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At least 83 governments have used the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse to prevent freedom of speech and assembly, human rights organization Human Rights
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week Israel is excluding 4.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza from its COVID vaccination efforts; civilians in Tigray, Ethiopia, have faced massive restrictions on food access for more than two months; President Biden reverses the odious #MulimBan and more after his inauguration; and Russian authorities should free Alexi Navalny immediately. Israel isn't just obligated to supply vaccines to Palestinians. After 50+ yrs of occupation, it must provide access on par w what it provides its own citizens. Yet, while 25+% of Israelis vaccinated, 4.5+ milli...
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week Trending rights tweets of the week: Trump’s actions fuel riot at the US Capitol; white supremacy and anti-Semitism converge in Washington DC; the Ethiopian government should let the United Nations investigate grave abuses which numerous witnesses say those involved in the #Tigray conflict have committed; and it is profoundly disappointing that the Kenosha County DA declined filing charges against Officer Sheskey for shooting Jacob Blake multiple times this summer. We are witnessing bedlam and chaos as angry mobs storm the US Capitol in a futile effort t...
The music may have died during the pandemic, but that did not stop an enterprising group recording an original Christmas song involving more than 100 talented singers, entertainers and musicians. Weeks of painstaking audio and video recording and editing made the festive tune look like the performers, from Drogheda in Co Louth, were all together. But the charity single by Gerry Simpson & Friends, entitled Santa Claus, Are you Listening?, involved dozens of artists being filmed at different time slots over several weeks. The brainchild of former Eurovision finalist and singer/songwriter Gerry,...
30 December 2020 • 12:01am Patients wait to be vaccinated at The Hive, home of Barnet Football Club, in Cannons Park, north London Credit: kirsty o'connor/pa SIR – I was furious when I read the letter (December 28) from Dr Claire Barker, who attempted to volunteer as a Covid-19 vaccinator but was unable to supply the 21 documents demanded during the registration process. I was further dismayed by your report yesterday that Nightingale hospitals are empty because, according to Saffron Cordery, the deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, “we can’t conjure staff out of thin air”. It s...