Elisa Vari (she/her/هـي)
@elisavari.bsky.social
👩🏻💻Refugee and human rights advocate @irap.bsky.social ~ but views are my own
📍Amman, 🇯🇴
🎓Alumna at @ox.ac.uk and @uclawsf.bsky.social
📍Amman, 🇯🇴
🎓Alumna at @ox.ac.uk and @uclawsf.bsky.social
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🔴 DIRECTO | Israel ha interceptado el 'Captain Nikos', el barco de la flotilla en el que viajaba EL PAÍS. Carlos de Barrón ha avisado a las 6.14 de que se acercaba una embarcación militar. Su último mensaje antes de deshacerse del teléfono móvil es de las 6.17 social.elpais.com/t84kt10
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
🔴 DIRECTO | Israel ha interceptado el 'Captain Nikos', el barco de la flotilla en el que viajaba EL PAÍS. Carlos de Barrón ha avisado a las 6.14 de que se acercaba una embarcación militar. Su último mensaje antes de deshacerse del teléfono móvil es de las 6.17 social.elpais.com/t84kt10
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Starmer to rethink human rights law to tackle ‘Farage boats’
Starmer to rethink human rights law to tackle ‘Farage boats’
Starmer blames Brexit for surge in numbers of small boat crossings but defends UK’s membership of ECHR
Keir Starmer has said he will look at how international law is being interpreted by British courts in an effort to tackle small boats, which he branded “Farage boats” because of their increase in number since Brexit.
Speaking after the Labour party conference, the prime minister signalled his unhappiness with how the European convention of human rights was being interpreted by judges making decisions about deportations. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Starmer to rethink human rights law to tackle ‘Farage boats’
Sanctions against UN officials and civil society organizations are unjustifiable and a threat to anyone advocating for #humanrights.
If you are working in human rights and international justice space, please consider signing:
openletter.earth/unacceptable...
If you are working in human rights and international justice space, please consider signing:
openletter.earth/unacceptable...
Unacceptable and shameful US sanctions against those seeking justice
openletter.earth
September 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sanctions against UN officials and civil society organizations are unjustifiable and a threat to anyone advocating for #humanrights.
If you are working in human rights and international justice space, please consider signing:
openletter.earth/unacceptable...
If you are working in human rights and international justice space, please consider signing:
openletter.earth/unacceptable...
Such an important article. Across Europe we keep capitulating to far right demands, with the pretext that that’s the only way to survive. Where has that led us so far? Only farther right, away from human rights, the rule of law, climate sensitive policies, in a race to the bottom.
If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen
If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen
European leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Such an important article. Across Europe we keep capitulating to far right demands, with the pretext that that’s the only way to survive. Where has that led us so far? Only farther right, away from human rights, the rule of law, climate sensitive policies, in a race to the bottom.
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Why didn't people just walk out of the room during this ramble of hate & absurdity? Turn their back, laugh, leave. Stop giving him an audience. Show him that people do not respect him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump UN speech: Six years ago his audience laughed, this year they were silent
The US leader's address was one of the clearest expositions of the way he sees the world, writes James Landale.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Why didn't people just walk out of the room during this ramble of hate & absurdity? Turn their back, laugh, leave. Stop giving him an audience. Show him that people do not respect him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
“We are concerned that the U.S. Government has chosen to fast-track the admission of Afrikaners, while actively fighting court orders to provide life-saving resettlement to other refugee populations who are in desperate need of resettlement.”
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“We are concerned that the U.S. Government has chosen to fast-track the admission of Afrikaners, while actively fighting court orders to provide life-saving resettlement to other refugee populations who are in desperate need of resettlement.”
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Sara* applied for refugee status in 2014. This year she was on the verge of reuniting with her son & grandchild — until the #RefugeeBan upended their lives. She should be celebrating #MothersDay safe at home with her family. But we’ll keep fighting until families like Sara’s can be together & safe.
May 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Sara* applied for refugee status in 2014. This year she was on the verge of reuniting with her son & grandchild — until the #RefugeeBan upended their lives. She should be celebrating #MothersDay safe at home with her family. But we’ll keep fighting until families like Sara’s can be together & safe.
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Notably missing: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia. Kind of mindblowing to me given what the substance of this letter is: "government should not retaliate against law firms"
Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Notably missing: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia. Kind of mindblowing to me given what the substance of this letter is: "government should not retaliate against law firms"
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More than 50 bar organizations stand together with the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read the full statement: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
More than 50 bar organizations stand together with the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read the full statement: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation on Friday that authorized $50 million in state funds intended to counter President Trump's agenda.
Newsom Signs Bills to Fight Trump, Including Legal Aid for Immigrants
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has been balancing a desire to push back on Republican policies with a need to cooperate in seeking federal disaster aid.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation on Friday that authorized $50 million in state funds intended to counter President Trump's agenda.
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“These flights set the stage for egregious rights violations, indefinite detention, and crushing family separations." - Hannah Flamm, IRAP
U.S. Begins Migrant Flights to Guantanamo Bay
The Trump administration has said it would expand operations at the American base in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 immigrants
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“These flights set the stage for egregious rights violations, indefinite detention, and crushing family separations." - Hannah Flamm, IRAP
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Jordan ready for war with Israel if Palestinians are expelled into its territory - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordan-ready-war-israel-if-palestinians-expelled-into-its-territory
Exclusive: Jordan ready for war with Israel if Palestinians are expelled into its territory
Trump's call to 'clear out' Gaza has sparked anger in Amman, with well-placed sources telling Middle East Eye that the US ally is prepared for war
www.middleeasteye.net
February 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Jordan ready for war with Israel if Palestinians are expelled into its territory - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordan-ready-war-israel-if-palestinians-expelled-into-its-territory
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We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.