Polly Walker

Living in Vanuatu. Here to read/explore the big issues. Particular focus on gender based violence. she/her

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.

[Dr. Ezzideen @ezzingaza]

Every day, some people write to me.
Not to ask how many died today.
Not to ask if we have water, or if the children made it through the night.
They ask:

“Where are the hostages?” “Why don’t you talk about the hostages?”

So I will answer.

I am against the killing of civilians.
I am against the taking of hostages.
I do not believe war should live inside the hands of children.
I have never believed otherwise.

But I ask you:
Does rejecting one crime mean I must be silent about another?

Must I say nothing about the girl with no name, buried beneath the rubble, her arm still holding a stuffed bear?
Must I stay silent about the boy with no arms, who keeps asking for his notebook, the one they pulled from under his brother’s body?

I work in what used to be a clinic.
There are no painkillers. No machines.
There are children we cannot save, not because they are dying, but because the world has taken away everything we might have saved them with.

I want the hostages to go home.
I want the bombing to stop.
I want the siege to end.

But most of all, I want someone, anyone, to admit what is happening here.

We are not targets.
We are not statistics.
We are not warnings to others.

We are people.

And if no one will say it , I will.

Even if the rubble buries everything else, let these words remain:
We were here.
We suffered.
And no one came.

#GazaGenocide‌

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!

The so-called "civilised world" MUST STOP this utter abomination

I live in the UK
I wait for @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy to SPEAK and ACT
I wait for @BBCNews to at the very least REPORT PROPERLY

I weep for Gazans

I hate what MY country is doing or not doing

[Omar Baddar عمر بدّار @OmarBaddar]

The top headline of one of Israel’s leading papers. It’s unimaginable that any major US outlet would have the moral courage to speak this candidly about Israel’s crimes.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

If you say a crazy thing, it’s on you to prove the crazy thing is true. It’s not my responsibility to prove your crazy thing is not true.

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Today I saw a video of a Palestinian father holding and gently stroking the decapitated head of his child. How much more of this horror? How will this stain ever wash off the world?

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

Absolutely sickening. Iraqi Parliament has legalised child marriage for girls as young as 9 years old. This is an end to women and children’s rights.

Our silence on women’s rights in the developing world has allowed this to happen. This must be stopped.
https://t.co/bAa5AZZ9QL

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have deeply, deeply misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.

[Hind Khoudary @Hind_Gaza]

At least 71 Palestinians have been killed and more than 200 injured since the announcement of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

[Anna Naupa @AnnaNaupa]

Good story by @LeahLowonb36551 with @BenarNews on #VanuatuElection2025 and challenges for women candidates

#womeninpolitics #Pacificwomen

[Anna Naupa @AnnaNaupa]

Vanuatu’s strong commitment to #democracy comes at a cost. Pleased to share my views with @BenarNews

#vanuatuelection2025 @DailypostVu @NewsroomVbtc @IBIupdate @MelanesianWomen @MsgSecretariat @VanuatuUN

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

For over a year, the world has been bearing witness to unfathomable levels of death and destruction in the occupied Gaza Strip.

Act now call on Israel to immediately stop committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza: https://t.co/ufDcB0j1md

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

I think a lot about these Palestinian children, who begged the world over a year ago to save them from violence and death.

I wonder how many have been maimed and killed since, how many have lost loved ones.

[Polly Walker @pswandas]

@obed_doc The trauma is everywhere. Your team are doing incredible work. I hope they are getting some time with family today.

[حسام شبات @HossamShabat]

For the past 435 days, I’ve seen a dead body every single day. I’ve heard the screams of parents every single day. I’ve seen the flesh of children every single day. All this horror will change you, and I will never be the same.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

Full report, out now.

#EndGazaGenocide https://t.co/IwKzHPXqXU

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Two Iranian women have been sentenced to death by the lslamic regime for advocating for women’s rights.

Bakhshan and Sharifa were found guilty of ‘spreading corruption’ and are now going to be hanged by the Islamic regime.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Month after month, the world has watched as Israel treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them.

[Polly Walker @pswandas]

@TBGreenwell Unbelievably disappointing