Sultana Begum

Head of Humanitarian Advocacy with @SCI_Asia based in #Bangkok. Tweeting about humanitarian and development issues. Opinions are my own.

[Save the Children Global Media @Save_GlobalNews]

JOINT STATEMENT: #Gaza: Today, @Save_Children joins more than 130 NGOs calling for an end to the deadly Israeli distribution scheme, including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, that has seen more than 500 Palestinians killed in less than 4 weeks https://t.co/JlqixEY37V

[Sultana Begum @sultanabegums]

https://t.co/3YOgcBgpsn

[Sultana Begum @sultanabegums]

Children make up nearly half of Rohingya refugees on perilous boat journeys in 2024 as numbers rise. 118 children latest to arrive in Indonesia. 'All regional countries must let boats land safely + protect refugees’.
https://t.co/kPCFs4Gvxt

[Save the Children Global Media @Save_GlobalNews]

AUDIO: “The kidnappers are threatening us in various ways," "we can’t even sleep well at home, we stay up all night waiting for morning and worrying," - Faruq*, 16, a #Rohingya child recently kidnapped now living in fear 7 years after fleeing Myanmar. Spox available

[World Without Prisons 🇵🇸 @withoutprisons]

"Free Myanmar (Burma) And Gaza

No Liberation For Some Of Us Without Liberation For All Of Us"

Bangkok Pride March solidarity with Myanmar, Palestine, Sudan , Ukraine..

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Western governments have suspended #UNRWA funds due to serious ALLEGATIONS agst 12 staff.

Same governments have not suspended ties with the state whose army has killed 26k ppl in Gaza in 3.5m,though ICJ said it may plausibly constitute GENOCIDE.

Double standards? Yes, big time.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Why blocking aid to startving people? Because this is what #Apartheid, the organic by-product of settler-colonialism, looks like. Segregation and oppression pushed to the extreme.
#CeasefireNOW

[Save the Children Australia News @SaveAusNews]

JOINT STATEMENT: Sixteen leading humanitarian and human rights organistions call to stop arms transfers to Israel and Palestinian armed groups.

[UNHCR Asia-Pacific @UNHCRAsia]

Last year, 4500 Rohingya attempted boat journeys across Andaman Sea + Bay of Bengal.
Not all made it to their destination.
At least one Rohingya was reported dead or missing on each day of 2023.
Swift action by authorities is key to preventing tragedies.
https://t.co/UES9zyEKH0

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Last year, ~4500 Rohingya refugees embarked on deadly boat journeys across the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Not all made it to their destination.

Swift action by regional coastal authorities is key to prevent future tragedies.

ℹ️ https://t.co/lrVKo6eE1m

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Palestinian journalist @azaizamotaz9, who gathered a loyal following online for his reports on Israel's Gaza war, has left the besieged enclave.

He posted a final video from the territory before leaving for Qatar ⤵️

[Save the Children Global Media @Save_GlobalNews]

Thousands of #Rohingya refugee children homeless after fires in #Bangladesh. 800+ shelters destroyed or damaged. ‘Rohingya children, who already had so little, have lost everything. This tragedy is another reminder of the bleak future they face'. Shamim Jahan @SCIBangladesh

[sciasianews @sciasianews]

"Rohingya refugee children repeatedly tell us that fires are one of their biggest fears. Tragically once again, thousands of children have had to endure this terrifying reality", says Shamim Jahan @SCIBangladesh

Read more: https://t.co/mAQn1tz6vX

@Save_GlobalNews

[Save the Children Australia News @SaveAusNews]

IN THE NEWS: Save the Children Country Director in the occupied Palestinian territory Jason Lee called for a lasting ceasefire, saying that while a truce was a "welcome step in the right direction, it cannot replace a ceasefire". https://t.co/FiTCpRJeuq

[Save the Children Global Media @Save_GlobalNews]

465 Rohingya children arrived by boat in Indonesia in past week. Some ran out of food & water 2 days before reaching land. “Rohingya children are putting their lives on the line by taking these extremely dangerous journeys,” Sultana Begum @Save_Children

https://t.co/vLCuGSq28J

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Tomorrow, MPs will be voting on the call for a ceasefire in Gaza. It is a simple moral choice: do you support the indiscriminate killing of human beings, or do you want to stop the further loss of life?

In the aftermath of horror, we need voices for peace and diplomacy. Instead, our government has given the green light to unconscionable death and destruction.

I condemn the targeting of all civilian life. That includes the deplorable acts of terror by Hamas against Israeli civilians. And that includes acts of terror by the Israeli government against Palestinian civilians. More than 11,000 people in Gaza have been killed, almost half of whom are children.

Without a peaceful and political solution, this cycle of violence will go on and on, and it is the responsibility of members of Parliament to demand an end to the ongoing loss of life. We cannot become distracted from our overriding goal: to bring about freedom, justice and peace for all Palestinians and Israelis.

With every passing minute that the bombing continues, another human being is killed. This must end, now.

I will vote for a ceasefire tomorrow, and I will continue to demand the release of hostages, an end to the siege of Gaza, and an end to the occupation of Palestine. I urge colleagues to do the same.

[Lukas Slothuus @lslothuus]

“No climate justice on occupied land”

Respect for Greta Thunberg’s vocal commitment to the cause of Palestine.

One struggle, one fight! 🇵🇸🌱🍉

[Rushdi Abualouf @Rushdibbc]

It’s like an earthquake, driving through the Gaza City southern neighborhood, the scale of destruction is staggering

[Save the Children Global Media @Save_GlobalNews]

STATEMENT: Following @WFP cuts to #Afghanistan food assistance, @ArshadSave @Save_Children: “It is genuinely frightening to think about what further misery these cuts will inflict on children”
https://t.co/uNsuZ3Jor8

[sciasianews @sciasianews]

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