Richard Burden
@richardburden.bsky.social
Former Labour Member of Parliament/Shadow Minister.
Chair: @HWBrum.bsky.social and Healthwatch Solihull.
Director, @SrebrenicaUK.bsky.social
Board member: Britain Palestine Project
@lfpme.bsky.social.
Blogs at https://Richardburden.com. Personal views
Chair: @HWBrum.bsky.social and Healthwatch Solihull.
Director, @SrebrenicaUK.bsky.social
Board member: Britain Palestine Project
@lfpme.bsky.social.
Blogs at https://Richardburden.com. Personal views
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Today is Bosnia & Herzegovina Statehood Day. It is also 30 years since the Dayton Agreement which ended the horrific 1990s war there. It all makes it even more important that we uphold the integrity of Bosnia & Herzegovina with a future rooted in democracy and equal rights.
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Today is Bosnia & Herzegovina Statehood Day. It is also 30 years since the Dayton Agreement which ended the horrific 1990s war there. It all makes it even more important that we uphold the integrity of Bosnia & Herzegovina with a future rooted in democracy and equal rights.
Is the UN Security Council violating the UN’s own Founding Charter?
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Is the United Nations Security Council violating the UN’s own founding charter? | Richard Burden
On Monday of this week, the United Nations Security Council adopted a US-sponsored resolution endorsing President Trump’s plans for the future of Gaza. There were 13 votes in favour, including the UK,...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Is the UN Security Council violating the UN’s own Founding Charter?
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Sad news that Randal Brew has died. A former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Randal also served many years as a councillor in Longbridge and Northfield. We were on different sides of the political fence but we were friends and I will always respect his lifetime of public service. RIP
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Sad news that Randal Brew has died. A former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Randal also served many years as a councillor in Longbridge and Northfield. We were on different sides of the political fence but we were friends and I will always respect his lifetime of public service. RIP
As usual I was at Austin Branch Riyal British Legion #RemembranceDay in Northfield yesterday. The service powerfully emphasised peace, reconciliation and rejecting the perpetuation of hate. Not from the service itself but these two images still illustrate its message for me
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
As usual I was at Austin Branch Riyal British Legion #RemembranceDay in Northfield yesterday. The service powerfully emphasised peace, reconciliation and rejecting the perpetuation of hate. Not from the service itself but these two images still illustrate its message for me
Real elation that every living Israeli hostage is now free. Even one still held would have continued the nightmare. The nightmare carries on for many Palestinians Israel has abducted. I wrote about Dr Husam Abu Safiya in February. Why is he still in captivity? richardburden.com/2025/02/when...
When captivity is the price of courage | Richard Burden
Last month, I wrote about the haunting photo of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya standing alone and unarmed in front of advancing Israeli tanks amid ruins around his hospital in Gaza. I called the post “What cour...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Real elation that every living Israeli hostage is now free. Even one still held would have continued the nightmare. The nightmare carries on for many Palestinians Israel has abducted. I wrote about Dr Husam Abu Safiya in February. Why is he still in captivity? richardburden.com/2025/02/when...
Some personal reflections on what Remembering Srebrenica means in 2025 - for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the wider world and here in the UK..
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What Remembering Srebrenica has meant for me in 2025 | Richard Burden
Learning from the 1990s genocide to better understand what is going on now – in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the wider world and here in the UK.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Some personal reflections on what Remembering Srebrenica means in 2025 - for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the wider world and here in the UK..
richardburden.com/2025/10/what...
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What Remembering Srebrenica has meant for me in 2025
https://richardburden.com/2025/10/what-remembering-srebrenica-has-meant-for-me-in-2025/
https://richardburden.com/2025/10/what-remembering-srebrenica-has-meant-for-me-in-2025/
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What Remembering Srebrenica has meant for me in 2025
https://richardburden.com/2025/10/what-remembering-srebrenica-has-meant-for-me-in-2025/
https://richardburden.com/2025/10/what-remembering-srebrenica-has-meant-for-me-in-2025/
Remembering all those killed and those taken hostage in southern Israel two years ago today. Thoughts with those who lost loved ones and solidarity with the families of those still held in captivity.
This by @JeremyBenAmi, who lost friends that day, is very powerful. #October7
This by @JeremyBenAmi, who lost friends that day, is very powerful. #October7
My full reflections on Substack here:
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Two Years After October 7: It is Time for Peace
Hardliners may scoff at “peace,” a word at the heart of Jewish liturgy, but to honor the victims of these two horrific years, we must reclaim it.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Remembering all those killed and those taken hostage in southern Israel two years ago today. Thoughts with those who lost loved ones and solidarity with the families of those still held in captivity.
