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@Jeky_Kelly

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BAFTA nominated 2 x @RTS winning doc filmmaker | 'American Mercenaries: Killing in Yemen' | ‘Under Poisoned Skies', ‘The Schools That Chain Boys’ @BBCArabic

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@Jeky_Kelly
Jess Kelly
6 months
I'm hugely honoured to win the  @rorypecktrust  Sony Impact award. I wanted to use this platform to highlight the devastating price Palestinian journalists are paying in order to report on Israel's indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza. Since Oct 7th, 37 of them have been killed.
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I cannot describe my happiness and relief. Karim has been released along with Gasser and Mohamed and is now home with his family. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us, Karim feels incredibly blessed and lucky to have you #FreeEIPRstaff @EIPR
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Karim and me on his birthday 4 years ago. Karim turns 37 today but instead of celebrating with me he's in prison. Plz visit to find out what you can do to help secure his release. @EIPR #FreeKarimEnnarah #freeEIPRstaff
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Jess Kelly
6 months
Can anyone explain why the BBC refuses to use the term ‘Palestine’ but happily uses the term ‘Taiwan’ even though Taiwan is also a state not recognised by the British government? Just a small example of media bias raised by @HindHassanNews at @frontlineclub tonight
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🧵At a time when media workers are being censored & fired 4 calling for a ceasefire I felt proud many of us @FPALondon awards spoke out about the unprecedented killing of journalists by #Israel & honoured the Gazan journalists still risking their lives
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Next year, Karim was planning to move to London to live with me. I couldn’t wait to have him by my side. Now our life together has been crushed. I ask @JoeBiden to do the right thing and secure the release of my husband and his @EIPR colleagues.
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3 years
My interview with @camanpour on @CNN about the ludicrous terrorism charges that have been levelled against my husband, Karim, and other @EIPR staff in #egypt #FreeEIPRstaff #freeKarimEnnarah
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Christiane Amanpour
3 years
Human rights activist Karim Ennarah is currently jailed in Egypt, along with several colleagues from @EIPR . Karim’s wife, documentarian @Jeky_Kelly , is urging for him to be released: “He’s the kind of person that Egypt should be building its future around, and not jailing.”
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Jess Kelly
4 years
My husband Karim Ennarah has been arrested by State Security for his courageous work defending human rights in #Egypt Something we always feared but naively hoped we could escape. I know that all of his friends & colleagues will be doing everything they can do ensure his release
@EIPR
المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية
4 years
Breaking news: Karim Ennarah, director of criminal justice at EIPR, arrested while on vacation in Dahab, South Sinai. He has been escorted by National Security officers to an undisclosed location around 2 p.m today. #Egypt #HumanRights
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Jess Kelly
4 months
My latest doc AMERICAN MERCENARIES: KILLING IN YEMEN is out tomorrow. For the first time on camera, former US special forces describe how they were hired by the UAE to carry out assassinations in Yemen. Reported by brilliant @BBCNawal 19:05 @BBCArabic 22:35 @BBCTwo
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Jess Kelly
3 years
An incredible 44,268 people have already signed the petition for Karim's release, I'm overwhelmed by the support, thank you #FreeEIPRstaff #Egypt @UKChange
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Jess Kelly
1 year
It was a privilege to write this tribute to Ali, our brave young friend who used his voice to seek climate justice in #Iraq . Ali died days before he could challenge ⁦⁦ @bp_plc ⁩ CEO on the dangers of gas flaring. Don’t let his death be in vain
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Jess Kelly
3 years
This is very exciting news, praying it’s true
@EIPR
المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية
3 years
Urgent: Former MP Mohamed Anwar Sadat informed @eipr that our colleagues Basheer, Karim and Gasser will be released tonight. A number of Egyptian news websites published similar news. Our defense team is still confirming details and procedures of their release. #FreeEIPRstaff
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Jess Kelly
1 year
What a night! Honoured to win Best Current Affairs International @RTS_media for Under Poisoned Skies. Hope it will help bring justice to the people of southern Iraq who still live in the shadow of the world’s most polluted oil fields, run by the world's richest oil companies.
