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Dec 5 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1/5 A groundbreaking @amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. amn.st/6014the36
@amnesty The report documents how Israel perpetrated three acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention:
1️⃣ killing Palestinians in Gaza,
2️⃣ causing them serious bodily or mental harm,
3️⃣ deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction
Oct 10 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
🚨 SHOCKING FACT: The UK holds the highest rate of homelessness among high-income countries.
There’s been a staggering 12.3% increase in homelessness this year alone, worsening an already critical situation.
We asked people across the UK how they feel about this growing emergency. Here’s what they had to say 👇🏽
Jul 3, 2023 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
🔴 The government's 'anti-Boycott' bill is up for its second reading today. Here's why it’s a threat to human rights ⚠️
1️⃣ If passed, it would undermine the freedom of expression of public officials, who could be acting illegally merely by calling out human rights violations relating to procurement decision-making.
This means it could suppress campaigns; from Uyghur solidarity to climate justice
Jun 2, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🆘The UK Government is trying to introduce MORE anti-protest regulations
Almost NO ONE knows about it ⚠️
Measures that were voted out from the #PublicOrderBill have been reintroduced as “regulations”
🧵 1/5
These “regulations” were billed as a “crackdown” on slow-walking, but they go much further by:
🚨Making the threshold at which police can ban a peaceful protest extremely low
🚫Allowing police to ban a peaceful protest before it even happens
2/5
Jul 16, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
4 human rights defenders in #Turkey, incl both the former Chair & Director of @aforgutu, have been convicted of crimes they didn’t commit.
It’s over 4yrs since the first arrest & we expect a decision on the final stage of their appeal soon.
Here's what's happened so far 👇
1. Taner Kılıç, a human rights defender and then Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, is arrested on false charges of being part of a terrorist organisation and placed in pre-trial detention.
Jul 15, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
In #Turkey, you can get arrested for:
None of these are crimes: they are human rights that belong to every person.
But in #Turkey, human rights are under attack and people are being arrested for these basic rights.
Jun 9, 2021 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
#Pride month should be about celebrating the #LGBTQ+ community and highlighting the fight for equality & freedom around the world 🌈🌍
But, disappointingly, we’ve seen backlash against those campaigning for the rights of the #Trans community here in the UK, especially at work 🏳️⚧️