This by @JeremyBenAmi, who lost friends that day, is very powerful. #October7
This by @JeremyBenAmi, who lost friends that day, is very powerful. #October7
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A Manchester synagogue attacked. Then a Sussex mosque. Neither outrage has any place in our country. @srebrenicauk.bsky.social stands in solidarity with both communities. We must unite against antisemitism, Islamophobia and all hate. #RememberYesterdayActToday
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Peacehaven: Police release photos of mosque arson suspects - BBC News
The images are of two people in balaclavas seen outside the mosque before the large blaze spread.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A Manchester synagogue attacked. Then a Sussex mosque. Neither outrage has any place in our country. @srebrenicauk.bsky.social stands in solidarity with both communities. We must unite against antisemitism, Islamophobia and all hate. #RememberYesterdayActToday
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The attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester is horrific. The thoughts of all of us at @srebrenicauk.bsky.social are with the victims, their loved ones and all those affected. We stand together against antisemitism and all forms of hate. #RememberYesterdayActToday
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester is horrific. The thoughts of all of us at @srebrenicauk.bsky.social are with the victims, their loved ones and all those affected. We stand together against antisemitism and all forms of hate. #RememberYesterdayActToday
Horrific news from Manchester about the attack on Heaton Park synagogue. Thoughts with all those affected.
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Horrific news from Manchester about the attack on Heaton Park synagogue. Thoughts with all those affected.
Trump’s Gaza peace plan is just a few days old. As the world awaits a response from Hamas, having declared in Washington that he accepts the plan, back in Israel Netanyahu has already said he won’t carry out key parts of it. This thread from @doyiec makes important points
The Trump comprehesive plan for Gaza is anything but. It is not comprehensive, but dangerously vague. It is not a plan - but a series of points. It is not for Gaza or Palestinians but for Netanyahu. 1/
October 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Trump’s Gaza peace plan is just a few days old. As the world awaits a response from Hamas, having declared in Washington that he accepts the plan, back in Israel Netanyahu has already said he won’t carry out key parts of it. This thread from @doyiec makes important points
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Found this in my feed and it moved me tears - someone has come up with incredibly moving images from Gaza to illustrate my song Hundred Year Hunger
#RePost charisdanger from Instagram: youtu.be/RjVyaSMPP6I
Existence is resistance
Edited by me, a filmmaker in diaspora
#RePost charisdanger from Instagram: youtu.be/RjVyaSMPP6I
Existence is resistance
Edited by me, a filmmaker in diaspora
Found this in my feed and it moved me tears...
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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September 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Found this in my feed and it moved me tears - someone has come up with incredibly moving images from Gaza to illustrate my song Hundred Year Hunger
#RePost charisdanger from Instagram: youtu.be/RjVyaSMPP6I
Existence is resistance
Edited by me, a filmmaker in diaspora
#RePost charisdanger from Instagram: youtu.be/RjVyaSMPP6I
Existence is resistance
Edited by me, a filmmaker in diaspora
The moment the Palestinian flag was raised over the newly recognised London Embassy of the State of Palestine. A moving moment. Recognition must be the beginning. Governments must now act to stop genocide, end occupation & build peace with justice for all Palestinians & Israelis
September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The moment the Palestinian flag was raised over the newly recognised London Embassy of the State of Palestine. A moving moment. Recognition must be the beginning. Governments must now act to stop genocide, end occupation & build peace with justice for all Palestinians & Israelis
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Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”
But the truth is very different.
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But the truth is very different.
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‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate
Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...
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August 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
Whoever you are, wherever you are, please tell your government to act. Words are not enough…
My full statement on the Gaza Famine :
August 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Whoever you are, wherever you are, please tell your government to act. Words are not enough…
I did not leave Gaza to forget it : www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/firs... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
I did not leave Gaza to forget it
In July 2025, Nour ElAssy was able to evacuate from Gaza to France. Here, she writes about the pain of leaving and the promise of return.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I did not leave Gaza to forget it : www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/firs... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Srebrenica's message for our times: Act to stop genocide before it is too late." Call to governments from @srebrenicauk.bsky.social on the catastrophe unfolding in Palestine today.
August 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Srebrenica's message for our times: Act to stop genocide before it is too late." Call to governments from @srebrenicauk.bsky.social on the catastrophe unfolding in Palestine today.
Yep…
MP claims Surrey Care home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.
August 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Yep…
The photo on the left is Hiroshima after the nuclear attack 80 yeas ago today. The photo on the right is Gaza City this week, taken by Heidi Levine from a Jordanian aircraft.
August 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The photo on the left is Hiroshima after the nuclear attack 80 yeas ago today. The photo on the right is Gaza City this week, taken by Heidi Levine from a Jordanian aircraft.
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A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky
The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive
Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out.
But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time.
Members of Jordan’s military stand among pallets of aid about to be dropped on Gaza. Continue reading...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky