Barbara Ratcliffe

[Hostage Aid Worldwide @HostageAid]

It is with deep sadness that Hostage Aid Worldwide shares the news that its Board Member Geoffrey Dive passed away. Below is the full statement.

https://t.co/8cX61aPEGn

[Amanda🌍 #FreeThemAll @Amandalavan1]

5761 days of imprisonment for Kurdish political prisoner #ZeynabJalalian without one day of furlough. The only woman prisoner with sentence of life. Zeynab is in need of medical treatment for her eyes. Silence allows the poison of intolerance to spread.

[Amanda🌍 #FreeThemAll @Amandalavan1]

What will be done today to bring Paul Whelan home from his constant abuse in Russia? Leaving him is not acceptable. The stand for justice is the voice of humanity against inhumanity. @SecBlinken @POTUS @StateSPEHA @brett_mcgurk @JakeSullivan46 @RepHaleyStevens

[Louisa Lewis @lewis_louisa]

I am delighted Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s guest edit of @BBCr4today won last night at @NYFestivals radio awards in the human interest category

Congrats to my team @Laura_cooper @HazelCMorgan @jadelauriston presenter @MishalHusain and my editor @omrgriffiths

#newyorkfestivals

[Caitlin Moran @caitlinmoran]

People fleeing for their lives from war & persecution should be treated as we would hope to be treated, if we were them. Please watch & share this film if you agree.
#NotACriminal #TogetherWithRefugees with @RefugeeCouncil

[Amanda🌍 #FreeThemAll @Amandalavan1]

The US has made a "substantial offer" to bring two American detainees home from Russia, its top diplomat has said. Please do NOT leave Paul Whelan behind.

@SecBlinken @PentagonPresSec @StateSPEHA @SenatorMenendez

#FreePaulWhelan #PaulWhelan https://t.co/lB8guex6zt

[Amanda🌍 #FreeThemAll @Amandalavan1]

UK/US citizen ##FreeMorad Tahbaz @FreeMorad1 was suffering from prostate cancer when he was arrested and thrown into Evin prison.

He was prevented from using his urinary catheter, lost the hearing in his left ear due to being punched in the head during interrogations @raisi_com

[Tulip Siddiq @TulipSiddiq]

A 13-year-old from Ukraine has been forced to return to her besieged hometown because the Home Office refused to let her come here as she was travelling with her 18-year-old sister rather than her parents.

I asked the PM if he thinks sending children back to a warzone is right.

[Reza Younesi رضا يونسى @RezaYounesi]

Anti-regime #IranProtests continue despite massive crackdown nationwide. The silence by the world will encourage the regime for further violation of human rights.

[Susanne Berger @bergersus]

⁦@Free_Djalali⁩ Ahmadreza Djalali’s wife and son plead for his life at a protest in Stockholm today. Please share and urge the EU, Sweden to use all possible resources and channels to prevent his execution in Iran.

[Geoffrey Dive @geoffdive]

This obscene case reaches a new low in Iran’s hostage diplomacy. The perpetrators should remember that universal jurisdiction will apply to them as well.

[Stephen Quentin @Stephen_Quentin]

#FreeMorad A petition begun by @AmnestyUK in support of Morad Tahbaz & calling on the UK government (@trussliz) to take “urgent action” to reunite him with his family has already gained over 15,000 signatures. You can find it at https://t.co/rSNLyHh3rZ https://t.co/3JGsTjPJJq

[Amanda🌍 #FreeThemAll @Amandalavan1]

Zeinab Jalalian is the oldest and only female political prisoner with a sentence of life imprisonment in Iran. #FreeZeynabJalalian

What can we do to help her? She doesn't deserve this.

She is going blind & tortured horrifically.

I ask you all to tweet her horrific situation.

[Free Morad @FreeMorad1]

Over two weeks have passed since Morad Tahbaz was abandoned by his own government. He remains in Evin Prison. How long must he suffer? @trussliz & @BorisJohnson must stand by their word and act to ensure his freedom. #FreeMorad

[Baxtak @AryanAshoori]

+10 years of combined unjust imprisonment & probably +30 years of combined campaigning in this photo. trying to let that sink in. the battle is over but the war for justice will never stop ✊ for now, we recuperate.

#FreeAnoosheh #FreeNazanin

[Shaparak Khorsandi شاپرک خرسندی @ShappiKhorsandi]

@Jeremy_Hunt For what it's worth, it was clear you really cared and it meant a great deal to you personally to get her out and not just a job.

[Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @Jeremy_Hunt]

PS this kind of open scrutiny as to whether we could do things better is what happens in democratic, open societies. It may be something they don't welcome in places like Iran and Russia but it is why, ultimately, we are wiser and stronger.

[Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @Jeremy_Hunt]

If democracies can show such impressive unity on Russian sanctions, surely we can do the same to stamp out the 19th century practice of hostage taking?

[Sir Jeremy Hunt MP @Jeremy_Hunt]

But it is right that an independent investigation now takes place as to what those reasons were, something I would be glad to assist with. Such a review also needs to assess whether our current policy is sufficient to stop hostage taking in the future.