Central Africa Director at Human Rights Watch. Husband. Dad. New Englander. Bo-Sox fan. UNC/SOAS/UoE. Re-tweets not endorsements. Views expressed are my own.
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Jun 12
1/ Violence erupted in downtown #Kinshasa #DRC today, as opposition politicians and their supporters were on their way to a sit-in to protest a potential constitutional amendment that could allow President #Tshisekedi to extend his stay in power. Reaction from @hrw 👇
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Le recrutement forcé & détention abusive de milliers de combattants capturés et de civils par le M23 & les forces rwandaises dans l’est de la #RDC constituent des crimes de guerre et nécessitent une enquête pour possibles crimes contre l’humanité. @hrw_fr
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
In Goma, Bukavu, and Nyiragongo, Rutshuru, and Masisi territories, M23 fighters conducted large scale ops, abducting people from the street, their homes, at meetings, churches, or schools, and holding them in makeshift detention facilities, military camps or undisclosed locations
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Jun 10
RDC: Human Rights Watch accuse le Rwanda et l'AFC/M23 de nombreuses exactions dans deux camps du Nord-Kivu rfi.my/CmFc.x
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Jun 5
Rwanda: Two journalists affiliated with a YouTube channel are facing charges for reporting on the Kigali Transit Center, an unofficial detention facility where authorities hold people deemed “undesirable,” and one of the capital’s worst kept secrets. trib.al/GhpwPdE
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
May 22
The current crackdown in the Democratic Republic of Congo "is eerily reminiscent of the Joseph Kabila era, with many Congolese activists and political opponents living in fear of retaliation by the authorities for merely expressing their opinion." trib.al/yxBLicv
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May 19
Félicien Kabuga, un suspect du génocide rwandais, meurt sans avoir été jugé. #Rwanda Point de vue pour @hrw_fr hrw.org/fr/news/2026/05/18/u…
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May 19
Kabuga died without facing trial. It robs the world of the opportunity to establish a full public record of the role he played in the genocide and a painful lack of closure for the victims of one of the gravest crimes of the 20th century. #Rwanda @hrw hrw.org/news/2026/05/18/rwan…
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
May 14
RDC: «Les crimes commis par le M23 à Uvira sont d'une gravité et d'une brutalité exceptionnelles» rfi.my/ChVy.x
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M23 rebels and the Rwandan army carried out killings, rapes and abductions during a month-long occupation of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in late 2025 and early 2026, Human Rights Watch said in a report reut.rs/3Ra3Dqn
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
May 14
[Podcast] 🎤RDC: «Les crimes commis par le M23 Ă Uvira sont d'une gravitĂ© et d'une brutalitĂ© exceptionnelles», selon @Bolopion @hrw. rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/invitĂ%… via @RFIAfrique
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May 15
M23 and the RDF committed atrocities in Uvira. Proud to have been a part of this new report by @hrw. The impunity for these crimes must end. hrw.org/news/2026/05/14/dr-c…
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Soulagée d’apprendre l’arrivée à Minembwe d’un convoi du CICR. Les parties au conflit doivent faciliter l’acheminement de l’aide humanitaire et le passage en sécurité des civils.
Communiqué @hrw_fr sur la situation dans les Hauts Plateaux (14 avril):
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Apr 30
#RDC 🇨🇩 : Après plusieurs mois de blocus humanitaire, un premier convoi du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge @CICR_Afrique est arrivé ce jeudi soir à Minembwe. La zone reste marquée par de violents affrontements entre l’AFC/M23 et ses alliés face aux FARDC, appuyées par l’armée burundaise et des groupes Wazalendo.
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Verdict attendu aujourd’hui à Bunia, #RDC, pour 3 activistes de la Lucha arrêtés pour avoir réclamé de l’eau potable. Les autorités devraient abandonner les poursuites et les libérer, et lever les restrictions abusives liées à l’état de siège. @hrw_fr
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Civilians in eastern #DRC face dire conditions as forces & armed groups in South Kivu impede aid & restrict movement. As #UNSC meets April 15, it should press for safe passage for civilians, unhindered aid access & sanctions on abusive commanders. @hrw
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Dans l’est de la #RDC, les civils font face à des conditions critiques alors que forces & groupes armés au Sud-Kivu entravent l’aide et limitent les déplacements. @hrw_fr
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Apr 14
Political opponents of the government in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being detained or disappearing. Senior members of the party of former president Joseph Kabila, who oppose the administration of President FĂ©lix Tshisekedi, have been targeted. trib.al/mJ6drnu
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Apr 2
An investigation of M23's one-month occupation of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reveals that Rwandan government forces were intimately involved with the M23's advance and directly complicit in their atrocities. trib.al/XUkFJYb
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Apr 3
Special Prosecutor’s death at critical moment in Central African Republic #RCA. New dispatch for @hrw on why Toussaint Muntazini’s legacy should be protected: hrw.org/news/2026/04/02/spec…
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Lewis Mudge retweeted
Apr 2
#RDC Human Rights Watch alerte : des fosses communes découvertes à Uvira après le passage du M23
mediacongo.net/publireportag… via @mediacongo @hrw @demontcl @LewisMudge
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