Important ruling, but 1. legislation remains excessively restrictive of the right to protest, and more is on the way. 2. The very existence of Henry VIII powers, allowing executive to amend or repeal legislation, shows lack of "separation of powers". 1/2 https://t.co/UMMlvhnGbz
🔊Post-UK visit. On the very day Israel resumed its carpet bombing of Gaza, resulting in 400 deaths—including 200 children—I was profoundly moved to witness a powerful gathering of young people at the @UCL conference, bravely defending freedom of speech against pro-genocide forces attempting to cancel the event. These students stood in such stark contrast to some UCL academics, who had tried to organize a parallel event to the student-led one (sic!), to debate "whether settlements are conducive to peace" [Let's be clear: suggesting that war crimes—this is what settlements are—can be framed as 'conducive to peace' undermines the integrity of academic discourse and is unworthy of an academic degree.]
My few words that evening were insufficient to honor the depth of what so many people are enduring. Under different circumstances, I would have been honored to take the megaphone and speak to them, as they were asking. I would have seized the opportunity to express how much love and inspiration I draw from their courage, because it takes courage to oppose a genocide that is enabled by the most powerful governments in this world; and to urge them, wherever they go, to continue standing tall against injustice—for themselves, as solidarity fosters shared humanity; for those in power, as there are critical issues that both government and academia must hear and address; and, last but not least, for the people of Palestine, who, through global protests, know they are SEEN and not abandoned by the whole world.
Peace is every step, for real.
Francesca Albanese UN Special Rapporteur:
“This is what settler colonial genocide is…to take control of the [🇵🇸] land…The land is essential to understanding the intent that drives 🇮🇱 genocide.”
It’s genocide.
It’s annexation.
It’s a land grab.
PRESS RELEASE: #Sudan institutes proceedings against the #UnitedArabEmirates before the #ICJ and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures.
https://t.co/ZA8SFz8qIK
👁️"Everyone's bank accounts will be scanned using algorithmic software" - Jasleen Chaggar
The Government's sweeping new bank spying powers will force our banks to spy on us all the time.
Read coverage of our vital work to stop these powers⤵️
https://t.co/flyTxSW10K
I wrote this piece for @MiddleEastMnt explaining how the UAE is violating the UN arms embargo in Darfur by continuously supplying the RSF militia with weapons that facilitate the genocides and massacres in the region https://t.co/I9ofS4EAaX
The monster Netanyahu 🇮🇱 announces a full blockade on Gaza 🇵🇸
“No free lunches….as of this morning all goods & supplies into Gaza 🇵🇸 will be prevented.”
Collective punishment & starvation as a weapon of genocide.
Expel Israel 🇮🇱 from the UN now.
Happening now: Israeli tanks have entered the northern West Bank after 40,000 Palestinians were expelled from three refugee camps in the Jenin & Tulkarm areas. There's a real and present danger that these camps will be erased. This genocide must be stopped. By us all. Now!
Israel has dropped leaflets on Gaza stating that if they all die, no one will care.
There isn't even a pretence here.
Israel is screaming to the world its genocidal intent - with no subtlety whatsoever.
In an attempt to meet the demands of the Home Office - demands made on false illusions of providing security - Apple has been forced to entirely undermine the online security of pretty much every UK citizen who uses an Apple product.
https://t.co/nPLzBoloYY
⛔️ Stop the AfD // London solidarity protest // #FCKAFD
Fascist Alternativ fur Deutschland are predicted to get up to 20% of the vote in the German election on Sunday 23 February.
The day after the election with a simple message: stop the AfD. Join us
#StandUpToRacism
A tiny Uyghur child, bag tied to her waist, picking cotton under scorching sun in #EastTurkestan...
Her only 'playground' is a cotton field, her 'school bag' filled with plucked cotton, not books. This is modern slavery in its most brutal form in China!!
@ErkinSidick@HKokbore
Major scandal in France as @decathlonAG2RLM, the world's biggest sports equipment retailer, is linked to Uyghur forced labor. On undercover video, Chinese staff confirm use of Xinjiang cotton.
I supported this investigation with research & analysis. Major TV report coming soon.
Relatives of Uyghurs detained in Thailand for more than a decade have begged the Thai authorities not to deport the 48 men back to China, after the detainees suggested their return appeared imminent.
https://t.co/yTP5bli9sc
We're back outside the Regents Street Apple Store this Thursday between 5:30 to 7p.m to protest Apple's use of Uyghur Forced Labour, use of minerals mined under inhumane conditions in the Dominican Republic of Congo and donating to funds collected for Israeli occupation soldiers committing genocide in Palestine.
From @khalidm722 & @actionswithimpact On IG
#shotoniphone #uyghur #uyghurforcedlabour #china #CCP #gaza #congo #congolese #congogenocide
#freeuyghur #freecongo #freepalestine