And yet, #Palantir & #FacultyAI - companies with links to #CambridgeAnalytica - run the NHS digital platform & have access all our health data, including genetic material
1/. Exactly one year ago - on 3 February 2020 - @BorisJohnson made THIS speech:
“There’s a risk new diseases such as #coronavirus could trigger a panic that goes beyond what is medically rational, to the point of doing real & unnecessary economic damage.”
2/. The PM's #GreenwichSpeech was the first time he’d mentioned #COVID19 publicly & it’s clear that the govt already had a plan
1/. On the fourth anniversary of the Memorandum of Understanding on Migration btw Italy & Libya, @amnestyitalia accuse the
Italian authorities of complicity in the abuse, rape & torture of migrants & refugees in Libyan detention centres. @FilippoGrandi
2/. Under the deal, Italy helps the Libyan Coastguard to stop boats & return people to detention centres in Libya
It defies comprehension that, despite the evidence of suffering inflicted as a direct result of this deal & despite the conflict in Libya, Italy renewed it in 2020.
3/. The strategy of outsourcing of border control to Libya focuses on keeping people out of Europe
But #Libya doesn't have the capacity to coordinate rescues & people rescued at sea cannot legally be taken there due to the human rights situation @Refugees amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
2/. Referring to #COVID19 publicly FOR THE FIRST TIME, the PM said:
“There’s a risk that new diseases such as #coronavirus will trigger a panic & a desire for market segregation that go beyond what is medically rational to the point of doing real & unnecessary economic damage.”
#Myanmar’s new military ruler for the one year State of Emergency declared is General Min Aung Hlaing
In 2017, he was individuality identified by @amnesty for human rights abuses in relation to atrocities under his command against the #Rohingya. #BurmaCoup#Myanmar#Burma
Six months ago - 3 years after the Myanmar military’s targeted campaign of violence began - @amnesty revealed that Rohingya were still being killed in Rakhine state
1 Get a rail
2 Find a location
3 Get👍from locals
4 Make/order a sign (£20)
5 Hang clothes
6 Make it #COVID safe
7 Set up a Twitter/Insta (@TOLO + your location)
When #TakeOneLeaveOne launched three winters ago, it was to share an idea to show how everyone could help rough sleepers & homeless people in their communities
With #COVID19 greater hardship, #TOLO is now providing warm clothes to ANYONE who needs them👇
2/. Abortion was only legally available to women in #Poland in cases of rape & incest, foetal abnormality, or if there was a threat to the mother’s life
The new removes the exception for cases of foetal abnormality