Matthew Toner

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[KB @KhaledBeydoun]

Men, children and teens in 🇨🇩 Congo risking their lives for Cobalt.

So we can fuel our phones and electric vehicles — many of the Congolese workers will die. Many have already plunged to their death.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

From the genocidal fields of Gaza.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

No words.
And many will only believe the crimes committed in Gaza when the snipers get on camera - hidden face, altered voice- to confess their atrocities.

[Juan Bordera🌍🇵🇸 @JuanBordera]

Por primera vez en la historia la temperatura de la zona de El Niño supera los 30.0º C. Y va a seguir subiendo.

No he visto una gráfica que tenga peor pinta en mi vida.

[Forensic Architecture @ForensicArchi]

NEW ANALYSIS —
In Gaza, Israel’s ongoing destruction during the so-called ceasefire is desecrating the bodies of Palestinians which remain beneath the rubble.

Our analysis of videos and satellite imagery finds military practices of demolition, compaction and removal of rubble. These risk making the recovery of Palestinian remains impossible in the 65% of Gaza under Israel’s control.

[SIERRAEYESALONE @sierraeyesalone]

Statement at the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council

Adoption of the Universal Periodic Report (UPR) report of Sierra Leone

Delivered by: Zélie Leïla Ménard

Thank you, Mr President.

CIVICUS, Campaign for Good Governance (CGG), the Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD), and the Mother Earth for Climate Justice (ME4CJ) welcome the government of #SierraLeone's engagement with the UPR process.

Since its last review, Sierra Leone has only partially implemented one out of 17 recommendations relating to civic space. While in the previous cycle, the government accepted 14 recommendations, it appears to have backtracked on this commitment in this cycle.

CIVICUS and its partner organisations are concerned that the government did not accept any recommendations in relation to harassment, intimidation and attacks against civil society activists, human rights defenders and journalists that curtail the fundamental freedoms including freedom of association and expression. Instead, the state has continued using laws and security personnel to harass, intimidate and persecute civil society activists, HRDs and journalists.

We urge the government to uphold its human rights obligations, repeal Part III of the Public Order Act 1965 which restricts citizens right to peaceful protests and processions, implement  progressive laws and policies, and create an enabling environment for civil society and human rights defenders. At the same time, accelerate the process of institutional reform and ratification of relevant mechanisms including African Court to grant citizen direct access to the court so as to further improve the enjoyment and enforcement of human rights without delay.

We thank you. https://t.co/3OUJM5viZ1

[IPSC @ipsc48]

To the Irish team, this is your chance to go down in history, to be part of Ireland’s proud legacy of solidarity with the oppressed. Take this chance, you will never regret being on the right side of history. Don't play Israel. #StopTheGames

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Gavin Bazunu 💚⚪️🧡🇵🇸👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The time has come for the rest of the players to stand alongside him and refuse to face Israel.

[History Speaks @History__Speaks]

In war, children are sadly killed, most commonly (collaterally) by artillery and airstrikes. But it is comparatively rare for children to be killed by gunshot, much less in single-shot wounds.

In Gaza, however, children have been shot at an astonishing level; and not in crossfire, but usually with single-shot wounds to the head and chest. This bizarre pattern is easily confirmed through open-source research, of the sort the BBC has done and my team and I have done for AOAV. And it is a big part of the story of Gaza, as to why so many children have been killed. (More than were killed by any military in any war this century.)

Nor is this the product of "child soldiers." If it were, we'd expect 16 and 17 year old boys - who are the vast majority of the very small number of minor combatants hasbara researchers have identified - to be the bulk of those shot. Instead, as a @BBC study showed, most children shot by the IDF in Gaza have been 11 or younger.

[Think32 @think__32]

If you think a sectarian organisation like the Orange Order should even exist in 2026 you should examine your idea of what good community relations is actually is.

[asad rehman @chilledasad100]

@C4Dispatches @DalrympleWill It’s clear that successive governments from Sunak to Starmer deliberately ignored the evidence of war crimes to continue to arm Israel in its genocide. They need to be held accountable and should be prosecuted for their complicity

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🇱🇧 Israeli attacks destroy elderly care center, target solar panels in southern Lebanon amid “ceasefire”

Marjayoun: A massive explosion struck Khiam shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday, affecting an area stretching roughly 300 meters from Nabaa Al-Raqiqa to the Al-Mabarrat junction, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.

▪️ Dar al-Imam Zain al-Abidin, a center that provided services and activities for elderly residents, said its facility was among several civilian buildings and commercial establishments destroyed in the blast and was “razed to the ground.”

Bint Jbeil: Israeli forces carried out explosions in Beit Yahoun as artillery fire struck the outskirts of the town and nearby Kounine. A large explosion was also reported near Bint Jbeil city. Another large demolition was carried out overnight in the Al-Abd al-Nabi neighborhood of Baraachit.

Nabatieh: An Israeli drone struck between Nabatieh Al-Fawqa and Mayfadoun. Israeli artillery also targeted solar panels on the outskirts of Mayfadoun overnight, setting them on fire.

[Palestinian Youth Movement @palyouthmvmt]

NYPD has unleashed a violent assault against New Yorkers who refuse to sit by as war criminal Netanyahu makes his address to the UNGA. Despite the threat of arrest and intimidation, New Yorkers say loud and clear: War criminals and Zionism are not welcome in our city.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

“Jos Leijdekkers has Sierra Leone wrapped around his finger,” a government source told Alexander Clapp. Six days later, the source found their car smashed to pieces after leaving work https://t.co/HJ3WgImfX3

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

This morning, Netanyahu’s so-called “Wing of Zion” plane was authorised to use the airspace of three ICC member countries—Greece, Italy, France—en route to New York

Netanyahu was indicted by ICC in November 2024 for war crimes and crimes against humanity

Law of the jungle

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

Israel soldier brags about murdering an elderly deaf civilian who begged him to spare his life

Soldiers burst out laughing & shake his hand!

The Israeli army promised to "investigate" this incident 929 days ago & nothing ever happened after!

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

A third child, the sixth person today was killed earlier this hour:

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Israeli forces have killed at least 5 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn, including two young children and a 31-year old mother.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

With little more than a smartphone and a network of suppliers, Jos Leijdekkers has transformed a beautiful corner of west Africa into his personal fief in just four years. 1843 uncovers the story of the drug kingpin who rules Sierra Leone https://t.co/g2KwaXkHBI

[Electronic Intifada @intifada]

Queen defended playing apartheid South Africa's Sun City in 1984 by claiming to be "a non-political band."

Four decades later, @EdSheeran echoes that excuse for bowing to Zionist pressure | @AliAbunimah https://t.co/LoYXYOSBWL