Paul Dillon

Geneva-based former Sr UN media & comms manager; recovering journalist - 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🇮🇩 🇨🇭

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

@PapaGuerriero @Matthew_ONeill5 @NukeTheCTC @Pfitz777 @NHL_Muse @Ash_is_cold “What kind of (actual) American are you?”

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

@CitImmCanada Immigration lawyers/brokers joke that IRCC’s website functionality is so poor it seems designed to keep them in business.
With my PR hat on; it’s a bad look for IRCC’s spox to be laughing in the set-up. This is a serious issue for people trying to navigate a complex system

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. I discussed the largest fraud in the history of the US immigration system perpetrated by DHS and the State Department. Even Republicans on the Committee were shocked by what this administration is doing to legal immigrants!

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

The good stuff comes about 35mins into this unhinged hour and 12 minute ramble, right after the bit where he says there’s no point defending something you don’t own.
https://t.co/cuzTCQnOES

[Austin Kocher, PhD @ackocher]

ICE is Irritated by Facts, News Struggles to Get Facts Straight

Spokespeople for the immigration agency are upset over my research that shows the agency focusing on immigrants without criminal histories, but the news isn't always helping matters.

https://t.co/xcZEJbY8Ac

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#Gaza: Since 27 May, Israeli army reportedly killed over 410 Palestinians who were trying to get food.

Killing and wounding of civilians resulting from the unlawful use of firearms constitute a grave breach of international law & a war crime.

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

@DylanLeigh03 @Hokaheyway @RonFilipkowski What he 👆🏻said

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

Citing commitment to “racial justice and reconciliation” a leading US faith-based resettlement agency, will no longer provide assistance to newly arrived #refugees after it was asked to help white #Afrikaners fast-tracked for resettlement
Read More ➡️ https://t.co/8aHxcjllpK

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

@JFreshHockey Just sayin’…

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

Exclusive: US may soon deport migrants to Libya on military flight, sources say | Not ⁦@TheOnion⁩ https://t.co/uOY193jjTV

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

“We are breaking the bodies and the minds of the children of Gaza.”

WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, expressed his frustration about the devastating situation unfolding in Gaza, stating that the world is allowing this “abomination” to continue

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

This from @UNAIDS on the eve of #ZeroDiscriminationDay, acknowledging the critical role communities play in public health.

[UNAIDS Global @UNAIDS]

Update on the status of UNAIDS agreement with the U.S. Government/USAID
https://t.co/6ytlfxhhoC

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

Another brutal day: 92% of 6,300 #USAID projects and two-thirds of State Dept-funded projects have been terminated by Pete Marocco - Trump’s USAID threshing machine. Thousands of jobs lost and millions, primarily in the global south, impacted.

https://t.co/17YFel7DQH

[NHL @NHL]

Four nations, facing off! Watch behind-the-scenes now! #4Nations

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

I was saddened to learn of Lisa’s death. Funny and iconoclastic, we had a good working relationship for many years. Big gap in the Geneva international press pool

[ACANU @ACANU_Geneva]

#Sadness @UNGeneva
It is with deep emotion that we learned of the passing #Geneva of our colleague Lisa Schlein (1934-2025) correspondent for @VOANews @DeutscheWelle @ABC for several decades. Her pertinent questions & her laughter will be missed. Oir thoughts are with her family

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

At noon Friday, February 7, “all #USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally”. All overseas workers to be repatriated.

Thoughts are with the thousands of employees and their families impacted by this lunacy.

Read more 👇🏻 https://t.co/SNjp8V5cre

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

.@USAID security chiefs on leave after trying to keep DOGE from classified info day after Agency’s website goes offline https://t.co/vtAmwkVo8w

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

Journalists Behind Bars: China, Israel & Myanmar the Worst Offenders in 2024 https://t.co/IASYToYPs0

[Paul Dillon @Dillon_PaulJ]

35 years after 14 beautiful lives were ended by an incel with a gun intolerance is ascendant, misogyny mainstreamed, the religious kiss the rings of villains, and indigent women vanish daily from city streets. Ecole Polytechnic was supposed to be a turning point. Sadly it wasn’t.

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

🆘🆘 from our @UNRWA staff in northern #Gaza.

Nearly three weeks of non-stop bombardments from the Israeli Forces as the death toll increases.

Our staff report they cannot find food, water or medical care.
The smell of death is everywhere as bodies are left lying on the roads or under the rubble. Missions to clear the bodies or provide humanitarian assistance are denied.

In northern Gaza, people are just waiting to die.
They feel deserted, hopeless and alone. They live from one hour to the next, fearing death at every second.

Throughout the war over the past year, some UNRWA staff stayed in the north & did the impossible to provide aid to internally displaced people.
We kept some of our shelters open despite heavy bombardments & attacks on our buildings.

On behalf of our staff in northern Gaza, I am calling for an immediate truce, even if for few hours, to enable safe humanitarian passage for families who wish to leave the area & reach safer places.

This is the bare minimum to save the lives of civilians who have nothing to do with this conflict.

#CeaseFireNow