Al Roxburgh
@alroxburgh.bsky.social
Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns. Social Justice and Human Rights.
Prevent ‘could be breaching UK equality laws’ over treatment of autistic people
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Prevent ‘could be breaching UK equality laws’ over treatment of autistic people
Charity ‘deeply concerned’ about neurodivergent people, who it says are being over-reported to the deradicalisation scheme
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June 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Prevent ‘could be breaching UK equality laws’ over treatment of autistic people
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'If the blockade continues, more children will die and up to 71,000 children under five could suffer from acute malnutrition over the next year' - Committee on the Rights of the Child on the potential consequences of the humanitarian blockade in Gaza www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Gaza: UN Child Rights Committee condemns mass starvation of children amid aid blockades
GENEVA - The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child condemned the continued obstruction of humanitarian aid to Gaza, urging the international community to pressure Israel to allow immediate and sust...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
'If the blockade continues, more children will die and up to 71,000 children under five could suffer from acute malnutrition over the next year' - Committee on the Rights of the Child on the potential consequences of the humanitarian blockade in Gaza www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Must watch @tomfletcherun.bsky.social at the UN Security Council yesterday youtu.be/GqP4zwbZxoU?...
Gaza: UN Urges Immediate Action to Save Lives - OCHA Briefing | United Nations
YouTube video by United Nations
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May 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Must watch @tomfletcherun.bsky.social at the UN Security Council yesterday youtu.be/GqP4zwbZxoU?...
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So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need?
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
May 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need?
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
'The entire population is facing high levels of acute food insecurity, with half a million people – one in five – facing starvation'
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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
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May 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
'The entire population is facing high levels of acute food insecurity, with half a million people – one in five – facing starvation'
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The well-worn playbook for bombing hospitals in war: deny, deflect, justify. Time for the law to close these loopholes www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The playbook for bombing hospitals in war: deny, deflect, justify. The law must close these loopholes | Maarten van der Heijden
Cynical actors exploit the legal ambiguities around targeting healthcare facilities, as seen in Gaza. Unequivocal protections are needed
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February 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The well-worn playbook for bombing hospitals in war: deny, deflect, justify. Time for the law to close these loopholes www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
"I saw dead people and bodies torn apart. It was not a pretty sight," Mohamed, 13, in Sudan @news.sky.com news.sky.com/story/sudan-...
Sudan: Waiting and praying for news of victory after two years of war
"I saw dead people and bodies torn apart. It was not a pretty sight," Mohamed, 13, tells Sky News.
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February 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"I saw dead people and bodies torn apart. It was not a pretty sight," Mohamed, 13, in Sudan @news.sky.com news.sky.com/story/sudan-...
A former UK supreme court judge has described Israel’s assault on Gaza as “grossly disproportionate” and said there was “at least an arguable case” that it was genocidal. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
Ex-supreme court judge says ‘arguable case’ Israel’s conduct in Gaza is genocidal
Lord Sumption says Israel’s actions ‘grossly disproportionate’ and in new book points to suppression of free speech over Palestinian cause
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February 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A former UK supreme court judge has described Israel’s assault on Gaza as “grossly disproportionate” and said there was “at least an arguable case” that it was genocidal. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
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#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social
Trumps decision to impose sanctions on the ICC is a vindictive and reckless attack on a body focused on holding perpetrators of some of the most horrendous crimes imaginable to account bsky.app/profile/theg...
Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, accusing it of targeting US and Israel
Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, accusing it of targeting US and Israel
US president has been critical of court since it issued arrest warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza
Donald Trump has signed an executive order that authorises aggressive economic sanctions against the international criminal court (ICC),…
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February 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Trumps decision to impose sanctions on the ICC is a vindictive and reckless attack on a body focused on holding perpetrators of some of the most horrendous crimes imaginable to account bsky.app/profile/theg...
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric outlines the pressing need for states to join the Global Initiative on international humanitarian law blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
A call to make international humanitarian law a political priority
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric outlines the pressing need for states to join the Global Initiative on international humanitarian law.
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February 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric outlines the pressing need for states to join the Global Initiative on international humanitarian law blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
President of the International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA) Philippe Larochelle 'There are forces in this world that still oppose accountability, that seem to prefer violence and conflict over accountability and peace' www.icc-cpi.int/news/interna...
International Criminal Court Marks Opening of the Judicial Year 2025
On 24 January 2025, the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") held a solemn hearing for the opening of its judicial year, featuring speeches of this year’s keynote speaker, judge Dineke de G...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
President of the International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA) Philippe Larochelle 'There are forces in this world that still oppose accountability, that seem to prefer violence and conflict over accountability and peace' www.icc-cpi.int/news/interna...
