Marjolein Wijninckx
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Kom langs, leef je uit en steun Team New Neighbours voor de Nacht van de Vluchteling:
Kom langs, leef je uit en steun Team New Neighbours voor de Nacht van de Vluchteling:
May 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Ben jij ook helemaal klaar met Faber?
Kom langs, leef je uit en steun Team New Neighbours voor de Nacht van de Vluchteling:
Kom langs, leef je uit en steun Team New Neighbours voor de Nacht van de Vluchteling:
INOVAS - the International Network of Victims and Survivors of Serious Human Rights Abuses - published these practical guidelines to ensure meaningful victim participation in transitional justice responses to serious, widespread human rights abuses:
i-novas.org/new-guidelin...
i-novas.org/new-guidelin...
NEW GUIDELINES BY VICTIMS SETS GROUNDS FOR VICTIM PARTICIPATION IN JUSTICE PROCESSES
As victims and survivors, we possess the expertise born of our struggle for justice, yet we still feel excluded from goal-setting, decision-making, implementation and evaluation of justice processes.
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i-novas.org
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
INOVAS - the International Network of Victims and Survivors of Serious Human Rights Abuses - published these practical guidelines to ensure meaningful victim participation in transitional justice responses to serious, widespread human rights abuses:
i-novas.org/new-guidelin...
i-novas.org/new-guidelin...
NPR reconstruction and visualisation of how Israel killed 132 members of the Abu Nasr family in Beit Lahya, Gaza:
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One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation.
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.
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March 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
NPR reconstruction and visualisation of how Israel killed 132 members of the Abu Nasr family in Beit Lahya, Gaza:
apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin...
apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin...
"European states should unfreeze asylum processes for Syrians, and allow those with pending applications to undertake one-off visits to Syria. Continued foot-dragging on this front harms Syrians, Syria, and European states anxious to see returns."
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aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/03/1...
Europe’s Tightrope
The EU Can Do More to Help Syria’s Transition – and Faster
aljumhuriya.net
March 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"European states should unfreeze asylum processes for Syrians, and allow those with pending applications to undertake one-off visits to Syria. Continued foot-dragging on this front harms Syrians, Syria, and European states anxious to see returns."
aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/03/1...
aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/03/1...
Prachtig boekenweekgedicht van Sholeh Rezazadeh:
March 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Prachtig boekenweekgedicht van Sholeh Rezazadeh:
And again, I see international organisations and media refer to "the 14th anniversary of the war in Syria", or, worse, "of the civil war".
No, today is the anniversary of the revolution. Today must be about paying tribute to the Syrian people's struggle for freedom and dignity.
No, today is the anniversary of the revolution. Today must be about paying tribute to the Syrian people's struggle for freedom and dignity.
March 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And again, I see international organisations and media refer to "the 14th anniversary of the war in Syria", or, worse, "of the civil war".
No, today is the anniversary of the revolution. Today must be about paying tribute to the Syrian people's struggle for freedom and dignity.
No, today is the anniversary of the revolution. Today must be about paying tribute to the Syrian people's struggle for freedom and dignity.
En universiteitsbesturen vragen zich nog steeds af waarom leiders van studentenprotesten hun gezicht bedekken? www.npr.org/2025/03/10/g...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
www.npr.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
En universiteitsbesturen vragen zich nog steeds af waarom leiders van studentenprotesten hun gezicht bedekken? www.npr.org/2025/03/10/g...
Reposted by Marjolein Wijninckx
Google announced significant changes to its artificial intelligence policy this week.
This pivot from refusing to build AI for weapons to stating an intent to create AI that supports national security ventures is stark, and it sparks serious human rights concerns.
Read more: bit.ly/4gwYBeL
This pivot from refusing to build AI for weapons to stating an intent to create AI that supports national security ventures is stark, and it sparks serious human rights concerns.
Read more: bit.ly/4gwYBeL
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Google announced significant changes to its artificial intelligence policy this week.
This pivot from refusing to build AI for weapons to stating an intent to create AI that supports national security ventures is stark, and it sparks serious human rights concerns.
Read more: bit.ly/4gwYBeL
This pivot from refusing to build AI for weapons to stating an intent to create AI that supports national security ventures is stark, and it sparks serious human rights concerns.
