Kathleen Ferrier

Global citizen. Committed to democracy, justice and equality. Chair NL UNESCO Commission. @Annefrankhouse @MensenrechtenNL @ClubdeMadrid. Former MP NL (CDA)

[The Irrawaddy (Eng) @IrrawaddyNews]

The EU and other Western embassies celebrated the 81st birthday of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday by sharing images including a graphic-design portrait of her wearing a rose in her hair alongside the number 81 in Burmese digits. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

June 19—“Juneteenth,” also called Emancipation Day—commemorates the day in 1865 that the Emancipation Proclamation was read to enslaved African Americans in Texas:

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Barack: You told me all those years ago that you couldn’t promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life. Of course, you outdid yourself and managed to give me both.

Eight years in the crucible, and not once did you melt from the heat. Not once did you let it harden you. Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence: your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage, your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency, your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fiber.

[Kathleen Ferrier @KGFerrier]

Macron calls on UN, AU, UNESCO to back global reparatory justice push in Accra - MyJoyOnline https://t.co/QaKqIz9cxo

[Tom Grundy @tomgrundy]

Hong Kong’s top court has rejected an appeal by a former student leader against a law which criminalises calls to boycott local elections by casting a blank vote. Chief Justice Andrew Cheung said the law has imposed a “modest” and “carefully circumscribed” restriction to freedom of expression. In full: https://t.co/2IDgSRpS5X Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

After Japan battled the Netherlands to a 2-2 draw, the Japanese fans stayed behind and cleaned up every single piece of trash from their section at Dallas Stadium after the game.

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

Barcelona’s wondrous church La Sagrada Familia came one step closer to a long-sought completion this week! Gaudi’s architectural marvel got a blessing from Pope Leo XIV to inaugurate its latest, and tallest, tower.

[UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 @UNESCO]

Women still hold only around one quarter of senior leadership positions in academia.

UNESCO’s Higher Education Global Trends Report highlights the importance of advancing #GenderEquality not only in access to higher education, but also in leadership, research and decision-making.

👉 https://t.co/uSgsEPfeWv

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Fireworks celebrating the completion of the 566ft Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Família

[Tom Grundy @tomgrundy]

1/ A viral stress-relief “#Natasha” doll trending on Chinese social media has been deemed “absolutely diabolical” by members of #HongKong’s Black community.
https://t.co/Wzc0P8KxBP
Resembling a small child, the most popular version is dark-skinned and features exaggerated racial characteristics. Buyers have filmed themselves beating, stretching, boiling and stomping on the toy.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Wangari Maathai was a Nobel Prize laureate of many firsts: the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree, the first female professor in Kenya and the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Read more: https://t.co/6Xt8b1afLk

[CBS News @CBSNews]

After 144 years of construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is finally complete. The iconic basilica, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí and considered one of the most ambitious architectural projects in modern history, was shaped by Gaudí for 43 years before his death exactly 100 years ago, when he was struck by a tram while the church was still far from finished.

In the final years of his life, Gaudí lived on the construction site and devoted himself almost entirely to the project. At the time of his death, only about 10% to 15% of the basilica had been completed, leaving future generations with the monumental task of carrying out his vision. A century later, that vision has finally become reality.

[Kathleen Ferrier @KGFerrier]

China’s Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea after hailing everlasting friendship
https://t.co/vEDauJfM9q via @scmpnews

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

My father’s philosophy of nonviolence was never meant to be admired from a distance. It was meant to be studied, practiced, and lived.

The 6 Steps of Kingian Nonviolence offer a framework for confronting injustice with discipline, courage, and love in action. This is how we move beyond reaction and toward transformation.

Learn more about Nonviolence365 Training: https://t.co/sgeJRYlsTr

#TheKingCenter #MLK #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity

[Tom Grundy @tomgrundy]

A number of people were stopped, searched, ID'd and escorted away by police in Causeway Bay on Thursday, as authorities thwarted public tributes on the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown. Full story: https://t.co/7Et4v7jzsw Video: HKFP.

[Kathleen Ferrier @KGFerrier]

Lees deze column aub. @trouw

[Abdelkader Benali @abdelkabenali]

https://t.co/b9vBOaYMnW
In Porto vond dit weekeinde een conferentie plaats waar het uitzonderingsdenken nieuw leven werd ingeblazen. Extreemrechtse denkers en politici uit heel Europa kwamen samen om te praten over het gevaar van omvolking.

[Kathleen Ferrier @KGFerrier]

Is this the Netherlands…??
I hope it is AI.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A video of a Dutch policeman throwing a heavily pregnant woman to the ground has caused outrage. The woman says police attacked her at a migration centre where authorities had detained her Palestinian husband.

[Kathleen Ferrier @KGFerrier]

Het is geen logistiek, maar een politiek probleem dat het maar niet lukt om genoeg hulp Gaza binnen te krijgen. UNICEF-topman Jonathan Veitch loopt in onderhandelingen voortdurend tegen politieke blokkades aan. Dat proces is frustrerend, maar hard nodig

[Kathleen Ferrier @KGFerrier]

“…. Het is geen logistiek, maar een politiek probleem dat het maar niet lukt om genoeg hulp Gaza binnen te krijgen…” zegt @UNICEF.
Het gaat hier om medemenselijkheid. @cdavandaag,laat zien wat onze waarden zijn en kom in actie! https://t.co/3uVpkllsiv via @NUnl

[Ida Overdijk @IdaOverdijk]

#Ayurveda is erfgoed. En #erfgoed verdient rechtvaardigheid — Over rituelen, tradities en het grote geld.
Lees de column van Tanja Jadnanansing https://t.co/xVr2wGSTaw