Brita Wagener

former civil servant of the German Federal Foreign Office, last post Ambassador to Ethiopia and the AU - personal account, RT not endorsement

[Steffen Seibert @GerAmbTLV]

Fighting anti-semitism is too important to fight with the wrong people. This film shows a harsh reality. It sides with Palestinians whose homes are being demolished. You can argue over the politics of it. But “anti-Semitic tendencies”? The accusation is plain wrong.

[Brita Wagener @BritaWagener]

Magnifique journée au salon du livre à #Gordes. Rencontres avec #JeanChristopheRufin, #NathalieSaintCricq, #Bartabas -https://t.co/0DsElvkXwb.
Wunderbarer Tag gestern in Gordes beim "Salon du Livre" mit Jean Christophe Rufin, Nathalie Saint-Cricq und Bartabas. Neue Lektüre!

[Brita Wagener @BritaWagener]

#EqualPayDay

[Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם @yuval_abraham]

A right-wing Israeli mob came to my family’s home yesterday to search for me, threatening close family members who fled to another town in the middle of the night. I am still getting death threats and had to cancel my flight home. This happened after Israeli media and German politicians absurdly labeled my Berlinale award speech - where I called for equality between Israelis and Palestinians, a ceasefire and an end to apartheid - as ‘antisemitic’. The appalling misuse of this word by Germans, not only to silence Palestinian critics of Israel, but also to silence Israelis like me who support a ceasefire that will end the killing in Gaza and allow the release of the Israeli hostages - empties the word antisemitism of meaning and thus endangers Jews all over the world. As my grandmother was born in a concentration camp in Libya and most of my grandfather’s family was murdered by Germans in the holocaust, I find it particularly outraging that German politicians in 2024 have the audacity to weaponize this term against me in a way that endangered my family. But above all else, this behavior puts Palestinian co-director Basel Adra’s life in danger, who lives under a military occupation surrounded by violent settlements in Masafer Yatta. He is in far greater danger than I am. I’m happy our award winning film, No Other Land, is sparking an important international debate on this issue - and I hope that millions of people watch it when it comes out this year. Sparking a conversation is why we made it. You can have harsh criticism of what me and Basel said on stage without demonizing us. If this is what you’re doing with your guilt for the holocaust - I don’t want your guilt.

[Brita Wagener @BritaWagener]

The great @MulatuAstatke1 & band in concert in #Berlin tonight. Enjoyed tremendously listening to #Ethiojazz at its best 4 yrs after I left #AddisAbaba. Thans for coming to Berlin! The hall was packed! @EstifanosSamuel @GerEmbAddis @addisfineart @LCHartmann @DrGetahun @Makie_ETH

[Ruprecht Polenz🇪🇺 @polenz_r]

Großartige 2 Min

[Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie @BMWE_]

"Diese Republik ist der beste Staat, den Deutschland je hatte. Wir müssen für sie einstehen. Seien wir solidarisch, als Demokratinnen und Demokraten und in diesem Sinne patriotisch. In dieser Woche und in den nächsten, in dieser Zeit." – Bundesminister #Habeck im Video.

[Brita Wagener @BritaWagener]

Melkam genna to all my Ethiopian friends who celebrate Christmas today!

[Brita Wagener @BritaWagener]

@JTrittin Danke für solide und fundierte politische Arbeit! Und jetzt alles Gute für das, was Sie jetzt vorhaben!

[Brita Wagener @BritaWagener]

@AA_stabilisiert @AuswaertigesAmt Viel Erfolg, eine glückliche Hand und auch Freude beim Job!

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

More than 250K Israelis demonstrated tonight in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, and other cities across the country against the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul (photo of the demonstration in Tel Aviv: Gilad First)

[Brita Wagener @BritaWagener]

#NotATarget

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

I strongly condemn the ruthless murder of our @WFP team member in #Yemen today.

Moayad was a dedicated humanitarian. He served WFP with tireless commitment for 18 years in Sudan, Syria & Iraq.

Those responsible must be held accountable. Aid workers should never be a target.

[Frauen@diplo e.V. @FrauendiploeV1]

Gleich geht‘s los: Wir feiern unseren 5. Vereinsgeburtstag 🥳🥳🥳

[Brita Wagener @BritaWagener]

Reassuring to know you in this position! Important Job! Congratulations for another term.

[Barbara Lochbihler @blochbihler]

It is my honour to serve for another four years on the Committee on #EnforcedDisappearance #CED. Thanks to all who made this possible and trust in my work @UNTreatyBodies

[Brita Wagener @BritaWagener]

It is outrageous what they do to #OsmanKavala ! He should have been released long time ago!

[Kavala'ya Özgürlük @FreeOsmanKavala]

#OsmanKavala's statement about the series broadcast on TRT's digital platform 👇
https://t.co/uhIjglCQr0

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

#Tigrayans continue to be targeted In #Ethiopia despite the ceasefire

https://t.co/dRQNKOR0RC

“Because of the specific targeting of Tigrayans in Ethiopia, during the 2-year long conflict, but also since the ceasefire, in June 2023, Parliamentarians in the U.K. launched an inquiry into the situation of the community, the Tigray Inquiry. The Tigray Inquiry is led by the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Law, Justice and Accountability, chaired by Brendan O’Hara MP, Lord Alton of Liverpool and Baroness Kennedy KC, and conducted with the assistance of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. The inquiry is to consider the situation and make preliminary findings and recommendations for the U.K. Government.”