Bel Trew
@Beltrew
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The Independent’s Chief International Correspondent. Foreign reporter of the year 2023. Marie Colvin Award winner. My documentary “The Body in the Woods”👇🏼
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Joined April 2009
We crossed the US to track the impact of the abortion bans for my latest doc: "The A-Word". We met women left bleeding out in ER, who were forced to give birth to partially-formed babies after enduring life-threatening pregnancies, who are now infertile👇 https://t.co/TaZ5R5pQKB
independent.co.uk
On June 24, 2022, nine justices voted on a decision. A decision that wound back the clock more than half a century. A decision which impacted the fates of tens of millions of women. A decision that...
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🚨 NEW: CPJ is challenging Israel’s ban on international media access to Gaza in the Israeli Supreme Court. Israel has killed 197 Palestinian journalists and media workers in two years, silencing journalists and their vital reporting. https://t.co/uKvtM57vEY
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Mahmoud Abu Foul was detained by Israel after the military stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza last December. Now, after being freed as part of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, he recalls the 'torture' he suffered in a detention centre that he says caused him to
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The family of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya confirms that the Israeli court has extended his administrative detention for another six months, despite his name having previously appeared among those discussed for release. The family expresses deep concern over his continued detention and
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Families trying to return home to north Gaza told us the destruction is so great, it has altered the horizon: for the first time they can see hills in Israel, because Israel has flattened everything. You can't even call it rubble it looks like ash in places. With Nedal Hamdouna
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This aerial image from the 1960s shows that the 'yellow line' of Israel's redeployment in Gaza is roughly matching with the border of the area's coastal sand dune, leaving Gaza without the absolute majority of its agricultural areas on the fertile soils in the east.
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The mediators announce that tonight an agreement was reached on all the provisions and implementation mechanisms of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which will lead to ending the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of aid.
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يعلن الوسطاء أنه تم الليلة الاتفاق على كل بنود وآليات تنفيذ المرحلة الاولى من اتفاق وقف اطلاق النار بغزة وبما يؤدي لوقف الحرب والإفراج عن المحتجزين الاسرائيليين والأسرى الفلسطينيين ودخول المساعدات، وسيتم الاعلان عن التفاصيل لاحقاً.
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Is there a better photo than this? British-Egyptian activist @alaa missed the birth of his son, the death of his father & spent most of his adult life in jail because of his fight for human rights. His entire family, also activists, sacrificed everything. Now they are reunited👇
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Extraordinary news today 👇
President Sisi has pardoned my brother! Mum & I are heading to the prison now to inquire from where Alaa will be released and when. Sorry I can't take calls right now but I'll keep you posted the moment we hear something. Omg I can't believe we get our lives back! #FreeAlaa
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President Sisi has pardoned my brother! Mum & I are heading to the prison now to inquire from where Alaa will be released and when. Sorry I can't take calls right now but I'll keep you posted the moment we hear something. Omg I can't believe we get our lives back! #FreeAlaa
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HUGE HUGE NEWS FROM EGYPT!! Egyptian President Sisi has issued a presidential pardon for activist and blogger @Alaa Abdel Fattah.
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Donald Trump has slashed $600 million for life-saving contraceptives. My swashbuckling colleague @Beltrew writes how this could lead to could be as many as 16 million more unintended pregnancies each year, leading to the deaths of 32,000 women and girls.
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Interview by @Beltrew of the spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry reveals deep anger, frustration and complete distrust in Netanyahu’s attitude towards negotiations: “ The treacherous behaviour of prime minister Netanyahu is not something new to us... but it is a red
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My entire family is incredibly happy. We cannot wait to see Elizabeth and give her all the love we have been waiting to share for 903 days. We are so thankful to President Trump and his Special Envoy, Adam Boehler. If Adam had not made my sister’s return his personal mission, I
I am pleased to report that Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton Student, whose sister is an American Citizen, was just released by Kata'ib Hezbollah (MILITANT Hezbollah), and is now safely in the American Embassy in Iraq after being tortured for many months. I will always fight for
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Watch @Beltrew's film on the devastating effects of cutting family planning https://t.co/rLzlV5LdX2 + read her powerful reporting
independent.co.uk
The US president has slashed nearly $600m in funding for contraceptives and the impact of the cuts could be deadly for tens of thousands of women, reports chief international correspondent Bel Trew...
Exclusive from me today: Countries across Africa are running out of contraception because of US aid cuts, with at least three having already run out of key methods leaving women vulnerable to unsafe abortion and abuse
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