Aodhán Rilke

Artist and art historian. Interested in the history and theory of drawing.

[Aodhán Rilke @aodhanrilke]

For the women of Iran
'Women Life Freedom After Paul Éluard' by Anton Floyd
#زن_زندگی_آزادی #womenlifefreedom #poetryfilm

https://t.co/h3PMR4Nnjn

[London Review of Books @LRB]

‘It’s not clear what message of common endeavour, if any, Starmer’s government is trying to broadcast. A commitment to growth above all else is inconsistent with slashing immigration.’

Daniel Trilling (@trillingual) on Labour’s immigration rhetoric: https://t.co/xgSd7Evixv

[UNSR on freedom of religion or belief @NazilaGhanea]

Freedom of religion/belief is for everyone including Tibetan Buddhists. Its manifestation 'teaching, practice, worship &observance' includes right to 'train, appoint, elect or designate by succession appropriate leaders called for by requirements &standards of any religion/belief

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

After her 5 years in Iran’s Evin Prison, bombed the other day by Israel, Nazanin Zachary-Ratcliffe writes: ‘If Evin taught me anything, it was that freedom does not come from bombs and brutality, nor from clever stunts for the cameras. It lies in human connection and empathy.’

[Masterpieces of Japan @JapanTraCul]

Bamboo and Rock, by Yamamoto Baiitsu, first half 19th century

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

This week is the 42nd anniversary of one of the most shameful days in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran when 10 Bahá’í women were hanged in Shiraz simply for their faith. The online photo of the the event, itself a reconstruction by a French photographer, is too horrific to share. Two years ago the #OurStoryIsOne campaign was launched connecting it directly to the #WomanLifeFreedom movement to remind the people that all minorities inside and outside Iran are united against this terror driven by an ideology that thinks so little of women and the sanctity of life. #Iran #IsraeliranWar

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

John Singer Sargent’s seemingly almost random watercolour swishes and blobs in this close-up view at L magically resolve themselves into a convincing maritime scene (at R) ~ Melon Boats 1905, probably painted in Haifa (Brooklyn Museum)

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

British surgeon Victoria Rose, who's just returned from Gaza: "They're coming through the doors like a conveyor belt... really small children with massive injuries.. bits of their bodies blown off... every day at least half [of my cases] were under the age of 11.. its barbaric"

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

The Bulletin Minute, June 5, 2025

ESCALATION IN PERSECUTION
🚨 3 Bahá’í Women Disappeared in Tehran
🩺 82-Year-Old Suffers Heart Attack in Evin Prison
⚖️ Shiraz Judge Defies Supreme Court Acquittal for 26 Bahá’ís
⛓️ Kerman Re-Sentences 3 Freed Women

This is The Bulletin Minute – Your weekly update on the persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran. Follow. Share.

#BahaiRights #TheBulletinMinute

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

“The creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another.”

Wole Soyinka has been characterised as one of the finest poetical playwrights to have written in English.

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

Srebrenica genocide: 8000 killed
Rohingya genocide: 24,000 killed

Gaza "not genocide": over 60,000 killed; 92% of all buildings destroyed; bombed more than Dresden, London, Hamburg combined during WWII; 90% of population displaced; prolonged starvation of children; largest number of child amputees anywhere else in the entire world; fully destroyed economy; systematic attacks to element reproductive health infrastructure; entire cities annihilated; mass kidnapping & torture of 10,000 hostages; mass looting; systematic sexual violence; wiping out entire families; 120,000 maimed & wounded; largest number of children killed in all global conflicts combined in the last 4 years combined; largest number of aid workers killed in human history; largest number of journalists killed in human history; 90% of schools destroyed; 98% of banks destroyed; 100% of factories destroyed; IDF annexed & fully depopulated over 35% of the territory...

Most clearly stated genocidal intent in the 21st century; soldiers documenting & posting themselves all these atrocities; Prime Minister making crystal clear war's goal is to full empty Gaza of its people after pushing them into a concentration camp in Rafah...

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

Dutch doctors and activists placed 1,400 pairs of white shoes in a square in the Netherlands to honor healthcare workers who were killed in the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.

[Baha’i International Community Brussels Office @BahaiBIC_Europe]

In light of the recent urgency resolution on #humanrights in #Iran, which highlights the case of 72 year-old human rights defender Mahvash Sabet, the #Bahai International Community draws attention to the courage of those who continue to face persecution for their beliefs.

Read the full story here 👉 https://t.co/GwyUGEyv6N

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

The @EUCouncil imposed sanctions and restrictive measures on a number of courts, judges and prisons in #Iran in its decision 2025/774. These sanctions spotlight the role of judicial authorities and penal institutions in the systematic persecution of the #Baháís in Iran.

Read more here: https://t.co/Hcv33t04f2

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Released from prison for the 'crime' of being Bahá’í — these bittersweet moments are ours to witness, and share.

#Prison #Releases #Bahai #BahaiRights #OurStoryIsOne

[Aodhán Rilke @aodhanrilke]

Unwavering spirit in the face of profound pain https://t.co/thayJuTnv6

[Aodhán Rilke @aodhanrilke]

Cinedhíothú - Genocide

[Derek Hollingsworth @DerekHolly7]

Random terms in Irish:
Lonnaitheoir - Settler
Gadaí - Thief
Dúnmharfóir - Murderer
Naímharfóir - Infanticide
Coilíneachas - Colonialism
Gabhálaí - Occupier
Marfóir - Killer
Ionróir - Invader
Olc - Evil
Ainghníomh-Atrocity
Forchiníoch-Supremacist
Coir chogaidh-War Crime
#Gaeilge

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

These are the four pieces for which I won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. All published in 2024.

Blessings to the souls of 31 members of my family who were killed in one air strike in 2023.
Blessings to the souls of my four first cousins, two of whom were killed with their husbands and their children.
Blessings to the soul of my great aunt, Fatima, whose “corpse” remains under the rubble of her house since October 2024.
Blessings to the graves of my grandparents, refugee from Yaffa, who I will never find.
Blessings to the souls of my students who got killed while looking for food and firewood. To the school where I studied and where I taught, to the library that I founded and to which I added one poetry book before 2023.
Blessings to many more, many more.
I’m praying for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and JUSTICE and PEACE!
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