Sean Ryan

Director of Media, Save the Children. Former Sunday Times foreign editor. Tweeting about children, foreign affairs and journalism

[Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum]

Yesterday my wonderful friend Paul Conroy ⁦@reflextv⁩ died of a heart attack. After years taking pictures and reporting in some of the world’s most dangerous places, he was visiting family in Devon. All of us who knew and loved him are devastated. He was 61.

[Sarah Baxter @SarahbaxterSTM]

My colleague Marie Colvin was murdered by the Assad regime in Syria 14 years ago today. Journalism is not a crime. RIP Marie. 💔

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

The Number 10 reset is starting

James Lyons, the current director of communications (strategy), is leaving after a year

Other changes will be announced shortly - other senior figures also expected to be on way out

Lyons told colleagues: 'It was an honour to be asked to come in

'I'm proud to have helped to get a grip on Whitehall comms after what was a difficult few first months for the Government

'It wasn’t just filling the grid. Launching the Plan for Change brought focus and direction

'But I gave up a lot to come in and this was never intended as a long haul

'When I came back from the summer break I told colleagues I was looking to leave by the end of the year

'I've brought this forward to be part of the other changes'

[Sean Ryan @seanmatthewryan]

How aid cuts hitting health services have put millions at risk of avoidable death. Strong piece by ⁦@davidpilling⁩ ⁦@FT⁩ ⁦@savechildrenuk⁩ https://t.co/PQH6LkVXlY

[The World at One @BBCWorldatOne]

More than 100 Palestinians are reported to have been killed yesterday while trying to collect food.

Save the Children's Rachel Cummings tells #BBCWato the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has a 'dangerous approach' to providing food assistance with no 'dignity'.

[Moazzam Malik @MoazzamTMalik]

"This is a debate about the nature of the world in which we want our children and our grandchildren to grow up"

My interview with @guardian on the impact of aid cuts, the travesty of child poverty in the UK – and need for @10DowningStreet to step up

https://t.co/JWlv87Amam

[Sean Ryan @seanmatthewryan]

A fresh way to tell the familiar story of families forced from their homes in #Sudan ⁦@Telegraph⁩ ⁦@savechildrenuk⁩ https://t.co/0p2p4k8RQ9

[Sean Ryan @seanmatthewryan]

Strong ⁦@Independent⁩ piece based on ⁦⁦@savechildrenuk⁩ analysis revealing women and children will suffer most from UK aid cuts. Millions will lose access to clean water and education. Time to think again? https://t.co/bEsSxIHVqC

[Sean Ryan @seanmatthewryan]

The price of saving money by cutting vaccinations could be more than millions of child deaths, says ⁦@PaulNuki⁩ ⁦@Telegraph⁩ - it could kick a hole in the global economy at great cost to us all https://t.co/9mMHgAlCtT

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

In Gaza, “children are dying en masse,” Shaima Al-Obaidi of @savechildrenuk tells @biannagolodryga.

“I cannot begin to describe the level of need here… I am terrified.”

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

🚨 Where are Ukraine’s missing billions? 🚨

@campbellclaret & @RoryStewartUK mentioned our campaign on The Rest is Politics – the UK Gov is sitting on £2.3bn from the Chelsea FC sale, meant to help war victims in Ukraine.

@DavidLammy, have you seen #UkrainesMissingBillions? Because we haven’t. And neither have Ukraine’s children.

RT to demand action.

#ChelseaFund

[Sean Ryan @seanmatthewryan]

Superb analysis of this momentous year for European security by Tim Marshall @Itwitius @thetimes @joshglancy Does anyone do history and geography better?

[Tim Marshall @Itwitius]

https://t.co/Hsznn45NjP

[The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network @MarieColvinNet]

Today marks the 13th anniversary of #MarieColvin's killing in Homs, #Syria, by Assad's regime.

#MCJN was established in her memory to support women journalists in the region. 🤍

Support our work here:
🔗https://t.co/GONzZ3KJpa
✔️https://t.co/e4LOpS9aS6

#RememberingMarie🕊️

[Sean Ryan @seanmatthewryan]

Calling all #NHS and #socialcare leaders: for insights into services for disabled children and adults from the family perspective, read this exceptional piece by my old friend @ianbirrell, whose beautiful daughter Iona has died at 32

Source: Mail Online https://t.co/2OxE05ZYju

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Even after a ceasefire, ‘children in Gaza will continue to die from malnutrition’, says Louisa Baxter, a doctor working for Save the Children in Gaza.

She’s currently stationed in Deir al Balah in central Gaza.

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

Homs, Syria. Most places would break from this level of cruelty, pain and brutality.

Yet people told me again and again that they will rebuild from the rubble.

We must be here with them, to recognize what they have lost, and to look forward to what they will become again.

[#WomenInJournalism @CFWIJ]

#Syria: Women Press Freedom is outraged by the Turkish drone strike that killed journalists #JihanBelki and #NazimDashdam near the Tishrin Dam, on the outskirts of Kobani. They were reporting on attacks on the dam when, according to local human rights groups, their vehicle was "directly" targeted. Their driver was also injured in the strike.

This tragedy comes amid escalating Turkish attacks in northern and eastern Syria. Jihan Belki is the third woman journalist killed by a Turkish drone strike this year, following the deaths of Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn in Iraq in August.

We strongly condemn this attack and demand an immediate, independent investigation to determine if these journalists were deliberately hit. Purposefully targeting the press in a conflict zone constitutes a war crime. Türkiye must be held accountable for the growing number of Kurdish journalists killed and injured by its drone strikes.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families, colleagues and loved ones of Jihan and Nazim.

[Simon Manley @SimonManleyFCDO]

It’s that day again. @UKMissionGeneva is supporting @savechildrenuk in its fundraising efforts for children in need around the globe 🌏 🌍 🌎 on this #ChristmasJumperDay 🎄

[Rula Jebreal @rulajebreal]

12 years after Assad's militias celebrated killing Marie Colvin, Syrians are jubilant over the fall of Assad’s murderous regime.
Colvin was deliberately killed for exposing Assad’s war crimes.
I just wish Marie, the world’s greatest war correspondent, were alive to report this.

[Sean Ryan @seanmatthewryan]

Great piece on fall of #Assad by #PaulConroy @mykalashnikov including link to #MarieColvin’s last story, which it was my privilege to edit ⁦@thetimes⁩

https://t.co/8xWVCKrOuy