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Apr 6 4 tweets 1 min read
1/4 Responding to reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s plane was about to leave Budapest, Stephen Bowen, Executive Director Amnesty Ireland noted: “This wanted man can not leave Hungary without travelling through the sovereign territory or airspace of many European countries. 2/4 “These countries are obliged to secure his arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court to stand trial on charges including using starvation as a method of warfare, directing attacks against the civilian population, crimes against humanity and other inhuman acts.
Jan 25, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
NEW REPORT: “We live within a violent system.” Structural violence against sex workers in Ireland – this is what our research found (Thread) 👇

#decrimforsafety #rightsforsexworkers 1/8 The laws: In 2017, the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act introduced amendments to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 and criminalised the purchase of sex.