Aaron Clements-Hunt

Researcher, writer and analyst. Conflict & Human Rights. MA in Holocaust & Genocide Studies.

[Aaron Clements-Hunt @AaronClementsHu]

My MA (Holocaust & Genocide Studies) research focused on the civilian experience of siege warfare in Douma, Eastern Ghouta (EG). Besieged between 04/13 and 04/18, Douma's civilian population was subjected to the longest siege in modern history. (1)

[Omer Bartov عومر بَرتوف עמר ברטוב @bartov_omer]

Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars https://t.co/zzQhNojLNa

[Uğur Ümit Üngör @ugur_umit_ungor]

The #Assad regime's murderous dictatorship in #Syria has fallen. Syrians are elated and their moods seem to be a mix of celebration and apprehension. Amid these rapid changes, this is a reminder what the regime was most infamous for: militias, massacres, and prisons. A thread 🧵

[Uğur Ümit Üngör @ugur_umit_ungor]

@bashar__asad إحترامي سيدي! 🥾🥾
As soon as our request for research access to the #Mukhabarat archives is granted, we will publish a full update on all the massacres in #Syria you ordered in the past 13 years.
عيني ربك سيدي الرئيس
يا قائد الخالد، حبيب الملايين أبو حافظ 🦆

[Aaron Clements-Hunt @AaronClementsHu]

As protests escalate in #Nairobi, the first contingent of Kenyan Police are arriving in #Haiti to begin their long awaited peacekeeping deployment. They will need to show far more constraint and discipline than their colleagues have demonstrated outside Parliament today.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

At least 2 bodies are lying on the ground after we heard police using live rounds outside Parliament

[Aaron Clements-Hunt @AaronClementsHu]

For those, like me, who can’t speak/read Dutch - this one is well worth putting through a translator and having a read. Raises a number of interesting and pertinent points. Not to be missed.

[Thomas van Linge @ThomasVLinge]

This thread is only a fraction of what I've seen & what people told me in Karenni state, Myanmar.

If any editors would be interested in any stories about Karenni, the people, war, refugees, war crimes, drone units etc, or if anyone know of any editors who might, my DMs are open!

[The Syria Campaign @TheSyriaCmpgn]

.@BBCLinaSinjab takes us on a journey into Damascus today, exposing a world where a veneer of modernity, promoted by the regime, is undermined by the stark realities of economic collapse and ongoing state repression https://t.co/KNOs8EoU9F

[The Syria Campaign @TheSyriaCmpgn]

Join our webinar to hear from @IamArwaDamon and our expert speakers Nahed Samour, Mariana Karkoutly, Catriona Murdoch & Uğur Ümit Üngör as they lay out new evidence of the Syrian regime’s starvation of Palestinians in Yarmouk, propose pathways for states to pursue accountability & call for an end to the ongoing starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Register: https://t.co/AiO3bZhzvr

[Airwars @airwars]

In collaboration with @thetimes we provide a window into the scale of loss in Gaza since October.

To date we have identified hundreds of families killed together in single strikes.

https://t.co/eP3M56KzeR

[Oz Katerji @OzKaterji]

The only comment I’m going to make on this pack of absurd lies by Owen Jones in today’s Guardian is point out that when I revealed that his ally, mentor, former boss & then-Labour head of communications Seamus Milne supported Russia’s mass bombardment of Syria, Owen said nothing.

[Aaron Clements-Hunt @AaronClementsHu]

@ACLEDINFO All good now thank you 👍🏻

[Mazen.Darwish -مازن درويش @mazenadarwish3]

“The French judiciary’s issuance of arrest warrants against the head of state, Bashar al-Assad, and his associates constitutes a historic judicial precedent. It is a new victory for the victims

[Aaron Clements-Hunt @AaronClementsHu]

Is anyone else having trouble accessing @KivuSecurity tracker website? Have been trying for a couple of days with no luck.

[Uğur Ümit Üngör @ugur_umit_ungor]

The #Assad regime's paramilitary death squads are known as #Shabbiha. With fellow researchers, I've been examining their prehistory, inception, and violence since 2011. This will lead to my monograph, "Assad's Militias and Mass Violence in Syria", forthcoming with @CambridgeUP.

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

New Lines has won the Chair Award at @TheDrum for the groundbreaking investigation into the Tadamon massacre in Syria, "How a Massacre of Nearly 300 in Syria Was Revealed" by @ugur_umit_ungor & Annsar Shahhoud.

Read the award-winning piece here: https://t.co/aoKcowrlgE

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

We are failing to resolve conflicts; failing to prevent conflicts; failing to protect civilians in their homes– therefore they have to flee. We must understand the magnitude of these displacement figures – more than double the figure from just 10 years ago
https://t.co/IWvfgVI9oE

[Airwars @airwars]

"Our mission has always been to document the human cost of war and force militaries to account for civilians harmed.

That doesn't change. But how we achieve that will evolve in the coming years"

Director @Emily_4319 in our 2022 annual report.

https://t.co/nDtJZJgN7t

[Vatnik Soup @vatnik_soup]

In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce a British musician and activist, Roger Waters (@rogerwaters). He's best-known for his involvement in Pink Floyd, and for his love for the totalitarian regimes and their lies around the world.

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[Aaron Clements-Hunt @AaronClementsHu]

Stepped off the tram at Leidseplein today and was greeted by this destroyed Russian T-72B. Knocked out near Bucha in March 2022. A 45 tonne reminder of Putin’s lunacy and the bravery of Ukraine’s defenders. #SlavaUkraini