Tini z

Child activist, mother, sister, aunt and friend. I’m passionate about food, child rights and doing good-the good part is hard work! I like books and movies too

[Mikhail Hafiz @IMMikhailHafiz]

"Just as the carrying capacity of a bridge is measured by the strength of its weakest support, so the quality of a society should be measured by the quality of life of its weakest members."
- Zygmunt Bauman

Any cuts would disproportionately disadvantage the underprivileged.

[حيدر | Haydar @chronicalihere]

Microsoft even disabled the ICC Chief prosecutor Karim Khan and his team's email accounts on behalf of Israel. Francesca Albanese was cut off from all her bank accounts; unable to open new ones or use/ get credit cards.

When you confront them, they will come at you for everything, from every angle— to discredit and silence you. They control the banking systems through which money flows globally, whether through financial institutions or intermediaries like Stripe.

When the US sanctioned Albanese last year, it wasn't just her money that was frozen— her hotel bookings were cancelled, her health insurance refused to reimburse her, she couldn't even use most apps. Even the Christmas gifts her 13-year-old daughter received were sanctioned.

And she was reprimanded only after she began focusing her attention on the powerful American corporations complicit in funding and enabling the genocide in Gaza.

She wrote letters to 48 companies, universities and financial institutions notifying them that they were complicit in and profiting from a genocide— the Trump Administration instantly moved to punish her.

They have infiltrated and can manipulate every facet of your existence in ways beyond your wildest imagination. They will try to exploit every component of your life in order to make it work against you.

Remain cognizant of this in every aspect of what you think is your *private* life. They don't just control the weapons that kill, but the algorithms on your phone that can be used to dictate your life as well.

[Tayab Ali @tayab_ali_]

🚨 In this exclusive interview with Mehdi Hasan, Karim Khan KC demonstrates the clarity, independence, and authority that define his tenure as ICC Prosecutor

[Lara Friedman @LaraFriedmanDC]

“They are not terrorists or narco-traffickers but eminent judges and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as a special rapporteur on human rights for the United Nations.”

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Surely my life is not easy. But it is nothing compared to that of the Palestinians under Israeli Apartheid, who continue to be genocided and tortured.
With or without sanctions, I will not stop standing for justice.
Together we can and we will.
#UNA

[Anera @AneraOrg]

The humanitarian situation in Lebanon has reached a critical tipping point as hostilities continue. Today, in the early afternoon local time, nearly 100 simultaneous strikes were conducted across Lebanon, including Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Bekaa, South and Nabatieh regions. Hundreds have been either killed or wounded. This follows an attack earlier today on a cafe in the port city of Sidon that killed eight people and injured 22.

The healthcare system is under extreme pressure, exacerbated by strikes near medical facilities and the destruction of key infrastructure, such as bridges, which has isolated several southern communities. Medical staff in Beirut are evacuating patients to the North and Mount Lebanon so they can accommodate the large numbers of injured.

Since early March, more than 1.2 million people, nearly one-fifth of the country’s population, have been displaced, creating one of the fastest-growing crises globally.

Anera’s team is unharmed and they are monitoring the humanitarian situation closely. We will keep everyone updated on our emergency response as the crisis continues to evolve.

You can donate to our emergency response in Lebanon at https://t.co/Xp6HP6vTUE.

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

I have a PhD in political science from Oxford, focused on US foreign policy; worked as a State Dept. official in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East; and wrote a celebrated foreign policy book taught at universities like Princeton. That's why I get geopolitical questions.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the wake of these hours of great tension for the #MiddleEast and the entire world, I welcome with satisfaction—and as a sign of living hope—the announcement of an immediate two-week truce. Only by returning to negotiations can the war come to an end. #Peace

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

While the world focuses on the destruction in Iran, we must not ignore what Israel is doing in Lebanon.

1,461 have been killed.
4,430 have been injured.
1.2 million have been displaced.

Israel now occupies 14% of Lebanon.

Enough is enough. No more US military aid to Israel.

[UN Palestine Committee @UNISPAL]

📢UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs has issued a new report "Torture and Genocide". The report argues that torture is not an isolated crime but is "a structural feature of the ongoing genocide & broader settler-colonial apartheid" against Palestinians.⤵️
https://t.co/Cw6X4Uy5ML

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations.

[BFM News @NewsBFM]

Six youths have filed a judicial review against Putrajaya, calling for urgent measures to stop deforestation and ensure at least 50% forest cover.

The group is seeking a mandamus order requiring the government to act, with progress updates every 90 days, and a declaration that their constitutional rights to life and equality have been violated.

