#BREAKING: Up to 50 people are missing after a boat carrying over 80 migrants sank off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told @AFP
Meanwhile, there are reports that a group of migrants are again stuck in an islet in river Evros very close to the Greek boarder
A week ago, @Amnesty issued an urgent action re 50 people seeking safety, having rptdly been pushed back to Turkey from Evros👉amnesty.org/en/documents/e…
“Deaths, pushbacks, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances & people left hopeless...
The death of this girl proves how irrational & murderous this policy is” Evgenia Kouniaki, lawyer (via @f_grillmeier)
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
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…