Biological/linguistic/cultural diversity are inseparable & mutually reinforcing, so when an indigenous language is lost, so too is traditional knowledge on how to maintain the world’s biological diversity & address climate change & other environmental challenges#amazigh#imazighen
The eastern-based "Libyan government" yesterday announced a ban on the entry of nationals from 4 neighbouring African countries—Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia -- and the immediate expulsion of those with irregular status. 1/
🚨 New analysis reveals Xinjiang has the highest detention capacity in the world.
Together with cross-party colleagues, IPAC 🇬🇧's @MPIainDS@alexsobel have written to the Foreign Secretary & Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief to urge action.
https://t.co/hIKW2KUx9E
It was the biggest massacre for decades - 10,000 Sudanese killed over two days. The international community knew genocide was inevitable. Why and how did it happen? Huge thanks to @Sihanet@ikhlassahmed77@nattyray11@KholoodKhair https://t.co/j1dZwBvDwP
At the UN Human Rights Council, an important side event is now being held on the Chinese government's mass detention and persecution of Uyghurs. UN rights chief @Vollker_Turk didn't bother to show up. And he shamefully never publicly criticizes Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs.
‘They told me not to speak out’
A powerful story of Idris and Zeynure:
“...if you are Uyghur, you can be arrested without reason... My children just wanted to see their father again and hug him.”
Beijing wanted to silence her, but Zeynure won.
https://t.co/97N43iR7gX
Let’s start a hashtag: #FreedomForFares 🇸🇨
The valiant Fares Adel Abu Zain al-Din from Suwayda was arrested in Lebanon on the orders of Walid Jumblatt, with help from his associates, for organizing a protest outside the commercial properties owned by Maher al-Dalati. Maher is the cousin of Brigadier General Ahmed al-Dalati, who led the violent campaign against the Druze. It has been revealed that Maher al-Dalati is a business partner of Jumblatt and reportedly the brother-in-law of Timur Jumblatt, who is married into the Zaayter family.
Fares Abu Zain al-Din has suffered beatings and torture and remains in prison. May divine justice prevail.
@UNHumanRights@hrw@UN@IDF@RepAbeHamadeh@Channel4News@BBCWorld@GoDawgs19838
The used IQ tests--Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scales--are both developed in the Global North. A child in rural Rukungiri, Uganda or @TimKalyegira's son who can identify 50 different plants by smell, and track goats and cows and sheep in the darkest nights where there is no electricity is less intelligent than a European kid who solves shapes on paper in Copenhagen, Denmark? That is nonsensical. IQ tests don't measure survival skills, creativity, trajectory or wisdom but Eurocentric puzzles or knowledge.
« Est-ce que vous plaidez pour la libération de Boualem Sansal ? », interroge le journaliste.
« Pas du tout! », répond Anissa Boumedienne, épouse de l’ancien président algérien. Elle vit en France. Pays où elle est libre.
https://t.co/Wugoy6r5eK
#Tunisie. L'ancien président Moncef Marzouki a de nouveau été condamné à 22 ans pour des crimes supposés pour "terrorisme". Opposant virulent au chef de lEtat actuel #KaisSaied, Marzouki vit en exil en France.
Le procureur a requis en appel 10 ans de prison contre Boualem Sansal. Pour comprendre le calvaire que vit l'écrivain malade et âgé de 80 ans, lire mon enquête sur la prison où il est détenu depuis plus de 220 jours. https://t.co/rvC4bJl5KU
Syrian ministry of Tourism issues a directive prohibiting immodest swim gear in line with the new Islamic rules of the new order.
Woman are allowed to swim and be at beaches if they wear Burkinis in water and put on a robe over their swimsuit out of water.
Men are allowed to be topless while swimming but should wear a shirt when out of the water.
It is deeply concerning to see the United Nations, through @UNDPYemen, persist in photographing beneficiaries of its projects in Yemen in ways that reduce them to visual props, tools for donor outreach rather than human beings with rights and dignity.
What dignity remains when individuals are photographed beside latrines under a “Cash for Work” banner? Were they asked for their informed consent? Do they know their images are being circulated internationally without respect for their privacy?
This practice troublingly mirrors the Houthi approach of degrading citizens in exchange for token aid. It raises serious ethical and human rights concerns about the standards guiding international organizations' work, particularly when it comes to protecting the dignity of the people they serve.
People’s suffering must not be turned into a fundraising strategy. Enough with the exploitation. Enough with reducing lives to visuals for donor satisfaction.
Dignity is not a price to be paid for glossy reports or donor-friendly narratives.
#Yemen