andrew purcell
@andrewpurc
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Journalist turned human rights activist, creative project enthusiast, runner, father of two boys, exhausted shell of a man.
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Joined November 2010
@GSJohal85 told MPs today that his brother Jagtar has been moved into solitary confinement and placed under armed guard following his recent acquittal. The Foreign Secretary has offered to meet again in... late May. "They're not taking this seriously and urgently enough."
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Is that the sword they use to behead pro-democracy protesters in Saudi Arabia? Ronaldo and Messi do not get nearly enough criticism for taking the Saudi regime's blood money to promote a false image of the Kingdom.
Wishing everyone celebrating a blessed Eid Mubarak! May this special time bring joy, peace, and happiness to you and your loved ones. 🌙✨
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
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All three of these young men are now dead. Targeted by Israel for their courageous reporting of the horrors inflicted on their people over the last 18 months. More than 200 journalists and media workers have been killed in Israeli attacks, 80% were between the ages of 20-40. So
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This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message : “If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18
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Scottish Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained in India for seven years on terror charges, has been acquitted of all charges in one of nine cases against him. He was arrested in 2017 after his wedding and accused of being a member of a terror group.
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I didn't see the pageant of an inclusive and welcoming #SaudiArabia earlier, but I do know they've executed 300 people this year (and there are men who could be executed any day now for being caught with cannabis for personal use) #FIFA #WorldCup2034
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As myriad Syrians celebrate and many make preparations to come home, this is a good moment to also remember how awful so many people, especially in the West, were to Syrian refugees, how they demonized them and dismissed their stories and heartbreak and plight.
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If you're still posting on here, you are legitimising the 'big lie' of neofascism
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Elon Musk’s misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who told CNN they’re struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from the...
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A list of the public services that have been stolen from YOU since 2010 The new government should give them back - paid for with a tax on multi millionaires, borrowing to invest and ending the waste of privatisation #Budget2024
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🚨 BREAKING: UN Member States have voted to deny Saudi Arabia’s bid to become a member of the UN Human Rights Council. Finally, Mohammed bin Salman’s regime is being judged on its actions, not its PR campaign. This vote matters and here’s why - 🧵
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"If you’re on a general shift and you’re not on a job, it should be at least eight stories a shift.” Absolutely ridiculous expectation - bad for journalism and terrible for the mostly young journalists being asked to churn out content all day.
Regional press giant Reach has launched a drive to increase story counts across its titles, Holdthefrontpage reports. It reports on an email, sent by a senior Reach editor, suggests reporters should be writing EIGHT stories per shift
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If I understand this correctly, Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene is suggesting the Democrats deliberately started Hurricane Helene to destroy Republican voting areas and impact the outcome of the election. If that's what she's implying, that's conspiratorial thinking on a new level.
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Set aside killing more than 40,000 men, women and children, the vast majority of them civilians. Below is a short, incomplete list of actions Israel has taken in 'self-defence' in the last year. It is unfathomable that so many in the US, UK and EU continue to justify these crimes
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and Eran, a paramedic,ran to help, under fire. He then got home to wash off the blood and went back outside—only to bump into Ben Gvir, leeching off the murders and promising to demolish the nearby mosque*. Here is Eran serving some hard truths about the minister, minutes later.
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A conversation between a woman and her son. Take a moment to listen. There are few ways to truly humanise the horrors of war & aggression on civilians. One of them is to hear people talk & witness them live. Wafa and her son were killed today in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza.
A past conversation between the late Palestinian journalist Wafa al-Udaini and her son. Al-Udaini was killed early this morning in an Israeli airstrike targeting her home in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, along with three family members, including her two children.
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BREAKING NEWS: The High Court in Delhi has refused 7 bail applications for Jagtar’s NIA cases. Despite no evidence being produced in the last 7 years, the courts have refused 5 applications on a technicality and 2 on merits due to offences alleged. #FreeJaggiNow
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📢🚨 PSA: Almost two years ago, we launched The Lead as a campaigning publication to take on a cruel Tory government. Now, The Lead is changing 🧵
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