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I remember last holiday season my brother-in-law, a warm-hearted Cornell-educated man, told me the unvaccinated shouldn't be allowed to use hospitals.
I'll never forget that.
Him, looking me in the eyes and telling me my family was undeserving of emergency healthcare services.
I'll never forget that.
Him, looking me in the eyes and telling me my family was undeserving of emergency healthcare services.
Two years ago, I was fired for requesting exemption for the vaccine.
I agreed to test twice weekly, wear a mask, & eat in my office.
Note: This boarding school allowed unvaccinated students to live, dine, & take trips to NYC together.
Text from my dept. head 👇
I agreed to test twice weekly, wear a mask, & eat in my office.
Note: This boarding school allowed unvaccinated students to live, dine, & take trips to NYC together.
Text from my dept. head 👇
I learned governments, administrators, co-workers, & even family and friends could quickly be taught to see me as threat.
By many, my family was deemed unworthy of healthcare, employment, travel, & education.
Some countries even made it illegal to be unvaccinated.
By many, my family was deemed unworthy of healthcare, employment, travel, & education.
Some countries even made it illegal to be unvaccinated.
This is Iran!!
One drives all night on the streets that the corpse of his killed brother won't be stolen by the Regime's agents!
Another family unbury their killed son to remove it from the tombstone in which the regime has buried him without the parents' permission and
One drives all night on the streets that the corpse of his killed brother won't be stolen by the Regime's agents!
Another family unbury their killed son to remove it from the tombstone in which the regime has buried him without the parents' permission and
transfer the body to their family graveyard in their hometown!
A mother keeps her little kid's body killed by the regime in ice not to decay till the next morning to be buried by the family in fear of being stolen by the agents!
Another guy is forced to steal his best friend's
A mother keeps her little kid's body killed by the regime in ice not to decay till the next morning to be buried by the family in fear of being stolen by the agents!
Another guy is forced to steal his best friend's
body from the hospital not to be buried as an unknown corpse by the agents!
Can you imagine what a horrifying nightmare we are living in?!
Stop paying lip service and supporting the Mullahs!!
We will never forget our true friends... Never!
Can you imagine what a horrifying nightmare we are living in?!
Stop paying lip service and supporting the Mullahs!!
We will never forget our true friends... Never!
On #HumanRightsDay, here are a mere handful of atrocities committed by the U.S. in recent memory, for which the victims still have no sight of justice. 🧵
In March 2019, U.S. drones bombed a crowd of civilians in Baghuz, Syria. The drone operators in Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar recognized the crowd of civilians but dropped the bombs anyway, killing over 70 civilians in what was the worst civilian death toll in the war against ISIS.
In 2008, a U.S. airstrike massacred at least 47 civilians, including 39 women & children, who were escorting a bride to her wedding in Haska Meyna, Afghanistan. The bride of the wedding was also killed in the strike. Weeks later, another US attack killed 90 civilians in Azizabad.
It's #HumanRightsDay & the 75th birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. #UDHR75
If we were the same age as the UDHR, many of us wouldn't be enjoying the rights it defines.
How do we build on its principles to ensure later lives of meaning & dignity? Read on 🧵⬇️
If we were the same age as the UDHR, many of us wouldn't be enjoying the rights it defines.
How do we build on its principles to ensure later lives of meaning & dignity? Read on 🧵⬇️
@UNHumanRights @UN_HRC @UN4Ageing @WHO @UNDESA @UNDESASocial @UNGeneva @UN @UNFPA @IE_OlderPersons 2/ Reminder: #ageing is something to celebrate!
We are living longer than ever before. This is partly because of hard work to uphold the #UDHR.
But longer lives are not yet healthier lives for all. Our work to protect human rights needs to respond to a rapidly changing world.
We are living longer than ever before. This is partly because of hard work to uphold the #UDHR.
But longer lives are not yet healthier lives for all. Our work to protect human rights needs to respond to a rapidly changing world.
3/ The #UDHR's Preamble starts by highlighting the 'equal & inalienable rights of all members of the human family'.
These human rights are 'fundamental' & must be universally recognised & observed.
⚠️ This commitment has no age limits!
#HumanRightsDay
These human rights are 'fundamental' & must be universally recognised & observed.
⚠️ This commitment has no age limits!
#HumanRightsDay
Today is #HumanRightsDay.
This year the @UN is calling for ‘Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All’. Dignity, freedom and justice for all is only possible when everyone has equal access to health services without discrimination.
Know more 👉bit.ly/3Fk3Nlh #HealthForAll
This year the @UN is calling for ‘Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All’. Dignity, freedom and justice for all is only possible when everyone has equal access to health services without discrimination.
Know more 👉bit.ly/3Fk3Nlh #HealthForAll
Health is a human right, no matter your:
Race
Sex
Language
Gender
Disability
Sexual orientation
Political or other opinion
Ethnicity
Religion
Nationality
or any factor.
