1/. The body of Cameroonian journalist, Martinez Zogo, who regularly spoke out about corruption, was found on the outskirts of Yaoundé ystdy

His murder can be added to a growing list of journalists killed with impunity in Cameroon. #JournalismIsNotACrime
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
2/. In 2020, @amnesty called for an independent investigation into the forced disappearance & murder in detention of journalist, Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe

It took 10mths for Cameroonian authorities to admit he'd died in detention & findings of an investigation haven't been published
3/. In 2010, I was in Cameroon for the county’s 50th independence anniversary & investigated the death in detention of journalist, Bibi Ngota, arrested after investigating alleged kickbacks paid by a senior govt minister in a deal with an oil company inthesetimes.com/article/where-…
4/. “They were tortured by the secret services to try & find the source of the leak” one journalist told me in 2010

Minister, Issa Tchiroma, denied this:
“Bibi Ngota was arrested because he was a rascal. The devil became his adviser & he had to be doomed”
newint.org/features/web-e…

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Jan 15
Braverman tells a Holocaust survivor she won’t apologise for ‘invasion’ rhetoric

@FreefromTorture post the video

@ukhomeoffice ask for the clip to be removed

“To deploy the PR function of a govt dept to misrepresent & shut down accountability is truly terrifying” FFT’s @Sile79 ImageImageImageImage
Here’s the full exchange between Joan Salter, a holocaust survivor, & @SuellaBraverman, in which Ms Salter asks Braverman not to use words like “swarm” & “invasion” when talking about asylum seekers

The clip was edited, but there was no misrepresentation
Accused of acting in a way that could be construed as ‘fascistic’, the govt respond in a way that could be construed as fascistic

If you’re shocked by this, you should be

If you’re surprised, you haven’t been paying enough attention

It’s is part of an ongoing populist strategy
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Jan 9
1/. “Saving lives is not a crime”

Tmw, two humanitarian workers @sean_binder_ & @SarahMardini44 will go on trial in Greece

They face +25 years in jail

Their “crime”?

Saving refugees & asylum seekers at sea

Sara’s story is told in a new @netflix film👇
2/. Sarah & Seán did what any of us should do if we were in their position

Helping people at risk of drowning

This trial reveals how Greek authorities will go to extreme lengths to deter humanitarian assistance and discourage refugees from seeking safety amnesty.eu/news/greece-fa…
3/. What’s been dubbed “the biggest trial of humanitarians in EU” has just begun in Greece

Amnesty Intn’l are at the courthouse where Sara Mardini, Seán Binder & 22 other humanitarians are on trial in Lesvos accused of farcical charges including ‘espionage’ & ‘people smuggling’
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Jan 8
In scenes reminiscent of the January 6 Capitol attack in the US, supporters of the defeated President #Bolsonaro, have marched on #Brazil’s Presidential Palace & Congress building, invading the floor of the Federal Senate & the Supreme Court👇#BREAKING
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Jan 4
Beth Rigby🔥
“Not so long ago, Britain was the envy of the world. It had the world’s best healthcare system, the world’s finest public broadcaster, growing wealth & happiness &!was part of the world’s most successful political union.
Now it is a failing state” THREAD👇
Believing effective govt to be somewhere btw impossible & undesirable, they take steps to ensure its impotence

‘Wrecking crew politics’: governing so badly the machinery of govt is damaged beyond repair & using deregulation to turn public policy into a private sector bidding war
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Jan 3
1/. Stand up for human rights in 2023

Join the world's biggest human rights event & sign a #HumanRights petition

Your actions could change a life

It’s not too late to take Part in @amnesty’s Write For Rights campaign #W4R22

Take action today: amn.st/60153yFmc #W4R22✍️
2/. Zineb Redouane, an 80-year-old Algerian woman, was killed in Marseille, #France, in 2018 by a tear gas grenade fired by police while she was closing her windows to protect herself

Demand accountability for all those involved in her killing #W4R22
3/. The Digital Security Act in #Bangladesh restricts people’s freedom of expression

Shahnewaz Chowdury is facing up to 10 years in jail for posting criticism of a local power plant on Facebook

Demand his release #W4R22 #HumanRights ✍️
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Exactly 20 years ago today, as the UK & US were building up to war against Iraq, I read an article about an idea to get people opposed to war to go to Iraq to try & stop the invasion

The following week I met the author of the piece & we set about turning the idea into a reality Image
Two months later, a convoy of double decker buses set off for Baghdad

Combining the idealism & solidarity of the International Brigades with Gandhian principles of non-violent direct action, the human shields were the latest incarnation in a long & proud tradition of protest ImageImageImageImage
Once in Baghdad, the human shields took up residence in civilian infrastructure sites: water treatment plants, power stations, food silos

At its peak, there were 500+ human shields in Baghdad, far too few to stop the illegal war but enough to send a powerful message to the world Image
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