Mina Loldj

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[Freedom House @freedomhouse]

We are deeply concerned by the ongoing detention of journalist Abdelwakil Blamm in Algeria.

Blamm's unjust arrest in December is the latest development in the Algerian authorities' ongoing campaign against free and independent media.

We join @shoaa_org, @CPJMENA, and others in calling for Blamm's immediate and unconditional release, and again urge the Algerian government to respect and protect journalists and other media workers.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

‘Soul of my soul’

Israeli attacks in Gaza kill Khaled Nabhan, a Palestinian man who became widely known after a video showed him kissing the eyes of his slain granddaughter.

🔗: https://t.co/TspRs2pmDO

[Rami Jarrah @RamiJarrah]

TV Presenter poses an unprecedented question to an elderly Syrian woman:

"You lived in the era of Hafez Al-Assad and Bashar Al-Assad, what do you have to say?"

"F**k both of them".

[Bassam Khawaja @Bassam_Khawaja]

An Israeli strike on tents outside a hospital in Gaza literally burning people alive. Some of the most horrifying footage we've seen. https://t.co/irE01E7CRb

[Brett Murphy @BrettMmurphy]

Leaked docs: While Gaza starved, USAID and State's refugees bureau came to a legally explosive conclusion — Israel had deliberately prevented food & medicine from getting in

But Blinken told congress the exact opposite, so the arms could keep flowing. https://t.co/htCXXLalxL

[ProPublica @propublica]

The head of the State Dept.’s refugees bureau determined that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid and that the government should freeze $830M earmarked for weapons and bombs to Israel, per emails we obtained.
https://t.co/mmpMx0W9wK

[Ali Abunimah @AliAbunimah]

Our beloved Refaat Alareer (@itranslate123) wrote these words in October, but they had not been published until now. @intifada is grateful to have the honor to share them with the world. When I read them, I can hear his voice. https://t.co/KvnjKTMtNV

[Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy]

Look at how Algerians turned out in Algiers to celebrate Olympic boxer Imane Khelif after she won gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics. https://t.co/VfoZKQEFxG

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

"Ismail wasn't only a journalist, but he was also trying his best to help the people, to help feed people, and [get] medicine..."

Colleagues of Al Jazeera's Ismail Al Ghoul praise his legacy in Gaza before his assassination by Israeli forces, along with cameraman Rami Al Rifi.

[NY Public Library @nypl]

Please, we are 129 years old #NoCutsToLibraries

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

Today marks 4 years since the passing of Sarah Hegazi, an intersectional Egyptian queer feminist and rights defender who took her life in exile following imprisonment and years of repression.

Our thoughts are with her loved ones and all who have been forced to leave their homes.

[Jamil Dakwar @jdakwar]

Israel now holds 4,299 Palestinians without charge or trial, based on secret evidence and no due process rights. Before October 7th, that number was 1,310.

cc: @DrAliceJEdwards @FranceskAlbs

[Writers Against the War on Gaza @wawog_now]

To quote Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, “We deserve a better death.”

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

We've reached a whole new level of insanity and paranoia.

Ilan Pappé, a 70 years old Jewish Israeli historian, was interrogated during 2 hours by the FBI at the airport in Detroit and asked if he was "a Hamas supporter" 🤦‍♂️

His comment: "actions like this smell of sheer panic and desperation in reaction to Israel becoming very soon a pariah state with all the implications of such a status".

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

"It's a song for Hind. The girl who was locked in an ambulance."

A group of children in northern Gaza listening to @Macklemore's "Hind's Hall".

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

I am grateful to Alexanded Gorski, ICJP lawyers and ELSC for their unwaivering support. We will not be silenced

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

This happened for hours, in the presence of Israeli forces who didn't intervene.
This flies in the face of the @CIJ_ICJ, that issued provisional measures to force Israel to enable humanitarian assistance.