Charlie Lister

Tweets on #Corruption and #Conflict. Mostly on #MiddleEast.

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

It’s been 2 years since the #beirutblast, no one has been held accountable and the same people remain in power.

#Beirut deserves better.

[Sarah Copland 🦋 @sarahyvonne.bsky.social @sas_yvonne]

Thank you to Aus Ambassador to the UN, Amanda Gorely @AustraliaUN_GVA for highlighting the lack of justice &accountability for Isaac &all victims of the #beirutblast at the 51st session of the @UN_HRC.

I hope other States follow suit in keeping this on the international agenda.

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

If another country invades yours you have to resist right to the end. Otherwise they enslave you. We would do the same. We have to support Ukraine no matter what, otherwise who is next?

#UkraineRussianWar

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Putin wanted to freeze Ukrainian allies and defeat Ukraine.

Instead, even the weather is on our side: the temperatures were very warm on New Year's night, and support for Ukraine was voiced all over the world.

In London the fireworks were blue and yellow, to a Ukrainian song.

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Thank you FIFA, Blatter, Plattini for making the greatest decision to host the WC in Qatar, everybody's first choice of venue

How did this even happen? Where is the justice?

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

This is a depressing start to the Qatar World Cup.

“You invited the whole world to come here, why can’t we film? It’s a public place.”

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Two year war and over half a million deaths. That's half a million human beings that were killed for no real benefit for either side.

Yet it is shocking that the war in the #Tigray region has received so little media attention.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: After two years of a brutal civil war, the Ethiopian government and rebel forces in the country’s Tigray region have agreed to end the conflict, mediators say. https://t.co/BdQdRBoL4q

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Biden is officially playing both sides of the #Ukraine war by giving Ukraine $19 billion & negotiating with the Iranian regime to give them billions in the form of a nuclear deal.

Meanwhile #Iran is supplying Russia with drones to attack Ukraine.

[Power & Politics @PnPCBC]

"Iran is producing military equipment for the Russians and directly selling the drones to them. I don't know how the Iranians can say that isn't true," says Canada's Ambassador to the UN Bob Rae. "We know it's true."

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

The U.S. isn’t giving Ukraine ATACMS missiles (range 300 km) because it would be an escalation and cross Russia’s red lines. But Iran is supplying Russia with missiles that have ranges of 300 to 700km, and that is just normal business? https://t.co/0KocCC6URd

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: President Biden will "re-evaluate" the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia after it worked with Russia to cut oil production, an official said. He signaled openness to retaliatory measures proposed in Congress, like a halt to arms sales. https://t.co/fNJcuB4dNe

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Great news for Lebanon 🇱🇧 and Israel 🇮🇱 on this historic maritime border deal

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

Israel and Lebanon reach a historic agreement, settling a years-long maritime border dispute and potentially paving the way for gas exploration
https://t.co/m6mSCoeFp1

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I thought the whole point of selling arms to the Gulf States despite their human rights abuses, nonsensical Yemen War, working against US interests in Libya, Sudan etc, was that when an international crisis came, the Gulf could choose America over Russia/China.

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Iranian women should not have a compulsory hijab.

And Khamenei should not have his job.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING Iran's Khamenei accuses United States, Israel of stoking 'riots'

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Scenes like this one aren't surprising in #Burkina Faso where regular rallies take place in support of #Russia.

Russian influence in Mali has already prompted France to leave, suggesting that what we are really seeing is a proxy war between Russia and France.

[Samuel Ramani @SamRamani2]

Russian flags at a pro coup rally in Burkina Faso

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe cuts her hair in support of protests in Iran which are currently on their 12th day following #MahsaAmini's death

"For my mother, for my daughter... for the women of my country," she said

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

“For the fears that are bigger than reality”

British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe cuts hair in support of Iran protests
https://t.co/2CDy5GfTOD

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Suppressing free press is a known tactic of this repressive regime. Why are world leaders so quiet? The Iranian regime's actions cannot go unchecked

#MashaAmini #NiloufarHamedi

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

An Iranian newspaper journalist who played an important role in covering the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police is being held in solitary confinement https://t.co/JGOyHk55Oe

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

The death toll has since risen to 29.
Large numbers of displaced people are living in dire conditions. This outbreak will unfortunately continue to grow at a significant pace unless more funding is allocated to Syria.

[Save the Children Global Media @Save_GlobalNews]

FEATURED: @nytimes "Save the Children said data provided by the Syrian government indicated there had been 23 cholera-related deaths this week."
#Syria #cholera
https://t.co/89kFaRPfug

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Correction - this is the lowest the £ has been against the dollar so far...

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

The pound plunges to its lowest level against the US dollar - at just over $1.03 - since decimalisation in 1971 https://t.co/65JIcjD3xT

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Also this is the same Iran that is currently a sitting member of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women while demonstrators are being killed and injured by security forces.
#Mahsa_Amini

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Big respect to the women and men coming out against this symbol of subjugation. Iran's ruling mullah's repeatedly use violence and threats to scare people into silence.

[Golnaz Esfandiari @GEsfandiari]

Unprecedented scenes in Iran: woman sits on top of utility box and cuts her hair in main square in Kerman to protest death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police. People clap their hands and chant “Death to the dictator.”

#مهسا_امینی

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

‘May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest.’

In loving memory of Her Majesty The Queen.

1926 - 2022

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

I love this story very much

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"We met at 10:30pm last night and we've been together throughout the whole thing."

Jack and Zoe, two strangers who met in the queue to see the Queen lying in state, tell @MinnieStephC4 they're now planning to watch the Queen's funeral together on Monday.

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Sanctions don't always work.

When it comes to Russia they are largely self-sufficient in the key industries where it matters eg: oil, agriculture and raw materials.

Russia has also heavily invested oil profits into foreign currency reserves and now has the fifth largest reser

[Bloomberg @business]

Economists suspect Putin's sanction-hit economy may actually be getting a boost from the war effort https://t.co/AoGAnzvRfp

[Charlie Lister @Charlie__Lister]

Due to the financial crisis people in Lebanon can't access their money in their bank accounts. Also social insurances are extremely weak, if you end up in the hospital you will be asked to foot the bill yourself.

It's no surprise that people are getting desperate

[AJ+ @ajplus]

A woman in Lebanon held a bank hostage with a toy gun to access family savings to pay for her sister's cancer treatment.

Banks have frozen people's accounts for 3 years due to its economic crisis.

"I was going to sell my kidney," she said: "I have nothing more to lose."