1. The single best way to understand Iran's uprising is not any book or essay, but Shervin Hajipour's 2m anthem "Baraye" which garnered over 40m views in 48h (before he was imprisoned). Its profundity requires multiple views. (Translation by @BBCArdalan)
On the occasion of the Eighth Annual Commemoration of the #YazidiGenocide, Yazda with @ZovPartnership join forces to demand urgent action for Sinjar and all Sinjaris.
Joint Press release: https://t.co/1Q5WNKaZpA
Ms. Khawla Ismail Khudaida, member of Yazidi Surviors Network, (YSN) shared:
"We used to live in simplicity and our dreams were very modest. We used to love our neighbors, and we did not hold hatred towards any human being."
#YazidiGenocide#8_years_inaction@ZovPartnership
Good news - 6 years after the conviction in Senegal of ex-#Chad dictator #HissèneHabré, the African Union #AU will begin operations of the Trust Fund to compensate his victims. Now the hard work begins. background - https://t.co/ZeIxh2VY3w
We are a signatory to this important statement
After 15 years of imposed closure on Gaza, it is time for the UK govt to demonstrate its support for the rule of law and the rights of peoples under occupation and urgently uphold its legal and moral duties to the Palestinian people
Read @oonahathaway on how the United States and its international partners can set up a court through the United Nations General Assembly to prosecute those responsible for Russia’s illegal war of aggression in Ukraine.
https://t.co/LCVMtl6hW7
As B'Tselem has stated again and again: no one should wait for Israel's "investigations" nor expect that they will deliver justice for Palestinians. It is time for the world to finally wake up to this reality and take action. Anything else simply enables Israel's impunity.
Our urgent action letter requesting the UK govt closely monitors the Israeli authorities' investigation into the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist #ShireenAbuAqla. It is imperative that there is full legal accountability for this alarming incident https://t.co/xOhwnAZPrr
Fixed it for you, @nytimes.
Shireen Abu Akleh dedicated her life to exposing Israeli military violence in a hostile, biased media landscape that reports Israel’s lies as facts and erases Palestinians’ truths — now, including the truth of her own assassination.
Do. Better. NOW.
I want to sleep and wake up in a world where men stop making decisions about women & our bodies. Just leave us alone. Focus on the climate. Stop the wars. Do something worthwhile with your time.
Here are some of the names of #Ukrainian#InternationalLaw scholars. Please consider engaging with them when writing/speaking on #Ukraine: @Gnatovsky, Ganna Yudkivska, Anton Korynevych, Oleksandr Merezhko, Olga Poiedynok, Oksana Senatorova, Anton Lovin, Mykola Sorochinsky 1/
🧵1/ Nazanin was deprived of her voice for 6 long years. That doesn't mean she didn't have opinions or views on what she was forced to endure, and on the efforts of those tasked with bringing an end to her ordeal...
https://t.co/yASOpCdsf0
4/ There is no better way to celebrate Nazanin's freedom than allowing her to speak. And when she speaks, to listen. Tearing someone down who has only just regained the use of their voice, after a long 6 years, is fundamentally dehumanising. It is re-victimising.
Nazanin is at the airport in Tehran and on her way home.
I came into politics to make a difference, and right now I’m feeling like I have.
More details to follow. #FreeNazanin