Stefan Simanowitz
@StefSimanowitz
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"Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit" (bell hooks) || journalist || campaigner || @amnesty || Easily distracte
Joined February 2010
1/. “How is it that all scientists are not mystics?.Cosmologists not poets?.Biologists not shamans?.How is it that those to whom the Universe reveals such wonders, are not enraptured each day?.And each night, how do they close their eyes on this?”.
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RT @EuropeanPowell: Britain is sleepwalking into a corporate coup-by-law. In Honduras, Peter Thiel–backed Prospera is suing the government….
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"This ruling deals a heavy blow to the Italy-Albania migration deal to offshore the processing of asylum-seekers to camps in Albania". @amnesty reaction to toay's EU's Court of Justice ruling that Italy's rules on designation are incompatible with EU law
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Reacting to today’s ruling by the European Union (EU) Court of Justice (ECJ) that Italy’s rules on designating certain countries of origin as ‘safe’ for people seeking asylum was incompatible with EU...
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“This isn’t simply a byproduct of the war. It is an intended, foreseen, & foreseeable result of Israel's military onslaught on Gaza”. @Amnesty’s Budour Hassan to @wolfblitzer on the deliberate starvation of the population of Gaza .#Palestine #GazaGenocide
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RT @amnestypress: As 3 Palestine solidarity protesters go on trial in Rhodes, @amnesty is once again concerned for the right to protest and….
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Fifty years ago, 35 European states came together in Finland to sign the Helsinki accord recognising the inviolability of the protection of human rights. The Helsinki Effect as it became known, was a recognition that how individual govts treat their people was a matter for us all
The Helsinki accord was a masterpiece of European diplomacy. Fifty years on, we need its spirit more than ever | Kai Hebel and Richard Davy
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“The situation is not changing despite the cosmetic changes that #Israel has pledged under pressure from a world trying to appease its conscience”. @amnesty’s Budour Hassan tells @CNN’s @wolfblitzer how starvation is being used as a weapon of war in Gaza.
Without solid methodology and research, you can't hold perpetrators of human rights violations accountable. Amnesty's researcher on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Budour Hassan, explains how we gather evidence in times of conflict.
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“You ask what I would do with men who believe themselves to be Gods. My answer is simple. I'd take them to the ocean & sail them three days out to sea in my rickety skiff, & I'd watch their faces as a whale breached & barreled beside us”. Thread on #Palantir, AI & genomic data👇
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@DavidDavisMP @amnesty @BylineTimes @foxglovedev @GoodLawProject @NoTech4Tyrants @Harryslaststand @DawnButlerBrent @labourlewis @GreenJennyJones @AmnestyTech @SteveBarclay @openDemocracyUK @mehdirhasan @mikegalsworthy @peterjukes @TheDA_UK @WritesBright @NafeezAhmed @campbellclaret @guardiantech @WiredUK @WIRED @TelegraphTech @CampaignTechUK @FLGenomics @prospect_uk @nytimestech @BBCRosAtkins @digitalhealth2 @NHSMillion @EveryDoctorUK @ukfci_chair @TheLancet @richardhorton1 @bmj_latest @JME_BMJ @AmnestyUK @joepike @vicderbyshire @BBCr4today @Foxglovelegal @karamballes @martha__dark @DrEricDing @OliverDowden @NHSEngland @FT @_whitneywebb 194/. Trump announces new private health tracking system run by Big Tech. #Palantir will be at the heart of this. “This scheme is an open door for the further use & monetization of sensitive & personal health information” @chesterj1. Genomic health data👇.
The Palantir Panopticon & Trump's New Big Tech-Led "Private Health Tracking System" w/ 7Sees
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RT @AmnestyEU: Disgraceful. Shameful. The EU can't even muster the barest minimum measures to even start to hold Israel to account. This….