📸: FMT

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[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Exclusive: Staff in Karim Khan's office write in support of his return to ICC

A group purporting to represent the "silent majority" urges respect for judicial findings on the prosecutor's alleged misconduct

[Tini z @tiniz]

@meralhece It is absolutely ridiculous

[Tini z @tiniz]

Omg

[Meral Hussein-Ece @meralhece]

Despite judicially cleared of allegations of sexual misconduct, seems a Western-led campaign against ICC prosecutor Karim Khan has led to a political decision to disregard the judicial findings & proceed with a disciplinary process. US-Israel allies Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Japan, & South Korea voted to continue the proceedings against Khan. Seems designed to undermine proper process.

[Tayab Ali @tayab_ali_]

Statement by Tayab Ali, solicitor, and Sareta Ashraph, counsel, for Karim A. A. Khan KC, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

Hague / London: We are aware of widespread media reporting suggesting that a majority of States in the Bureau have expressed the political view that the Prosecutor has committed some form of misconduct.

The Prosecutor has not been informed of any decision by the Bureau.

If these reports are accurate, they give rise to serious concern. This statement is issued to correct the public record.

It is alarming and places the Bureau outside of the law that governs it, if political representatives have sought to substitute their own assessment for that of an eminent independent Judicial Panel. That Panel, comprising three highly distinguished international judges and appointed by the Bureau itself, reviewed the entirety of the evidential record over a period of three months and reached a unanimous and unequivocal conclusion: that the material does not establish any misconduct or breach of duty of any kind.

That conclusion was reached applying the applicable standard of proof and the same legal framework used in comparable proceedings, as stipulated by the Bureau itself. Given the paucity of the underlying evidence, we are far from convinced that a lower standard of proof would have yielded a different outcome.

By contrast, the investigator’s report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, which was reviewed in full by the Judicial Panel together with all the underlying evidential material, did notmake determinative findings of any misconduct or breach of duty within their 137 actual findings. It compiled material, including allegations, which required legal evaluation. As the Judicial Panel made abundantly clear there were no findings by OIOS against Mr Khan. The Judicial Panel explained that a finding is not the repetition of an allegation or a reference to evidence or information; it is the result of subjecting that material to rigorous scrutiny and legal analysis. That is precisely what the Judicial Panel undertook.

Contrary to what is being reported, there are no witness accounts to corroborate these unsubstantiated allegations; to the contrary, the independent Judicial Panel identified contradictory evidence. Contrary to reports, neither the OIOS nor the Judicial Panel made any findings of retaliation against any staff.

It is also necessary to address the circulation by the Bureau of the “OIOS Summary” document prepared months after the underlying report. That summary is not accepted by the Prosecutor as fair or accurate. It does not reflect the definitive report and risks mischaracterising both the evidential position and the investigative conclusions.

There is a fundamental distinction between investigative material and a judicial determination. Any process which treats them as equivalent departs from basic legal principle. The Panel’s report, based on a detailed review of the evidence and resulting in a clear, reasoned, and unanimous decision, should properly have guided the Bureau and led to the closure of this matter. An investigator’s report does not have the same weight as a Judicial Panel finding in any rule of law system.

If it is the case that this conclusion has instead been set aside, it raises cogent and troubling questions about whether political considerations have been allowed to displace legal judgment. Any such outcome would risk presenting what is, in substance, a political determination as if it were a factual one.

The Prosecutor has consistently denied any wrongdoing or any misconduct of any kind. The Prosecutor rejects any politicisation of this process and will take all necessary steps to vindicate the Judicial Panel’s clear and unanimous findings, including by formally challenging any such decision before the Assembly of States Parties.

We have for some time raised concerns regarding apparent alignment between elements of the Bureau process and media reporting. The consistency and timing of recent coverage will inevitably reinforce those concerns and require careful scrutiny.

We are bound by strict confidentiality obligations and will continue to respect them. It is, however, a matter of concern that those obligations do not appear to have been uniformly observed.

We have no further comment at this stage.

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[Tini z @tiniz]

This is outrageous

[Sareta Ashraph @SaretaAshraph]

Statement by Tayab Ali, solicitor, and Sareta Ashraph, counsel, for Karim A. A. Khan KC, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

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[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

Independent expert @FranceskAlbs presents latest report to the Human Rights Council #HRC61.

“What once operated in the shadows is now practiced openly: a regime of organised humiliation, pain & degradation, sanctioned at the highest political levels.”

https://t.co/823WXTaZPg

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

true and tragic …..

Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing
Philippe Lazzarini https://t.co/8xfOwTsgdH

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing @adequatehousing]

The witch hunt against Karim Khan, #ICCProsecutor, is over. He has been cleared of all charges of misconduct and must now resume full prosecution of Israeli and US crimes as well as other crimes. I stand ready to cooperate.