Conor Fortune

Journalist & editor. Head of Comms & Events @FrontLineHRD. Past @amnesty @UNHumanRights @HRW @banclusterbombs. Former Rotary World Peace Fellow.

[Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono]

Quentin Sommerville travelled to Myanmar without the permission of the authorities - the only way to report. During his 10 days there, he spent time with rebel fighters and travelled to hospitals and front-line positions in Bago and Karen states https://t.co/jnObcFOIKr

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

When governments erase history, censor remembrance, and punish dissent, it’s easy to feel powerless.

That’s the point of authoritarianism.

To us feel isolated, afraid, and silent.

In April 1989, some university students in Beijing gathered in Tiananmen Square.

At first, it was to mourn the death of a political leader. Soon, they began to call for political and economic reforms.

On the night of 3 June 1989, heavily armed troops and armoured vehicles moved to ‘clear’ protestors from Tiananmen Square.

Millions joined. However, they faced a brutal crackdown.

Thirty-seven years later, the exact number of victims is unknown.

For three decades, Hong Kong hosted the world’s largest annual candlelight vigils for the victims and families.

But in 2020, Hong Kong authorities passed the National Security Law, banning rememberance.

Chow Hang-Tung, vigil organiser, was charged, arrested and is in prison for daring to remember.

Remembering Tiananmen Square crackdown is nearly impossible in mainland China or Hong Kong now.

An entire generation is denied the truth about what happened on June 4, 1989.

But silence cannot rewrite history.

Memory survives because together, we refuse to let it disappear.

Remember Tiananmen. Today and always.

#Tiananmen #June4 #HumanRights #NeverForget

[Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc]

Veteran news anchor Jon Snow has shared that he’s living with dementia, speaking publicly for the first time to raise awareness of a condition affecting around 1 million people across the UK.

Jon and his wife, neurologist Dr Precious Lunga, are supporting Alzheimer’s Society @alzheimerssoc and shared the story of Jon’s diagnosis in @DailyMail as part of our Defeating Dementia campaign with the newspaper.

https://t.co/Sy08OWXmms

We’ve partnered with Jon, in association with @Channel4, on a powerful new documentary airing on 20 June. Jon Snow: A Last Big Story looks at how he’s navigating life with dementia, and how, when we all come together, we can change the story.

Thank you to Jon and Precious for their courage and openness to bring much-needed attention to dementia 💙

@jonsnowC4

Photo credit: Cynthia R Matonhodze

[COPINH @COPINHHONDURAS]

📌 123 meses sin #BertaCáceres
La mataron por defender la tierra. Ahora quieren convertir eso en delito
#LeyAgroindustralNO
#NOAlDecreto842026
El poder económico que ordenó su muerte sigue escribiendo las leyes.
¡Berta vive, la lucha sigue!
#JusticiaParaBerta #Honduras #COPINH

[Andrea Bolaños Vargas @AndreaBV_SR_HRD]

🇧🇷#Brazil
I’m hearing disturbing news about the sustained harassment, intimidation, and surveillance of HRDs from ‘Movimento Xingu Vivo para Sempre’ defending land, environmental and indigenous rights in connection with the Volta Grande Mining Project, in Brazil.

This has intensified amid ongoing legal proceedings on the project’s licensing and the potential for displacement of local communities. I am particularly concerned about the indigenous women who took the lead in peaceful protests to defend their rights.

The State must ensure that the HRDs can carry out their activities without fear of reprisals and free from restrictions. All harassment must cease, and their protection must be guaranteed.

@BrazilUNGeneva

@UN_SPExperts

[Zeteo @zeteo_news]

It isn’t just Palestinians – Western media is also ignoring shocking accounts of abuse from white Western activists detained by Israeli forces after an illegal raid on the Global Sumud Flotilla.

We compiled 11 of the most disturbing testimonies.

[Gianluca Costantini ★ @channeldraw]

In just one week, 77 children were killed or injured in Lebanon.

