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1. I don’t expect much from the Saudi government when it comes to human rights.
But there is a horrific violation of human rights that I want to bring attention to.
This is Salma al-Shehab and she's just been sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting and retweeting.
This is not a painting. It is the most detailed image of a human cell to date, obtained via radiography, nuclear MRI, and cryoelectronic microscopy.
You are made of 84 minerals, 23 elements and 8 liters of water distributed through 38 trillion cells.
Activists will hold a vigil and protest for Owami Davies in Croydon on Friday, August 26. Organisers @DeliaMattis and @Ramonamac said ‘We are responding to the calls from our communities and allies to take to the streets and make our voices heard’ https://t.co/bnEOE5PeoL
This shouldn’t be happening. Women are dying and will continue to because of the overturn of Roe vs Wade.
This is not just about a woman’s right to choose (although we should always have that right). This is about women’s lives. This is our right to healthcare.
“She walked everywhere. She put her party shoes in a bag and donned her trainers. She walked. Zara believed that a woman should be able to walk home…She was in the heart of her community, ten minutes from home.
'We all need to be talking about what happened to OUR ZARA”