@StefSimanowitz's Threads
1/. Today, the captain of the #SeaWatch3 rescue ship, #CarolaRackete, has been in court. She was arrested in Italy.
Her “crime”?
Docking in Lampedusa, in order to disembark 42 men, women & children who had fled from Libya & had been stranded in the Mediterranean for 17 days.
Her “crime”?
Docking in Lampedusa, in order to disembark 42 men, women & children who had fled from Libya & had been stranded in the Mediterranean for 17 days.
2/. Saving lives at sea & taking them to safe place is a legal duty under intn'l &
Italian law.
Lampedusa was the closest safe port.
5 EU countries had agreed to take the people on board.
They'd been at sea for 17 days.
Libya is not a safe country. apnews.com/43eb47c8ce6b49…
Italian law.
Lampedusa was the closest safe port.
5 EU countries had agreed to take the people on board.
They'd been at sea for 17 days.
Libya is not a safe country. apnews.com/43eb47c8ce6b49…
3/. This is the first time #Italy's newest hardline migration laws have been tested.
Last year, ports were closed to NGO rescue vessels & this month, a new bill on security & immigration - dubbed the “Salvini Decree” after @matteosalvinimi - was adopted.
Last year, ports were closed to NGO rescue vessels & this month, a new bill on security & immigration - dubbed the “Salvini Decree” after @matteosalvinimi - was adopted.
"If you're interested, & I'll fund it somehow, I think you're the perfect guy, what we'd like to do is help knit together a populist nationalist movement throughout the world."
Bannon talking to @Nigel_Farage re alliance with Orban, Sisi, Modi & Duterte.
Bannon talking to @Nigel_Farage re alliance with Orban, Sisi, Modi & Duterte.
“Paradoxically, this generation of populist nationalists leads the way on international political cooperation.”
@Elif_Safak adds more to #Bannon’s list: Erdoğan in Turkey, Abascal in Spain, Salvini in Italy & far right parties in Poland, France & Austria. google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…
@Elif_Safak adds more to #Bannon’s list: Erdoğan in Turkey, Abascal in Spain, Salvini in Italy & far right parties in Poland, France & Austria. google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…
This was filmed in 2017 & is taken from the new documentary about Bannon, @TheBrinkFilm.
There's a moment in this clip when Farage looks towards the camera, clearly thinking: "I'm being filmed conspiring with a far-right extremist. If this ever gets out it won't look good."
There's a moment in this clip when Farage looks towards the camera, clearly thinking: "I'm being filmed conspiring with a far-right extremist. If this ever gets out it won't look good."
1/11. Twenty-five years after #SouthAfrica’s miraculous 1st democratic elections, it’s easy to forget just how close the county came to civil war.
I was working for the ANC from 1992-4 & there were times - right up to Election Day - that it “seemed impossible until it was done.”
I was working for the ANC from 1992-4 & there were times - right up to Election Day - that it “seemed impossible until it was done.”
2/11. With weeks to go, violence in KwaZulu-Natal was escalating with the Inkartha Freedom Party (IFP) boycotting the elections.
Well-armed conservative Afrikaner militias were mobilising.
Tensions were mounting in the so-called “homelands” of Ciskei, QwaQwa & Bophuthatswana.
Well-armed conservative Afrikaner militias were mobilising.
Tensions were mounting in the so-called “homelands” of Ciskei, QwaQwa & Bophuthatswana.
3/11. Two days before the elections, a massive car bomb in Jo’burg killed 9 ppl including ANC candidate, Susan Keane, & injured 92. The next day, 12 ppl were killed by bombs targeting black ppl in Germiston & Pretoria.
All attacks bore the hallmarks of white separatist groups.
All attacks bore the hallmarks of white separatist groups.
1/10. HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN 10 EASY STEPS
This week, the Danish Justice Minister called for new legislation in Denmark that recognises the simple fact that sex without consent is rape.
But this didn't happen by chance.
It resulted of some brilliant campaigning & advocacy
This week, the Danish Justice Minister called for new legislation in Denmark that recognises the simple fact that sex without consent is rape.
But this didn't happen by chance.
It resulted of some brilliant campaigning & advocacy
2/10. On Tuesday, rape survivors & activists took the stage in front of an invited audience of 200 journalists, politicians, judges & police officials for the launch of a "bombshell report" revealing Denmark’s “rape culture” & endemic impunity for
rapists. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
rapists. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
3/10 The report - the culmination of months of research - identifies key barriers to justice for rape survivors as flawed laws as well as widespread harmful myths & gender stereotypes. Cultural change is needed but "legislation carries culture" so changing the law was the target.
1/3 This week I attended the opening of the #Mandela centenary exhibition.
In a short speech, Lord Hain thanked one of the sponsors, Moti Group, twice.
According to @mailandguardian Lord Hain is
employed by them "in part to improve their poor reputation" mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
In a short speech, Lord Hain thanked one of the sponsors, Moti Group, twice.
According to @mailandguardian Lord Hain is
employed by them "in part to improve their poor reputation" mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
2/3 Moti Group is a mining & property
company that's been subject to some controversy. It allegedly has links to
Zimbabwean officials implicated in human rights violations & in 2017,
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for the company's chair mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
company that's been subject to some controversy. It allegedly has links to
Zimbabwean officials implicated in human rights violations & in 2017,
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for the company's chair mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
3/5 Journalist @simonallison writes:
"There is no suggestion that the royals were aware of or intended to
endorse the Moti Group’s controversial business practises; or the group’s links
to senior Zimbabwean officials that have been implicated in serious human
rights violations."
"There is no suggestion that the royals were aware of or intended to
endorse the Moti Group’s controversial business practises; or the group’s links
to senior Zimbabwean officials that have been implicated in serious human
rights violations."
Next month we will mark the 1st anniversary of the imprisonment of @Amnesty's #TanerKilic. He is being held on absurd "terrorism" charges.
For more than 5 decades, Amnesty has campaigned to free prisoners of conscience in #Turkey. Including writers, politicians etc. #FreeTaner
For more than 5 decades, Amnesty has campaigned to free prisoners of conscience in #Turkey. Including writers, politicians etc. #FreeTaner
In 1964, #Turkey's former president, Celal Bayar, wrote to @amnesty from jail to thank us for campaigning for his release.
Next month we will mark a year in prison for Amnesty Turkey's honorary chair #TanerKilic. #FreeTaner #FreeRightsDefenders
Next month we will mark a year in prison for Amnesty Turkey's honorary chair #TanerKilic. #FreeTaner #FreeRightsDefenders
“We will be free together
We will struggle together
We will win together.”
Politician, author & sociologist, Behice Boran, was an @Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience in #Turkey in 1973. Today Amnesty #Turkey's honorary chair has been in jail for almost a year. #FreeTaner #TanerKilic
We will struggle together
We will win together.”
Politician, author & sociologist, Behice Boran, was an @Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience in #Turkey in 1973. Today Amnesty #Turkey's honorary chair has been in jail for almost a year. #FreeTaner #TanerKilic
1/10. "The Joy of Freedom". The #Istanbul10 were released in early hours of Thursday morning after 113 days in jail. Where are they now?
2/10. Günal Kurşun is back with his family. Before he was jailed, Günal had never heard his son say his newest word: "Daddy" #Istanbul10
3/10. İdil Eser is back in her Istanbul flat with her cats Misha, Sasha and Kiki. They were very pleased to see her amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
