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“She's described the children in their beds, Parveen Khan holding the baby..So the children didn't even move from their beds, they just died from smoke inhalation.”

Heartbreaking testimony from friend of Walthamstow family killed in racist arson attack on their home #Defiance

Tonight on Channel 4 at 9pm.

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“He was lying unconscious outside the house. That's the last my mom saw of him after 63 years of marriage.” Sharone Lifschitz, whose mother was released by Hamas while her father remains captive, says hostages’ families are desperate to have their loved ones home.

“There will be absolutely no accountability of what they did in Gaza for the past six months. This is what pains me.” Exiled Egyptian heart surgeon-turned-satirist Bassem Youssef blasts the Israeli government for the carnage in Gaza, where his wife has family.

‘Here to stay. Here to fight.’

#Defiance : Fighting the Far Right examines the political and social struggles faced by Britain’s Asian community between 1976 and 1981.

The series starts Monday 8th April, 9pm on Channel 4 Riz Ahmed GroupM Motion Entertainment

Tomorrow Whitechapel Gallery come along for a day of talks on #Defiance - our series on the British Asian fightback against racist violence in 70s/80s - part of our collaboration Defiance : Channel 4 X Whitechapel - what’s changed since this period, how art & activism collided

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Brilliant screening of #Defiance in Bradford tonight - don’t miss Channel 4 Monday at 9pm onwards - the epic story of British Asian resistance against the far right - never told before on TV … the Southall protests, the Battle of Brick Lane, the Bradford 12 - vital history

Our brilliant Lyra McKee would have been 34 today. Thinking of you today on your birthday and always. ❤️ #Lyra xx #Lyra McKee

The Arts award goes to Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World. “Elevated by its subject…it was a thorough exploration delivered with vision and authority,” said the judges #RTSAwards

The History award-winning creators of White Nanny, Black Child on the resonance of “the untold story of thousands of people” #RTSAwards

The joy of making Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story #RTSAwards

Couldn’t be prouder of this amazing team for their win tonight 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Peter Beard Daisy Allsop Otto Baxter Rupert Houseman Bruce Fletcher 𝙴𝚍 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝 Evie Sangale and the gang Story Films #SkyDocumemtaries

And! The Guardian appoints new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America, Africa and the UK, boosting its coverage of underreported communities theguardian.com/gnm-press-offi…

“On behalf of all Jamaicans, I offer Diane Abbott full support in this difficult situation.”
Jamaica condemns Frank Hester’s comments, amid calls for its health ministry to cancel a $5m deal for his company to manage the country’s digital medical records.
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“Our children are dying, we are dying. What are you doing, where is the world?”

Amid starvation and desperation in Gaza, Jomana Karadsheh Scott reports on the deaths of 12 people as they attempted to reach aid dropped into the sea.

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