Today’s anti-racism protest in Parliament Square was such a beautiful, peaceful gathering of people remembering the names of #GeorgeFlyod, #BreonnaTayor, #BellyMujinga, #markduggan and too many other who have been brutally killed by sistemic racism.
People kneeled, chanted, sung. They called on the Uk to stop exporting arms to the USA, to decolonize British curricula, to end the disproportionate use of stop and search on BAME communities
They called on ordinary people to become anti-racist. Non being racist is not enough
thousands of people who gathered under the rain and willingly ignored the lockdown: this shows the seriousness of their calls against the racist status quo. I hope this will be a wake up call for many.
I hope those who have the power who change the status quo will do something. I hope those who do ‘not see colour’ will embark on a process to understand that white privilege exists, and that they actually benefit from it
this is an example of institutional racism: the NHS racially profiling people and charging non EU migrants channel4.com/news/migrants-…
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Tomorrow a Dutch court will examine the merits of a landmark case brought by @realkiobel and three other women with regard to what they claim was Shell’s involvement in the unlawful arrest, torture and execution of their husbands by the Nigerian military @channasamkalden@tmdboer
Esther’s late husband, Dr Barinem Kiobel, was hanged in 1995 by the Nigerian government along with the writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other seven men, collectively known as the Ogoni Nine.
Afternoon session happening now with pioneering experts of #sexworkinindia: Rohit De (Yale University), Anuja Agrawal (Delhi School of Economics), Navaneetha Mokkil (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Durba Mitra (Harvard University). @LawsOfSocialRep@pkotiswaran@NatarajShakthi
How much do you know about the intersections of caste identity & sex work in India? Check these incredible resources to learn about that: "Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought" by Durba Mitra @LawsOfSocialRep#sexworkinindia
as well as "Unruly Figures" by Navaneetha Mokkil and "Chaste wives and Prostitute Sisters" by Anuja Agrawal @LawsOfSocialRep#sexworkerresilience
She is joined by Kiran Deshmukh, President of @NNSWIndia, discussing her activism & dedication to empower women in sex work to articulate & assert their full range of rights as well as protect themselves from HIV. Happening now during virtual workshop by @LawsOfSocialRep
...and by Kusum, President of the All India Network of Sex Workers (AINSW), a membership-based network of sex workers organizations that assists others with legal rights, health issues and social security across India #sexworkinindia#sexworkerresilience
2/ This means that the UK must state, clearly and publicly, the consequences that will result if Israel proceeds with its illegal annexation plans.
3/ Annexation – the acquisition of territory by force – is forbidden by the UN Charter. Yet the Israeli government is soon to begin the de jure annexation of parts of the West Bank – formalising its existing de facto annexation of illegally occupied areas.
I say #NoToAnnexation of settlements in Palestine because as a former Ecumenical Accompanier with @EAPPI I’ve witnessed the devastating impact of military occupation in Palestine that will be made permanent through annexation. Settlements are illegal and should not be normalized.
I say NO to the Israeli government’s plans to annex large parts of occupied Palestine because it violates international law and would make permanent 53 years of occupation that has perpetuated devastating human rights violations like the ones I witnessed in Hebron.
I witnessed children having to navigate their way to school through checkpoints/past heavily armed soldiers/past settlements and settlement outpost, facing the daily uncertainty of not knowing whether they will arrive without problems like harassment, physical violence or arrest
1/ Happening now: the UK Supreme Court is hearing the case of the Ogale and Bille Communities in the Niger Delta against @Shell. The communities argue that they have been severely affected by years of oil spills from #Shell's pipelines bit.ly/2Cy3Q0m@dleader3
2/ #Shell’s operations have devasted the environment of the Niger Delta and the life of its citizens. The effects of its operations have been widely documented, including by UNEP in 2011, which recommended an urgent clean-up, and by @amnesty. @leighdayintlbit.ly/3hRPt7a