Coman Hamilton
@coman.bsky.social
Newswire editor at German Press Agency dpa. Tech reporter. Irishman in Berlin
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As Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu takes the stage at #UNGA80, Israel is engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented. CPJ calls on the international community to hold Israel to account.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
As Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu takes the stage at #UNGA80, Israel is engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented. CPJ calls on the international community to hold Israel to account.
Learn more:
cpj.org/full-coverag...
Learn more:
cpj.org/full-coverag...
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Reposted by Coman Hamilton
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
Reposted by Coman Hamilton
It's worth reading this study, which estimates millions of deaths thanks to Musk and Trump's USAID cuts over the next 5 years.
Musk, who think he’s humanity’s savior, will likely be remembered as the man who caused the deaths of 15 million people www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's worth reading this study, which estimates millions of deaths thanks to Musk and Trump's USAID cuts over the next 5 years.
Germany is trying to deport four people - two Irish, one Polish (EU citizens) and a US citizen - over their involvement in anti-Gaza war protests. It appears to be the first time that German deportation orders cite its pledge to defend Israel ("Staatsräson") as justification. 👇
Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters - my latest @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.
theintercept.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Germany is trying to deport four people - two Irish, one Polish (EU citizens) and a US citizen - over their involvement in anti-Gaza war protests. It appears to be the first time that German deportation orders cite its pledge to defend Israel ("Staatsräson") as justification. 👇
A third of Germany's Bundestag politicians now have Bluesky accounts 👇
Im neuen Deutschen Bundestag sind 478 demokratische Abgeordnete aus vier Fraktionen: Union, SPD, Grüne, Linke.
Davon sind bereits 149 auf Bluesky vertreten, das sind 31,17% - ein knappes Drittel.
Davon sind bereits 149 auf Bluesky vertreten, das sind 31,17% - ein knappes Drittel.
March 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A third of Germany's Bundestag politicians now have Bluesky accounts 👇
Just weeks after Germany's Die Welt lost its opinions editor when it gave Elon Musk's politics a platform, something similar appears to be under way at the Washington Post
Jeff Bezos has told Washington Post staffers its opinion section is shifting to "writing every day in support and defence of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets".
Opinion editor David Shipley is to "step away" after declining to lead the section under the new focus.
Opinion editor David Shipley is to "step away" after declining to lead the section under the new focus.
February 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Just weeks after Germany's Die Welt lost its opinions editor when it gave Elon Musk's politics a platform, something similar appears to be under way at the Washington Post
Condemning Palestinians "is so pleasing and comfortable" for Germans, an anti-Semitism researcher told me in Berlin. "It rids us of our conscience, of our feelings of shame and guilt."
www.yahoo.com/news/war-ber...
www.yahoo.com/news/war-ber...
February 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Condemning Palestinians "is so pleasing and comfortable" for Germans, an anti-Semitism researcher told me in Berlin. "It rids us of our conscience, of our feelings of shame and guilt."
www.yahoo.com/news/war-ber...
www.yahoo.com/news/war-ber...
Sad day for music. I once saw him getting into a taxi in Dublin with a pint in one hand and cigarette in the other. The taxi driver, first seeing the pint, looked ready to tell him to get lost, and then saw who it was and said "Oh, Mr MacGowan!" and opened the door for him.
Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan dies aged 65
The death has been announced of Pogues frontman and songwriter Shane MacGowan. He was 65 and had been ill for some time.
www.rte.ie
November 30, 2023 at 12:09 PM
Sad day for music. I once saw him getting into a taxi in Dublin with a pint in one hand and cigarette in the other. The taxi driver, first seeing the pint, looked ready to tell him to get lost, and then saw who it was and said "Oh, Mr MacGowan!" and opened the door for him.
Germany's TransCentury Festival cancelled a performance of Irish band Lankum due to their “political stance" following a band statement which said they were "heartbroken and shocked to see the indiscriminate murder of children and civilians."
www.joe.ie/music/lankum...
www.joe.ie/music/lankum...
Irish band Lankum's German gig cancelled because of "political stance" | JOE.ie
Irish folk band Lankum have had a gig in Germany cancelled because of the group's "political stance" in regard to their support of Palestine.
www.joe.ie
November 22, 2023 at 9:25 AM
Germany's TransCentury Festival cancelled a performance of Irish band Lankum due to their “political stance" following a band statement which said they were "heartbroken and shocked to see the indiscriminate murder of children and civilians."
www.joe.ie/music/lankum...
www.joe.ie/music/lankum...
"The Israel-Palestine conflict is increasingly becoming a yardstick for measuring how much Germany’s commitment to an inclusive society has waned."
Excellent explainer on Germany’s “reason of state”: novaramedia.com/2023/11/20/w...
Excellent explainer on Germany’s “reason of state”: novaramedia.com/2023/11/20/w...
Why Is Showing Solidarity With Palestine Getting People Cancelled in Germany? | Novara Media
From Jeremy Corbyn to the musician Nicolás Jaar, a ban on pro-Palestine protests has given way to a spate of cancellations in Germany. This is part of a wider rightward shift, writes Hanno Hauenstein...
novaramedia.com
November 21, 2023 at 6:54 PM
"The Israel-Palestine conflict is increasingly becoming a yardstick for measuring how much Germany’s commitment to an inclusive society has waned."
Excellent explainer on Germany’s “reason of state”: novaramedia.com/2023/11/20/w...
Excellent explainer on Germany’s “reason of state”: novaramedia.com/2023/11/20/w...