World Economics Forum finds that conflict is the most urgent global threat followed by the climate crisis. Reality is that these two crises are combining to devastating effect in numerous countries including Sudan and will continue to do so in the years ahead. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Escalating armed conflict is most urgent threat for world in 2025, say global leaders
World Economic Forum says responses from experts in business, politics and academia also highlight climate crisis
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January 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
World Economics Forum finds that conflict is the most urgent global threat followed by the climate crisis. Reality is that these two crises are combining to devastating effect in numerous countries including Sudan and will continue to do so in the years ahead. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
AOAV’s Explosive Violence Monitor 2024 reveals a significant 67% increase in global civilian casualties from explosive violence compared to 2023 aoav.org.uk/2025/explosi...
Explosive Violence Monitor 2024: Initial Data - AOAV
AOAV’s Explosive Violence Monitor 2024 reveals a significant 67% increase in global civilian casualties from explosive violence compared to 2023, with a total of 61,353 killed and injured. Overall cas...
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January 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
AOAV’s Explosive Violence Monitor 2024 reveals a significant 67% increase in global civilian casualties from explosive violence compared to 2023 aoav.org.uk/2025/explosi...
‘It’s about solidarity, not charity’: the Oxfam chief seeking to decolonise the aid sector www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘It’s about solidarity, not charity’: the Oxfam chief seeking to decolonise the aid sector
Halima Begum outlines her vision for what she sees as a ‘broken model’, with more power over spending given directly to the affected communities
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January 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
‘It’s about solidarity, not charity’: the Oxfam chief seeking to decolonise the aid sector www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Syria notebook, by Lyse Doucet: The Syrian people yearn to take control of their own destiny
Bashar al-Assad has gone but, as elation begins to be edged out by anxiety, what comes after authoritarianism?
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Bashar al-Assad has gone but, as elation begins to be edged out by anxiety, what comes after authoritarianism?
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The Syrian people yearn to take control of their own destiny
Bashar al-Assad has gone but, as elation begins to be edged out by anxiety, what comes after authoritarianism?
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January 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Syria notebook, by Lyse Doucet: The Syrian people yearn to take control of their own destiny
Bashar al-Assad has gone but, as elation begins to be edged out by anxiety, what comes after authoritarianism?
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Bashar al-Assad has gone but, as elation begins to be edged out by anxiety, what comes after authoritarianism?
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US declares Sudan’s paramilitary forces have committed genocide during civil war www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
US declares Sudan’s paramilitary forces have committed genocide during civil war
Blinken details pattern of ethnic violence in which RSF has killed civilians and blocked access to supplies
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January 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
US declares Sudan’s paramilitary forces have committed genocide during civil war www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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“Children in Gaza are cold, sick and traumatized. Many still wear summer clothes. With cooking gas gone, many are searching through rubble for scraps of plastic to burn.”
#Gaza
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#Gaza
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5 Babies Die From the Cold in Gaza as Temperatures Drop
A boy less than 3 weeks old was among the latest to succumb to winter weather, Gazan officials said. Families displaced by Israel’s attacks have little more than tents and tarps to protect them.
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January 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Children in Gaza are cold, sick and traumatized. Many still wear summer clothes. With cooking gas gone, many are searching through rubble for scraps of plastic to burn.”
#Gaza
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#Gaza
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📍Dispatch from Sudan: The first of a three-part series shines a light on a conflict that has had a devastating impact, yet remains at the periphery of international attention
Inside Sudan’s forgotten war: 150,000 dead, 11 million displaced
The first of a three-part series shines a light on a conflict that has had a devastating impact, yet remains at the periphery of international attention
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January 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
📍Dispatch from Sudan: The first of a three-part series shines a light on a conflict that has had a devastating impact, yet remains at the periphery of international attention
Syria faces its past and its future www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
Syria Faces Its Past and Its Future
Images taken just after the precipitous end of the civil war reveal a secret legacy that is just becoming visible.
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January 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths.
A calculated policy.
An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
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A calculated policy.
An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
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December 19, 2024 at 2:12 PM
NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths.
A calculated policy.
An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
A calculated policy.
An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories www.bbc.com/news/article...
How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories
Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement since October 2023.
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December 18, 2024 at 9:07 AM
How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories www.bbc.com/news/article...
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NEW: The state of a mass grave in Damascus and statements by people living in the surrounding area suggest that the area is a mass crime scene and may have been the site of other summary executions.
Syria: Mass Grave in Damascus Should be Protected, Investigated
The state of a mass grave in Damascus and statements by people living in the surrounding area suggest that the area is a mass crime scene and may have been the site of other summary executions
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December 17, 2024 at 1:18 PM
NEW: The state of a mass grave in Damascus and statements by people living in the surrounding area suggest that the area is a mass crime scene and may have been the site of other summary executions.