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22 Sep, 8 tweets, 7 min read
1/. A Dutch judge has just thrown intn'l human rights law & Art.1 of the constitution out the window by ruling that police can target people based on “skin colour & race”

The Marchaussee, one the Dutch police forces, can continue to use "ethnic profiling"
nos.nl/artikel/239878…
2/. The ruling by a court in The Hague came at the end of a case brought by @amnestynl & a coalition of NGOs against the use of ethnicity in stop & searches by Dutch border police: a clear violation of the prohibition against discrimination

...Or so they & their lawyers thought
3/. Ethnic profiling & other forms of discriminatory policing are common across Europe

This year, a coalition of NGOs including @amnestyfrance @hrw & @OpenSociety launched a first class action demanding that authorities in #France stop #Controlesaufacies
4/. In the UK, @amnesty has revealed how the Gangs Matrix used by @metpoliceuk is a racially biased database criminalising a generation of young black men in London.

In Belgium, stop & search powers and identity checks are used in a discriminatory way.
5/. Discriminatory measures, sometimes dressed up as counter-terror measures, are used to disproportionately target ethnic minorities

The term "Orwellian" is overused but the raft of draconian counter-terrorism measures across EU would make Orwell blanch. amnesty.org/en/latest/pres…
6/. Today’s ruling in The Netherlands comes on the day @Amnesty & @OpenSociety publish our research guide to identify racial & religious discrimination & hold states accountable, in French & German

We need a Dutch translation! amnesty.org/en/wp-content/…
7/. "We will appeal today's outrageous decision!" @amnestynl's director, Dagmar Oudshoorn, vowed today

The fight against ethnic profiling & discriminatory policing will continue in The Netherlands - next stop the Court of Appeal - & across Europe & beyond
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
Today, following the shocking decision by a Dutch court to rule that ethnic profiling by police isn’t discriminatory, I wrote this short thread👇listing countries where a heady mix of populism, racism & securitisation is becoming increasingly mainstreamed.

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20 Sep
"#Aghanistan’s fall into the hands of the Taliban"

Briefing by @amnesty @fidh_en, & @omctorg documents the human rights crackdown since the #Taliban's seizure of power giving the lie to their claims that the rights of Afghans would be respected

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“We’re going to take out 7 countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finishing off, Iran” GenerWesley Clark)

Military action against #Afghanistan was a stepping stone ahead of the illegal invasion of Iraq!
A climate of fear now exists in #Afghanistan

The threat faced by human rights defenders is very real

Their offices & homes have been raided

They & their colleagues have been beaten & tortured by the Taliban

@amnesty's new report paints a dark picture.
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
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14 Sep
In June, a man had his hand blown off when French police fired explosive grenades to disperse a rave

Today, as @amnestyfrance publish a report on illegal force & impunity, Macron will announce a plan for more police accountability. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
"As the clouds of tear gas lift, a clearer picture has emerged which shows police used excessive force against largely peaceful protesters, journalists & even children."

2018: @amnesty on excessive use of force by police at #GiletsJaunes protests. #France
#Macron’s announcement that he plans to set up an independent body to investigate complaints against the police is something @amnesty have long been calling for

But amid the rest of his announcements at
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14 Sep
1/. “Today’s hearing didn’t focus at all about the allegations against #PrinceAndrew”

His lawyer - a man who defended Armie Hammer & several high profile #MeToo defendants - argued Andrew hadn’t been served with the papers...despite evidence that he had.
2/. “He’s clearly just making Virginia’s lawyers jump through every possible hoop."

In a sign that his delaying tactics are not likely to work, the judge told #PrinceAndrew’s lawyer: “I think we’re making this a lot more complicated than it really is”.
3/. The reason that #PrinceAndrew is so keen to avoid addressing the substance of the allegations becomes apparent when looking at the summons

It’s full of detail, including travel logs & facts like #JeffreyEpstein having 12 different contact numbers for Andrew. (via @WakeHill)
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13 Sep
#BREAKING: Shocking internal @Facebook documents revealed by @WSJ show that the company has built a system which exempts high-profile users from some or all of its rules, allowing them to post potentially harmful content without consequence. google.co.uk/amp/s/www.wsj.…
“These allegations show how Facebook’s platform fuels the spread of harmful & abusive content. The fact these internal documents seem to contradict assurances they've given calls into question how much we can trust what they say" @amnesty's @AgnesCallamard amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
"If we prioritize truth over lies, tolerance over prejudice, empathy over indifference & experts over ignoramuses - maybe we can stop the greatest propaganda machine in history, save democracy, & still have a place for free speech" @SachaBaronCohen @adl adl.org/news/article/s…
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13 Sep
1/. Spike Milligan once wrote:

“Down the stream the swans all glide;
It's quite the cheapest way to ride.
Their legs get wet,
Their tummies wetter:
I think after all
The bus is better”

These two cygnets riding on their mothers’ back stay warm & dry.
2/. The two cygnets riding on their mother’s back (‘Uber Swan’ 😂) were part of a ‘litter’ of nine that hatched in May

Mute swans - the white swans most commonly seen in the UK - will hatch up to 10 eggs but not all cygnets will survive to adulthood.
3/. This video shows the same swan family on Hampstead Heath in June

Only 6 cygnets had survived their first six weeks

They may have been lost to crows, herons, magpies, gulls, foxes etc

One fishermen told me that he’d seen one of them “taken by a pike”
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12 Sep
It’s amazing what you can find if you look closely!
(Video & artwork by @rokubunnnoichi)
It’s amazing what you can see if you look close enough (artwork by @Coldwar_Steve)
#NigelFarage #DonaldTrump #ThisIsNotADrill #NeoNazis #Fascism
It’s amazing what you can see when you look closely

The NHS = the most trusted brand in the UK

Cambridge Analytica = the least trusted

And yet #Palantir & #FacultyAI who run our #COVID19 data store, rprtdly have links with #CambridgeAnalytica

#GenomeUK #PalantirPlan #Genomics
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