While talking about courage, #EricLevy - who was active in the US Civil Rights movement told me how activists had surrounded activist & singer, Paul Robeson, to shield him from possible white supremacist snipers
Last year, Eric was arrested outside an extradition hearing for #JulianAssange, but #Assange was just one of many injustices he fought against in his long life
I once asked him how it was that he remained so positive
6/. “I’ll say it again & keep saying it ‘til I’m dead”
Tarkovsky says: “Hardness & strength are death's companions. Pliancy & weakness are expressions of the freshness of being. Because what has hardened will never win”
7/. “You call us courageous, but we are only doing what we have to do. We have no more choice in doing what we do than the sun has choice to rise each day...Perhaps that’s what courage is” (Emerson Warner)
2/. “The trial of Justyna Wydrzyńska comes at a time when the threat to abortion rights has been brought into sharp focus by the #SCOTUS decision to overturn #RoeVsWade. It’s a reminder that our rights can’t be taken for granted” @amnesty’s @AgnesCallamard
3/. The trial of Justyna Wydrzyńska
Is about to resume
“Anything less than all charges against being immediately dropped would set a dangerous precedent in Poland. It will also send a chilling message to other govts seeking to curtail the activities of abortion rights activists”
1/, More than 54 detainees & unarmed men were killed by British troops in Afghanistan by ONE UNIT in ONE SIX MONTH TOUR in 2010, according to newly obtained military reports & an investigation by the BBC.
2/. Panorama’s investigation includes eyewitness testimony & documented evidence of claims being kept from military police
The MOD have responded saying that they believe @BBCPanorama “jumps to unjustified conclusions from allegations that have already been fully investigated”
3/. “The BBC’s findings are horrifying, and clearly depict an alarming level of impunity and lack of accountability of UK troops who operated in Afghanistan. @amnesty demands an effective & transparent investigation into the allegations” @BBCPanorama amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
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 @COE” amnesty.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