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Human Rights/Climate campaigner, @GreenpeaceAP, formerly @hrw @abcnews, Author: ‘We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know,’ Instagram sophie_mcneill1, Freo tragic⚓️
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Apr 20, 2023 9 tweets 4 min read
This address yesterday by Meg O'Neill, CEO of Australia's largest fossil fuel company @WoodsideEnergy contained a vast number of inaccurate claims & misinformation. Here's just a few of them⬇️ "Australia has bountiful resources to support both renewable and non-renewable energy developments – the world needs both"

Reality: The UN & the @IEA have clearly warned the world cannot afford any more 'non-renewable energy developments' aka new fossil fuel projects Image
Aug 10, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
🙄And what happens to Chinese or Hong Kong citizens who advocate for a different system, Ambassador? #PressClub Thanks you @annajhenderson & @SBSNews for asking the Ambassador about the imprisoned Australian journalist Cheng Lei who has now not seen her two small children for two years
May 30, 2021 4 tweets 4 min read
The Australian is reporting that @abcnews has banned the use of 'apartheid' & Israel. Apartheid is not just a term or an opinion, it is a crime against humanity under international law & @hrw has found that Israel is committing that crime #FactsMatter theaustralian.com.au/business/media… It has not gone unnoticed that the ABC has not covered our historical report & its findings on #Israel & the crime of apartheid
Jan 27, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
For 3 years now, this brave Human Rights activist & father of 4 has slept on the floor, denied a mattress or pillow, in a tiny solitary cell in a desert prison in the #UAE - a country which zealously strives to portray itself as tolerant & rights-respecting #FreeAhmedMansoor A must read with crucial new info - "To ensure Mansoor is deprived of any meaningful engagement with other prisoners, the prison admin. empties out the prison clinic, canteen & outdoor exercise space on the very infrequent occasions security officials allow him to access them"
Jan 20, 2021 19 tweets 8 min read
In just under 20 minutes, #Australia will appear before the UN Human Rights council where its human rights record will come under review. It only happens every 5 years, so don't miss it! Watch live here @UN_HRC webtv.un.org/live/ The Australian government is set to be challenged over the country’s lack of progress in reducing high rates of Indigenous incarceration, with several countries already submitting questions in advance focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 26, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Incredible news from WA @MarkMcGowanMP says Border Force were aware crew members on the ship had temperatures but he says they did not inform Fremantle Ports who sent an employee onto the ship. News of ill health onboard came via word of mouth, says Premier, not from ABF McGowan now said it was Department of Agriculture who were informed of the ill crew. Earlier he said ABF. "Red flags should have been raised... In particular by the commonwealth agencies who knew... we were not properly informed when we should have been"
Jan 6, 2019 12 tweets 8 min read
There are guards outside Rahaf’s hotel room. It’s 6.20am in Thailand. She’s been threatened to be put on the 11.15 am @KuwaitAirways flight. She’s been denied access to a lawyer. She wants to speak to @UNHCRThailand and claim asylum #SaveRahaf Official from @KuwaitAirways is at Rahaf’s door but she’s refusing to leave #SaveRahaf