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Jess Kelly
1 year
Yesterday we heard the tragic news that Ali Hussein Jaloud has died, aged just 21. Be sure Ali, your death will not be in vain. The greedy reign of fossil fuels will end. I feel lucky to have known you and witnessed your generosity and bravery. Rest in peace ❤️
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Jess Kelly
4 months
Great to see our investigation picked up by @MadaMasr
@MadaMasr
Mada Masr مدى مصر
4 months
كشف تحقيق نشره موقع «بي بي سي»، أمس، عن استخدام دولة الإمارات رجل أعمال إسرائيلي مجري لتدبير عمليات اغتيال ضد أعدائها السياسيين في اليمن منذ عام 2015، فيما نفت حكومة الإمارات كل ما جاء بالتقرير. ونقل التحقيق عن القائد الثاني لشركة عسكرية أمريكية تُسمى «عمليات سبير»، إسحق جيلمور،
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Jess Kelly
2 years
Very proud our @BBCArabic investigation ‘Under Poisoned Skies’ about the deadly impact of the oil giants’ pollution in #Iraq featured on tonight’s News at Ten. Thanks @thehuwedwards and team
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Today marks a year since my husband Karim Ennarah was arrested in #Egypt as part of a brutal crackdown on his human rights work @EIPR . I’m so grateful to everyone who helped in the campaign to secure his release and that of his colleagues Gasser Abdel Razek & Mohammed Bashir.
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Wow I did not expect this... Thank you @BAFTA for this nomination and to my incredible colleagues @BBCArabic who gave me the opportunity to make these films, especially @OwenPinnell @muskhalili @rosiepelican @BettinaWaked & @mamdouhakbiek @simoncoxreports @timawford #BAFTAS
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BAFTA
3 years
Another new category - Emerging Talent: Factual 📺 Ashley Francis-Roy - Damilola: The Boy Next Door & The Real Eastenders 📺 Jessica Kelly - The Schools that Chain Boys 📺 Kandise Abiola - Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story 📺 Marian Mohamed - Defending Digga D #BAFTATV
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@Jeky_Kelly
Jess Kelly
3 years
So proud to win the @RTS_media award! Our film “The Schools That Chain Boys” gives a voice to thousands of boys in Sudan suffering abuse. Congrats to our brave and tenacious team @Fath_Alhamdani @mamdouhakbiek @BettinaWaked a @muskhalili @simoncoxreports
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Jess Kelly
1 year
To hear how @bp_plc ’s CEO responded to Ali’s grieving father at their annual shareholder meeting yesterday watch the @BBCNews at Ten’s report here. Powerfully reported by @OwenPinnell with support from @rosiepelican @shpanda9 and others.
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Jess Kelly
5 months
RIP Samer. As international journalists we should all be ashamed that Palestinian journalists continue to be sacrificed in such huge numbers - two months of indiscriminate bombing and their cameras are still pretty much our only means of seeing the truth.
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Mohamed Moawad
5 months
It is with heavy hearts that we share the devastating news of the loss of our dedicated Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abu Dakka during the recent coverage in Gaza in an Israeli airstrike. His unwavering commitment to truth and storytelling has left an indelible mark on our team.
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Jess Kelly
4 years
A film I shot two years ago in northern #Syria is finally out on BBC Two tonight. In The Face Of Terror tells the story of the hunt to expose #ISIS executioners, "the Beatles" through the families and friends of their victims. @seanlangan2 #inthefaceofterror #bbc2
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Jess Kelly
3 years
A few weeks ago Karim and I spoke to Anushka Asthana @theguardian about the last 6 months, his imprisonment and the last 10 years in #Egypt . It's emotional to recount but am grateful to share our story and that of countless others.
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Jess Kelly
3 years
"Their only crime has been to stand up for the dignity of Egyptians. @EIPR has for years worked tirelessly and bravely on the frontlines to protect and defend the most vulnerable" Thank you Scarlett Johansson for shining a light on Karim's arrest #FreeKarimEnnarah #FreeEIPRstaff
@freekarimnow
Free Karim
3 years
"I'm in awe of the bravery of these men who continue their work to defend human rights at such a great personal cost." Scarlett Johansson wishes Karim a happy birthday and sends her solidarity to @EIPR staff. #FreeKarimEnnarah #FreeEIPRstaff
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Thanks for having me @jonsnowC4 and raising the urgency of Karim’s release #freeEIPRstaff
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Channel 4 News
3 years
Since Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi came to power in 2013, journalists and human rights organisations have regularly been targeted by the authorities.
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Jess Kelly
3 years
A moving appeal from @CelineLST whose human rights defender husband Ramy Shaath has been imprisoned by the Egyptian authorities for 19 months. It was very hard for me to handle Karim’s imprisonment for just a few weeks, I’m in awe of her strength. Plz sign the @amnesty petition.
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Céline Lebrun Shaath
3 years
600 jours de détention pour Ramy et un retour d'Egypte douloureux car à nouveau séparés. C'est pourquoi avec @Amnesty , je lance aujourd'hui une pétition internationale. Ensemble, demandons, plus haut et plus fort, la libération de Ramy ! #FreeRamyShaath 👉
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Jess Kelly
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@frasereC4 @Miller_Reports & @NickBfilms dedicate their award to the courageous Gazan actors, singers, dancers, writers and filmmakers they met making their film 'Gaza: Daring to Dream' and to @YousefHammash for his vital work documenting Gaza for @Channel4News
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Jess Kelly
4 years
Great to see Bernie Sanders come out in support of imprisoned @EIPR staff and my husband Karim Ennarah #Egypt
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Bernie Sanders
4 years
The recent wave of arrests in Egypt of courageous human rights defenders from @EIPR is an outrage. The incoming administration must make it clear to Egypt and all countries that, once again, the United States will support democracy, not dictatorship.
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3 years
Gasser the bravest man you’ll ever meet. Heartbreaking #freeEIPRstaff
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المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية
3 years
We saw Gasser just now taken out of the prosecution office in a police transport van. The only thing he shouted from the narrow, barred van window was, 'Mariam! Say hello to the boys. I love you!'. Mariam wasn't allowed to see him. His hair was shaven. He had a smile on his face
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Jess Kelly
2 years
BP Whistleblower has come out w damning claims: gas flaring "just the start" of "appalling practices in Rumaila that wouldn't be acceptable in any of BP's operations nor uphold the international standard that BP is contracted to implement"
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@Jeky_Kelly
Jess Kelly
4 years
Our investigation for @BBCArabic premiers tonight. After nearly 2 yrs undercover we reveal how boys are routinely shackled and beaten in #Sudan ’s Islamic schools or ‘khalwas’. Thanks to our amazing team Fateh Al-Hamdani @mamdouhakbiek @BettinaWaked @muskhalili @simoncoxreports
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Jess Kelly
6 years
2/2 Two of the victims were a bride and groom, executed on their wedding day because the bride was wearing a white dress with her head uncovered. Her veil is still visible here. #Syria #ISIS
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Jess Kelly
5 years
“Less than a fifth of documentaries made in the past three years were directed by women”
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Jess Kelly
3 years
My husband Karim Ennarah is one of the @EIPR staff who has now been arrested as a result of this meeting. What action is Norway taking to secure their release? #freeEIPRstaff
@NorwayinEgypt
Norway in Egypt and Libya
4 years
Norwegian chargé d’affaires visited @EIPR with diplomatic colleagues Tuesday this week for a briefing on the essential work of civil society in Egypt.
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Jess Kelly
6 months
@yaralmurr winner of the prestgious @thomfound award highlighted the incredible work of young journalists in Gaza such as @byPlestia *Bisan* @azaizamotaz9 @Hind_Gaza , not only did she humanise these journalists but she spoke about them as role models.
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@Jeky_Kelly
Jess Kelly
3 years
Massive thanks to Bill Nighy❤️ #FreeKarimEnnarah
@freekarimnow
Free Karim
3 years
Bill Nighy has a message of support for Karim. Yep, that Bill Nighy. #FreeKarimEnnarah
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Jess Kelly
1 year
Honoured Under Poisoned Skies is up for an @amnesty Media Award tonight. This nomination is dedicated to Ali, who died last week of leukaemia aged just 21. Ali helped to reveal the deadly impact of gas flaring in Iraq incl. at BP’s Rumaila oilfield where he lived. @OwenPinnell
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@Jeky_Kelly
Jess Kelly
5 years
Thrown out of #Saudi just for mentioning Loujain al-Hathloul and the female activists imprisoned in Saudi. Our new doc is airing again on @BBCOne on Tuesday next week. #السعودية
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Jess Kelly
6 months
@MayaSaad1998 who dedicated her award to her friend and Lebanese @Reuters video journalist Issam Abdullah who was killed on the 13th of Oct while covering the southern border Lebanon. 3 Lebanese journalists have been killed in total since Oct 7th.
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Karim's next hearing has been brought forward to *tomorrow*. This is very unusual and potentially good news.
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المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية
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Breaking: Supreme State Security Prosecution informed @EIPR defense team a hearing has been scheduled for our leaders *tomorrow* Monday morning at the New Cairo court building #freeEIPRstaff
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Jess Kelly
4 years
The first Congressman speaks out calling my husband Karim Ennarah and Mohammed Basheers’ arrest “unacceptable” @EIPR #freekarim #freeEIPRstaff #egypt
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Rep. Mark Pocan
4 years
The arrest of @EIPR 's staff, Karim Ennarah & Mohammed Basheer, by security forces in Egypt is unacceptable. We cannot stay silent as human rights defenders are targeted & detained. Karim & Mohammed should be released immediately.
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Jess Kelly
3 years
One last push for Patrick to be released tomorrow 🙏🏼 #freeEIPRstaff
@hossambahgat
hossam bahgat حسام بهجت
3 years
Me again. Tomorrow morning we’re back in court for one last @eipr staffer in jail. Our star gender specialist Patrick has been in pretrial detention for 10 months on same bogus terrorism charges. If you raise your voice for him today we might take a few days off
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Jess Kelly
2 years
PM @RishiSunak had a unique opportunity to raise my husband's case during his visit to #COP27 in Egypt but he neglected to do so. I am nevertheless so grateful to my MP @rushanaraali who continues to press for Karim's freedom.
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Rushanara Ali 💙
2 years
I’m disappointed the Prime Minister didn’t directly raise the case of my constituent @Jeky_Kelly 's husband, human rights activist Karim Ennarah, during his discussions with President Sisi at COP27.
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Jess Kelly
2 years
“This film should be screened everywhere around the world where new oil and gas projects are being considered”. It was an honour to have @Tzeporah the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty speak at our #COP27 screening of Under Poisoned Skies. @fossiltreaty #ClimateEmergency
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Jess Kelly
6 months
@joshbakerstory @saraobeidat who paid tribute to the Roshdi Sarraj the Palestinain journalist who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on October 22, 2023 while trying to shield his wife and daughter from an Israeli air strike near their home.
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Jess Kelly
2 years
A year ago Karim spent his birthday in prison, this year we're still separated because the fabricated charges against him and his @EIPR colleague still stand and he is under a travel ban... at least I managed to send him a bougainvillea🎈
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المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية
2 years
A year since the ongoing security attack on the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights: The fabricated charges remain in place, along with the travel ban and the seizure of the funds of the three directors of EIPR, and the founder awaits sentencing today
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Jess Kelly
2 years
I'm extremely grateful to Lord Ahmad @tariqahmadbt the Minster of North Africa, for sitting down with me and Rushanara Ali @rushanaraali to discuss how we can resolve Karim and his @EIPR colleagues' case.
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Jess Kelly
4 years
Please read this account by @nadawahba of Karim's arrest, "her brilliant, witty, loving, and of course extremely annoying friend" #freeEIPRstaff
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Jess Kelly
11 months
We won best TV doc at the @onewm awards! It's been a privilege to tell the stories of Ali Juloud & countless other young Iraqis whose lives have been tragically cut short by the oil industry's toxic pollution of their environment.
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Jess Kelly
2 years
This is incredible news, @EIPR Researcher Patrick Zaki has been ordered to be released from detention in #Egypt after nearly 20 months in custody. His trial will continue in Feb 2022 #FreePatrickZaki
@EIPR
المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية
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عاجل: قررت محكمة جنح أمن الدولة طوارئ قسم ثان المنصورة إخلاء سبيل باتريك جورج زكي مع تأجيل محاكمته إلى 1 فبراير 2022 للمرافعة.
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Jess Kelly
2 years
The hosts of #COP27 doing what they do best. Between 2017 and 2020 nearly 1 million square metres of Cairo's already limited green spaces were destroyed.
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Jess Kelly
2 years
I am incredibly disappointed that there seems to be no indication that @trussliz raised my husband Karim Ennarah and his @EIPR colleagues in her meeting with her Egyptian counterpart yesterday. We have been patiently waiting nearly two years for an opportunity like this.
@MfaEgypt
Egypt MFA Spokesperson
2 years
Prior to launching the 1st Meeting of 🇪🇬 🇬🇧 Association Council, FM #Shoukry meets with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Affairs Liz Truss to discuss bolstering bilateral relations between 🇪🇬&🇬🇧 @trussliz @FCDOGovUK
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Jess Kelly
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1/2 Filming last week at a lesser known mass grave in Syria where ISIS is reported to have executed 1000s of civilians. No sign of any plans to exhume the bodies? @Raqqa_SL @DFRLab #Syria #ISIS
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Proud of our team tonight after receiving a special commendation at the #GriersonAwards - "An extraordinary piece of filmmaking" @timawford @BettinaWaked @mamdouhakbiek @Fateh_Alhamdani @muskhalili @SimonCoxFilm @griersontrust
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The Grierson Trust
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Highly commended for @televisualmedia Best Current Affairs Documentary is Undercover is The Schools that Chain Boys #GriersonAwards @BBCArabic
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Jess Kelly
6 months
This evening, I'll be talking on @Channel4News about making 'Under Poisoned Skies'. Extremely proud to be a @rorypecktrust finalist and thankful to our amazing @BBCArabic team @OwenPinnell @rosiepelican @muskhalili @timawford
@rorypecktrust
Rory Peck Trust
6 months
⏰ Next week Mon 13 - Thu 16 @Channel4 will be airing short films about 4 of our #RoryPeckAwards finalists at 7.55pm (GMT) each evening. 👀 Monday 13th November, catch Sony Impact Award finalist @Jeky_Kelly discussing her film Under Poisoned Skies.
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Thank you @rushanaraali for raising Karim’s case and that of other @EIPR staff in commons this eve. Patrick Zaki is still in prison and Karim, Gasser & Mohammed have had their assets frozen. #freeEIPRstaff
@rushanaraali
Rushanara Ali 💙
3 years
In my Adjournment Debate I raised the issue of the arrests of Egyptian human rights advocates, including Karim Ennarah, the husband of my constituent. The UK must take action against human rights abuses under the current Egyptian regime. @EIPR @Jeky_Kelly
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Jess Kelly
3 years
We need to keep up the public pressure ahead of Karim and #EIPR staff's hearing tomorrow, see below for concrete steps you can take to help. #FreeEIPRstaff #FreeKarimEnnarah
@KellyLynnKrause
Kelly Krause
3 years
***BREAKING: @EIPR Staff Hearing Bumped Up to Tomorrow, Mon. 23 Nov. @ 11:00AM Local Time*** While this is encouraging, word on the ground is that pressure must be intensified in the coming hours. Here's what you can do... #FreeKarimEnnarah #freeEIPRstaff
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Jess Kelly
1 year
Goosebumps reading this. Brilliant reporting ⁦ @OwenPinnell ⁩ and ⁦ @MerelynThomas ⁩. Father challenges BP at meeting after son's death - BBC News
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Jess Kelly
2 years
A personal update: nearly two years on and Karim is still trapped in Egypt under a travel ban and asset freeze. I hope next week will bring some change.
@freekarimnow
Free Karim
2 years
UPDATE: Two years on, Karim is still trapped in Egypt, living under an unlawful travel ban and asset freeze. He is unable to leave Egypt to be with @Jeky_Kelly in the UK, he can't access money or jobs, and they are unable to plan any kind of future together. #FreeKarimEnnarah
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Jess Kelly
3 years
"Director Jess Kelly’s film makes for horrendous but necessary viewing". A preview by the @FT of our film 'India's Rape Scandal' out tomorrow night - 10pm on Channel 4. @ramitanavai #rape #India
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Jess Kelly
4 years
Yesterday we were lucky enough to screen our film “Silicon Valley’s Online Slave Market” at the UN. Very grateful to the 200+ people who attended and to @ubhoola62 and @amolmehra who shared the panel with @muskhalili and me... am still reeling. #UNForumBHR #change
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Jess Kelly
1 year
Chuffed to be nominated for an @RTS_media award for Under Poisoned Skies alongside some stellar competition in @ramitanavai & @karimtl . All down to our brave contributors in #Iraq @SHukri_alHassen
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Jess Kelly
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Incredibly honoured to be nominated for the Sony Impact Award by @rorypecktrust for our film 'Under Poisoned Skies' Huge thanks to my @BBCArabic colleagues @OwenPinnell @rosiepelican @muskhalili @BERTINET5 @shpanda9 & congrats to the other finalists:
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Jess Kelly
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We're so honoured that Under Poisoned Skies won at the @DIGawards in Italy this weekend. The judges said it's an "investigative film with heart, beautifully shot and provides a humanising portrait of the effected community without reducing them to victims" and that means a lot <3
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Jess Kelly
3 years
It’s horrible to think that today is the one year anniversary since Patrick’s arrest. Here’s to hoping this year will bring his release #freeEIPRstaff
@FreePatrick3
#FreePatrickZaki
3 years
Tomorrow marks a year since Patrick got arrested at Cairo Airport. A year of absolute agony has passed and a second year is about to start while Patrick remains in prison. #FreePatrick
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Jess Kelly
2 years
A bit bowled over that our @C4Dispatches India’s Rape Scandal has been chosen by critics as a top 10 TV programme of 2021 alongside some absolute genius TV (ehem… White Lotus!) Thank you @ObsNewReview @babsellen
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Jess Kelly
4 years
"there should be no prisoners of conscience in the 21st century" #Egypt
@UN_Spokesperson
UN Spokesperson
4 years
We fully back @UNHumanRights statement below. As @antonioguterres has said before, there should be no prisoners of conscience in the 21st century. No one should be arrested for having an political opinion."
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Jess Kelly
3 years
I’ll be speaking to @camanpour on @cnn about karims arrest at 19:00 GMT #FreeKarimEnnarah #FreeEIPRstaff
@freekarimnow
Free Karim
3 years
Jess also setting up to interview with @camanpour on @cnn tonight at 7pm GMT/ 2pm EST #FreeKarimEnnarah @Jeky_Kelly
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Jess Kelly
2 years
Look out for this @hrw report tomorrow which gives a profound insight into the heartbreaking and life destroying impacts of travel bans which are being used against members of civil society in #Egypt including my husband Karim and four of his colleagues from @EIPR
@fairsqprojects
FairSquare
2 years
Tomorrow morning, FairSquare and @hrw are jointly publishing research into the pernicious impact of arbitrary travel bans on Egyptian civil society. The bans allow Egypt to silently punish critics without fear of international attention. Get in touch for more information.
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Jess Kelly
4 months
Here's the full film in Arabic. For the first time, American mercenaries from Spear Operations Group (founded by Israeli-Hungarian security contractor Abraham Golan) speak on camera about the assassinations they carried out in Yemen under the auspices of the UAE.
@BBCArabic
BBC News عربي
4 months
لأول مرة، يتحدث مرتزقة من مجموعة عمليات "سبير" أمام الكاميرا عن عمليات الاغتيال التي نفذوها في اليمن تحت رعاية الإمارات. لمشاهدة الفيلم كاملاً من خلال الرابط التالي على قناة بي بي سي على يوتيوب:
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Jess Kelly
3 years
What a day! Humbled our film, 'The Schools That Chain Boys' uncovering child abuse in Sudan has won the @amnesty Award for best investigation. See Producer @mamdouhakbiek 's smiley acceptance speech below. 👏 @Fath_Alhamdani @muskhalili @simoncoxreports @BettinaWaked @timawford
@mamdouhakbiek
Mamdouh Akbik
3 years
So proud to win the #amnestymediaawards hope that the film “The Schools That Chain Boys” would improve the daily lives of thousands of vulnerable children. congratulations to the top team @BettinaWaked @Fath_Alhamdani @Jeky_Kelly @simoncoxreports @muskhalili @timawford
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Jess Kelly
1 year
Thank you Greta for sharing Ali’s story. Activists in #Iraq have to be incredibly brave to criticise the oil industry, so it’s vital that voices like yours are used to amplify their struggle.
@GretaThunberg
Greta Thunberg
1 year
“Cancer became just like a flu…” Ali, a young man from Iraq who lived on a @bp_plc oil field, died of leukaemia last Friday. His father challenged BP at its AGM, demanding an end to its cancer-causing pollution.
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Jess Kelly
4 years
It is a great testament to Karim and all of his colleagues at @EIPR that already 50 organisations have come out in solidarity. #freeEIPRstaff #egypt
@TimepDC
The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
4 years
TIMEP joins more than 50 organizations in expressing solidarity with @EIPR and calling for the immediate and unconditional release of its detained staff Karim Ennarah, Mohammed Basheer, and Gasser Abdel-Razek
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Jess Kelly
2 years
Tonight - just a few tickets left! Q&A with me, producer extraordinaire @OwenPinnell , multinational corporations litigation solicitor @Liberty_Bridge , leading air pollution scientist, professor Frank Kelly and hosted by the brilliant @BBCNawal @frontlineclub
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Proud of our film, UNDERCOVER IN THE SCHOOLS THAT CHAIN BOYS, which has been shortlisted for a Grierson award in the current affairs category, which honours outstanding investigative journalism, alongside some stellar competition
@griersontrust
The Grierson Trust
3 years
#GriersonAwards shortlisted entries for Best Current Affairs Documentary
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Humbled by the many peers & MPs who signed our letter urging the UK government to take action against the baseless terrorism charges still standing against my husband Karim Ennarah & his @EIPR colleagues in #Egypt . Karim hasn’t been allowed to leave the country since his release
@rushanaraali
Rushanara Ali 💙
3 years
Over 30 Parliamentarians across parties have signed my letter urging the UK government to take action against human rights abuses in Egypt.
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Jess Kelly
7 years
Excited to have submitted "Stray" to @tribeca via
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Jess Kelly
5 years
I spoke to @BBCScotNine about why we went undercover in Kuwait to document the buying and selling of women via apps, including Instagram, for our @BBCArabic investigation #OnlineSlaveMarket @OwenPinnell @rosiepelican @muskhalili @timawford @TessColley @BBCArabicPress
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Thank you #GriersonAwards still chuffed with our commendation - "This extraordinary piece of filmmaking truly shocked the judges... A prime example of powerful undercover documentary making with great access and determination to hold those responsible to account."
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Jess Kelly
1 year
1/4 Last time I saw Ali (left) we were on our way to present Under Poisoned Skies at  #COP27 . We didn’t know it then but his #Cancer had relapsed. He now urgently need treatment outside #Iraq . Please share or donate if you can
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Jess Kelly
7 years
In Athens 2 years ago I was filming a documentary with @StaceyDooley when 2 Pakistani migrants tried to hang themselves, I'm ashamed that we are allowing these kinds of tragedies to continue
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Jess Kelly
4 years
The EU in #Egypt has denounced the arrests of @EIPR staff Karim Ennarah, Gasser Abed-Rezk and Mohammed Basheer and highlighted the fact that #EIPR have always operated in full transparency #FreeEIPRstaff
@EUinEgypt
EU in Egypt 🇪🇺🇪🇬
4 years
اعتقال أعضاء من المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية يمثل مصدر قلق كبير نقله الاتحاد الأوروبي للسلطات المصرية. تقدم @EIPR خدمات مهمة للمصريين من خلال تعزيز الحقوق والحريات؛ حيث تعمل بشفافية كاملة. احترام حقوق الإنسان جزء رئيسي في العلاقات بين 🇪🇬🇪🇺 - المتحدث باسم الاتحاد الأوروبي
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Jess Kelly
2 years
Today at #COP27 at 13:00 there will be an interactive screening of our @BBCArabic doc Under Poisoned Skies in the @copreshub in the blue zone, come on down! @OwenPinnell @rosiepelican @timawford @shpanda9
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Jess Kelly
6 months
Thank you @Da_Skwid for momentarily bringing back to life the brave journalists unlawfully killed since Oct 7th. 88% of the 42 journalists killed were Palestinian.
@Da_Skwid
Trevor Kyler
6 months
Mohammed Abu Hatab 1 of 42 journalists killed in #Gaza #Israel Journalist and correspondent for the Palestinian Authority-funded broadcaster Palestine TV, he was killed along 11 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.
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Jess Kelly
2 years
For all those at #COP27 don't miss this exclusive Q&A with Ali Hussein Juloud, the young protagonist of @BBCArabic 's incendiary investigation, Under Poisoned Skies, who has traveled from Basra to speak out about the deadly impact of air pollution from Iraq's #FossilFuels industry
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Jess Kelly
3 years
Chuffed to be shortlisted for a @BroadcastAwards for our @BBCArabic investigation "Silicon Valley’s Online Slave Market” alongside some formidable contenders @maitlis @krishgm @idriselba & @JezzaNeumann @ramsaysky
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Jess Kelly
2 years
Extremely honoured the World Health Organisation will be hosting our 3rd #cop27   screening & that @DrMariaNeira will be joining our panel discussion on the toxic impact of air pollution from #FossilFuels 🔔 Today 13:00 to 14:00 @WHO pavilion blue zone #energy #ClimateCrisis
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Jess Kelly
4 years
So pleased our film "Silicon Valley’s Online Slave Market" has been nominated for "Investigation of the Year" at the @BBCNews awards. Just one of three noms for @BBCArabic . Well done top team
@OwenPinnell
Owen Pinnell
4 years
Super proud to share that @BBCArabic documentaries team has received 3 nominations for @bbcnews awards “Investigation of the Year” category (out of 5!)
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Jess Kelly
4 years
After a four hour investigation (Karim is talkative) Supreme State Security have accused Karim of funding and belonging to a terrorist organisation. Totally baseless accusations but that are sadly very often levelled at human rights defenders in #Egypt #freeEIPRstaff
@EIPR
المبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية
4 years
عاجل: بعد تحقيق استمر ٤ ساعات نيابة أمن الدولة العليا تأمر بحبس كريم عنارة مدير العدالة الجنائية بالمبادرة المصرية ١٥ يوماً على ذمة التحقيق في القضية ٨٥٥ لسنة ٢٠٢٠ #مصر #حقوق_الإنسان
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Jess Kelly
5 years
Our investigation is now live. Very proud of my amazing, talented and supportive team at @BBCArabicDocs | @muskhalili @rosiepelican @OwenPinnell @BettinaWaked #OnlineSlaveMarket #خادمات_للبيع
@BBCNewsPR
BBC News Press Team
5 years
A @BBCArabic undercover investigation has found Google, Apple and Facebook are enabling an illegal online slave market of domestic workers in the Gulf. Read the report here: @bbcworldservice @jeky_kelly #OnlineSlaveMarket
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Jess Kelly
2 months
Beyond ecstatic for @hossambahgat and everyone else exonerated in Case 173. After 13 yrs under criminal investigation and 8 years of travel ban and asset freeze. Hoping for the same for my husband @Kennarah and @gassur who've been on a travel ban for more than 3 years on trumped
@hossambahgat
hossam bahgat حسام بهجت
2 months
🧵”Insufficient evidence”. After 13 years under criminal investigation for my human rights work as head of @eipr , 8 years under a travel ban and a freeze on my assets and only bank account without trial, facing up to 25 years in prison, l and other colleagues are exonerated /1
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Jess Kelly
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“As you can see so clearly from this brave journalism, fossil fuels are killing us.” Thank you @DrMariaNeira for speaking so passionately about the need to overcome our addiction to #FossilFuels during today’s @WHO screening of Under Poisoned Skies #COP27
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