Maria

We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning- Baudrillard

[Maria @marianorte]

@lientje1967 Xx

[Anatol Lieven @lieven_anatol]

George Beebe and I propose the terms of a US peace plan for Ukraine:
https://t.co/Aalfn7xQ8j

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

We are devastated by news that Ukrainian journalist & Index contributor Victoria Roshchyna has died in Russian custody. Roshchyna was captured by Russian forces in Aug 2023. We utterly condemn the news and call for an independent and urgent investigation: https://t.co/qNBxg4xfyy

[Dietmar Neuerer @dneuerer]

Lukashenko’s prisoners used as cheap labor by far-right German onion tycoon – POLITICO #afd #dornau https://t.co/wOWctaaPdp

[Ferdinand Müller @Ferdinand_Mue]

Ich habe Strafanzeige wegen des Vorfalls gestellt. Sollten sich die Hinweise durch die belarische Zeitung erhärten, handelt es sich hier klar um einen Fall der Ausbeutung von Menschen in einer Zwangslage.

[Tatsiana Khomich @TatsianaKhomich]

My sister @by_kalesnikava is isolated, starving, and denied medical care in #Belarus. This isn’t justice—it's inhumane. We need your support to stop this now. #SOSMaria #FreeKalesnikava

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

#Belarus: Today lawyer, writer & political prisoner Maksim Znak is spending another birthday behind bars.

Imprisoned since 2020, no one has heard from him in more than 18 months.

Below is an image of his hand, drawn by him in prison.

We reiterate calls for his urgent release.

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

The information we receive about Maria Kalesnikava from fellow prisoners is alarming. She now weighs just 45 kilograms, is starving & held in constant isolation under horrible conditions. This medieval cruelty & slow murder is happening right here in Europe, in the 21st century.

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

#Belarus Today marks the fourth anniversary of the disputed election that saw Alyaksandr Lukashenka take a sixth term as president. The almost 1400 political prisoners in #Belarus must be freed now
https://t.co/xZv5Vo2XlL

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

We condemn the Iranian government for hanging Reza Rasaei a dissident from the marginalized Kurdish and Yarsan minorities in Iran. His only crime: to turn up to a protest and hold up a picture of his imprisoned cousin
https://t.co/c5JLLCJe9Z

[Human Rights House Foundation @HRHFoundation]

LONDON: Join @IndexCensorship for an evening of art, activism and film exploring the true stories of political prisoners in Belarus.

Date: Monday 5 August, 6pm
Location: @stjohnswaterloo
More info: https://t.co/A5OMN6enYs

[Ari Ingel @OGAride]

The boycott movements worst nightmare …

A youth choir made up of Israelis and Palestinians has advanced through the audition round of the “America’s Got Talent” TV show after a rendition of Phillip Phillips’ “Home” that visibly moved all four judges. 

Describing themselves to the judges after their performance, one of the Palestinian members of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus says they’re “a group of Palestinians and Israelis. We believe through music and through working together and talking to each other, we are taking a step forward into building that amazing future where there is justice and there is freedom and there is equality and there is inclusion.”

Go get em!!!

[David Altizer @thumbnaildavid]

You're in the footage. I love your calm demeanor and seeing your intuition at work. You even check the EVF for framing/exposure and then switch back to the flip screen to give you that extra height needed

The composition wouldn't have been as good if you were slightly to the right like the other photographers.

[TVP World @TVPWorld_com]

In an open letter, Nobel laureates have urged Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to release all political prisoners in the country.
https://t.co/jYWN9PH0cF

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

#Belarus: For 4 years, @pen_belarus has been collecting cases of persecution of cultural figures

At least 1,900 representatives of the cultural sphere have been subjected to politically motivated persecution & censorship since 2020.

https://t.co/BQaPTxlQbK

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

A London art gallery has pulled an exhibition about Russian dissidents because an Israeli artist refused "to say she had empathy for Palestinians and was against the war crimes” @martinbright has the story https://t.co/nyddsv7ks9

[Olena Halushka @OlenaHalushka]

"Mom! I'm wounded, in the hospital. Doctors left. My leg is broken and face torn. Vitalik died. Nadia is in the hospital basement. Help!"

This was the last plea from Mariupol resident Kateryna. On March 29, 2022, russian invaders shelled their home, killing her husband. Someone brought her to the hospital, but russians targeted it too, causing a big fire. Everyone feared she perished there on April 2. She survived & managed to pass that note to her mother through an unknown man. The mom arrived and spent the next two days with Kateryna, holding her hand when her daughter succumbed to her serious wounds on April 4.

How can a human endure such horrors? There are so many similar stories that the world will likely never hear since no one survived to testify the truth. Letting russians get away with crimes like this will only embolden them for more genocides.

Photos Museum of Civilian Voices

[Maria @marianorte]

@martinbright 😂

[Natalka @NatalkaKyiv]

‼️ “Ukranians are good people!”

Wow! I didn’t expect to hear this at Navalny’s funeral.

I’m kinda speechless…

#Navalny #NavalnyFuneral #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

“I have never… seen a place… so bombarded for such a long time with such a trapped population without any escape. People are traumatized beyond belief.” Jan @NRC_Egeland of @NRC_Norway is in Gaza for the first time since Oct 7. “I’m pretty shaken, actually, from what I saw.”