Human rights activist passionate about people power. Amnesty International my turangawaewae. My views my own. My activism my rent for living on this planet.
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🚨Urgent Action🚨 #Colombia
@FiscaliaCol must investigate the attacks in #Cartagena against Cleiner Almanza, a women searching for her brother, victim of enforced disappearance. Women searchers are #HumanRightsDefenders and must be protected #SearchingWithoutFear . @UBPDcolombia
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I stand in solidarity with Esra Işık & the people of @ikizkoydireniyo defending land, environment & livelihoods from destruction & displacement. Peaceful environmental advocacy & protest must be protected, and the charges against Esra Işık dropped immediately , @TC_WellingtonBE
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#Colombia @FiscaliaCol must investigate attacks in #Cartagena against Cleiner Almanza, a women searching for her brother, victim of enforced disappearance. Women searchers are #HumanRightsDefenders & must be protected #SearchingWithoutFear. @AlcaldiaCTG @DefensoriaCol
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French authorities are pursuing deportation proceedings against Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath. I call on President @EmmanuelMacron and @Interieur_Gouv to immediately halt this process in line with France’s #HumanRights obligations amnesty.org/en/documents/EUR…. #FreeRamyShaath2
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RT @HelenClarkNZ: 3 #women candidates for post of UN SG were at #Geneva Graduate Institute today with Zeinab Badawi in an event sponsored b…
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"I say to you again, this disregard for international law will not stop in Palestine. It is already unfolding from Lebanon to Iran, ... And if left unchecked, it will spread far beyond. What is lost in Palestine will be lost to us all."
— Francesca Albanese
#FreePalestine
ALT "I say to you again, disregard for international law will not stop in Palestine. It is already unfolding from Lebanon to Iran, across the Gulf countries and in Venezuela. And if left unchecked, it will spread far beyond. What is lost in Palestine will be lost to us all." — Francesca Albanese
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Israeli solidarity activists are accompanying Palestinian farmers in the West Bank to try to protect them from settler attacks. Settlers have gone on a torching spree of Palestinian fields ahead of the harvest & are using the Israeli Army to try to prevent Palestinians from harvesting.
פעילי משמר הסולידריות יצאו הבוקר יחד עם השותפים שלנו בבני אברהם ללוות קהילה פלסטינית בקציר האדמות שלה באיזור דהארייא, אחרי שבשבועות האחרונים מתנחלים מהחוות הסמוכות תקפו אותם באלימות על אדמותיהם וגם הציתו חלק מהן.
המתנחלים שראו את הפעילים מיד הזעיקו את הצבא, שניסה למנוע מהקציר להמשיך להתקיים, בטענה שאסור לפלסטינים להתקרב למתנחלים. אבל האמת היא שלמתנחלים בכלל אין שום סיבה להיות שם. ככה הם רגילים לקבוע עובדות בשטח, דרך טרור ובשיתוף פעולה של הצבא. אבל יש עוד ועוד אנשים ותנועות שמתארגנים כדי להבטיח שהם לא יוכלו להמשיך לקבוע עובדות בשטח. בואו להצטרף לנוכחות המגנה: omdi.me/4o2IvNw
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Anne Salmond: "The coalition government calls it ‘tough love.’ I call it cruel, and a quick way to destroy a healthy society." Hayek's bastards, revisited newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/06/an…
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Amnesty has an Urgent Action on behalf of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. Israel must release him now. Why oh why such cruelty? Why oh why those with the power to hold Israel authorities accountable for their cruelty failing over and over?
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya should be with his loved ones, and caring for the many many people in need of his skills. The last place where he should be is solitary confinement.
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BREAKING: Israel has moved Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, from a Negev detention centre to solitary confinement in Nafha prison.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/d1okw8
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RT @HelenClarkNZ: International Commission Against the Death Penalty @ICOMDP met in #Madrid this week. We are working on highlighting impor…
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Dad Shah was forcibly disappeared on 21 April. His family faced harassment when they spoke out.
I call on @MuradAliShahPPP and @SindhCMHouse @PresOfPakistan , @AAliZardari to reveal his fate, ensure his safety, and end reprisals. #EndEnforcedDisappearances
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BREAKING - A Swiss Tribunal recognises the legitimate right to peacefully oppose the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
One again: justice for Palestine starts at home. It only takes people caring and applying Intl Law. And persevering.
🚨 HISTORIQUE : La justice suisse refuse de criminaliser la solidarité avec la Palestine !
À Genève, le tribunal vient de rendre une décision majeure qui fera date en Europe :
1️⃣Il reconnaît qu’un génocide est en cours.
2️⃣Il juge qu’aucun motif ne justifie de sanctionner des militants pacifiques.
3️⃣Il rappelle que la liberté d’expression protège la désobéissance civile non violente et que réprimer ces mobilisations est incompatible avec la démocratie.
Une victoire cruciale : défendre les droits humains n’est pas un crime. 🍉✌🏼
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Amnesty International condemns the arbitrary executions of January 2026 protesters Mehrdad Mohammadinia & Ashkan Maleki on 1 June after a grossly unfair trial by a Revolutionary Court. We are horrified by the political executions of at least 41 people in Iran since 28 Feb. 1/4
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@MFA_China, @AmbChina2NZ, @ChinaEmbInNZ I resist your cynical erasing of your brutal history. I continue to remember and honour the brave protestors who stood up peacefully in Tiananmen Square June 4, 1989 for rights! #WeRemember64 #Tiananmen #毋忘六四 #六四我记得
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Today, I send arohanui (big love) to all who lost loved ones & livelihoods for simply speaking out for a better future. Remembering those in Tiananmen Square who I honour for their courage.
Then & now it reverberates globally
#WeRemember64 #Tiananmen
#毋忘六四 #六四我记得
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The apology should be all #China's. This is a scary over-reach & marking as we do today the anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests, needs the strongest push back from our govt @winstonpeters 'Intimidation': China bans four NZ MPs after Taiwan trip bit.ly/4e7oEK9
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Remembering is resistance! Today I salute those who stood up for a better future in Tiananmen Square 37 years ago.
Today I call out #China's Heartless’ ban on Tiananmen Mothers visiting cemetery amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
#WeRemember64 #Tiananmen
#毋忘六四 #六四我记得
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Dad Shah was disappeared from his home in Karachi on 21 April, allegedly by CTD personnel. Some 6 weeks later, his family has no answers regarding his whereabouts. @MuradAliShahPPP, @SindhCMHouse @PresOfPakistan , @AAliZardari please reveal his fate & ensure his safe return NOW
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Over 3300 arrests & over 1200 people have already been charged in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action. It is a violation of the UK’s #HumanRights commitments. Write amnesty.org/en/documents/eur… or sign bit.ly/49sq40n
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Defending the environment means defending #HumanRights. Rubén Irala, was attacked for his work in #Paraguay. @EmilianoRFPy, @MinPublicoPy the state must guarantee protection and the right to defend rights without reprisals. #ProtectDefenders
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