Patrick Corrigan
@PatrickCorrigan
Head of Nations & Regions @AmnestyUK. Programme Director @AmnestyNI. Board member @BillofRightsNI. Integrated school governor. Tweets in a personal capacity.
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos on protest ⬇️ The crackdown on our right to protest started with rhetoric - ministers saying peaceful protests are “hate marches”. Now it’s in policy, expanding police powers to crackdown on our right to speak truth to power.
Belfast’s stand against Gaza genocide the focus of new photo exhibition by celebrated Irish News photographer @MalMccann irishnews.com/entertainment/…
French President Macron announces that ‘France will recognise the State of Palestine.’ ‘The urgent priority today is to end the war in Gaza and to provide aid to the civilian population.’
Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.…
“Walking Corpses”: Israel’s blockade of aid starves Palestinians “People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” The world is shamed. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
Two friends from Co Down are aiming to undertake an extreme endurance challenge next month to raise funds for an organisation offering support for women and families currently living in Palestine. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…
🌈💪Billboards across Budapest now display a photo of Hungary’s largest-ever Pride March—banned by Orbán, defied by 200K people, and turned into a mass anti-government rally—put up by the capital’s opposition-led leadership. No text—just a photo of a crowd like never seen before.
Srebrenica, Gaza — what happened to 'never again'? euobserver.com/eu-and-the-wor…
Empty words from the Foreign Secretary - the statement lacks any resolve, leadership or action to help end the genocide in Gaza. 1/4🧵
The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. Alongside 25 other partners, the UK message is clear: the war in Gaza must end now. We need an immediate ceasefire, release of all hostages and a full resumption of aid. gov.uk/government/new…
Insane how desensitised we’re becoming to these daily headlines and how it’s just accepted now. Horrendous.
BREAKING: More than 30 people have been killed after Israeli troops opened fire towards crowds of Palestinians waiting for aid, according to witnesses and hospital officials news.sky.com/story/gaza-mor…
WFP Statement | #Gaza On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck WFP convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border point destined for starving communities in northern Gaza. Shortly after passing the final checkpoint beyond the Zikim crossing point into Gaza, the…
A Nigerian woman targeted in a racist graffiti attack has decided not to leave her home after being ‘showered’ in ‘love and care’ by the local community. — @BBCNewsNI bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Never mind #TheOpen, the biggest sporting event this evening has to be the annual #Born2Run #Sea2Sky race in Newcastle. Just look at that record turnout of runners! 🏃🏾 🏃♀️🏃🏻♂️
A ban on conversion therapy was included in the King’s Speech a year ago today - we're still waiting -- @AdamMaidment manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats…
We warned that proscription would have a dangerous chilling effect on freedom of expression. Now we see armed officers threatening to arrest people with Palestine flags and free Gaza placards. There is no lawful basis for this police behaviour.
Nuala O’Loan - second human rights expert questions independence of British government’s legacy body irishnews.com/news/northern-…
"Ireland has shown repeatedly that it can stand up to bullies…It is showing principled leadership to the rest of the world” @amnesty’s @AgnesCallamard told @rtenews/@morningireland why Ireland must implement the Occupied Territories Bill #Gaza #Israel rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…
President Michael D. Higgins today received the Secretary General of @amnesty, Agnés Callamard, and the Executive Director of @AmnestyIreland, Stephen Bowen, on a courtesy call in Áras an Uachtaráin. Read the President's statement following the meeting at president.ie/en/media-libra…
Irish lawyer quits European rights body over silence on Gaza Michael Farrell, Ireland’s long-standing representative on the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance @ECRI_CoE, has resigned over its failure to speak out on Gaza irishlegal.com/articles/irish…