Scottish Refugee Council CEO Sabir Zazai 🧡 said 'We know the public does not support the Rwanda plan.

Scotland has a long history of opposing dawn raids. We stand in solidarity with anyone affected by these.

Let's continue to show solidarity with people seeking sanctuary.'

When I lived in asylum accommodation, the brown envelopes from the Home Office bringing us news on our case often gave us a fright. Imagine the trauma facing those receiving one of these visits now. This isn't the country in which I and many others found safety. Utterly shameful.

Utterly shocking and shameful. We must continue to protest against this inhumane policy.

I am deeply alarmed by reports of mass graves in Gaza.
 
Independent investigators must be allowed immediate access.
 
The families of the dead have a right to know what happened.

The world has a right to accountability for any violations of int’l law that may have taken place.

UK Govt promised a decision on vital UNRWA funding on receipt of the independent investigator's report. They sat on that report for 10 days and have now shamefully reneged on that promise, demanding yet another report. The SNP think that is unforgivable in a humanitarian crisis

#MayDay - What’s changed since Pope Leo XIII wrote in Rerum Novarum in 1891, “A small number of very rich men have been able to lay upon the teeming masses of the labouring poor a yoke little better than that of slavery itself.” cafod.org.uk/pray/catholic-…

#Palestine - inspiring voices, including that of Fr Gabriel Romanelli, who moved so many people in Glasgow last week. 12.30pm UK time, Thursday May 2.
SCIAF 🧡 Pax Christi Youth Integral Human Dev Grace A Buckley BCoS Archdiocese of Glasgow Hugh Foy FRSA Scottish Refugee Council 🧡 @PaxChristi

#MaastrichtDebate : Martha Inés Romero, PCI Secretary General, asks Ursula von der Leyen to prioritise #nonviolence in EU security strategy & maintain dialogue with civil society, ensuring no one is left behind. 🕊Let's aim for a future where nonviolence benefits us & #futuregenerations !

#Palestine - inspiring voices, including that of Fr Gabriel Romanelli, who moved so many people in Glasgow last week. 12.30pm UK time, Thursday May 2.
SCIAF 🧡 Pax Christi Youth Integral Human Dev Grace A Buckley BCoS Archdiocese of Glasgow Hugh Foy FRSA Scottish Refugee Council 🧡 @PaxChristi

#ClimateJustice - Climate injustice is shaking the foundations of peace. Now there’s new exploitation for minerals for renewable energy. UN chief says ‘The race to net zero cannot trample over the poor.’ We pray for justice in a clean world.

un.org/en/climatechan…

What does healing from trauma look like?

I was invited by the Royal College of Physicians, centuries old prestigious organisation of 30 medical specialties, to open their annual conference 'Medicine 24' with a keynote in front of thousands of esteemed attendees, nationally and…

#Palestine - Hospitals, mosques (the latest the destruction of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque), schools, churches, and of course, homes. All destroyed in the name of justice. There is NO justice in such actions, or the slaughter of thousands. Keep praying for a just peace.

#Innocents - The number of children killed in the Ukraine conflict is rising. Fr Gabriel Romanelli told us yesterday in Glasgow of the tens of thousands of children killed in Gaza & the thousands more who are injured. We pray for these innocents. We pray for peace. Pax Christi International

🙌 Thank you to everyone who came to our event and mass today with Fr Gabriel Romanelli and Justice & Peace Scotland 🕊

It was such a powerful day for our community here in Scotland to cry for peace for our sisters and brothers in The Holy Land.

Thank you!

#InternationalChernobylRemembranceDay - The damage done by this nuclear disaster was widespread. Hill farmers in Scotland had restrictions on lamb sales for decades. We pray for victims of nuclear disasters & for safe renewable energy worldwide.

un.org/en/observances…

#Palestine - Cardinal Patriarch of Jerusalem: ‘There is a need to speak to one another, to discuss, to document. Obviously in addition to praying with insistence for peace.’
A very valuable insight. Pax Christi International BCoS President Biden Rishi Sunak

vaticannews.va/en/church/news…

#Gaza - This is horrific.

theguardian.com/world/video/20…

And the irony of this UN Day for Multilateralism & Diplomacy for Peace continues to grow… We pray for peace. Pax Christi International Integral Human Dev BCoS
theguardian.com/politics/2024/….