New Human Rights Watch report documents the forcible displacement of 5 entire Palestinian communities due to settler attacks, often with direct participation of Israel Defense Forces. This is not going to be resolved by sanctioning a few bad apples. Here's what US, UK, EU should do:
hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

📣 huge new resource revealing the scale of abuse in detention in #Greece

Border Violence Monitoring Network Border Criminologies Mobile Info Team this looks like it’ll be invaluable 👇

3) All of this is happening not just against the backdrop of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, but BECAUSE of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. Unconditional US backing for Israel's onslaught is bringing the region to the brink, & we urgently need to put an end to it.

A starved child. Drowned whilst trying to reach food dropped in the ocean.

Kudos to Mondoweiss for gathering the testimonies of the Shifa Hospital massacre and painting a picture of the horrors that unfolded.

Hands down one of the most horrific articles I have ever read.

The Israeli forces just targeted a group of journalists in Nuseyrat.

TRT crew were among the journalists targeted.

It's a really shitty day for journalism. I've had the absolute pleasure of working alongside
Adam Bychawski ruby lott-lavigna Lou Ferreira Anita Mureithi Sam Gelder Adam Ramsay and Ramzy Alwakeel and will miss them and their stellar reporting. Hire them!

Brilliant colleagues at openDemocracy UK have been laid off. Ramzy Ramzy Alwakeel, the best editor you can have, honors in this thread the amazing work of Adam Bychawski ruby lott-lavigna Lou Ferreira Anita Mureithi Sam Gelder Adam Ramsay. This is the journalism you need. Hire them!

UCU sends its full solidarity to Open Democracy staff faced with the sack. Their brilliant journalism has ensured openDemocracy has been one of the media outlets that actually holds power to account.

Yesterday Ayushman and I published a piece with openDemocracy on the Global Slavery Commission.

Today I got a response from an FOI request which revealed that the UK government is spending 500,000 pounds on the Commission. 1/3

I’ve been made redundant from openDemocracy along with several of the kindest, most supportive and talented people I’ve had the honour of working with

I’m now looking for new opportunities. Here are some of the stories I’m most proud of:

🚨i am being made redundant, alongside many of my amazing colleagues at openDemocracy

it is a sad day for radical, not-for-profit media (but also this seems strangely inevitable in this industry)

here are some pieces i'm proud of:

Fellowships to Palestinian scholars and artists affected by war in Gaza. Please circulate widely
Deadline for application 21 May
xx.nz/ekuKq

If you're a British news editor and you're not working out how to hire Anita Mureithi right now, I'm afraid I have to tell you you're not up to your job. You can just watch her inevitable rise from afar.

Three girls aged four, seven and ten drowned in a shipwreck at Chios.
Borders kill, again.
efsyn.gr/ellada/koinoni…

Sad to say I've been laid off by openDemocracy, along with several of my incredible colleagues in the UK. It's one dark day of many for British journalism, but I'm immensely proud of everything we achieved together. Here's some of the best. 🧵

This also means I'm looking for work! If you're after an award-winning editor who has helped local, national and international newsrooms punch above their weight for more than a decade, hit me up here or send an old-fashioned electronic mail to ramzyalwakeel at gmail dot com.

The incessant drone noise Palestinians in Gaza have to bear must have a huge psychological toll.

It's day and night, I hear it in every video, interview, and phone call - a constant reminder of surveillance and war.

And it's been going on for years. Just look at the dates here.

'RwandAir turned down a UK government proposal to transport asylum seekers to Kigali...because it feared damaging its brand'

More proof that no airline wants a part in this government's grubby Rwanda plan.
ft.com/content/1251e4…

new piece with Ayushman for Beyond Slavery

No one asked for a Global Commission on Modern Slavery. Theresa May should have stayed at home, rather than trying to put the band back together to sing the old classics yet one more time....

opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-traf…