Tom Shacklock

Research conflict & minority rights @CranePrevention & HRRC | Nonprofit consultant | ex- @genocide_watch | Byline @openDemocracy @BrusselsTimes. Views = my own.

[Tom Shacklock @ShacklockTom]

As the #DRC catches global attention due to #M23, its other crises continue to be overlooked, including attacks on the #Banyamulenge. My blog series from June unpacks narratives on this complex crisis that overlook/downplay the Banyamulenge perspective.

https://t.co/GAabjhgjBU

[Oxford Union @OxfordUnion]

A statement from the President, Arwa Elrayess:

[NYTimes Communications @NYTimesPR]

A.G. Sulzberger warns in a speech today that tech giants that make A.I. products are violating settled law, causing unnecessary harm and threatening to undermine the future of journalism and creative work in all its forms. https://t.co/jqyMCsRZEa

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

This month marks Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month.

Despite facing discrimination in many areas of life, our Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities have long contributed to life in our capital and today we celebrate that rich legacy.

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world - the ancient city of Tyre - designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its incredible historical sites. This is what it looks like today following multiple Israeli airstrikes.

[Hiba Morgan @hiba_morgan]

Honoured to be on @malonebarry’s Proximities podcast to talk about Sudan’s conflict, the humanitarian crisis and why the most of the world is ignoring the unfolding disaster.

https://t.co/GiQvAjRRTS

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Listen to @hiba_morgan on why the war in Sudan doesn’t get the coverage it deserves.

[Lauren Blanchard @LaurenBinDC]

This report is incredibly problematic. It ascribes to a "violent religious ideology" to the Fulani, a large ethnic group in W. Africa, without any sourcing or discussion of what the ideology is, and it conflates bandit activity in NW Nigeria with religious violence.

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

"If mental illness is frowned upon, suicide remains the ultimate taboo — both religiously forbidden and socially unacceptable." Inside the suicide crisis stalking Sudanese refugees in Egypt.https://t.co/xupk2lnLB4

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Colombian mercenaries were recruited by a United Arab Emirates-based company and transited through Emirati military bases to support paramilitary troops who committed atrocities in Sudan, a leading rights organisation alleges. https://t.co/7jmJje6C3d

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Sudan has been ravaged by more than three years of a brutal civil war, where the UAE's role in supporting the RSF has been widely documented.

Now, a new report by Human Rights Watch reveals just how far the UAE is willing to go to protect and further its own interests in Sudan.

[RFI Afrique @RFIAfrique]

Détention de Joseph Figueira en Centrafrique: «À Bria, j'ai vraiment cru que je n'allais pas survivre» https://t.co/M0xMitk57c

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

NEW: Colombian private military contractors, apparently hired by a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, transited through UAE military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the abusive Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

This is further evidence indicating that the UAE is assisting or otherwise substantially contributing to the Rapid Support Forces’ capacity to commit war crimes.

Read HRW’s full investigation. ⤵️
https://t.co/1QDRRLWMNa

[Julia Macfarlane @juliamacfarlane]

Baller move of the Pope to quote JRR Tolkien who warned of the corrupting influence of power in the context of AI. Peter Thiel appropriated Tolkien’s name of the telepathic, all-seeing eye “Palantir” for the name of his AI company

[Laila Al-Arian @LailaAlarian]

Civilians in El Fasher, Sudan describe hunger, shelling and desperate attempts to survive as fighting closed in on the city.

Our @AJFaultLines and @LHreports film “No Exit From El Fasher” investigates the siege that led up to the city’s fall.

Watch: https://t.co/VXV6X2OgSu

[Richard Sanders @PulaRJS]

Reform is proposing the deportation of 2 million people - including people legally here.

"Politically it feels quite clever doesn't it," says Trevor Phillips, and leads a discussion that revolves entirely around whether it is affordable and practical.

These are people who sweep our streets, look after disabled people, keep the care sector functioning. People who work incredibly hard and are invariably very badly paid. People who have families, lives, hopes, dreams. Without whom the economy simply wouldn't function.

This country has arrived at an appalling place.

[Declan Walsh @declanwalsh]

The UAE, through it's arming of Sudan's RSF, is probably the most consequential foreign actor in a devastating war.
Now activists are focusing on the UAE's sports sponsorship, calling on @NBA to suspend its brand deal with the country.

[Nesrine Malik @NesrineMalik]

The UAE must be held responsible for its part in Sudan’s crisis | Letters https://t.co/qpQYvyHZ8z

[Emir Nader @EmirNader]

I’ve seen so many videos of the most vile Islamophobia at yesterday’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march in London. Why is this not being taken seriously?

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Russia is luring Yemeni fighters into its war against Ukraine with large cash payments, monthly salaries and the promise of citizenship, Middle East Eye has learned

https://t.co/hs9vVPhleH

[Laila Al-Arian @LailaAlarian]

“Encircled, starved and killed.”

A new documentary from @AJFaultLines, @LHreports and @sudanwarmonitor investigates of mass killings during the siege of El Fasher, Sudan.

Watch now. https://t.co/x1Oqa2NjUr