Jeevika V | ஜீவிகா வி

Social Researcher (she/her) in the intersection of humanitarianism, development and diaspora | Decolonial lens | PhD Candidate | Tamil

[Josh Butler @JoshButler]

Fatima Payman: "My family didn't flee from a wartorn country to come here as refugees for me to remain silent when atrocities inflicted on innocent people. Witnessing our Govt 's indifference to greatest injustice of our times makes me question the direction [Labor] is taking"

[SBS News @SBSNews]

This is how Senator Fatima Payman responded when asked if she is "being guided by God" during her announcement that she was resigning from the the Labor Party.

Read more: https://t.co/sNjIgEI6PA

[Usman Khawaja @Uz_Khawaja]

"It will included Muslim candidates from Western Sydney, it will be a disaster". As a Muslim who grew up in Western Sydney I find this comment from someone who is running for PM an absolute disgrace. Bigotry at its finest. Fueling Islamophobia from the very top.

[Senator Lidia Thorpe @SenatorThorpe]

“It is possible to change your world but you can’t do it by yourself” - Professor Uncle Gary Foley.

That’s a wrap on the Truth & Treaty Forum! Thank you to Uncle Gary Foley, Jim Everett puralia-meenamatta and Ngarra Murray for joining me in conversation.

Treaty is our future✊🏾

[Shahram Akbarzadeh @S_Akbarzadeh]

@FethiMansouri argues that there is 'the fear that, in the current climate, criticising the way Israel is conducting its military campaign in Gaza and against Gazans will be equated with “antisemitism”...' / leading to intellectual suffocation and public intimidation - Must read

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

Lots of people have asked so here is a step-by-step guide on how to find information on the direct export and import of weapons between Israel and Australia.

Link👇

https://t.co/pjZuRPeOSy

[Noura Erakat @4noura]

I am trying to pull on anger but I am grief stricken. My stomach turns when I try to speak. How do I explain that burning children alive in tents is bad? Who does not know that? What is this system we’ve built that has normalized advanced tech barbarism & dares to lecture us?

[Nasser Mashni @iamthenas]

It’s ok, to not be ok.

No one is built to deal with #genocide

Reach out to a loved one, take some time, disconnect, breath.

Self care is resistance, in and of itself.

Fun the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free!

[APAN @APAN4Palestine]

The footage of burned and beheaded Palestinians, including babies, in Rafah must push our government to act now and impose sanctions on the genocidal Israeli regime.

Read the full media release here: https://t.co/eX1ylpS46u

#endthegenocide #auspol #gaza #freepalestine

[Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat]

Tamils are being arrested for sharing kanji (rice gruel-only food available during last stages of war) and prevented from remembering ppl killed during last stages of the war. Aim of preventing memorialisation is to erase history and deny state responsibility for civilian deaths.

[Gaza Poets Society @PoetsGaza]

“My little son was jumping yesterday with extreme joy after the good news about the truce. Today, we buried him.”

Gaza, Rafah

[Samah Sabawi @gazaheart]

Join us at @MelbWritersFest on May 11 for "Let it Bring Hope" The session brings together three pairs of highly acclaimed Aboriginal and Palestinian poets who will read new works to each other in affirmation of commitment, care and solidarity.  I am so honoured to be paired with the incredible Tony Birch. The other two brilliant pairs are Jeanine Leane and Micaela Sahhar and @NayukaGorrie and @SaraSaleh with host and Festival Curator Mykaela Saunders. Don't miss it. Click the link to book. https://t.co/jr6p8kXpfq #MWF #aboriginal #Palestinian #poetry #naarm

[Centre for Policy Alternatives Sri Lanka @CPASL]

Over 2,500 acres of private land in Kuchchaveli allegedly seized for building 32 Buddhist temples in the region. #LandRights

[Jeevika V | ஜீவிகா வி @jeevika_v]

@rachelcogs @crikey_news @sophblack @jackcallil I'm so sorry. Sending hugs your way, Rachel.

[Tamil Guardian @TamilGuardian]

🚨 North-East multi-dimensionally poor - UNDP finds in latest index

The UNDP in Sri Lanka released its Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) in Sri Lanka which shows a large percentage of individuals in North-East live below the poverty line and have several vulnerabilities, with some of the districts being the worst affected on the whole island.

Read more ⬇️

https://t.co/DOCqRaxMND

[Vindhya Buthpitiya @vindib_]

for a state that has massacred tens of thousands of its own citizens again and again, what more from GOSL. | Sri Lanka, Israel sign deals for more workers to feed war machine https://t.co/IJf0jbSNST

[Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @Jairo_I_Funez]

Massacre after massacre after massacre of a systematically starved and displaced people, yet universities want us to be silent about what is undeniably a genocide. We refuse to be silent and complicit.