👉bit.ly/2SIDWxd #HumanRightsDay #HealthForAll
Race
Sex
Language
Gender
Disability
Sexual orientation
Political or other opinion
Ethnicity
Religion
Nationality
or any factor.
👉bit.ly/2SIDWxd #HumanRightsDay #HealthForAll
Discrimination and human rights violations within and beyond the health sector cause significant difference in physical and mental health outcomes.
All people deserve health coverage that is:
Good quality
Timely
Acceptable
Affordable
Appropriate.
👉bit.ly/2SIDWxd
All people deserve health coverage that is:
Good quality
Timely
Acceptable
Affordable
Appropriate.
👉bit.ly/2SIDWxd
Priti Patel's immigration clampdowns part of a global 2022 wave of authoritarianism, claim campaigners #NationalityandBordersBill' inews.co.uk/news/world/pri…
'Yasmine Ahmed, UK director of Human Rights Watch, told i that one of the most concerning trends the world is seeing is the rise of oppressive regimes and right-wing populism. She pointed to the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, sabotaging public health measures in his country
.. aimed at curbing the spread of Covid, as well as the brutal military junta in Myanmar, which has arbitrarily arrested and detained several thousand people who protested after the February coup.'
From the start, the EU has been BLOCKING wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver, a proposal to temporarily waive some intellectual property rules on vaccines & other health products. This:
⚕️ goes against expert advice, and
☠️ prolongs the pandemic
⚕️ goes against expert advice, and
☠️ prolongs the pandemic
"Scientists know that this cycle will prolong the pandemic — but world leaders are still failing to choose the fastest path out."
We need the #TRIPSwaiver for a #PeoplesVaccine.
Editorial in the science journal @nature: nature.com/articles/d4158…
We need the #TRIPSwaiver for a #PeoplesVaccine.
Editorial in the science journal @nature: nature.com/articles/d4158…
Only 46% of the world is fully vaccinated.
In many countries, it's less than 10%.
BILLIONS of people have not even had one dose yet.
👉 The top reason is the vaccine shortage caused by the EU, UK & others blocking wider vaccine production globally.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
In many countries, it's less than 10%.
BILLIONS of people have not even had one dose yet.
👉 The top reason is the vaccine shortage caused by the EU, UK & others blocking wider vaccine production globally.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
We've been sounding the alarm for years: "they're coming for the Human Rights Act".
They're now here 👇
They're now here 👇
2. Through scholarly analysis and law-in-action evidence, human rights scholars and commentators have shown what the HRA has done for the UK (and warned about this day) 👇
@conorgearty @colmocinneide @LioraLazarus @davidallengreen @AdamWagner1 @dzehtsiarou @JoshuaRozenberg ...
@conorgearty @colmocinneide @LioraLazarus @davidallengreen @AdamWagner1 @dzehtsiarou @JoshuaRozenberg ...
Today on #HumanRightsDay, I'm thinking of former #Guantanamo prisoner Nizar Sassi who said, "if you want a definition of this place, you don't have the right to have rights." (Find the rest of my thoughts in the thread below.)
I'm also thinking about how, despite commemorating a day meant to celebrate universal human rights, that many in the global majority are denied these rights, with some outright expelled from the global community on the basis of being undeserving.
I'm thinking about the Palestinian people, the Sudanese people, and everywhere else across the globe where people are rising up against state violence and repression. I'm thinking of those who take their rights whether or note the state decides to bestow rights upon them.
Today on #HumanRightsDay, I'm thinking of former #Guantanamo prisoner Nizar Sassi who said, "if you want a definition of this place, you don't have the right to have rights." (Find the rest of my thoughts in the thread below.)
I'm also thinking about how, despite commemorating a day meant to celebrate universal human rights, that many in the global majority are denied these rights, with some outright expelled from the global community on the basis of being undeserving.
I'm thinking about the Palestinian people, the Sudanese people, and everywhere else across the globe where people are rising up against state violence and repression. I'm thinking of those who take their rights whether or note the state decides to bestow rights upon them.
"At the heart of this project is consultation". At our #HumanRightsDay event today, Mandy from @Warrspeakup spoke about the importance of participation
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"For the 20 self advocates who are currently involved it's really making a difference in their lives" @Warrspeakup
📢 "Human rights are the basic rights that belong to all of us, simply because we're human" @Ulgrid from @together_sacr
[THREAD]: Human Rights Day 2021
"We have to make weaker-stronger and remove barriers in the path to achieving a harmonious society."
NHRC, India Chairperson, Justice Arun Mishra's speech on the occasion of Human Rights Day
#HumanRightsDay @India_NHRC
"We have to make weaker-stronger and remove barriers in the path to achieving a harmonious society."
