Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
@jkdamours.bsky.social
"A journalistic Sean Paul enthusiast" who prefers to be outdoors. reporter/editor @ AJE covering human rights, migration and more. À Montréal.
“We need answers – and from the highest levels of government”: Calls for answers grow after Canada’s interrogation of ex-UN special rapporteur and prominent legal scholar Richard Falk www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Calls for answers grow over Canada’s interrogation of Israel critic
Ministry of public safety says it is seeking more details about questioning of scholar Richard Falk at Toronto airport.
www.aljazeera.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“We need answers – and from the highest levels of government”: Calls for answers grow after Canada’s interrogation of ex-UN special rapporteur and prominent legal scholar Richard Falk www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Reposted by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
One notable detail here is that Falk is 95 years old.
Great reporting by my colleague @jkdamours.bsky.social
Great reporting by my colleague @jkdamours.bsky.social
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One notable detail here is that Falk is 95 years old.
Great reporting by my colleague @jkdamours.bsky.social
Great reporting by my colleague @jkdamours.bsky.social
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'Everybody is a fighter in Grassy': The poisoned river and a First Nation's quest for justice
(With @jkdamours.bsky.social and support from @ijnr.bsky.social)
(With @jkdamours.bsky.social and support from @ijnr.bsky.social)
‘Everybody is a fighter’: Inside a First Nation’s quest for justice
A decades-long fight ramps up in Grassy Narrows as mercury poisoning threatens its water, people and way of life.
www.aljazeera.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
'Everybody is a fighter in Grassy': The poisoned river and a First Nation's quest for justice
(With @jkdamours.bsky.social and support from @ijnr.bsky.social)
(With @jkdamours.bsky.social and support from @ijnr.bsky.social)
Reposted by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
https://go.nature.com/44nH0la
The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
https://go.nature.com/44nH0la
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
go.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
https://go.nature.com/44nH0la
The results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
https://go.nature.com/44nH0la
The bylaws are “a response to the overwhelming and unsubstantiated attacks on pro-Palestinian protests across the country” truthout.org/articles/und... via @truthout.org
Under Pressure From Pro-Israel Groups, Canadian Cities Are Restricting Protest
Toronto, Vaughan, Brampton, and Calgary have all passed bylaws that infringe on protest rights, and Ottawa may be next.
truthout.org
June 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The bylaws are “a response to the overwhelming and unsubstantiated attacks on pro-Palestinian protests across the country” truthout.org/articles/und... via @truthout.org
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Breaking news: A prominent Minnesota Democrat and her spouse were killed early Saturday morning by a gunman impersonating a police officer.
Another state lawmaker and his wife were shot overnight, believed to be connected to the same suspect, police said.
A manhunt for the suspect is underway.
Another state lawmaker and his wife were shot overnight, believed to be connected to the same suspect, police said.
A manhunt for the suspect is underway.
Minnesota lawmaker killed in ‘politically motivated assassination,’ governor says
A prominent Minnesota Democrat and her spouse were killed, while another state lawmaker and his wife were wounded in targeted shootings, police said.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Breaking news: A prominent Minnesota Democrat and her spouse were killed early Saturday morning by a gunman impersonating a police officer.
Another state lawmaker and his wife were shot overnight, believed to be connected to the same suspect, police said.
A manhunt for the suspect is underway.
Another state lawmaker and his wife were shot overnight, believed to be connected to the same suspect, police said.
A manhunt for the suspect is underway.
Reposted by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Iranian media are reporting that the Natanz nuclear site was hit, and a number of top military officials have been assassinated in Israel’s ongoing assault.
ISRAEL LAUNCHES ‘MAJOR STRIKE’ ON IRAN
Blasts heard in Iranian capital Tehran as Israel carries out large-scale attack on country.
www.aljazeera.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Iranian media are reporting that the Natanz nuclear site was hit, and a number of top military officials have been assassinated in Israel’s ongoing assault.
"Behind these numbers are so many individual people whose suffering is immeasurable": In Haiti, 1.3 million people are now internally displaced as violence surges - a new, grim record www.iom.int/news/haiti-s...
Haiti Sees Record Displacement as 1.3 Million Flee Violence
Geneva/Port-au-Prince, 11 June 2025 – Nearly 1.3 million people are now internally displaced in Haiti, a 24 percent increase since December 2024, according to a recently published Displacement Trackin...
www.iom.int
June 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Behind these numbers are so many individual people whose suffering is immeasurable": In Haiti, 1.3 million people are now internally displaced as violence surges - a new, grim record www.iom.int/news/haiti-s...
“I’ve never felt like this before during my time here. When you leave your house, you don’t know if you’ll return home”: Trump’s immigration crackdown shakes LA www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
‘You don’t know if you’ll return home’: Immigration raids shake Los Angeles
Residents are on edge as the Trump administration escalates force against protests that have rocked the city.
www.aljazeera.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“I’ve never felt like this before during my time here. When you leave your house, you don’t know if you’ll return home”: Trump’s immigration crackdown shakes LA www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
'In killing civilians sheltering in schools and religious sites, Israeli security forces committed the crime against humanity of extermination': www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Israeli attacks on educational, religious and cultural sites in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, UN Commission says
GENEVA – Israel has obliterated Gaza’s education system and destroyed over half of all religious and cultural sites in the Gaza Strip, part of a widespread and relentless assault against the Palestini...
www.ohchr.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
'In killing civilians sheltering in schools and religious sites, Israeli security forces committed the crime against humanity of extermination': www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
“It feels like I have lost a part of my body, like someone tore my heart out of my chest. The soul of our home has gone.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza
A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“It feels like I have lost a part of my body, like someone tore my heart out of my chest. The soul of our home has gone.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
“US officials who know atrocities are being committed and continue defending them from behind the podium are not neutral, they are complicit. Miller’s silence while in government helped Israel with its genocide. He has Palestinian blood on his hands,” says DAWN's Raed Jarrar aje.io/7agxo4?updat...
Israel warned ‘weaponising’ Gaza aid equals crimes against humanity
Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza as outrage grows over the killings of starving Palestinians seeking food aid.
aje.io
June 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“US officials who know atrocities are being committed and continue defending them from behind the podium are not neutral, they are complicit. Miller’s silence while in government helped Israel with its genocide. He has Palestinian blood on his hands,” says DAWN's Raed Jarrar aje.io/7agxo4?updat...
Yahya Hamdi al-Najjar, 12
Rakan Hamdi al-Najjar, 10
Eve Hamdi al-Najjar, 9
Jubran Hamdi al-Najjar, 8
Ruslan Hamdi al-Najjar, 7
Reval Hamdi al-Najjar, 5
Sadin Hamdi al-Najjar, 3
Luqman Hamdi al-Najjar, 2
Sidar Hamdi al-Najjar, under 1 year old
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Rakan Hamdi al-Najjar, 10
Eve Hamdi al-Najjar, 9
Jubran Hamdi al-Najjar, 8
Ruslan Hamdi al-Najjar, 7
Reval Hamdi al-Najjar, 5
Sadin Hamdi al-Najjar, 3
Luqman Hamdi al-Najjar, 2
Sidar Hamdi al-Najjar, under 1 year old
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Israel accused of ‘engineered starvation’ as it bombs Gaza relentlessly
At least five Palestinians killed, 50 wounded by Israeli attack targeting people around a aid truck.
aje.io
May 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yahya Hamdi al-Najjar, 12
Rakan Hamdi al-Najjar, 10
Eve Hamdi al-Najjar, 9
Jubran Hamdi al-Najjar, 8
Ruslan Hamdi al-Najjar, 7
Reval Hamdi al-Najjar, 5
Sadin Hamdi al-Najjar, 3
Luqman Hamdi al-Najjar, 2
Sidar Hamdi al-Najjar, under 1 year old
aje.io/31fovy?updat...
Rakan Hamdi al-Najjar, 10
Eve Hamdi al-Najjar, 9
Jubran Hamdi al-Najjar, 8
Ruslan Hamdi al-Najjar, 7
Reval Hamdi al-Najjar, 5
Sadin Hamdi al-Najjar, 3
Luqman Hamdi al-Najjar, 2
Sidar Hamdi al-Najjar, under 1 year old
aje.io/31fovy?updat...
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🚨We just published a NEW REPORT with @refugeesinternational.org on the rampant abuse and enforced disappearances of people seeking #asylum in the U.S. We spoke with people detained in #CBP custody and expelled to the countries they originally fled or to third countries.🧵⤵️
New Report Reveals Rampant Abuse and Enforced Disappearances of Asylum Seekers in CBP Custody, Illegal Expulsions, and Refoulement - Human Rights First
Washington, D.C. – A new report from Human Rights First and Refugees International reveals systemic and grave human rights abuses by the Trump administration against asylum seekers in U.S. Customs and...
humanrightsfirst.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🚨We just published a NEW REPORT with @refugeesinternational.org on the rampant abuse and enforced disappearances of people seeking #asylum in the U.S. We spoke with people detained in #CBP custody and expelled to the countries they originally fled or to third countries.🧵⤵️
Reposted by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
What’s at the heart of Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s separation rhetoric? Oil.