Read more: bit.ly/4gwYBeL
What did we learn from Syria? That we misread it, and condemn it to misery, when we do not listen to the people at the heart of it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
Opinion | What Did the World Learn From Syria? (Gift Article)
It is easy to look at a dark past and warn of a dark future.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
What did we learn from Syria? That we misread it, and condemn it to misery, when we do not listen to the people at the heart of it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
Reposted by Marjolein Wijninckx
LI is happy to contribute 150’000 USD to the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) to seize this crucial window to advance accountability in Syria and calls upon other member states to support the IIIM in its critical efforts to end impunity.
January 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
LI is happy to contribute 150’000 USD to the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) to seize this crucial window to advance accountability in Syria and calls upon other member states to support the IIIM in its critical efforts to end impunity.
RIP David Lynch
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January 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
RIP David Lynch
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"The blood may no longer stain the streets, but it will stain our memories. The bombing may have stopped, but we still hear it in our ears. The world may think it’s over, but for us, it is a continuous nightmare and a burden of existence."
Now that a ceasefire has been agreed to in Gaza, the bombs will stop falling, and the world will breathe a sigh of relief. Yet, for those of us who survived, the war hasn’t ended—it has merely transformed.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-gaza-ceasefire-will-not-cure-the-wounds-of-genocide/
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https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-gaza-ceasefire-will-not-cure-the-wounds-of-genocide/
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The Gaza ceasefire will not cure the wounds of genocide
Now that a ceasefire has been agreed to in Gaza, the bombs will stop falling, and the world will breathe a sigh of relief. Yet, for those of us who survived, the war hasn’t ended—it has merely transformed.
mondoweiss.net
January 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"The blood may no longer stain the streets, but it will stain our memories. The bombing may have stopped, but we still hear it in our ears. The world may think it’s over, but for us, it is a continuous nightmare and a burden of existence."
The use of explosive weapons in Gaza in 2024 condemned an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day - to potentially lifelong disabilities, including severely injured limbs and hearing impairments, said Save the Children.
www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-ex...
www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-ex...
GAZA: EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS LEFT 15 CHILDREN A DAY WITH POTENTIALLY LIFELONG DISABILITIES IN 2024
The estimated figure comes from Save the Children analysis of a report by the Gaza Protection Cluster – a group of humanitarian organisations including Save the Children - which shows that in the firs...
www.savethechildren.net
January 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The use of explosive weapons in Gaza in 2024 condemned an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day - to potentially lifelong disabilities, including severely injured limbs and hearing impairments, said Save the Children.
www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-ex...
www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-ex...
Het huis van deze teruggekeerde Syrische rebel blijkt ingepikt door een Assad-aanhanger -
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
De strategie van het Assad regime om voornamelijk soennitische wijken in Homs te ontvolken documenteerden we in het rapport "No Return to Homs" uit 2017 reliefweb.int/report/syria...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
De strategie van het Assad regime om voornamelijk soennitische wijken in Homs te ontvolken documenteerden we in het rapport "No Return to Homs" uit 2017 reliefweb.int/report/syria...
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January 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Het huis van deze teruggekeerde Syrische rebel blijkt ingepikt door een Assad-aanhanger -
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
De strategie van het Assad regime om voornamelijk soennitische wijken in Homs te ontvolken documenteerden we in het rapport "No Return to Homs" uit 2017 reliefweb.int/report/syria...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
De strategie van het Assad regime om voornamelijk soennitische wijken in Homs te ontvolken documenteerden we in het rapport "No Return to Homs" uit 2017 reliefweb.int/report/syria...
"Future UN positions and actions must be informed by a full evaluation of the role of aid agencies in Syria since 2011. This process is essential for any principled organization to learn and improve."
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aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/01/0...
A New Season in Damascus
Time for the UN to Check Out of the Four Seasons
aljumhuriya.net
January 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Future UN positions and actions must be informed by a full evaluation of the role of aid agencies in Syria since 2011. This process is essential for any principled organization to learn and improve."
aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/01/0...
aljumhuriya.net/en/2025/01/0...
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Ode aan het verdriet. Een beklijvend gedicht van de Palestijns-Syrisch-Zweedse dichter Ghayath Almadhoun.
Ode aan het verdriet – MO*
Een uit het Arabisch vertaald gedicht van de Palestijnse-Syrische-Zweedse dichter Ghayath Almadhoun.
buff.ly
January 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Ode aan het verdriet. Een beklijvend gedicht van de Palestijns-Syrisch-Zweedse dichter Ghayath Almadhoun.
