Hugging refugees since 2004 | Children’s Policy Officer @scotrefcouncil | formerly Rape Crisis|sociology grad | Orco's mum🐾 **All tweets are personal** she/her
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I’ve found the coverage of the inquest into Alexander Tekle’s suicide too painful to comment on.
Until now.
(This will be a LONG one.)
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Over 600 of us lawyers, academics & Retd. senior judges including 3 former supreme court justices, as well as the court’s former President Lady Hale, have warned @RishiSunak that his government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel lawyersletter.uk/uk-lawyers-…
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This is a war on civilians.
On doctors trying to save lives.
On aid workers trying to feed Palestinians.
On teachers trying to put a smile on the faces of children.
This is a war on humanity — and our government should never be forgiven for its contemptible complicity.
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Knowing how Israel operates,my assessment is that Israeli forces intentionally killed #WCK workers so that donors would pull out & civilians in Gaza could continue to be starved quietly.Israel knows Western countries & most Arab countries won't move a finger for the Palestinians.
On the day Israel bombed a foreign embassy in a third country, it also killed @WCKitchen humanitarian workers. Israel is crossing every possible red line, still with full impunity.
Sanctions now.
Indictements now.
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Police at the Palestine demo grabbed and arrested a child, holding them in a police van.
People rallied (esp the queer bloc) and surrounded the van, stopping it moving away by sitting down.
People demanded his release and refused to move - and the police released him.
💥💥💥
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BREAKING: The Foreign Office will face a legal challenge over their decision to defund UNRWA.
The challenge has been launched by Bindmans LLP, on behalf of a British-Palestinian man in a desperate bid to protect his family in Gaza, who are UNRWA-registered refugees.
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Hi Everyone. This is Sahar; I'd like to give Arabic classes/workshops to raise money to help my family evacuate Gaza to a safer place. Please share with anyone interested in learning Arabic.
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“Our appeal highlighted the injustice of being silenced so that it could be examined and put right for the future. We hope and expect that other defendants can speak their truth and fully defend themselves.” – @Gio__tweet
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Every time we talk about age-disputed young people being wrongly placed in adult accommodation we should remember that it’s a system that brings adults to their knees. We are expecting increased loss of life. We must remember that could include children.
"Something desperately needs to change"
Concerns are growing over the mental health of people seeking asylum living in hotels
CW: Suicide
theferret.scot/mental-health…
Terrible news for all of us in Glasgow.
Around 150 jobs are set to go after a package of cuts was agreed to help plug a financial deficit of more than £36m in Glasgow’s health and social care services. news.stv.tv/west-central/cut…
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Don’t have the energy to cry
Don’t have the energy to cry
Don’t have the energy to cry
Don’t have the energy to cry
Don’t have the energy to cry
Don’t have the energy to cry
ALT Malnourished children in Gaza “don’t have the energy to cry”: UNICEF
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Asylum seekers have curfews and face horrible conditions in hotels, and this treatment over long periods of time is inhumane.
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Alvina recounts her terrible experience of living in a hotel as a asylum seeker. She says the public have a false impression of what a hotel is like.
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Politicians and media outlets have tried to portray Gaza protests as a dangerous, violent, extreme mob.
That's despite a tiny proportion of arrests.
And it's not like the police aren't looking for desperate excuses for arrests.
Just have a look at this example.
“Age assessment has developed into the most monstrous of procedural devices”. Agreed.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
For over a year now, Humans For Rights Network has been identifying age disputed unaccompanied asylum seeking children in criminal courts or incarcerated amongst adult prisoners in HMP Elmley. 🧵
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🔴 The UK Government must stop the export of weapons or weapon parts to Israel “immediately”
United Nations experts have said Government officials could face individual legal prosecution if they do not comply