NHRC, India Chairperson, Justice Arun Mishra's speech on the occasion of Human Rights Day
#HumanRightsDay @India_NHRC
Justice Mishra (Retd): India is the largest vibrant democracy globally, having unity in diverse religions, cultures, faiths and languages. The disparity in political, socioeconomic conditions of the nations and people call for different solutions.
#HumanRightsDay @India_NHRC
#HumanRightsDay @India_NHRC
Justice Mishra: Equality is the essence of human rights.
"We have to provide protective discrimination by providing compensatory justice to those who have suffered injustice and violation of their human rights."
#HumanRightsDay @India_NHRC
"We have to provide protective discrimination by providing compensatory justice to those who have suffered injustice and violation of their human rights."
#HumanRightsDay @India_NHRC
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2021
🧵 adding to throughout the day
There will a shed load of content from @BIHRhumanrights all day
In thus hostile environment we're taking back the agenda, we're sharing
#WhyOurHumanRightsActMatters not just to us but to everyone across the UK ⬇️
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🧵 adding to throughout the day
There will a shed load of content from @BIHRhumanrights all day
In thus hostile environment we're taking back the agenda, we're sharing
#WhyOurHumanRightsActMatters not just to us but to everyone across the UK ⬇️
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2/ first up, this morning 159 CEOs & leaders of 159 civil society groups spanning vast interests & geographies across the UK have written to the PM explaining why our Human Rights Act Matters and why we need political leaders to safeguard our rights & democratic accountability
3/ Human Rights Day Civil Society Letter to the Prime Minister & Political Leaders (video) #WhyOurHumanRightsActMatters
to us all
#HumanRightsDay
to us all
#HumanRightsDay
On this #HumanRightsDay, I am exposing #AbleistAIIMS, their highly ableist culture & shocking plagiarised report. The genesis is my RTI exposing how AIIMS deliberately denied #DocsWithDisabilities postgrad seats in AIIMS for the last eight exams whereas JIPMER, PGI embraced. 1/
Dr Sanjay Wadhwa (PMR) & his same team of controversial non-disabled members framed guidelines for #DocsWithDisabilities in PG at AIIMS, Delhi. I wonder if this is the most ableist document ever published in the history of #MedEd in India? #AbleistAIIMS
aiimsexams.ac.in/pdf/Final_PWBD… 2/
aiimsexams.ac.in/pdf/Final_PWBD… 2/
Wadhwa Committee’s terribly framed report w/ ableist language self-proclaims, “What is proposed by Experts here is quite unique, perhaps revolutionary, w/ far-reaching consequences.” Yes, 30% of this report is plagiarised w/ negative portion carefully chosen to blame disabled 3/
VP @lenirobredo on #HumanRightsDay
As we celebrate #HumanRights 2021 , we are reminded of our common humanity— that regardless of race, color, religion, gender, we are a single human family, bound by a shared commitment to build a better and fairer world for all.
As we celebrate #HumanRights 2021 , we are reminded of our common humanity— that regardless of race, color, religion, gender, we are a single human family, bound by a shared commitment to build a better and fairer world for all.
2/ We can accomplish this by relentlessly standing up for our rights, & the rights of others, at every opportunity. It also calls for empathy and fellowship, put into practice by the work of looping those in the margins into the cycle of progress and empowerment.#HumanRightsDay
3/ It requires embracing solidarity, and the conviction that an injustice committed against a fellow human person is an injustice committed against us all.#HumanRightsDay
Ahead of the High Court's ruling tomorrow (Friday) morning, here's what you need to know (thread):
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
His father was so devoted to Iran’s revolution that he named his son after the regime's founder: Rouhollah. The son turned against the system & leaked the regime’s secrets on SM. He was lured to Iraq from Paris, kidnapped by the IRGC, & today, he was executed. #HumanRightsDay
#RouhollahZam left behind two daughters. He did not have access to a fair trial & forced to confess on state TV, but even then, he defended ppl’s fight against a brutal regime that just in the past 2 years has killed 100s of protesters & dissidents. No accountability! No shame!
With each execution, the Islamic Republic sends a message to its opponents & the world that it can neither change nor tolerate dissent & that it does not fear bloodshed for its survival. This approach has increased the scope of resistance/dissatisfaction instead.
#RouhollahZam
#RouhollahZam
They said he was a violent man:
IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ISN'T TRUE.
They said WikiLeaks revelations caused deaths:
IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ISN'T TRUE.
They said he helped a whistleblower hack United States servers:
THAT ALSO IS NOT TRUE.
#WeAreAllAssange🎗 #HumanRightsDay
IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ISN'T TRUE.
They said WikiLeaks revelations caused deaths:
IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ISN'T TRUE.
They said he helped a whistleblower hack United States servers:
THAT ALSO IS NOT TRUE.
