Layli Foroudi

Correspondent @Reuters covering race and social justice in Europe | Previously freelance in Tunis @thetimes @FT @TRF_stories etc

[+972 Magazine @972mag]

Double tap strikes have become particularly common in recent months when Israel bombs schools in Gaza, where displaced residents have sought shelter.

By @yuval_abraham

https://t.co/4Ji6IThor8

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

Israel killed four journalists Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Abu Dagga, Mohammed Salama and Moaz Abu Taha in Gaza today. Hussam al-Masri worked for Reuters and was filming live at the moment of the initial strike on Nasser hospital https://t.co/86WQXmmU2S

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel on August 10. IAmong them was Anas Al-Sharif, a prominent journalist who had been the recent target of a smear campaign by Israel's military.

“Israel’s pattern of labeling journalists as militants without providing credible evidence raises serious questions about its intent and respect for press freedom,” said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah. “Journalists are civilians and must never be targeted. Those responsible for these killings must be held accountable.”

#Gaza #NotATarget

Full statement: https://t.co/0c8jxbasmM

[Reuters @Reuters]

As many parts of the US brace for a sweltering week, a new Reuters report uncovers a critical and often overlooked intersection of climate change and correctional policy: The dangerous heat crisis within US prisons https://t.co/dLGWiXti93

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

More than one-fifth of those killed so far by Israel in Gaza were children under the age of 12. More than 1,200 families were completely wiped out. https://t.co/tWmZpL3TMf

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

We looked into how the French authorities are deporting people who have grown up in France having migrated as young children, forcing them to leave their life, family and friends here w/ @sofiacsn @JulietteJbk @Reuters https://t.co/8ww3XznV5z

[Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein]

Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters - my latest @theintercept
https://t.co/LlL1Kw9wyD

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

Martinique’s water woes drive anger at French rule — my report @reuters on high prices, water access and enduring inequalities tied to the legacy of slavery on Caribbean island Martinique https://t.co/Bixsgsi6x0

[حسام شبات @HossamShabat]

This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message :

“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side.

By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.

I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”

— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Martinique begins trial of social protests' leader Petitot https://t.co/nm9a3ISNJX

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

The Chechen refugee described in the piece had his latest MICAS order cancelled by a court this morning after he appealed - but he had already lost his place at university this year because of the measures.

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

We looked into France’s sweeping surveillance measures that were used for the Olympics & then extended for the Strasbourg Christmas market - a sign it may be a new norm for big events, with more people considered suspect without solid justification https://t.co/n4lzHHyuNN

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

We looked into France’s sweeping surveillance measures that were used for the Olympics & then extended for the Strasbourg Christmas market - a sign it may be a new norm for big events, with more people considered suspect without solid justification https://t.co/n4lzHHyuNN

[amelia gentleman @ameliagentleman]

Three years after a Home Office historian wrote a report outlining the racist immigration legislation

"designed to reduce the proportion of people living in the UK who did not have white skin"

the department has today been forced to publish the study

https://t.co/L3ulhnEyO8

[Mireia Garcés de Marcilla @mireia_garces]

My thoughts on the racialised character of eligibility sports regulations and the need to rethink our commitment to gender are out in the @LRB

https://t.co/myJB0Ezjku

[Julien Prétot @julienpretotRTR]

🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿 That’s a statement win. Hoping she now gets the bit of calm and the respect she deserves #Olympics #Paris2024

https://t.co/poBEaiUabo

[Reuters @Reuters]

Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer thrust into the center of a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics, has grafted hard to reach her level and is the victim of a power struggle for control of the sport, her coach said https://t.co/GDY1Vb4Ahe

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

Olympic athletes are stocking up on A/C units to keep cool in Paris heat but Ireland - not known for hot weather! - makes do with passive cooling tips: “They’re doing OK. Once you keep the blinds down during the day, you keep the heat out of the room” 💚https://t.co/sD0CGoE2N3

[Reuters @Reuters]

French paramedic Seifelislam Benadda had just dropped off a patient at hospital on July 1, he said, when police informed him he was prohibited from leaving his hometown in the Paris suburbs, saying he was a potential threat to the Olympic Games https://t.co/WT4HL2vvQ2 1/8

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

Tomorrow is the opening ceremony for the Games. One person had tickets to go with his girlfriend but, despite his MICAS being overturned by a court, he won’t go: "It's once in your lifetime," he said. But "if something happens and they say I was there I might have big problems”

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

We looked into France’s Olympics security sweep in which 155 people were put under surveillance measures & hundreds subject to police raids as authorities consider them a “terrorist threat”, often based on scant evidence while upending lives w/@JulietteJbk https://t.co/nBc6UYKZA4

[Layli Foroudi @laylimay]

In some cases, the interior ministry appeared to conflate practices such as praying or enlisting children in a private Muslim school with threatening behaviour.