Simon Adams
@SAdamsR2P
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President & CEO of the Center for Victims of Torture @CVTorg. Working with torture survivors & human rights defenders around the world. Also, @Skateistan
New York
Joined September 2011
The UN Security Council failed to uphold its responsibility to protect during the 2017 #Rohingya genocide, but #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar today requires a coordinated international response. Statements of concern won't be enough. (My comments on @CNN ⬇️)
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4 years since the military coup in #Myanmar, the junta has not honored a single commitment it made to ASEAN. It is time for ASEAN members to recognize @NUGMyanmar, condemn the proposed sham elections, and isolate the Generals once and for all.
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The US "foreign aid freeze" endangers the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people - including torture survivors, refugee children and others who are @CVTorg clients.
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RT @CVTorg: Story by @karlahult and comment from @SAdamsR2P on impacts of the U.S. funding freezes on CVT and our fellow local int'l humani…
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RT @AP: BREAKING: Appeals court refuses to halt an order requiring the Trump administration to unfreeze all federal funding.
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The RSF, losing on the battlefield, continues to commit atrocities against civilians in #Sudan instead.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a violent attack on the Zamzam camp in North Darfur on Tuesday, committing widespread abuses against displaced people and forcing thousands to flee towards the city of El Fasher. Video 1: Zamzam market ablaze following an RSF attack on February 11, 2025. Video 2: RSF elements announced their arrival at Zamzam camp.
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Forcibly annexing territory and displacing the Palestinian population is ethnic cleansing. Full stop.
Can you believe Trump actually said this in front of Jordan's King Abdullah II. “We’re going to have Gaza without buying. No reason to buy, there is nothing to buy. It's Gaza, it's a war-torn area. We're going to take it.”
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Journalism and truth-telling is a crime under #Myanmar’s military dictatorship. A free press is the lifeblood of a free society. 🇲🇲
Asia is the region with the highest number of journalists behind bars in CPJ’s 2024 prison census, with 111 journalists accounting for more than 30% of the global total. Read CPJ’s #2024PrisonCensus: #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeThePress
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RT @SAdamsR2P: "We Are in Disbelief." Medhanye, one of @CVTorg's furloughed staff in Ethiopia, talks about the destruction of USAID and ho…
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The people of Georgia continue to brave the freezing cold and ignore police intimidation as they occupy Rustaveli Avenue and fight for their country's democratic future. 🇬🇪
Day 74 on Rustaveli Avenue. “Police everywhere, justice nowhere” “No justice, no peace” #GeorgiaProtests
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"We Are in Disbelief." Medhanye, one of @CVTorg's furloughed staff in Ethiopia, talks about the destruction of USAID and how it will cost lives in one of the most vulnerable and strategically important parts of Africa.
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RT @SAdamsR2P: Torture survivors deserve a pathway to healing and hope, not closed doors. @CVTorg's clients are people who have resisted ty…
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RT @UNReliefChief: Unimaginable destruction in Gaza: homes, schools, hospitals reduced to rubble. Survivors tell me we have to bear witnes…
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Torture survivors deserve a pathway to healing and hope, not closed doors. @CVTorg's clients are people who have resisted tyranny and injustice. Supporting them should be a non-partisan issue.
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RT @CVTorg: “Some were imprisoned and tortured, some have survived persecution and atrocities, some had loved ones taken from them and ‘dis…
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RT @mazenadarwish3: Caesar of Truth, the noble Syrian: Farid Al-Madhan - Head of the Judicial Evidence Department in the Military Police I…
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RT @RefugeesIntl: Shutting down USAID will not make the U.S. safer, stronger, nor more prosperous. Instead, it will endanger millions of li…
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RT @SAdamsR2P: Every day for 3 years #Russia has been committing war crimes as part of its illegal invasion of #Ukraine. It is more importa…
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