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Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
📰 My new report “Truth under the Rubble: Media in the Time of Genocide” is out
🔗 Available in all official UN Languages: ohchr.org/en/documents/count…
🇺🇳 FOLLOW THE PRESENTATION
@ the UN General Assembly, New York
>Monday 26 October
2pm EST/ 7pm CET
Livestream details will follow.
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
What looks like online scamming is often human trafficking.
Prosecutor Olivia helped bring down a scam compound in the Philippines where trafficked victims were exploited and forced into criminal activities.
Read her story ➡ bit.ly/4fQVnp2
#EndHumanTrafficking
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
They raped a man.
They gang-raped him.
They raped him so brutally that he had to be hospitalized.
Doctors documented the injuries.
The video of the assault was leaked.
Now the rapists are free.
This is not just unlawful and immoral. It is sick!
#ThisIsIsrael
Israel dropped charges against 5 IDF soldiers who were caught on camera beating and raping a Palestinian prisoner.
Follow: @AFpost
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
Introducing the #DamascusDossier investigation: A collaboration from ICIJ, NDR and 24 media partners in 20 countries uncovers harrowing new details about former Syrian president Bashar Assad’s regime and one of the most brutal state-run killing systems of the 21st century.
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
The lack of pressure on Israel to release the thousands of Palestinian hostages (including CHILDREN) says a lot about what Peace that lays ahead, for the Palestinians.
There cannot be peace without justice, human rights and dignity of ALL.
Palestinian lives matter.
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
Breaking news;
Here is the security camera footage from the Family vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, stationing just outside Tunis port. So:
1. Sound of something that the crew identified as a drone.
2. Crews sounds the alarm and calls for help.
3. Explosion.
Draw your conclusions.
💻 How can ISIS’s resurgence in Syria be prevented without compromising the rule of law?
Join ICCT's Live Briefing to unpack HTS’s capabilities, ISIS's renewed attacks, and what fading international engagement means for justice, security & stability.
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Learning today about @UNODC_AD #AlternativeDevelopment coffee initiatives in various countries at the 4th coffee research talk @BOKUvienna #SustainableDevelopment #SustainableLives #ConflictPrevention #CommunityWellbeing
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
1️⃣ Israel has cut Gaza off—no communications, while bombing the starving, wounded, displaced again and again.
2️⃣ GHF is not aid—it’s a criminal enterprise.
3️⃣ Abu Shabab is not security—it’s a criminal gang, a surrogate militia accelerating Gaza’s collapse.
❗️States serious about stopping THIS must send their navies—with food, medicine, doctors, nurses. Now.
🚨BREAKING | Internet has now been cut off across the entire Gaza Strip, adding south and central Gaza to the affected areas that were disconnected yesterday. According to SAFA news agency and reports from residents using e-SIMs, all of the Gaza Strip is suffering a blackout now.
This total blackout in communication has serious implications for civilians who rely on messaging networks to warn each other about airstrikes, incursions, and evacuation zones. The Palestinian Civil Defense has also reported major difficulties in locating victims in need of rescue due to the inability to communicate with them to pinpoint their location.
What else needs to happen for the unacceptable to be stopped?
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
On 22 May, @UNLazzarini sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel.
The letter addresses serious allegations made by the Government of Israel against UNRWA.
One year on, Israel has neither provided evidence nor pursued legal proceedings—the claims remain unsubstantiated.
🔗 unrwa.org/newsroom/official-…
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
"More than 1 in every 50 UNRWA staff in #Gaza has been killed in this atrocious conflict. This is the highest staff death toll in United Nations history," United Nations Secretary-General @antonioguterres told the press ahead of the annual memorial service in honour of @UN personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty.
There must be justice and accountability for the crimes and violations of international law committed in the Gaza Strip, including against UNRWA.
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
There has been no safe, dignified & significant aid in #Gaza for more than 3️⃣ months now.
People’s suffering is unconscionable, deepening further on a daily basis.
We have got to & must go back to bringing in aid at scale to people wherever they are and deliver it safely.
The only way to do this is through the United Nations including @UNRWA.
We have the expertise, experience & ressources.
We demonstrated tangible impact during the ceasefire, when obstacles were lifted.
Delaying the decision to properly respond to the deepening hunger will further push down people in Gaza to an endless bottom & deepen dehumanization.
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
“#Gaza: aid distribution has become a death trap.
Mass casualties including scores of injured and killed among starving civilians due to gunshots this morning. This is according to reports from international medics on the ground.
A distribution point by the Israeli- American plan was put far south in #Rafah
This humiliating system has forced thousands of hungry and desperate people to walk for tens of miles to an area that’s all but pulverized due to heavy bombardment by the Israeli Army.
Aid deliveries and distribution must be at scale and safe.
In Gaza, this can be done only through the United Nations including UNRWA.
The State of Israel must lift the siege and allow the UN safe and unhindered access to bring in aid and distribute it safely. This is the only way to avert mass starvation including among 1 million children.
With competing narratives and disinformation campaigns in full gear, international media must be allowed into Gaza to independently report on the ongoing atrocities including this morning’s heinous crime.”
– @UNLazzarini
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
Jordan's authorities have silenced critical voices by blocking independent news outlets. We call on @moi_jor and @PrimeMinistry to lift the ban and respect freedom of expression.
Independent journalism is essential to democracy.
#FreePress #Jordan
article19.org/resources/jord…
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
🚨NEW REPORT – China is expanding its digital authoritarian model of cybersecurity governance across the Indo-Pacific, posing a grave threat to people’s rights – regionally and globally.
Learn more: article19.org/resources/chin…
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
Over the past 20 months, the Government of Israel has continuously made unsubstantiated claims against @UNRWA and its neutrality.
These claims have put the lives of UNRWA staff at serious risk and harmed the reputation of the Agency.
Here are extracts from a letter I recently sent to the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs 👇
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
#Gaza: a war on children.
In addition to heavy bombardments, starvation is threatening the future of the children in Gaza.
What’s urgently needed is a political will to allow the UN and partners to provide assistance at scale without hindrance or interruption
Allow us to do our work.
It’s been 600 days since the war in #Gaza began.
More than 50,000 children have been reportedly killed or injured, according to @UNICEF.
The collective punishment of 2 million Palestinians continues as Israeli military offensive intensifies.
A permanent #ceasefire is needed NOW.
Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber retweeted
🚨Launch of the Europe Press Freedom Report
Press conference - 5 March, 10 a.m. CET
You can attend in person at the Residence Palace (room Maelbeek), Brussels or online via Zoom
Register to participate in the online event
👉 go.coe.int/TYndb
#EuropeForFreeMedia
