Barbara Marcolini Profile picture
Journalist. Previously at @nytimes, @storyful, @jornaloglobo. @towknightcenter alumna. DMs are open
Apr 15, 2022 13 tweets 9 min read
After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August, @aellick asked me: Could #OSINT play a role in monitoring human rights abuses across the country once the international media looked away? This is the result. THREAD: nyti.ms/38ULCX4 @aellick In the weeks that followed, one subject was recurring on social media: Former military and gov workers mysteriously killed or disappeared. Users like @bsarwary & @MajeedQarar tweeted about it. @HashteSubhDaily @aamajnews24 @Etilaatroz reported on it.
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Jul 10, 2020 9 tweets 9 min read
Over the past four months, the U.S. has deported almost 40,000 immigrants. Hundreds had Covid-19. @emilykassie and I reported for the @nytimes and @MarshallProj on how @ICEgov turned into a domestic and global spreader of the coronavirus. nyti.ms/2Ze45Xh We spoke to dozens of immigrants inside ICE’s detention facilities. They described cramped dorms and unsanitary conditions that were ripe for the virus to spread. ICE has confirmed more than 3,000 cases and 2 deaths due to Covid-19 so far. nyti.ms/2Ze45Xh
Sep 22, 2019 9 tweets 7 min read
Undercover officers were seen beating and arresting protesters in Hong Kong in early August. We spoke to men they targeted, and their accounts raise serious questions about the police’s actions.

nytimes.com/video/world/as… We met Chow, whose arrest went viral in this video by @HongKongFP. He lost his two front teeth and needed stitches in his eyelids and nose.