Meral Hussein-Ece
@meralhusseinece.bsky.social
Londoner. Human rights. Turkish speaker. House of Lords. Lib Dem.
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World leaders, high-level diplomats and business executives take part in annual platform held in Qatar's capital.
Gaza, Ukraine wars in focus as global policy leaders gather for Doha Forum
World leaders, high-level diplomats and business executives take part in annual platform held in Qatar's capital.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
World leaders, high-level diplomats and business executives take part in annual platform held in Qatar's capital.
‘Farage.. spotted me in the lower-school, he was about 17. He towered over me. “Where are you from?” he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response. “That’s the way back to Africa”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing
The Reform UK leader doubts people can recall their abuse from years ago. I’ve never forgotten his – it felt malicious
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
‘Farage.. spotted me in the lower-school, he was about 17. He towered over me. “Where are you from?” he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response. “That’s the way back to Africa”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Please donate if you can, & support desperate children. The Sameer Project: From Displacement Response to THE RETURN HOME chuffed.org/project/1491...
The Sameer Project: From Displacement Response to THE RETURN HOME
Throughout the history of Palestine, following periods of the occupation’s bombardments and aggression, they took our land, they took our homes, Palestinians could never go back. But in Gaza, people c...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Please donate if you can, & support desperate children. The Sameer Project: From Displacement Response to THE RETURN HOME chuffed.org/project/1491...
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🎙️ Did you know #EU public funds are supporting conservative networks spreading misinformation about #womenshealth?
Host @sophieintveld.bsky.social talks with MEP @luciayar.bsky.social to uncover how money fuels the anti-gender movement.
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Host @sophieintveld.bsky.social talks with MEP @luciayar.bsky.social to uncover how money fuels the anti-gender movement.
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"Follow the Money" Episode 3 - The Right to Decide
YouTube video by European Parliamentary Forum
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October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🎙️ Did you know #EU public funds are supporting conservative networks spreading misinformation about #womenshealth?
Host @sophieintveld.bsky.social talks with MEP @luciayar.bsky.social to uncover how money fuels the anti-gender movement.
🔗 youtu.be/5xzYdfZZafs
Host @sophieintveld.bsky.social talks with MEP @luciayar.bsky.social to uncover how money fuels the anti-gender movement.
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Incredible.
Robert Jenrick: I didn’t see another white face on Birmingham visit
Kemi Badenoch says the shadow justice secretary’s comments about a lack of integration were not racist
Kemi Badenoch says the shadow justice secretary’s comments about a lack of integration were not racist
Robert Jenrick: I didn’t see another white face on Birmingham visit
Kemi Badenoch says the shadow justice secretary’s comments about a lack of integration were not racist
www.thetimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Incredible.
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Guterres urges action, lasting ceasefire on Gaza war’s second anniversary - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/guterres-urges-action-lasting-ceasefire-gaza-wars-second-anniversary
Guterres urges action, lasting ceasefire on Gaza war’s second anniversary
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>On the second anniversary of the Gaza war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call, “with even greater urgency,” for an end to hostilities and a permanent ceasefire.</p>
<p>“Two years ago today, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups launched an abhorrent large-scale terror attack on Israel,” he said.</p>
<p>“On this day, let us remember all those who were killed and suffered horrific violence," he said and called for unconditional and immediate release of the captives.</p>
<p>Guterres also said the US President Donald Trump's Gaza plan is an "opportunity that must be seized to bring this tragic conflict to an end."</p>
<p>"This is a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale that defies comprehension. Put an end to the hostilities in Gaza, Israel & the region now. Stop making civilians pay with their lives & their futures," he said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Two years ago today, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups launched an abhorrent large-scale terror attack on Israel. On this day, let us remember all those who were killed and suffered horrific violence.<br>
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The horror of that dark day will be forever seared in the memories of…</p>
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October 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Guterres urges action, lasting ceasefire on Gaza war’s second anniversary - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/guterres-urges-action-lasting-ceasefire-gaza-wars-second-anniversary
Weasel words which he can’t even back up. At least be honest when you’re being racist.
Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA
October 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Weasel words which he can’t even back up. At least be honest when you’re being racist.
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Appalled by this attack on a place of worship. Members of the Muslim community must be free to worship and live without the fear of Islamophobic violence and intimidation. I stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with British Muslims and against this hate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peacehaven: Police release photos of mosque arson suspects
The images are of two people in balaclavas seen outside the mosque before the large blaze spread.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Appalled by this attack on a place of worship. Members of the Muslim community must be free to worship and live without the fear of Islamophobic violence and intimidation. I stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with British Muslims and against this hate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ll believe it when we can see Netanyahu has stopped the killing & destruction & urgently needed aid gets into Gaza.
September 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’ll believe it when we can see Netanyahu has stopped the killing & destruction & urgently needed aid gets into Gaza.