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
Alberta separatism plan is really about oil | The Narwhal
The Free Alberta Strategy has driven Danielle Smith’s government from the outset, a plan to back oil and gas even if it means breaking up Canada
thenarwhal.ca
May 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What’s at the heart of Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s separation rhetoric? Oil.
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
The Trump administration has officially designated the Viv Ansanm gang alliance in Haiti as a "transnational terrorist group" ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
ofac.treasury.gov
May 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Trump administration has officially designated the Viv Ansanm gang alliance in Haiti as a "transnational terrorist group" ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
After his party lost a 25-point lead in a matter of months, Pierre Poilievre has now lost the seat he’s held for 20 years
April 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
After his party lost a 25-point lead in a matter of months, Pierre Poilievre has now lost the seat he’s held for 20 years
The Breach live election night coverage + analysis: breachmedia.ca/home/electio...
Election 2025 LIVE ⋆ The Breach
https://www.youtube.com/live/5U-w1S5D-v8?si=li1ewgYv_xqPKlNEThe Breach is back with another night of live election coverage!Tired of the usual tepid punditry dominating the airwaves? Tune i
breachmedia.ca
April 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The Breach live election night coverage + analysis: breachmedia.ca/home/electio...
“God did the State of Israel a favour that Biden was the president during this period,” ex-Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Herzog said. "We fought [in Gaza] for over a year, and the administration never came to us and said, ‘Ceasefire now.’" www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israeli attacks on Gaza ‘worsen by the hour’ as drone kills five children
International Court of Justice hearings begin as fears of famine grow in Gaza with Israel’s blockade nearing 60th day.
www.aljazeera.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“God did the State of Israel a favour that Biden was the president during this period,” ex-Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Herzog said. "We fought [in Gaza] for over a year, and the administration never came to us and said, ‘Ceasefire now.’" www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
“This is a priority issue for many Canadians,” said Dania Majid. “We are not detached from what is happening in Palestine.” As Canadians head to the polls today, advocates are putting Palestinian rights on the ballot: truthout.org/articles/adv...
Advocates Put Palestinian Rights on the Ballot as Canada’s Election Nears
Over 300 Canadian electoral candidates have endorsed a 5-point “Vote Palestine” platform thanks to activist pressure.
truthout.org
April 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“This is a priority issue for many Canadians,” said Dania Majid. “We are not detached from what is happening in Palestine.” As Canadians head to the polls today, advocates are putting Palestinian rights on the ballot: truthout.org/articles/adv...
A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to Canada's election revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney: www.ft.com/content/743c...
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election
FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney
www.ft.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to Canada's election revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney: www.ft.com/content/743c...
Nearly 3,000 aid trucks are ready to enter Gaza but are being blocked by Israel, the UN says, as food stocks are depleted and fears of famine rise: www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
World Food Programme says Gaza food stocks ‘depleted’ amid Israeli blockade
Israel has not let anything into Gaza for eight weeks, UN group says, marking longest border closure in Strip’s history.
www.aljazeera.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Nearly 3,000 aid trucks are ready to enter Gaza but are being blocked by Israel, the UN says, as food stocks are depleted and fears of famine rise: www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
The Trump administration has apparently arrested a judge, accusing her of helping an undocumented immigrant 'evade arrest' abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by FBI for allegedly helping undocumented immigrant 'evade arrest'
A Milwaukee County circuit judge has been arrested by the FBI over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant "evade arrest," according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
abcnews.go.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Trump administration has apparently arrested a judge, accusing her of helping an undocumented immigrant 'evade arrest' abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
TIME: You've talked about ... making Canada the 51st state. Maybe you're trolling a little bit on that one. I don't know.
Trump: Actually, no, I’m not ... I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state. time.com/7280114/dona...
Trump: Actually, no, I’m not ... I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state. time.com/7280114/dona...
Read the Full Transcript of Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Interview
President Trump discussed his trade war and the economy, immigration, presidential power, and more
time.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
TIME: You've talked about ... making Canada the 51st state. Maybe you're trolling a little bit on that one. I don't know.
Trump: Actually, no, I’m not ... I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state. time.com/7280114/dona...
Trump: Actually, no, I’m not ... I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state. time.com/7280114/dona...