Peter Biro
@peterbiro.bsky.social
Photography/words • Humanitarian comms for East/Southern Africa & the Great Lakes • Music & film fanatic.
Revisiting the “Lady of the Lake”: A 1998 Dispatch from Behind Burma’s Barricades medium.com/@Peter_Biro/...
Revisiting the “Lady of the Lake”: A 1998 Dispatch from Behind Burma’s Barricades
A soldier in full combat gear, an M16 rifle strapped across his chest, halts me before I reach the barbed-wire fence sealing off the road…
medium.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Revisiting the “Lady of the Lake”: A 1998 Dispatch from Behind Burma’s Barricades medium.com/@Peter_Biro/...
Happy 46th birthday to one of the best albums ever recorded, released 19th October, 1979. #TheSpecials
October 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy 46th birthday to one of the best albums ever recorded, released 19th October, 1979. #TheSpecials
Over half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution & preventable deaths. All because of Israel’s systematic obstruction of food entering the strip. #FreePalestine www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...
August 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Over half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution & preventable deaths. All because of Israel’s systematic obstruction of food entering the strip. #FreePalestine www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...
At least 600,000 people are suffering from severe malnutrition in Gaza, and aid groups warn of a humanitarian catastrophe completely manufactured by Israel. #FreePalestine #BDS
July 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
At least 600,000 people are suffering from severe malnutrition in Gaza, and aid groups warn of a humanitarian catastrophe completely manufactured by Israel. #FreePalestine #BDS
Gaza “worse than hell on Earth” and “surpasses any acceptable legal, moral & humane standard”, International Red Cross chief tells BBC. #israel #freepalestine
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Gaza worse than hell on Earth, Red Cross chief tells BBC as aid centres close for day - live updates
The president of the ICRC tells the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen Palestinians have been stripped of human dignity.
www.bbc.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Gaza “worse than hell on Earth” and “surpasses any acceptable legal, moral & humane standard”, International Red Cross chief tells BBC. #israel #freepalestine
www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
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The situation in Gaza is no longer just about the Israel-Palestine conflict. It's about war crimes, weaponizing food, immense civilian suffering - and choosing the right side of history. www.instagram.com/p/DJ824iGIuE...
May 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The situation in Gaza is no longer just about the Israel-Palestine conflict. It's about war crimes, weaponizing food, immense civilian suffering - and choosing the right side of history. www.instagram.com/p/DJ824iGIuE...
Gaza is at “critical risk of famine”, food security experts have warned, 10 weeks after Israel imposed a cruel and indiscriminate blockade on the devastated Palestinian territory, cutting off all supplies including food, medicine, shelter and fuel.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade
Report by UN-backed consortium of specialists tells of ‘major deterioration’ since its last assessment in October
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Gaza is at “critical risk of famine”, food security experts have warned, 10 weeks after Israel imposed a cruel and indiscriminate blockade on the devastated Palestinian territory, cutting off all supplies including food, medicine, shelter and fuel.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Reposted by Peter Biro
Plagued by conflict & natural disasters, some 5 million people are currently facing severe food insecurity in Mozambique. Yet the crisis continues to be underfunded, exacerbated by the withdrawal of US aid. eu-civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.exposure.co/mozambique-a...
Already uprooted by conflict in Mozambique, cyclone displaces thousands once again - EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations on Exposure
Abodo Alif Bakar’s life changed forever when Islamist militants stormed into his town, killing people, looting property and setting houses on fire. 4 years later he’s homeless again – this time by a d...
eu-civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.exposure.co
April 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Plagued by conflict & natural disasters, some 5 million people are currently facing severe food insecurity in Mozambique. Yet the crisis continues to be underfunded, exacerbated by the withdrawal of US aid. eu-civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.exposure.co/mozambique-a...
Plagued by conflict & natural disasters, some 5 million people are currently facing severe food insecurity in Mozambique. Yet the crisis continues to be underfunded, exacerbated by the withdrawal of US aid. eu-civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.exposure.co/mozambique-a...
Already uprooted by conflict in Mozambique, cyclone displaces thousands once again - EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations on Exposure
Abodo Alif Bakar’s life changed forever when Islamist militants stormed into his town, killing people, looting property and setting houses on fire. 4 years later he’s homeless again – this time by a d...
eu-civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.exposure.co
April 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Plagued by conflict & natural disasters, some 5 million people are currently facing severe food insecurity in Mozambique. Yet the crisis continues to be underfunded, exacerbated by the withdrawal of US aid. eu-civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.exposure.co/mozambique-a...
I guess the MAGA morons got tired of winning. #TrumpTariffs
April 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I guess the MAGA morons got tired of winning. #TrumpTariffs
Donnie Clown Show at Easy Elon’s used car lot
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Donnie Clown Show at Easy Elon’s used car lot
The Nerd Reich. slate.com/news-and-pol...
America Is Under Siege by a Surprising Force: Losers
We’re not talking about this enough.
slate.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The Nerd Reich. slate.com/news-and-pol...
US stock market tanks to the tune of $4 trillion. Tesla loses more than $125 bln in one day. 🤪
March 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
US stock market tanks to the tune of $4 trillion. Tesla loses more than $125 bln in one day. 🤪
Neil Young, ketchup chips, Joni Mitchell, beavers, legalised weed, hockey- Europe loves you! #fuckTrump www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/u...
March 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Neil Young, ketchup chips, Joni Mitchell, beavers, legalised weed, hockey- Europe loves you! #fuckTrump www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/u...
Congrats to the makers of No Other Land for winning the Oscar
for best documentary. It brilliantly tells the story of Israel’s illegal seizure of Palestinian land & the destruction of the lives of ordinary people living under a brutal occupation. #freePalestine
for best documentary. It brilliantly tells the story of Israel’s illegal seizure of Palestinian land & the destruction of the lives of ordinary people living under a brutal occupation. #freePalestine
March 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Congrats to the makers of No Other Land for winning the Oscar
for best documentary. It brilliantly tells the story of Israel’s illegal seizure of Palestinian land & the destruction of the lives of ordinary people living under a brutal occupation. #freePalestine
for best documentary. It brilliantly tells the story of Israel’s illegal seizure of Palestinian land & the destruction of the lives of ordinary people living under a brutal occupation. #freePalestine
No honeymoon in Europe, I hope.
March 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
No honeymoon in Europe, I hope.
The bullied computer dork exacting revenge on the world after becoming super rich by peddling shitty rockets is such a predictable villain backstory. #musk
February 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The bullied computer dork exacting revenge on the world after becoming super rich by peddling shitty rockets is such a predictable villain backstory. #musk
Children reduced to skin & bones in war-torn Sudan’s forgotten famine www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
#usaid #trump #musk
#usaid #trump #musk
Children reduced to skin and bones in war-torn Sudan’s forgotten famine
Every scrap of food counts for the millions on the brink of starvation in the remote Nuba mountains
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Children reduced to skin & bones in war-torn Sudan’s forgotten famine www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
#usaid #trump #musk
#usaid #trump #musk
February 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Coup d’etat in the US but let’s get back to plastic straws. #trump #muskolini
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump to reverse Biden’s plan to phase out plastic straws across US government
President said he will sign an executive order next week despite global plastics crisis
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Coup d’etat in the US but let’s get back to plastic straws. #trump #muskolini
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#freePalestine from these two asshats.
February 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#freePalestine from these two asshats.