#WeAreAllAssange🎗 #HumanRightsDay
Yet they have spent 10 years torturing him and inventing lies about him. And now still imprisoned in a High Security prison in London UK, freezing in solitary confinement, surrounded by people infected by covid (...)
#WeAreAllAssange🎗 #HumanRightsDay
#WeAreAllAssange🎗 #HumanRightsDay
(...) waiting to be extradited to another High Security prison and appear before a court and judge in the states with a 100% conviction rate. So he will essentially disappear and die there.
#WeAreAllAssange🎗 #HumanRightsDay
#WeAreAllAssange🎗 #HumanRightsDay
Meet Mohammed al-Masari. He’s a former physics professor and leading critic of the Saudi Arabian royal family. In 1996 he fled to the UK and sought asylum. The Saudis demanded that the British should expel him. 1/
This presented the then Tory government with the opportunity to show how much it cared for human rights, an opportunity which, obviously, it flunked. 2/
Now clearly Dr al-Masari would be tortured or killed if sent back, so how could the government placate the furious Saudis w/out breaking the law? They decided to send him to Dominica, in the Caribbean.
They offered the Dominicans large amounts in aid – so it’s widely assumed. 3/
They offered the Dominicans large amounts in aid – so it’s widely assumed. 3/
💥NEW: US Sanctions Serious Human Rights Abusers in Russia, including Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov & paramilitary Kadyrovtsy, implicated in the assassination of Boris Nemtsov & killings, abductions of LGBT activists & journalists home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel… #HumanRightsDay #MagnitskyAct
Today's new US #MagnitskyAct #sanctions on Kadyrov & paramilitary Kadyrovtsy also designate 6 companies registered in #Russia that "continue to provide Kadyrov pride and significant profit" and 5 individuals prominent in Kadyrov's network. #HumanRights #HumanRightsDay
So hard to read this as Trump+GOP damage democracy & society: "Human rights abuse & corruption undermine the values that form an essential foundation of stable, secure, & functioning societies…weaken democratic institutions; degrade the rule of law; perpetuate violent conflicts"
I'm so proud of the @EachOtherUk team for producing their first full length (45 min) documentary on a vital human rights issue: school exclusions.
Exclusions raise profound human rights issues, little talked about
Watch Exclusion now & spread the word:
Exclusions raise profound human rights issues, little talked about
Watch Exclusion now & spread the word:
A project which gets to the heart of what @EachOtherUk is doing, great for #HumanRightsDay:
- Foregrounds voices of those whose human rights are affected (the entire 45 mins is young people's voices)
- Engages with wider human rights values & campaigns
- Foregrounds voices of those whose human rights are affected (the entire 45 mins is young people's voices)
- Engages with wider human rights values & campaigns
Huge props to @sarahwishart @jack_satchell and the team
1)European foreign ministers met Monday and agreed to establish a European Magnitsky Act, designed to sanction serious #HumanHights abuses. euronews.com/2020/12/08/eu-…
#HumanRightsDay #FreeIran2020
#HumanRightsDay #FreeIran2020
2)The high representative of the #EU for Foreign Affairs and Security welcomed the decision as a landmark agreement, allowing the EU to target serious #HumanRights abuses &violations worldwide. Here are some valid questions:
#HumanRightsDay
#HumanRightsDay
3) In light of the recently published letter by7 #UN especial rapporteurs, who have detailed their valid concerns about #CrimesAgainstHumanity in the #1988massacre of political prisoners in #Iran &have demanded the Intl Community to investigate this, what will @eu_eeas do?
Afghanistan remains a conflict zone despite the peace talks in Doha, while Kabul is cited as one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
This #HumanRightsDay is dedicated to the young men and women fighting for peace, and their #HumanRights
independent.co.uk/independentpre…
This #HumanRightsDay is dedicated to the young men and women fighting for peace, and their #HumanRights
independent.co.uk/independentpre…
In honour of young Afghans fighting to establish #HumanRights in Afghanistan, I'd like to share some photos with you.
This is @BreshnaMusazai, known as Afghanistan's 'Malala', after she was shot three times by the Taliban. She is a Fulbright Scholarship finalist.
This is @BreshnaMusazai, known as Afghanistan's 'Malala', after she was shot three times by the Taliban. She is a Fulbright Scholarship finalist.
This is @KarimiSafia. She saw a man beheaded at close range when she was 17, and has just been awarded a scholarship to military school, so she can protect civilians in Afghanistan. #HumanRightsDay #HumanRights
Since turning 18, Safia goes sky diving at a centre in Chicago.
Since turning 18, Safia goes sky diving at a centre in Chicago.
It’s #HumanRightsDay
Please submit your evidence to the UK government about how lockdowns have impacted human rights here:
committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide…
committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide…
