1/. Last month, @amnesty’s Secretary General @AgnesCallamard declared the #Gezi7 “prisoners of conscience”

Today the ECHR condemned #Turkey for failing to implement the Court’s 2019 ruling demanding #OsmanKavala’s release

#Kavala is one of the Gezi 7
2/. “This ruling shames Turkey’s authorities & lays bare yet again the failure of the govt to abide by a binding obligation. If Turkey persists in its stubborn refusal to release #OsmanKavala, it will further debase itself as a founding member of the @COEamnesty.org/en/latest/news…
3/. “Each day the #Gezi7 spend behind bars is an affront to the concept of justice & human rights — principles the Turkish state has committed itself to upholding but repeatedly & relentlessly violates,” @AgnesCallamard
#FreeTheGezi7 #Turkey #OsmanKavala
4/. “I believe this @ECHR_CEDH decision will give strength to those members of the judiciary who continue to act in accordance with the rule of law despite political pressure”

#OsmanKavala’s statement in response to the ECHR infringement ruling delivered ystdy.
@FreeOsmanKavala

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Jul 7
1/. “I’m not really bumbling. I’m as hard as nails”

In this interview, #BorisJohnson shows that the “bumbling Boris” character is just that: a character

“My approach to politics & human nature is that you can make a good case for anything” #BorisResigns
2/. “#BorisJohnson put on a buffoon mask to become a celebrity, & now he can’t take it off.”
(J Lanchester)

“He seems to know that if we’re chuckling at him, we’re not likely to be thinking hard about his agenda, or doing anything to counter it.”
(J Coe)
3/. In 2020, I dug up #BorisJohnso’s #TakeItOnTheChin

I also found the smoking gun of the #HerdImmunityScandal - the #GreenwichSpeech

“There’s a risk new diseases such as #coronavirus could trigger a panic that goes beyond what is medically rational”
Read 12 tweets
Jul 3
My tribute to psychotherapist, Judith Elkan, whose legacy - her work for peace in the Middle East - lives on

She set up the UK Friends of the Bereaved Families Forum @FBFF_UK to support Israeli & Palestinian families working together for reconciliation.
theguardian.com/global-develop…
Years ago Judith led her son up close to a painting

Inches away, he could see it was made up of thousands of individual strokes

Her ability to recognise & to show others that every masterpiece – indeed everything we behold – is created stroke by stroke, dab by dab, was her gift
“You are not obliged to complete the job, but neither are you free to do nothing” (Rabbi Tarfon)

Judith’s therapeutic work & her activism were indivisible

Both were about helping people to build bridges across the fractures that exist within ourselves & the world around us
Read 4 tweets
Jun 30
1/. Tmw is the 1st anniversary of #Turkey’s withdrawal from the #IstanbulConvention on violence against women

The message it sent out - that men who violently abuse women can carry on with impunity - is dangerous

So what has happened over the last year?
2/. A year after #Turkey withdrew from the #İstanbulConvention, research by @hrw has revealed how women facing domestic violence are being failed

Restraining orders aren’t enforced

Women are face recurring violence & even murder whilst ‘under protection’
3/. “Every day we wake up to news of another woman killed by a lover, an ex, a husband or stranger”

At least 342 women were killed in #Turkey in 2021

In the face of escalating numbers of femicides the govt should have implemented the #IstanbulConvention!
rudaw.net/english/middle…
Read 4 tweets
Jun 24
#BREAKING: Decision on #RoeVWade could be made today

“If Roe v Wade is overturned, know this: We will not give up. We will not stop fighting. We will march to the ballot box in November & we’ll make sure we elect a Congress that enshrines Roe into law”

US Senator @amyklobuchar Image
The US Supreme Court #SCOTUS has overturned #RoeVsWade

Access to #abortion will now be eliminated in more than 20 States, in some cases even if the unwanted pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or brutality.
#BREAKING #abortionrights #BreakingNews theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…
"For those around the world watching this moment with the same sense of horror & pain that we feel we say: whatever you’re feeling you’re not alone. This is where our power & our hope springs from: We are the majority." @amnestyusa
#RoeVsWade #abortion
Read 6 tweets
Jun 24
Tomorrow, the #SaturdayMothers who have been holding weekly vigils for the disappeared in #Turkey for decades, will hold their 900th vigil

At their 700th vigil - the police moved in using teargas & detaining 46 and banning future vigils

@amnesty observers will be at the vigil ImageImageImageImage
As the Saturday Mother’s prepare to gather in Istanbul, @OBS_defenders & @fidh_en urge Turkish authorities to lift the ban & authorise @saturdaymothers vigils at the Galatasaray Sq today for the 900th week of these symbolic demonstrations fidh.org/en/region/euro…
#BREAKING: Reports that 15 people have been detained, after riot police prevented #SaturdayMothers/ @CmrtesiAnneleri peaceful 900th weekly vigil in Istanbul for family members disappeared almost 3 decades ago

All those detained must be released.
#CumartesiAnneleri900Hafta ImageImageImageImage
Read 8 tweets
Jun 19
1/. #DidITellYouAboutTheTime I was in #Glastonbury trying to interview a mono-syllabic @billybragg

Frustrated, I tried a new tack

“You know Billy, my friend’s sister almost didn’t make it this year ‘cos she’s saving to get my buccal pads removed”

“Buccal pads? What are they?”
2/. “That’s what I said, Billy. Buccal pads? What are they”

“They’re are the bits of fat on top of your cheeks,” she explained

“But those ARE your cheeks!”

Billy liked the story

We started chatting about how #Glastonbury has changed but has also remained a deeply political.
3/. Glastonbury - like festivals throughout the ages - is about the gathering of the tribes

People from across the nation come together & create a pop-up society where they live & dance side-by-side

Building a Utopia is a political & politicising thing
huffpost.com/entry/glastonb…
Read 4 tweets

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