Elizabeth Hue Becker(@Elizbeckerwrite) 's Twitter Profileg
Elizabeth Hue Becker

@Elizbeckerwrite

Journalist and Author - YOU DON'T BELONG HERE about three pioneer women war correspondents in Vietnam and OVERBOOKED, the exploding business of tourism

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Elie Mystal(@ElieNYC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The fact that this presidential debate is being held in Georgia, the place where Trump conspired to overturn the election, yet Trump is free to try the same thing again, really highlights how we’ve failed as a nation.

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Alec Karakatsanis(@equalityAlec) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rarely does one paragraph say so much about our society. It's from the New Yorker's investigation into why millions of children have been banned from visiting their parents in jail, even though their parents are presumed innocent and jailed largely because they cannot pay cash.

Rarely does one paragraph say so much about our society. It's from the New Yorker's investigation into why millions of children have been banned from visiting their parents in jail, even though their parents are presumed innocent and jailed largely because they cannot pay cash.
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Gerry Flynn(@geraldrflynn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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The U.S. Institute of Peace report pulls no punches and succinctly highlights why so little is likely to be done anytime soon about 's human trafficking epidemic.

👀 The @USIP report pulls no punches and succinctly highlights why so little is likely to be done anytime soon about #Cambodia's human trafficking epidemic.
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Zachary Abuza(@ZachAbuza) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An important Radio Free Asia piece on how China is trying to abduct dissidents overseas. In this case the MSS used The Prince Group in , raising questions about corporations working under Chinese intelligence law. rfa.org/english/news/c…

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Yashar Ali 🐘(@yashar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING

Mohammad Rasoulof, the acclaimed Iranian film director who was just sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging by the Islamic Republic’s revolutionary court, has fled Iran on foot.

Moments ago, Rasoulof posted this video of a mountanious area and says he has

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Kim Weeden(@WeedenKim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Cornell's encampment taken down, voluntarily, after 2.5 weeks of being more or less left alone by uni administration.

Peaceful endings to peaceful protests don't make national news, but they do happen.

cornellsun.com/2024/05/14/coa…

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Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy(@USAmbCambodia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was a lot of fun to drop by Harpswell Foundation and engage with 70 terrific young women university students from across Cambodia’s provinces. They asked great questions about 🇺🇸- 🇰🇭 bilateral relations, education, diplomacy, gender equality, and leadership.

It was a lot of fun to drop by @Harpswell_Now and engage with 70 terrific young women university students from across Cambodia’s provinces. They asked great questions about 🇺🇸- 🇰🇭 bilateral relations, education, diplomacy, gender equality, and leadership.
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Cecile Richards(@CecileRichards) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There’s something happening in Louisiana right now that should be setting off alarm bells for people all over the country - but it hasn’t gotten nearly enough attention. 🧵

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Joseph O'Neill(@JosephONeillx) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This sort of thing will not receive 1/100th of the negative attention received by some 19-year-old wearing a scarf to draw attention to this sort of thing.

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Їne Back Їversen(@IneBackIversen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵 🇬🇪1) Let’s go through the past 24h in Tbilisi, Georgia. A lot has happened during the night and morning hours. From the result today, we know, this is not the end.

Protesters have gathered for days already, but this night was of particular importance.

Here’s a breakdown :

🧵 🇬🇪1) Let’s go through the past 24h in Tbilisi, Georgia. A lot has happened during the night and morning hours. From the result today, we know, this is not the end. Protesters have gathered for days already, but this night was of particular importance. Here’s a breakdown :
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Barak Ravid(@BarakRavid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Israeli right wing activists blocked aid trucks which were on their way to Gaza today at the Tarqumiya crossing in the West Bank

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Kenneth Roth(@KenRoth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'Israel razes entire Bedouin village to expand a highway. The demolition of Wadi al-Khalil, an unrecognized village in the Naqab, left over 300 citizens homeless despite their attempts to reach a compromise.' 972mag.com/israel-razes-b…

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Kenneth Roth(@KenRoth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'In 214 days, Israel has killed 142 journalists in Gaza, approximately one every 36 hours. The staggering death toll makes the war the deadliest conflict for journalists in modern history.' aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/11…

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Nathan Paul Southern(@NathanPSouthern) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Eye opening interview from someone who was inside a Shwe Kokko scam compound. Most interesting is the role of BGF who are the clear conduit between the Yatai criminal org and the Tatmadaw. irrawaddy.com/in-person/inte…

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Gerry Flynn(@geraldrflynn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1. The first in my series on illegal logging in for Mongabay and Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) ties a senior Prisons Dept. official to a series of timber grabs dating back to 2013, but his latest concession in Stung Treng jeopardizes a newly protected forest

news.mongabay.com/2023/03/logged…

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