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@zarahsultana @libertyhq @amnesty @AmnestyUK @amnesty_de @AmnestyIreland @AmnestyMENA @amnistia @amnistiaespana @amnestyusa @amnestyOz @AmnestyNow @amnestynl @volker_turk Palestine Action granted permission to launch challenge against UK govt. Co-founder Huda Ammori won her bid to allow a full judicial review of the group’s proscription, which the govt imposed on the grounds that it engaged in or supported terrorist #PalestineAction #Israel @Gaza
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨. High Court grants full legal review of Palestine Action ban in massive blow to Yvette Cooper. Palestine Action founder, Huda Ammori, will now be able to bring a full legal review in the Royal Courts of Justice. Full Press Release:
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RT @AmnestyUK: The genocide in Gaza demands immediate and decisive action from countries like the UK - not statements about what they might….
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@amnesty @AmnestyUK @amnestyusa @amnistia @amnesty_de @AmnestyNow @amnestyOz @AmnestyIreland @amnestyitalia @amnistiaespana @AmnistiaOnline “The cold-blooded killing of Awda Al-Hathaleen, is a brutal reminder of the relentless violence faced by Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank” @ErikaGuevaraR . Awda featured in @NoOtherLand. @amnesty demand justice for him & for his community
Palestinian activist Odeh Hadalin (a.k.a. Awdah Hathaleen), who was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was shot to death in the West Bank on Monday.
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RT @jmcevoy_2: NEW -- Israeli soldiers have been training in Britain throughout the Gaza genocide. Keir Starmer's government tried to keep….
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After months of secrecy from Labour, we expose where Israeli troops have trained in Britain during the Gaza genocide.
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“With the publication of these 2 reports,.@btselem & @PHRIsrael become the first two Israeli organizations to state it loud & clear, based on meticulous research: #Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza" says @amnesty's @AgnesCallamard.
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Reacting to the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) first Advisory Opinion clarifying the obligations of states in respect of climate change, Mandi Mudarikwa, Head of Strategic Litigation at...
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RT @AgnesCallamard: Many thanks to @btselem for their courageous and important report, the first from an Israeli organisation and media con….
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Summer is here!. Wasps with their noses in the trough…well, their mandibles in the lemon drizzle cake😂. A scene from the Lido Cafe, Hampstead #SaveTheLidoCafe
Today I launched a #SaveTheLidoCafe petition👇on @Change . It appears that the @cityoflondon are intending to put the lease of this superb family-run cafe out for bids to the highest bidder. The locals are NOT happy!.
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It’s been 3 years since the @NASAWebb released their first science images. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has peered into the early universe, explored the atmospheres of exoplanets, shed light on black holes, and much more.
Oh shit! . How are we going to get out of this one?.@EricIdle @ProfBrianCox @astro_timpeake @NeilDegrassi @carlsagandotcom @CarolineHersc @timberners_lee @NASAWebb.
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“Stop Genocide in Gaza". Message projected by @amnesty onto Paris’ Olympic cauldron marking one year since the 2024 Games. The 30-metre-high slogan, cast by laser, lit up the iconic structure .#GazaGenocide #Palestine #Israel @amnestyfrance #CeasefireNow
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Oh shit! . How are we going to get out of this one?.@EricIdle @ProfBrianCox @astro_timpeake @NeilDegrassi @carlsagandotcom @CarolineHersc @timberners_lee @NASAWebb.
NEWS🚨: Scientists find surprising evidence that our entire universe may be trapped inside a black hole!
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@zarahsultana @libertyhq @amnesty @AmnestyUK @amnesty_de @AmnestyIreland @AmnestyMENA @amnistia @amnistiaespana @amnestyusa @amnestyOz @AmnestyNow @amnestynl "The decision appears disproportionate & unnecessary" United Nations rights chief. @volker_turk.has slammed Britain's ban on activist group Palestine Action as a "disturbing" misuse of UK counter-terrorism legislation & urged the govt to rescind its move
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GENEVA – The UK Government’s decision to proscribe the ‘Palestine Action’ protest group under terrorism legislation raises serious concerns that counter-terrorism laws are being applied to conduct...
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