NEW: We’re working to meet the mental health & psychosocial support needs of people released to the US yesterday from prison in Nicaragua. W/ partners, we’re coordinating trng on site, providing psychological first aid, group & individual support, psychiatry & crisis support.
"I reject the premise of the question. As I said it's the responsibility of the Israeli regime to bring about peace & stability. And how can it do that? Quite simply by ending its occupation, its apartheid, & its colonization of the Palestinian people"
- @yarahawari in @BBCWorld
1/ Two years since the #Burmese military's attempted coup in #Myanmar & after its decades of atrocities against ethnic minorities, all the people across the country are now united more than ever in strong resistance for our federally democratic future.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Fantastic new book on Groupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses. It is freely accessible which is great read it and share it@
https://t.co/yl864Duag3
@mhpss @julian_eaton
Many Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel have suicidal ideation. Brief mindfulness based intervention does not facilitate remission in those who already had suicidal ideation, but prevents onset of suicidal ideation in others. @ErminiaColucci@amzarate111
https://t.co/yGGgz00egp
Great that WHO AFRO, governments and partners take action to prevent suicide in Africa, which remains a neglected issue. Within these efforts, let us not forget displaced populations who are disproportionally affected by suicide.
https://t.co/53ZNEinjs1.
@FloBaing@amzarate111
Check out the results of this year's @RohingyaPhoto Ramadan Competition for snapshots of life in Bangladesh's #refugee camps, taken by an incredible group of #Rohingya photographers: https://t.co/Z55ibVeqC4
Colorado, which affirms the right to abortion in state law, is going to play a big role moving forward. People already travel here for abortions and that out-of-state demand is certain to pick up as other states’ trigger laws go into effect.
Only 30% of Americans support overturning Roe, with 69% opposed, according to the most recent polling. Get used to it: everything we know about the trajectory of American democracy suggests that minoritarianism will become the norm.
There are a lot of great, moving and truly necessary pieces about the mental health impacts of the war on Ukraine. However, I'm struggling to remember the last time I saw a media piece about the mental health impacts of war anywhere else in the world.
As Bella Hadid complains of shadow banning on Instagram and the Palestinian news site al-Qastal is removed by Facebook, it should be remembered that former Israeli goverment censor, Emi Palmor, is on the content moderating Oversight Board for both platforms.
BREAKING: Chicago's Cook County just advanced a resolution to investigate ICE's use of data brokers (like LexisNexis & Thomson Reuters) to skirt sanctuary city laws.
Data brokers amass billions of data points, packaging & selling this data to ICE.
https://t.co/PGgSIYMWP0
If you care about what’s going on in my country Ukraine you should also care about what’s going on in Western #Tigray. Horrifying but important report from @hrw and @amnesty. With amazing work by @vanessatsehaye. Stand against atrocities everywhere. https://t.co/hBTwLn3pkL
"I can see my homeland when I gaze upon the distant hills from the top of a hill where I live in the refugee camp. I want to return to my home. Home is where I can breathe, and I can feel the smell of my country. You cannot call this a life; it's just surviving." @dailystarnews