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Keir Starmer was quick to condemn Kneecap, but strangely silent on Moygashel ⁦@UnaMullally⁩ ⁦@IrishTimes⁩ irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

Earlier this week at a forward planning meeting a colleague mentioned keeping an eye on the Moygashal bonfire given previous ‘toppers’ (last year was a cop car with pictures of SF members inside) this year’s effort demonstrating that hate is transferable

Photos are now live from State Impunity & Injustice in NI & Britain. Gareth Peirce reminded us that crackdowns on free speech, like we’re seeing around Palestine, echo long histories of state censorship and denial. 📸 Martin Gavin flickr.com/gp/203011479@N… @dooley_dooley @CAJNi

Ominous move as Ukrainian parliament votes to strip anti-corruption bodies of independence. Our @humanrights1st statement here @ANTAC_ua @dkaleniuk @GwaraMedia humanrightsfirst.org/library/human-…

Great piece by @dooley_dooley @theirishpost on a London state impunity event I was involved in. Human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce linked Palestine bans to her defence of Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh (terrorism charge later dropped). irishpost.com/news/protest-a… #HumanRights #Justice

The discussion revealed systemic impunity, the dismissal of bereaved families’ campaigns, and the long, slow struggle for truth and justice. #HumanRights #TruthAndJustice

Last week our Sr Advisor @dooley_dooley was back in Ukraine with local volunteers evacuating people from the front line. When this war ends and its history is written the sacrifice of these civilians must not be forgotten. humanrightsfirst.org/library/kharki…

As Trump unveils new military aid for Ukraine, advocates say real support must include civil society. “Rumors & Kremlin disinformation undermine Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself & those countering it should have funding fully restored.” -@dooley_dooley humanrightsfirst.org/library/suppor…

The PSNI have agreed to return the mural of Kevin Hannaway, one of the Hooded Men, after legal action was threatened by Phoenix Law. See below for a statement from our Victoria Haddock, who acted for the homeowner 👇 #TeamPhoenix

Zelensky & Yermak are extending pressure & persecution on our head of the board @VitaliyShabunin . SBI is conducting searches at his home in Kyiv & in Chuguiv region - place of his military service. This is response for Vitali & @ANTAC_ua watchdog activity antac.org.ua/en/news/sbi-is…

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We @humanrights1st are alarmed by Ukrainian authorities’ latest harassment of prominent anti-corruption activist Vitaliy Shabunin, whose home was searched without a warrant & whose current whereabouts is unknown; we have followed his work for years @ANTAC_ua @dkaleniuk

Truly horrific images of children, toddlers, babies- their bodies torn apart by an Israeli bombing whilst waiting for food supplements. Distraught mothers are hugging lifeless small bodies. ‘We’re appalled’ says @unicefchief

Today marks 53 years from my granda Paddy Butler life's was cruelly taken by a British Army solider known only as Solider A, as he and Fr Noel Fitzpatrick were trying to go to the aid of people who were wounded to offer assistance. 53 years later we still await the truth.

On today’s 53rd anniversary of the SpringhillWestrock massacre in Belfast, we at @humanrights1st stand with the families of the victims still waiting for the truth @MuseumFreeDerry @90ButlerNatasha @FinucaneCentre @CAJNi humanrightsfirst.org/library/belfas…

#Bahrain must free Bahraini human rights defender and respected academic Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace. Today marks 4 years since he has been on a solid food hunger strike to protest the arbitrary confiscation of his research by Bahraini authorities. He has spent over 14 years…

We @humanrights1st again call on the Bahraini govt to immediately release jailed Human Rights Defender Abduljalil Al Singace @FrontLineHRD @BirdBahrain_

Huge Russian aerial attack on Kyiv right now; sky above the city centre filled with sounds of Russian drones & intense, defensive ack ack gunfire. Am back here reporting for @humanrights1st Tonight’s attack started five hours ago

Israeli forces have killed 4 in this grad pic. Dr Omar Farwana, fmr Dean of Faculty of Med; Dr Adnan Al-Bursh, Head of Orthopedic Surgery, Al-Shifa Hosp; Dr Raafat Lubbad, Head of Internal Medicine, Al-Shifa; and now Dr Marwan Al-Sultan, Dir of Indonesian Courtesy @MosabAbuToha

Huge Russian aerial attack on Kyiv right now; sky above the city centre filled with sounds of Russian drones & intense, defensive ack ack gunfire. Am back here reporting for @humanrightsfirst.org Tonight’s attack started five hours ago @ElizLanders