of 2025. #Rights2026 Learn more: bit.ly/4aagjDl

Despite rhetoric out of DC, an end to abuses is still distant in #DRCongo. But President Tshisekedi’s upcoming trip for a Minerals Summit could revive the peace accords. See latest dispatch for @hrw: hrw.org/news/2026/02/0…

The new @HRW director was right to suspend a report using a novel & unsupported legal theory to contend that denying the right to return to a locale is a crime against humanity. It had been rushed through the review process during a leadership transition. theguardian.com/world/2026/feb…

"We are living in a dangerous time in history." HRW's Executive Director Philippe @Bolopion discusses the state of human rights and democracy around the world during an Open Forum session at Davos this week.

“We are worried about our security. There are cases of soldiers or #Wazalendo going around asking for people’s phones+shooting at them.”- #Uvira #DRC resident, previously threatened by the #M23 @hrw on the need to protect all civilians, incl. Banyamulenge: hrw.org/news/2026/01/2…

Justice pour le meurtre de deux experts de l’ONU en RD #Congo : Les autorités congolaises devraient tenir compte des appels de la CNDH à s’assurer que les « auteurs intellectuels » soient tenus de rendre des comptes, avant la clôture du dossier. @hrw_fr ➡️ hrw.org/fr/news/2026/0…

Justice Elusive for UN Experts Murdered in DR #Congo: Authorities should heed the call last week from the National Human Rights Commission to ensure that the alleged "masterminds" behind the double murder are investigated, before the case is closed. @hrw ➡️hrw.org/news/2026/01/1…

Four Congolese soldiers raped & beat 17-year-old “Marie” in eastern #DRC. She made it to a health center, but they had no PEP kits due to the abrupt cuts to US aid. Marie later found out she was pregnant & HIV positive. Read more: hrw.org/news/2026/01/1…