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A 64-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a London hotel housing asylum seekers.
This is where we are now. Where are the politicians to call this out? Or do they not want to upset their right wing base?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is where we are now. Where are the politicians to call this out? Or do they not want to upset their right wing base?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man arrested after fire at London asylum seekers' hotel
The blaze is being treated as a hate crime by officers investigating.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A 64-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a London hotel housing asylum seekers.
This is where we are now. Where are the politicians to call this out? Or do they not want to upset their right wing base?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is where we are now. Where are the politicians to call this out? Or do they not want to upset their right wing base?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.
September 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.
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Sadiq Khan has said a record number of Americans have applied for British citizenship following the election of Trump.
“It’s also our liberal values that make us stand out – celebrating our diversity in London as a strength, not as a threat to society.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“It’s also our liberal values that make us stand out – celebrating our diversity in London as a strength, not as a threat to society.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Record numbers of Americans seeking UK citizenship because of London’s values, says mayor
Ahead of Donald Trump’s state visit, Sadiq Khan hit back at US critics of the capital’s crime rates and diverse population
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Sadiq Khan has said a record number of Americans have applied for British citizenship following the election of Trump.
“It’s also our liberal values that make us stand out – celebrating our diversity in London as a strength, not as a threat to society.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“It’s also our liberal values that make us stand out – celebrating our diversity in London as a strength, not as a threat to society.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"What is happening in Gaza is a genocide. And the President of the United States, who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, is doing nothing to stop it."
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
September 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"What is happening in Gaza is a genocide. And the President of the United States, who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, is doing nothing to stop it."
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
Ali M. Aljbour chuffed.org/project/1293...
Ali M. Aljbour
Ali Aljibour is a 16-year-old from Gaza. His dream is to become a medical doctor, but the war has destroyed his beautiful city and his school, but not his dreams. Ali's family consists of six people a...
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August 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ali M. Aljbour chuffed.org/project/1293...
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Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
August 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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"Refugees are here because we are there" - public policy creates the migrant 'crisis'. Anti-Apartheid activist, grassroots anti-racism and anti-capitalist campaigner and human rights activist Reederwan Craayenstein writes...
“Refugees are here because we are there” – public policy creates the migrant ‘crisis’
Anti-Apartheid activist, grassroots anti-racism and anti-capitalist campaigner and human rights activist Reederwan Craayenstein writes Tiny 2yo Alan Kurdi lies drowned on a beach in 2015. Tens of t…
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August 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"Refugees are here because we are there" - public policy creates the migrant 'crisis'. Anti-Apartheid activist, grassroots anti-racism and anti-capitalist campaigner and human rights activist Reederwan Craayenstein writes...
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Trump chooses not to end the Gaza slaughter. That’s why I’ll boycott the state dinner when he meets King Charles | Ed Davey
Trump chooses not to end the Gaza slaughter. That’s why I’ll boycott the state dinner when he meets King Charles | Ed Davey
To refuse an invitation like this goes against all my instincts, but I want to send as strong a message as I can, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Trump chooses not to end the Gaza slaughter. That’s why I’ll boycott the state dinner when he meets King Charles | Ed Davey
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The UK needs to stop all arms exports to the Israeli Government - today.
July 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The UK needs to stop all arms exports to the Israeli Government - today.
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The proposals from Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz to contain all 2.1m Gazans in a new compound are illegal and utterly abhorrent. I have written today to David Lammy asking him again to sanction Minister Katz, and to set out the Government's legal view of Israel's occupation of Palestine.
July 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The proposals from Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz to contain all 2.1m Gazans in a new compound are illegal and utterly abhorrent. I have written today to David Lammy asking him again to sanction Minister Katz, and to set out the Government's legal view of Israel's occupation of Palestine.
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I am appalled by reports suggesting a culture of impunity among private security contractors who have killed Gazan civilians.
It is time for the UK to press the Israeli and US governments for accountability.
I have written to the Foreign Secretary to urge him to take action.
It is time for the UK to press the Israeli and US governments for accountability.
I have written to the Foreign Secretary to urge him to take action.
July 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I am appalled by reports suggesting a culture of impunity among private security contractors who have killed Gazan civilians.
It is time for the UK to press the Israeli and US governments for accountability.
I have written to the Foreign Secretary to urge him to take action.
It is time for the UK to press the Israeli and US governments for accountability.
I have written to the Foreign Secretary to urge him to take action.
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In the 19th century, a New Orleans doctor sent the skulls of 19 Black Americans to a doctor in Germany, where they were used as part of now discredited racial science. The remains were recently returned to the city, where they will be laid to rest on Saturday.
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In the 19th century, a New Orleans doctor sent the skulls of 19 Black Americans to a doctor in Germany, where they were used as part of now discredited racial science. The remains were recently returned to the city, where they will be laid to rest on Saturday.