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George and Amal Clooney created the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) to wage justice for vulnerable people and pursue perpetrators of human rights abuses.
Oct 26, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
Today, our @TheDocket team filed three cases against perpetrators of crimes committed in Ukraine with German Federal prosecutors, requesting that they be prosecuted as war crimes and crimes against humanity under the principle of universal jurisdiction. cfj.org/news/cfj-files…
Image Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, our team, alongside @Truth_Hounds—CFJ’s partners with whom we jointly filed one of the cases—has been collecting evidence detailing patterns of violations committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. Image
Jan 20, 2023 8 tweets 7 min read
There has been a flurry of good news in some of our cases over the past few days, so in case you missed them, here’s a thread to start your weekend on a positive note👇 Filipino Journalist @mariaressa, founder of @rapplerdotcom, was cleared of tax evasion charges by a #Philippines court on Wednesday. She is the client of our co-founder Amal Clooney and @caoilfhionnanna. doughtystreet.co.uk/news/amal-cloo…
Sep 27, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
In the coming days, an appeals court in #Tunisia will decide whether to send blogger and activist Myriam Bribri to prison for sharing and commenting on a Facebook video that depicted apparent police violence. In December 2021, Bribri was convicted of offending security officials under #Tunisia’s Telecommunications Code and sentenced to 4 months’ imprisonment, but her sentence was stayed pending appeal.
Sep 26, 2022 8 tweets 6 min read
This week in New York we will honor some brave and brilliant justice defenders from all over the world in our inaugural Albie Awards, named after Justice Albie Sachs, revered for his heroic commitment to ending apartheid in South Africa. #TheAlbies cfj.org/news_posts/cfj… Image On September 29. five awards will be given to some remarkable people and organisations who have put themselves at great risk in the name of justice.