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Joined May 2009
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Matthew Richards retweeted
The Geneva Convention says it’s a war crime to target journalists, even if they work for an enemy organisation. It’s also a war crime to target medical workers. After the killing of 3 Lebanese TV journos last week, several medics coming to help them were killed as well.
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“The two senior correspondents were very well known in Lebanon. They now reach more than 20 journalists in Lebanon who have been targeted by Israeli strikes since October 2023.” our @AlexCrawfordSky on the latest from Lebanon
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Extraordinary
Really can’t get over this video of more than a half dozen ICE agents forming a tactical perimeter at a suburban Minnesota Target so their commander can use the bathroom, cosplaying like they’re in Fallujah. What an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars.
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Matthew Richards retweeted
Replying to @sstrangio
I went to see that bridge. It is undamaged and traffic was flowing normally. Thailand has not reported any air strikes in that area. If a Thai plane did drop bombs they did not hit anywhere close to the bridge. But people here very frightened and many IDPs left camp at Srei Snam.
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Matthew Richards retweeted
Fighting along the Thailand–Cambodia border has left Thai villages near the frontier badly damaged and largely deserted. Villagers told us they want the conflict to end quickly so they can live and work peacefully. youtu.be/fd-u57NshXQ?si=Zjs2

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Read our latest travel advice for #Nepal, with information about restrictions in Nepal following violent protest, the potential for communications to be disrupted, that Kathmandu airport reopened on 10 September and curfews continue in several cities: ow.ly/k8Nb50WUEYG
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Matthew Richards retweeted
My friend Tom Andrews is exactly right: The UN's Tom Andrews told the BBC that during past relief efforts, the military blocked aid and arrested aid workers. "What we know from past humanitarian disasters, natural disasters, is that the junta does not reveal the truth. It also has a habit of blocking humanitarian aid from getting to where it is most needed," he said. "They weaponise this aid. They send it to those areas that they have control of and they deny it to areas that they do not. So you have areas in which the most acute needs exist and you have literally aid trying to get in, trucks blocking the way, people being arrested and that has been the pattern of their response to natural disasters in the past. I'm afraid I'm fully expecting that that will be the case with this disaster." bbc.com/news/articles/cy7x7r

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Matthew Richards retweeted
Al Jazeera correspondent Tony Cheng (@TLCBkk) and his crew were filming an interview with Myanmar's government spokesman when one of two powerful earthquakes hit the country —
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Death toll now 16...
Palestinian Authority now says 14 dead in air strike on Tulkarm. Extremely rare for Israel to use air power against occupied West Bank...
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Matthew Richards retweeted
What is it with Israel and murdering women journalists?
#Syria: Syrian State TV news anchor #SafaaAhmed killed in Israeli airstrike on Damascus. Women Press Freedom strongly condemns the deliberate targeting and killing of Ahmed and other media professionals by Israel. We call on Israel to immediately halt all attacks on journalists and civilians, and demand full cooperation with the @IntlCrimCourt to investigate and prosecute potential war crimes in Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria. Journalists must not be silenced – we urge the global community to hold Israel accountable for these violations and to protect press freedom.
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Matthew Richards retweeted
An Israeli strike in a remote village in Lebanon’s lush green mountains last week killed 16 people — 9 women, 5 kids, 2 men. The buildings hit were filled with families displaced from fighting in the south. They thought they were safe. Some had arrived hours before
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Five more anti-junta activists in Myanmar face execution. They are Kaung Pyae Sone Oo, Zeyar Phyo, Hsann Min Aung, Kyaw Win Soe and Myat Phyo Myint. Rights groups have urged the junta not to execute them. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/24

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My interview on BBC with Julian Marshall on the deteriorating situation in #Pokrovsk as the Russian advance towards the city continues. W/@georgellewelyn bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zb
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As Russian forces close in on the city of Pokrovsk, families are again torn apart as people evacuate and the city empties. Scenes from an evacuation train in Pokrovsk today. Heartbreaking. With/@georgellewelyn
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Matthew Richards retweeted
They burn libraries and they attack journalists. Natasha Hirst, president of the National Union of Journalists: ‘Anyone who is obviously a journalist, in terms of being photographer, videographer or TV crew, tends to get targeted, especially by far-right protesters.’
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Palestinian prisoners describe systemic abuse in Israel’s jails Guardian interviews back up report by rights group B’Tselem, which says jails should now be labelled ‘torture camps’ theguardian.com/world/articl
 – at ƞanlıurfa, TĂŒrkiye
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Just waiting for the NRA to explain that shootings are not facilitated by guns
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