"The danger now is that Palestinians die twice, once in physical reality and second in a moral one where the powerful diminish the very standards that shape the world as we know it."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action? | Nesrine Malik
It may feel hopeless to see supportive states continue to back Israel, but bearing witness matters for future reckoning, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM
"The danger now is that Palestinians die twice, once in physical reality and second in a moral one where the powerful diminish the very standards that shape the world as we know it."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Het regime is weg, maar blijft Syrische families pijn doen. Vandaag is het lichaam gevonden van Mazen Hamada. Hij overleefde de martelkamers van Saidnaya al een keer, kwam naar Nederland, en verdween. De bevrijding van de Saidnaya gevangenis kwam voor hem te laat.
www.trouw.nl/nieuws/syris...
www.trouw.nl/nieuws/syris...
Syrische activist verdwijnt uit Nederland, vrienden vrezen dat hij is ontvoerd door het regime van Assad
Wat is er gebeurd met Mazen Hamada? De Syrische vluchteling keerde om onduidelijke redenen terug naar Damascus. Familie en vrienden maken zich grote zorgen. “Ik denk niet dat we Mazen nog gaan zien.”
www.trouw.nl
December 9, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Het regime is weg, maar blijft Syrische families pijn doen. Vandaag is het lichaam gevonden van Mazen Hamada. Hij overleefde de martelkamers van Saidnaya al een keer, kwam naar Nederland, en verdween. De bevrijding van de Saidnaya gevangenis kwam voor hem te laat.
www.trouw.nl/nieuws/syris...
www.trouw.nl/nieuws/syris...
Important information about the release of detainees from Saidnaya prison:
December 9, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Important information about the release of detainees from Saidnaya prison:
Five teams of the White Helmets are searching Saidnaya prison for hidden spaces holding more prisoners...
My heart is with those who are waiting for their loved ones to be found in this man-made hell...
My heart is with those who are waiting for their loved ones to be found in this man-made hell...
December 9, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Five teams of the White Helmets are searching Saidnaya prison for hidden spaces holding more prisoners...
My heart is with those who are waiting for their loved ones to be found in this man-made hell...
My heart is with those who are waiting for their loved ones to be found in this man-made hell...
"Tussen al het diplomatieke geweld blijft de cruciale vraag: wat gebeurt er met het Syrische volk? Iedereen praat over Syrië, maar niet met de Syriërs."
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Opinie | De Syrische Lente is nog niet voorbij
Oorlog: Laat de internationale gemeenschap het Syrische volk niet vergeten, schrijft Ali Aljasem. Bij hen ligt de oplossing.
www.nrc.nl
December 7, 2024 at 12:46 PM
"Tussen al het diplomatieke geweld blijft de cruciale vraag: wat gebeurt er met het Syrische volk? Iedereen praat over Syrië, maar niet met de Syriërs."
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Amnesty International’s report demonstrates that Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza:
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
www.amnesty.org
December 5, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Amnesty International’s report demonstrates that Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza:
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
"Syria was a testing ground for impunity, and failure to hold perpetrators accountable has had catastrophic repercussions far beyond our borders, emboldening perpetrators of crimes in Ukraine to Sudan to Gaza."
whitehelmets.org/node/1666
whitehelmets.org/node/1666
Speech by Raed Al-Saleh, Director of the Syrian Civil Defense "White Helmets", at the special session of the Security Council | the White Helmets
whitehelmets.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:14 AM
"Syria was a testing ground for impunity, and failure to hold perpetrators accountable has had catastrophic repercussions far beyond our borders, emboldening perpetrators of crimes in Ukraine to Sudan to Gaza."
whitehelmets.org/node/1666
whitehelmets.org/node/1666
I don't know how I missed this when it was first published... Check out this comic with a great introduction of the Syrian revolution and the role of the local councils:
So a lot is happening right now in Syria, but this didn't start yesterday. Here's a thread of resources to understand the Syrian context that centres Syrian revolutionary and liberatory voices. First up, humbly, I made a comic a couple years ago on this very thing!
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Revolution in Every Country Comic Series: Episode 1 - Syria: Erasing an Inconvenient Revolution - UNICORN RIOT
Episode 1 takes a look at aspects of the Syrian Revolution that have been erased, from Omar Aziz and local councils to the Douma 4 and more.
unicornriot.ninja
November 30, 2024 at 9:50 AM
I don't know how I missed this when it was first published... Check out this comic with a great introduction of the Syrian revolution and the role of the local councils: