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The UK's first Child Rights journalist. Stories in The Times, Byline Times, The Independent. Managing editor @KayhanLife . Founder, Researching Reform.
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“I have survived my pregnancy on hardly one meal a day”, says a mother displaced by the conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia
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WHO chief
@DrTedros
said thousands of people including children, have been detained in concentration camps just because they come from Tigray.
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In four months, 1,479 people died in Tigray because of malnutrition, which was the leading cause of mortality in children under-five.
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"Once people have run out of things to sell they have turned to begging and there are so many beggars on streets - the majority are mothers with children."
#Tigray
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Nobel Prize Nominee Masih Alinejad Stands Up for Iranian Women on World Hijab Day - KAYHAN LIFE
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“No shortage of evidence” that the war in Tigray is a genocide,
@DavidAltonHL
says.
#2YrsTigrayGenocide
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“The British [government] said the holocaust would never be allowed to happen again - but it’s happening now.” Panellist from Tigray.
She recounts a terrible story of trying to find out if her family was still alive after their home was attacked.
#2YrsTigrayGenocide
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War in Tigray takes a toll on children
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In areas including Tigray, an estimated 600,000 children will require treatment for severe malnutrition by the end of the year says UNICEF.
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At least 33,000 children in parts of Tigray, Ethiopia, at imminent risk of death as conflict increases famine threat
This is a deeply disturbing statistic. And one, surely, that should be enough to criminalise conflict once and for all.
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Not just a face in an archive.
We live in a world where hatred is rising from the ashes of all the bad choices we’ve made, and it is children who pay the heaviest price.
Remembering the past can help to protect the future.
7 August 1930 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Jacob Herman van Baren, was born in The Hague.
In September 1942 he was deported to
#Auschwitz
and murdered in a gas chamber.
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Sara Sharif: family known to Surrey Police for "some years" but have refused to refer case to police watchdog, or provide more details.
Potential negligence by social workers, at least one judge, and now the police. Shocking.
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An airstrike in Tigray's capital city Mekelle has killed several children.
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Tigray children stare at severe malnutrition as warring sides deny using starvation as a weapon - The East African
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Met Police Officer PC Chehab pleaded guilty and was convicted of eight child sex offences.
He was a "safer schools officer."
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Women and girls in Tigray have been used as a “weapon of war” in the conflict.
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An end to the war between Ethiopia and Tigray forces has been agreed.
The war has seen between 385,000 and 600,000 civilians killed during the two-year war in Tigray because of fighting, famine and lack of health care, according to a research team.
The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have agreed on a permanent cessation of hostilities to end the war in the northern Tigrayan region.
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@SkyNews
This comment has placed his entire family in danger. Media intrusion pales in comparison to the long and violent arm of the Taliban.
A terrible, confused, calculation, which undermines his attempts at protecting his wife and children.
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Babies in Tigray dying at 4 times pre-war levels, study says
The UN said the Ethiopian government was using “starvation of civilians” as a weapon of war.
#TigrayWar
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Iran protest movement's latest campaign is going viral on Twitter.
The movement is asking ministers of state to boycott the Iranian Regime's anniversary by taking a step back from engaging with officials celebrating.
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"In Tigray, reports indicate that out of an estimated 2.3 million school-aged children, 1.7 million children were denied the right to education for 3 years due to the conflict and Covid, with damage reported to have impacted 88% of school infrastructure."
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Several young people have been kidnapped by Eritrean troops in Shire, aid workers have said.
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An estimated 2.3 million children in the Tigray region of Ethiopia need humanitarian assistance, according to UNICEF.
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No reason the UK shouldn’t set up a regional tribunal with Europe to investigate the war in Tigray,
@DavidAltonHL
says.
#2YrsTigrayGenocide
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Tigrayans need a political champion to get the war on the agenda, panellist says.
#2YrsTigrayGenocide
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Ethiopia: Peace Agreement's Opportunity Must be Seized to Include Rights and Needs of Children Affected by Conflict
Up to 30 percent of children in Tigray face acute malnutrition, while five million children remain in need, according to the UN.
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BREAKING: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released.
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Petition asking
@elonmusk
to enable free satellite (StarLink) internet for the Tigray region of Ethiopia
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Helpful explainer.
But this isn't just about power.
At least 1,900 children under 5 have died from malnutrition in Tigray, and babies are dying in their first month of life at four times the rate before the war cut off access to most medical care.
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Angelina Jolie collaborating with Amnesty on book about children’s rights
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Increasingly vocal in recent months about gender equality in Iran,
@omid9
, who is also Baha’i, gives a funny and poignant speech.
#OurStoryIsOne
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Spokeswoman for Lord Alton says
@DavidAltonHL
will produce a letter with issues raised today and share it with the relevant minister.
#2YrsTigrayGenocide
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'I want justice': Teenager, 17, whose mother committed suicide when doctors falsely accused her of Munchausen by proxy and had her placed into CPS care sues Johns Hopkins All Children's hospital
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I Was 13 When I Fled War in Tigray. This Is What Conflict Has Done to My Home.
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Listening to Rita, a young woman activist from Tigray talking about sexual violence against girls and boys as a result of the war.
#2YrsTigrayGenocide
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"The House of Lords will debate the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe today and its connection with a £400 million debt owed to Iran."
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How do politics and current affairs affect our children?
Listen to leading experts on the Voice of the Child.
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Iran petition about to reach a milestone as one of the most signed in Change dot org's history.
It asks states to expel Iran's diplomats and "forcefully" demand the release of all political prisoners.
Almost 1,000,000 signatures!
#AskG7Leaders
:
1- Expel Iran's Diplomats
2- Demand that Political Prisoners Be Freed
@melaniejoly
@ABaerbock
@MinColonna
@Antonio_Tajani
@JamesCleverly
@SecBlinken
@hayashi09615064
@G7
✍️ Petition:
#MahsaAmini
#ps752justice
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"By reframing mother as liar who “emotionally abuses” her children, parental alienation diverts attention of courts away from whether a father is abusive and replaces it with a focus on a supposedly lying or deluded mother or child." - Alsalem
@UNSRVAW
Dangerous distraction in…
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Cindy Blackstock honoured with World’s Children’s Prize
In a global vote, millions of children have chosen Cindy Blackstock as the recipient of the World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child.
Many congratulations
@cblackst
, how wonderful.
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What an incredible list of languages this young man speaks. Do follow
@SnowCalmth
, an inspiring social activist.
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Speaking with an increasing number of children's social workers who are concerned about the way families are being treated in child protection proceedings, and who want to do something about it.
Such a lovely development.
This is how we make things better x
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Brilliant London walk in aid of Tigray organised by the
@tigrayyouthntwk
this Saturday.
More than 2.3 million children in the region need humanitarian assistance.
Please share if you can:
@loveclapham
@clapham
@claphammums
@MayorofLondon
@theroyalparks
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Couple adopted vulnerable children to abuse
There is this misconception, fuelled by the adoption industry and government, that all adopters are good people. A lot more research needs to be done in this area.
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The father “was awarded full custody of Sara and her 13-year-old brother in 2019. The Sun reported that Ms Sharif “was only allowed to see her children twice in the four years since she lost custody” and the former couple had been estranged since 2021.”
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The UK Family Court.
The only place in the world where you can break the law -
Be seen to be breaking the law -
And get away with it -
Repeatedly.
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@RScowler
@NatWestGroup
I'd submit this to the
@TheFCA
through their official channels for investigating. Deeply concerning.
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Ahhh, Twitter gave us a
#PersianNewYear
AND a
#Nowruz
hashtag (spelled the Persian way), complete with Sabzeh! Thank you
@Twitter
, you are lovely.
PS Expect a lot of noise next week when
#Nowruz
hits. Persians like a party.
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Children and Families Truth Commission launches first ever human rights survey for children and families
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Can't believe what I'm reading.
Two little girls are going to be put into foster care because communication between their parents has broken down.
How on earth did we get here.
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Abuse of trust by social workers should be reflected in criminal sentencing – Dino Nocivelli
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Portrait of Humanity: Surfing Iran – British Journal of Photography
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UN Should Refer to Foreign Nationals Jailed in Iran As ‘Hostages,’ Richard Ratcliffe Says
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Catholic Church put up 30,000 children for adoption without mothers' consent
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Wishing all Iranians around the world and anyone who believes in freedom, a very happy Cyrus The Great Day.
Cyrus wrote what is widely believed to be the first ever Declaration Of Human Rights. He is Iran, and a hero of mine.
#CyrusTheGreatDay
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BREAKING: Public Inquiry Launched To Investigate Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's Detention In Iran
The
@CommonsForeign
could look at:
⚡️Delays securing Nazanin's release
⚡️IMS debt
⚡️Incident in 2013 involving Iranian officials
⚡️Iran's hostage taking policy
Letter
@TulipSiddiq
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Reading various interviews over the weekend,
@brainpicker
’s latest newsletter resonates.
“There is a peculiar modern phenomenon that might best be described as a culture of competitive trauma… a troubling compulsion for broadcast-suffering and comparative validity.”
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At least 1,900 children under 5 have died from malnutrition in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region in the past year, according to a study conducted by regional health officials.
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"The situation is particularly bad in Tigray, where 85% of schools have serious or partial damage, and all public schools remain closed."
An estimated 2.3 million children remain out of school in northern Ethiopia despite a peace agreement ending two years of conflict, said Save…
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BREAKING:
Nahid Taghavi, 66, has been transferred back to solitary confinement in Section 2-A of Iran’s Evin Prison.
Her family are deeply concerned. She has spent more than 5 months in solitary confinement without access to a lawyer.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's detention was not unforeseeable.
Government may find itself looking down the barrel of some very expensive lawsuits if unjustly detained dual nationals are not brought home now.
Both Iran and the UK are to blame for this woman's terrible treatment.
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"Children and their Families Have Rights" is the first booklet to set out every right belonging to children and families experiencing child welfare inquiries and child protection investigations in England and Wales.
#worldchildrensday2021
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New research argues that the widespread practice of unnecessary termination of parental responsibility drains child protection systems of their resources, causes children and their natural parents long-term damage, and is in legal violation of families’ human rights.…
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This news item is causing a lot of upset among natural families whose children were taken into care, because family poverty prevented them from meeting their children's needs.
Parents of adoptive children are 'struggling' without financial support promised to them by councils…
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Sweden’s feminist foreign minister has dared to tell the truth about Saudi Arabia. What happens now concerns us all
http://t.co/arIth0vQNH
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Dedicating this Mother's Day to the children who have been forcibly separated from their mums by Britain's child protection system which is causing untold harm.
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Important now to find out which judge/s ordered the contact order in favour of the father, for Sara Sharif.
This is not a funding or resource problem.
This is a training and work culture problem.
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Coercive Control Weighs Heavily on Children
Recent study sheds light on the adverse impact of coercive control on children.
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"I remember crying and telling them, “but I’m his mummy”, and begging them not to take my son. I was told not to be silly. I’d get over it - and I could always have other babies when I was married."
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“I told
@Keir_Starmer
the greatest problem was the UK government’s complacency and they need to be challenged on that,” Richard Ratcliffe told
@KayhanLife
. “Starmer said he would take that thought away and offered to do whatever he could."
#FreeNazanin
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"ACCUSED OF "CORRUPTION ON EARTH", Mohammad Mehdi Karami was convicted after an unfair trial, without access to a lawyer. He could be hanged at any moment."
