Thanks to @voelkerrechtsblog.org for running this piece by @suchitauppal.bsky.social & myself of @humanrightsfirst.org about the inquest into killings by British soldiers of 5 civilians in Belfast in 1972
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Despite missing records, fading memories & witnesses who had died, the Springhill/Westrock inquest found that British soldiers shot dead 5 people in Northern Ireland in 1972 without justification. @dooleydooley.bsky.social and @suchitauppal.bsky.social write about finding the truth 54 years later.

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Since 2022, Russian missiles have attacked 43 railways stations, killed 52 railway workers, & damaged or destroyed 500 locomotives.

From Kyiv, @dooleydooley.bsky.social shares the extent & impact of Russia's intensifying attacks on trains and their passengers in Ukraine.

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Great to do this with you, Anne. @humanrightsfirst.org @finucanecentre.bsky.social

Activists helping migrants and refugees at the Poland-Belarus border are still targeted with prosecutions, home searches and threats, while funding and public attention fade. Our @dooleydooley.bsky.social and @suchitauppal.bsky.social write in @justsecurity.org.

Those who help migrants and asylum seekers at Poland's border face prosecutions, interrogation and home searches from Polish authorities, write @humanrightsfirst.org's @dooleydooley.bsky.social and @suchitauppal.bsky.social.

“Helping someone survive a night in the forest should never land you in a courtroom."

In our new report, we document the intimadtion, threats, & prosecution faced by human rights defenders helping people at the Poland-Belarus border.

@suchitauppal.bsky.social @dooleydooley.bsky.social

In August, @dooleydooley.bsky.social & I met activists helping migrants & refugees at the Poland-Belarus border. They face prosecution, searches, abuse & threats amid funding cuts. Our @humanrightsfirst.org report details the pressures & calls for support from donors & the international community.

"Working alongside local lawyers & human rights activists over many years, sometimes decades, we have been able to help them win important victories, even in these difficult times."

Read @dooleydooley.bsky.social & @suchitauppal.bsky.social's latest blog post.

Ed Sheeran is a disgrace to us Plastic Paddies
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Great to be at the @finucanecentre.bsky.social in Derry today with visiting US indigenous delegation, discussing historical connections between US & Irish activism @humanrightsfirst.org @humanrightsfirst.org