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This #WorldRefugeeDay must be a turning point rather than a commemoration. It is time for new approaches to tackle the conflicts driving refugee numbers, address humanitarian crises and support countries hosting refugees.

Read our statement: www.rescue.org/uk/press-rel...
World Refugee Day 2025: IRC Urges Global Action for 122 Million People Displaced | The IRC
On World Refugee Day, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) calls attention to a global displacement crisis that has reached continued unprecedented levels. 122.1 million people are currently fleei...
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June 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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New York mayoral candidate detained by agents at immigration court https://on.ft.com/4kOWqWP
New York mayoral candidate detained by federal agents at immigration court
Video shows Brad Lander, the city’s top finance official, saying, ‘You don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens’
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June 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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"In Gaza, it's living hell, that's the only way to put it... The needs are beyond desperate, they're not being met and there are straightforward ways to meet the needs in the very short term."

Watch IRC President and CEO David Miliband on @itvpeston.bsky.social at www.itv.com/watch/peston...
June 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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theguardian.com
When Gaza is always on your mind | Fiona Katauskas
When Gaza is always on your mind | Fiona Katauskas
It changes your perspective
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June 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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"Every hour counts. It’s an absolutely abominable level of suffering inside Gaza and it’s a preventable level of suffering... What counts now is not language, it’s actions to address the situation."

IRC President & CEO David Miliband speaks to @yaldahakim.bsky.social on @news.sky.com ⬇️
May 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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theguardian.com
Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say
Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies An Israeli airstrike on Gaza hit the home of a doctor, killing nine of her 10 children while she was on duty at her hospital, according to multiple media sources. Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser medical complex, was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across the Palestinian territory on Friday when she received the bodies of nine of her children killed by a strike in Khan Younis. The eldest of the children was 12. Continue reading...
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May 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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uk.rescue.org
A reminder: no human being is illegal.

People fleeing violence and persecution deserve safety, dignity and compassion - they should never be used as a political battleground.

We stand in solidarity with refugees, migrants and people seeking asylum, today and every day.
A bus shelter poster featuring the words "Seeking asylum is a human right."
May 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Booksellers have faced censorship and harassment defending the freedom to read. Celebrate your local bookstore and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.

press.princeton.edu/ideas/bookst...

#BookstoreDay
This essay traces the long and turbulent history of American booksellers who have faced censorship, harassment, and even violence for defending the freedom to read. Through vivid anecdotes and historical cases-from undercover stings in the early 1900s and legal battles over “obscene” literature, to FBI surveillance of Black bookstores and bomb threats against feminist and LGBTQ+ shops-the author illustrates how bookstores have repeatedly become battlegrounds in the fight for civil liberties and free expression. Despite intimidation from both government and private groups, booksellers have pushed back, shaping legal precedents and rallying communities to defend First Amendment rights. The essay ultimately calls on readers to recognize bookstores as “arsenals of democracy” and to support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.
April 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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professorperino.bsky.social
On #HandsOff day with so many Americans exercising their constitutional rights, this great Seamus Heaney verse seems most appropriate:

History says don’t hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme.
April 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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uk.rescue.org
Thousands of people have been injured and displaced by a powerful earthquake in Myanmar.

The IRC is among the @decappeal.bsky.social member charities provide life-saving aid to those affected. Learn more about our joint appeal in @heraldscotland.bsky.social: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2505872...
'People are scared, injured and in urgent need of food, clean water and medical care'
The Disaster Emergency Committee has launched a new appeal to help those affected by the powerful earthquake that hit Myanmar last week.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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anxi0usvirgo.bsky.social
I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM