We have just announced the shortlist for the Mammoth Screen NI Award 2021, which we are running in partnership with @mammothscreen. Find out more about this scheme and our talented shortlist via the link below. @bbcnipress@bbcpress
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Northern Ireland was dubbed the "UK's most dangerous place to be a woman" just two months ago.
30 women have been violently killed since 2020.
An Irish man murdered his pregnant girlfriend and left her facedown in a dog bowl as a final humiliation
Where were the rioters then?
Northern Ireland has the highest femicide rate in the UK. It’s described as “one of the most dangerous places in Europe to be a woman”. Women have been talking about this.
There's a French movie called Au Hazard Balthazar (The Donkey Balthazar) about a donkey who just goes around and looks at people & witnesses acts of human cruelty. Like 50% of the film is just a closeup of the donkey looking at something off screen. Anyway it’s generally regarded as one of the best films of all time
Over 300 have signed, but we need more before the consultation closes tomorrow.
We need your voice.
The Draft Disability Strategy is not good enough. We deserve real change, not tokenism.
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The youngest Palestine Action prisoner on hunger strike is 20; two are 22, the rest 24, 28, 29, 30 & 31 years old. The most serious crime any are charged with is criminal damage. The government told prison staff to treat them as they'd treat members of ISIS. This is the result
Sudan 🇸🇩 is in a silent genocide.
Woman and girls are getting tortured raped and killed. Every day. Yet silence.
The silence is deafening. The indifference is frustrating.
“ Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is the largest in the world 🌎 “
But it’s met with SILENCE 🤐