Our vision is to create a place of tranquility in a walled garden carved from a sliver of the 42-acre Buckingham Palace Gardens: a living legacy to #QueenElizabeth
2/ “Thulani Maseko was not an ordinary human rights lawyer; he was the epitome of human rights law. He humbly lived faithful to his calling until his last breath. His bravery, resilience, humility & humanity will continue to encourage all who knew him” @Follow_SALC#ThulaniMaseko
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-…
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
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’
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
“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