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#RwandaBill :

'The new law marks a further step away from the UK’s long tradition of providing refuge to those in need, in breach of the Refugee Convention.' - Filippo Grandi

'It seriously hinders the rule of law in the UK and sets a perilous precedent globally.' - Volker Türk

I have serious #HumanRights concerns about United Kingdom’s #RwandaBill . Its adoption by the UK Parliament raises major issues about the rights of #asylum seekers and the #RuleOfLaw .
👉 go.coe.int/oULaG

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for UN Human Rights, are again sounding the alarm on the harmful impact that the UK's “Safety of Rwanda” Bill will have on human rights and refugee protection.

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War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.

Rwanda is safe.

More than 20 million tonnes of untreated sewage and wastewater is being spilled into Northern Ireland's waterways annually

‘NI Water's sewage spills are not typically prosecuted as pollution incidents, owing to an agreement with the NI Environment Agency
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‘The tea was put on, and Dad didn’t come home’: Murder of a GAA Chairman – The Irish Times ⁦Clare Loughran⁩ ⁦ irishtimes.com/culture/tv-rad…

Signed. ✍️

Safeguard and Reclaim Belfast's Historic Assembly Rooms for Public Use - Sign the Petition! chng.it/RzzFNXQB

#UK : Airlines should not facilitate unlawful removals of asylum-seekers to Rwanda 🇷🇼, UN experts say. Such actions might make these companies complicit in violating internationally protected #HumanRights and court orders.

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NI Assembly has PASSED the motion for comprehensive, inclusive & standardised RSE by 49-33 🎉

Young people have been failed for too long by inadequate & non-inclusive RSE.

It's high time the Executive, and particularly the Education Minister, put those wrongs to right.

Report reveals Northern Ireland police put up to 18 journalists and lawyers under surveillance - ComputerWeekly

Amnesty UK and CAJ have renewed calls to the NI Policing Board to hold an inquiry into covert surveillance by the PSNI
computerweekly.com/news/366581556…

Good to see Law Society of Northern Ireland taking swift action in response to news that the PSNI has been conducting secret surveillance on lawyers as well as journalists.

> Law Society seeks clarification from PSNI over lawyer spy revelations - Connla Young The Irish News
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The World Press Photo of the Year is ‘A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece’ by mohammed jad salem, Reuters.

The jury was deeply moved by how this image evokes an emotional reflection in every viewer and offers a glimpse into unimaginable loss.
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Remembering Lyra McKee on the fifth anniversary of her killing.

Delighted that her life and work are being celebrated, including through the wonderful film LYRA from alison millar, shortlisted in next month’s #AmnestyMediaAwards .

“We already knew about three incidents of police surveillance of journalists, but this new information seems to confirm our fears that these incidents are part of a wider pattern of the police abusing their powers on secret surveillance.” - Amnesty UK
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‘Up to 18 PSNI spy incidents targeted media and lawyers’ - @irishnews

“It’s chilling that the police have apparently been conducting covert and intrusive surveillance on lawyers as well as journalists in Northern Ireland” - @patrickcorrigan Amnesty UK
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Five years ago I watched a young woman die on the street after a gunman fired a gun indiscriminately at us during a riot. Poor Lyra McKee was hit by one of the bullets I heard whizz past my head as I ran for cover. That sound haunts me still. As does the screaming and the 1/