Ciara Bottomley

Media manager @amnestyEU. Occasional writer of things. Tweets, my own.

[Ciara Bottomley @ciaranibottom]

🚨 New job alert 🚨

I recently joined @AmnestyEU as media manager.

BXL journos, for press inquiries on human rights & EU institutions, I'm your person!

🖊️[email protected]
💌 DMs are open

[Amnistia Internacional Catalunya @AmnistiaCAT]

Avui la nostra companya @OliviaSundberg1 @AmnestyEU ha participat en roda de premsa de Centre Irídia i Novact sobre implicacions en matèria de #dretshumans de l’aplicació del nou Pacte Europeu de Migració i Asil.

👉FIL amb vídeos

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Not in line with Israel’s values and norms?

That’s not true. Let´s stick to the facts.

While the hundreds of Global Sumud Flotilla activists unlawfully detained by Israel are en route back to their countries, Palestinian prisoners will have to continue to endure unspeakable abuse.

Israel has a long history of incarcerating Palestinians without charge or trial. Its systematic use of administrative detention – detaining Palestinians without charge or trial - is a cornerstone of Israel’s system of #apartheid. Torture and other ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners have been a cruel reality for decades and only increased in the last 3 years. Over 9,000 Palestinian men, women, and children are currently held in Israel’s prisons. More than a 1,000 are from Gaza and subjected to enforced disappearance or held incommunicado in military facilities and denied access to lawyers or contact with their families.

Amnesty International and other human rights groups have continuously documented a pattern of Israeli authorities inflicting torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment against Palestinians, including through the denial of medicine, food, clothing and sleep, continuous beating, cuffing and blindfolding, dog attacks, rape and other sexual violence, among other abuses. In yet another display of double standards, third states have remained unmoved to the repeated calls to act to bring an end to Israel’s abuses against Palestinians in custody. This must end.

[Ciara Bottomley @ciaranibottom]

Italy and Germany are the main blockers at EU level to suspending the trade agreement with Israel.

Tell @_FriedrichMerz & @GiorgiaMeloni to act. Sign 👉 https://t.co/rwMfX8jAWQ

[Amnesty EU @AmnestyEU]

🇪🇺🇮🇱 Is the EU finally ready to listen?

21 April could be a decisive moment to finally suspend the EU Israel trade agreement.

Germany and Italy hold the key.

Tell @_FriedrichMerz and @GiorgiaMeloni to suspend the agreement NOW.

Sign 👉 https://t.co/ZafdXAiisS

[Martin Konečný @MartinKonecny]

🚨Dutch parliament votes in support of suspending the trade part of the EU-Israel association agreement 👇

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

BREAKING! Amid widespread bombing across Arab regions, Israel approves its largest-ever colonial expansion. Under the "fog of war'', what I warned on 14 Oct 2023 is unfolding: the largest ethnic cleansing/land grab in Palestine, since the Nakba. It’s happening. Under our watch.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is beyond shameful: https://t.co/Ml2mNytPqK

When asked if it "bothered him at all" when Trump "threatened to kill the entire Iranian civilization," Rutte's response was simply: "what I want you to know is I support the President and I know a large part of Europe do."

If Europe cared at all about the "values" it supposedly has, this should be cause for immediate dismissal, and potentially criminal prosecution - publicly endorsing genocide would be classified as illegal hate speech in several EU countries, including in the Netherlands (Rutte's own country).

[Amnesty EU @AmnestyEU]

Amnesty & 30 NGOs call on the EU to act following Israel's adoption of a death penalty law that will de facto apply exclusively to Palestinians.

EU has a clear stance against the death penalty & must immediately suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement
https://t.co/GUDQW4jNsf

[Martin Konečný @MartinKonecny]

ICYMI👇👇👇

Slovenia's PM was initially willing to join the ICJ genocide case against Israel but was reportedly swayed by national security officials who warned about risks to Slovenia's national security, noting that many of its cyber defence systems are of Israeli origin.

[Josep Borrell Fontelles @JosepBorrellF]

Lamento mucho la pérdida de Manu Escudero, compañero y amigo, con el que he trabajado y he aprendido, políticamente e intelectualmente. Ha estado activo hasta el último momento en la búsqueda permanente de soluciones de progreso a los problemas de nuestro tiempo. Descanse en Paz.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

‼️I am preparing a study on genocide and the media.
Submissions including evidence, analyses, testimonies, documented cases are welcome.
Call for submissions below:
🇬🇧https://t.co/LEliqfYg6O
🇫🇷https://t.co/b1AOPza2OH
🇪🇸https://t.co/jlqviAlREY
🇵🇸https://t.co/rEXyVeMr0J

[Amnesty EU @AmnestyEU]

BREAKING: EU Parliament @EP_Justice greenlights punitive detention and deportation plans.

Parliament’s position follows chaotic & rushed negotiations with a new text presented by @EPPGroup just days ago that lacks adequate scrutiny, consultations or human rights assessments.

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

The BBC’s decision to cut this section of Akinola Davies Jr’s speech when the #Baftas was broadcast later in the day is shameful.

Thank you Akinola Davies Jr for using your platform to speak out for the rights of migrants and people facing and fleeing from persecution and mass atrocities - from the Congo to Sudan to Palestine.

[Eve Geddie @evegeddie]

Ahead of next week's EU Foreign Affairs Ministerial, here are @AmnestyEU's key concerns on the crises in #DRC #Gaza #Ukraine and the action we want Ministers to take to protect civilians, ensure accountability, and bring stability.

[Amnesty EU @AmnestyEU]

Shameful response from @EU_Commission to outrageous attacks from EU ministers on @FranceskAlbs

The deliberately truncated video misrepresents & gravely misconstrues her messages.

The real issue: Israel’s genocide in Gaza, its system of apartheid & unlawful occupation of the OPT

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Extremely problematic law adopted by Greece making membership of a registered NGO active on migration an aggravating factor in smuggling offenses, creating a dangerous & unjustified link between legitimate humanitarian action and criminal activities.

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

Greece: Amnesty International is deeply saddened by reports of a collision between a Greek coastguard patrol vessel & a boat resulting in the death of 15 people off the coast of Chios. Our thoughts are with the victims’ families and survivors (1/2). https://t.co/b3Qhp4ouGZ

[Erika Guevara Rosas @ErikaGuevaraR]

A new investigation by @bbcworldservice and @Disclose_ngo reveals that Russia, Türkiye and Tajikistan have been weaponizing @Interpol red notices to persecute dissidents and human rights defenders across borders, with no real internal scrutiny.

This is transnational repression, and #Interpol’s refusal to challenge serial abusers destroys its credibility.

Interpol must suspend states who misuse its systems, ensure full transparency, and stop serving political interests.

It’s time for Interpol to clean up its act.

Read @amnesty's statement: https://t.co/ODrNk1WB3w

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

‼️Update from Seán Binder’s trial

The court of appeal hearing resumed this morning in Mytilene, on the island of Lesvos, Greece, following an adjournment in early December.

Seán Binder was questioned by the court 🧵

[Amnesty EU @AmnestyEU]

As we witness fresh assaults on human rights & the rise of authoritarian practices, our resistance must grow even stronger.
@AmnestyEU's Aureja took part in the Human Rights Education Forum in Budapest & shares why HRE is key to shaping our future👇
https://t.co/pBWcvd4T9j

[Amnesty EU @AmnestyEU]

Good news!

Today, the @Europarl_EN voted in favour of the My Voice, My Choice EU-wide abortion access initiative.

This scheme would be a significant step in addressing inequalities in access to abortion care. Now, @EU_Commission must turn this momentum into concrete action.