#Iran
#MohammadMehdiKarami
ACCUSÉ DE « CORRUPTION SUR TERRE », Mohammad Mahdi Karmi a été condamné à l’issue d’un procès inique, sans accès à un avocat. Il peut être pendu d’une minute à l’autre.
#Iran
#MohammadMehdiKarami
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Northern Ireland's children's commissioner, has joined her Scottish and Welsh counterparts in writing to the United Nations (UN) to address the failures of governments in protecting children’s rights.
Where is England's children's commissioner?
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This advert is already angering natural parents who have lost their children to the care system.
Many of the 400,000 children in care have been wrongly removed from their parents.
And that's a lot of parents to upset,
@JohnLewisRetail
.
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Audience member asks the government, what does it take to call the war against Tigrayans a genocide?
Panellist says the UK cannot say it is a genocide unless a judicial ruling takes place.
#2YrsTigrayGenocide
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"She called my uncle and said that her transfer was only made because of all the media attention, and our campaign to
#freenahid
."
Nahid Taghavi, a 66 year old German citizen unlawfully detained in Iran since 16 October 2020, has been moved out of solitary confinement.
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"For the first time since June 2021, a UN World Food Programme convoy arrived at Mai Tsebri. Critical food relief will be delivered to communities in Mai Tsebri town."
At least 100,000 children in Tigray are suffering with life-threatening malnutrition.
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Comment,
@nazirafzal
"The fact she was troubled was why she was targeted. The perpetrator knew nobody would believe her."
#TheBetrayedGirls
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LIP Service – A Practical Guide for Parents & Children Going Through the Family Courts | Researching Reform
http://t.co/y53jVsz9PG
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Former social worker
@maggiemellon
and founder of the charity Parents Advocacy and Rights (PAR), tells
@thetimes
that children continue to be unjustly removed from their parents.
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Family of ill teen say they were 'brutally silenced' by courts
Ms Thirumalesh's brother Varshan Thirumalesh said: "We were gagged, silenced and prevented from accessing specialist treatment abroad."
Horrible shades of the Ashya King case.
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At risk of execution in Iran:
Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, Mohammad Baroghani and Mohsen Shekari have been reportedly moved to solitary confinement in Rajai-Shahr (Gohardasht) prison, Karaj. A source from the prison has warned they are all at imminent risk of being executed.
«#سامان_صیدی، #محمد_بروغنی و #محسن_شکاری را امروز به انفرادی زندان رجایی شهر بردند»
جان این سه هموطن در خطر است.
@AmnestyIran
@ABaerbock
@hra_news
@DeepaParent
@NazaninBoniadi
@RoyaBoroumand
@lemondefr
@jomanacnn
@chelseahartisme
@amnesty
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Government's lead social worker leaves Twitter following abusive messages
Trowler was criticised by members of the public and social workers on the platform.
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"I have a deep and personal interest in the subject of this debate. Not only have I met Richard Ratcliffe and followed the story of Nazanin over the years, but I myself originally come from Iran."
Lord Bishop at today's House of Lords debate.
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"My research into UK governmental archives shows that forced adoption could not have happened in scope or scale without the state. The UK government transformed adoption from a cottage industry to one of mass production."
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Former foster children win $7 million settlement after alleging state turned blind eye to abuse
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Marten said turning to social services for help to find emergency housing with their first child was the “worst decision”. A family court took four of her five children into care. “I feel like I made a bet with the devil asking social services for help."
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@ASJBaloch
There's a well known Iranian saying: we have learned to dance in order to avoid the bombs.
Courageous girls.
(Music lovers, the song is called Step Inside, by New_ID & SOVTH).
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From left to right
@CommonsSpeaker
's residence this evening, at the Nowruz event organised by
@KurdishOrg
:
Dr Haval Abubaker,
@HavalAbubaker
, Governor Sulaymaniyah Province
Osman Baydemir,
@baydemirosman
, Former Turkish Member of Parliament, lawyer and human rights activist…
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