That is 11 children a day.
Children should not pay the price of conflict.
@UNICEF #Lebanon

[Bill McCarren @mccarrennews]

This is Vivian Wang, China Correspondent for NY Times. She was just expelled from China in a very troubling decision. Vivian is an excellent correspondent and a solid professional. Voices Unbound calls on China to reverse this unfortunate decision. https://t.co/TjysY9xepK

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

WATCH: @IamArwaDamon follows River Ahmad, who survived a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan by pretending to be dead, as she climbs Mount Everest in honor of Afghan women and girls.
https://t.co/F3bMabL2Qc

[Rushan Abbas @RushanAbbas]

A new investigation by @alisonkilling and the @FinancialTimes reveals that the Uyghur Region has the world’s largest detention system relative to population. https://t.co/CqRQ346c6P

The study tracked 579 detention compounds from 2011 to today, which showed the region currently has the capacity to detain around 627,000 people without overcrowding — nearly 1 in 40 people.

The camps may no longer dominate headlines, but the system of repression and the genocide have not disappeared. It has evolved.

[Front Line Defenders @FrontLineHRD]

📍Italy

Congratulations to human rights defenders Roberto Malini and Lisetta Sperindei on receiving the Goffredo Parise Prize for Reportage, one of Italy’s significant awards dedicated to journalism of testimony, civic information and the defence of freedom of expression.

The prize highlights the importance of protecting journalists, HRDs and citizens who suffer intimidation or legal harassment for speaking out in the public interest.

[Front Line Defenders @FrontLineHRD]

📍Cambodia

🚨Five Mother Nature Cambodia environmental defenders have been imprisoned for nearly two years for their peaceful activism.

We call on Cambodia’s appeals court to overturn their unjust convictions and release them immediately and unconditionally.
🔗https://t.co/bVklhGdjMK

[COPINH @COPINHHONDURAS]

A 10 años del asesinato de #BertaCáceres seguimos exigiendo verdad y justicia.
El informe del #GIEI2026 es claro: no hubo reparación integral para las víctimas de Agua Zarca y el Estado de #Honduras sigue en deuda.
#COPINH

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

BREAKING: The US Treasury has added UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese back to its sanctions list, days after a federal judge ordered her removal over free speech concerns.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/YWKl4AmPYk

[Almost @almost_co]

‼️ Israel has bombed Gaza on the eve of Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday, killing more than 9 people despite the “ceasefire”

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

There are multiple reasons why Sudan is the world's worst human crisis today, multiple bad actors. But the UAE is one of the worst, with its support for the brutal RSF militia committing mass murder and mass rape. Pres. Trump, having taken $500m from the UAE, is silent about it.

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#Ukraine: RSF participated in the 🇺🇦 parliamentary commission investigating the case of journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who died in a Russian prison. RSF welcomes the 🇺🇦 authorities’ efforts to advance the investigation. Those responsible for her death must be brought to justice.

https://t.co/0ZZfqa3b0H

👉 https://t.co/g3854CuhM2

[Joey Shea @joey_shea]

I spoke with @MiddleEastEye about our new @HRW report documenting how Colombian private military contractors, apparently hired by a UAE-based company, transited through UAE military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the abusive RSF 👇

[NetBlocks @netblocks]

🫶 Welcome back #Iran! Metrics show a further rise in connectivity as mobile networks and other segments are reconnected to the global internet:

• Filternet remains in place but can be worked around
• WhatsApp now restricted, requiring circumvention
• Some users still offline

[Andrea Bolaños Vargas @AndreaBV_SR_HRD]

🇭🇳#Honduras
He recibido información sobre la masacre de al menos 19 personas campesinas en el Bajo Aguan, Honduras, el 21 de mayo de 2026.
La información recibida indica que los atacantes vestían indumentaria similar a la de fuerzas militares y policiales.
Esto no es un hecho aislado. Es un patrón persistente y documentado de violencia contra personas defensoras de la tierra en la región, advertido reiteradamente por la OACNUDH, la Corte IDH y por este mandato.
El Estado hondureño conocía el riesgo. La inacción ante un riesgo conocido es responsabilidad del Estado.
Rechazo toda forma de estigmatización o criminalización contra estas comunidades. Su lucha por la tierra, la alimentación y una vida digna es legítima y está protegida por el derecho internacional.
Insto al Estado hondureño a:
▪️ Investigar de forma inmediata, independiente e imparcial los hechos y sancione a las personas presuntamente responsables materiales e intelectuales.
▪️ Proteger a sobrevivientes, familias y personas defensoras de derechos humanos de la región
▪️ Cesar toda estigmatización y criminalización de las comunidades campesinas
▪️ Garantizar la no repetición
La impunidad perpetúa la violencia.

@HondurasGinebra

@UN_SPExperts @OACNUDHHN
@OACNUDH