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After being out of the office for nearly three weeks travelling in the US, it’s been lovely to be back with the team this week, reviewing our work & strategic plan. Couldn’t be prouder of what these beauts achieve or more excited about what’s coming Protection Approaches🙏❤️

A report from The Centre for Hate Studies and Protection Approaches on the extent of hate crime faced by ESEA communities in the UK found 45% have been subject to a hate crime in the last year with just 10% reporting to the police.

Story 👉le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

Emily Wertans I @CitizensOfChange

You will not find better people than Mahmoud, Motaz, Ali, Amal, Nawraz, Tarneem, Afnan, Mohammed, Ahmed, Wasim, Haitham & Moe - dear Medical Aid for Palestinians #Gaza colleagues.
It was hugely emotional being with them in #Rafah - and then to leave.
Israel’s invasion of #Rafah must be stopped

I am increasingly alarmed by the threat to El Fasher in Darfur. Zamzam the largest refugee camp is right in the path of likely RSF advance. I hope Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP can tell us soon what Govt is doing with partners to help prevent catastrophe.

Super excited for the launch of #QueeringAtrocityPrevention in #Europe looking at rising anti-LGBTQI+ violence in the region & highlighting the urgent need for preventative approaches🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Join us on May 7th💜
✍️🔗tinyurl.com/QAPEurope

Bodies “buried deep in the ground & covered with waste”

“among the deceased were allegedly older people, women & wounded”

“Some of them had their hands tied”

This is not war.

UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Yesterday I hosted the launch of @IBVPrev's sobering but crucial new report on hate crime against the East and Southeast Asian community.

We need a hate crime strategy with tried and tested models of support. Read my article in today's Guardian 👇
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A shocking new report shows the rising levels of racist hate towards East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) communities in the UK.

Let us continue to stand together against such racism and show our solidarity and support.

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/… #hatecrime #no2h8

Very pleased to be at the launch of Protection Approaches's report and to see the meeting so well attended. Thank you Sarah Owen MP and East & South East Asians for Labour for raising awareness and know that you and the ESEA community have my full support in combatting hate crime.

Thank you to Dave Burke for this exclusive in today’s The Mirror of our alarming research findings, together w/The Centre for Hate Studies

‘Sickening scale of hate crimes directed at Asian victims found in 'wake up call' report’

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Thank you Protection Approaches for leading on this much-needed work and inviting us to participate and help as well as to the report launch at Westminster hosted by Andy Fearn and Sarah Owen MP.

Engaging discussions with ⁦Protection Approaches⁩ On Your Side⁩ ⁦Sarah Owen MP⁩

Starting now ❗️

Sarah Owen MP opens the event with remarks touching on how hate faced by ESEA communities did not begin - nor end - with the COVID-19 pandemic

Pays tribute to community organisations who pulled together to support members facing hate ❤️

Extremely proud Andy Fearn and our Protection Approaches & On Your Side teams are launching our latest publication this evening in parliament on the true level of hate crime against East & Southeast Asian communities —with our research partners The Centre for Hate Studies & event chair Sarah Owen MP

Grateful for Lyn Brown 🌹's steadfast support for and spotlighting of war, mass atrocities & their consequences in Sudan. She's absolutely right, the UK must be prioritising direct support to Sudanese civilians as well as targeting the enablers of atrocity crimes #KeepEyesOnSudan

It is increasingly clear that a full scale RSF attack on El Fasher will likely occur very soon (hours/days, not weeks/months) without any meaningful international intervention. Nobody can say they didn’t know. No one. A thread 🧵1/5:

🚨 Our NEW report with The Centre for Hate Studies on the extent of hate crime faced by ESEA communities in the UK launches TODAY

It finds that 45% have been subject to a hate crime in the last year with just 10% reporting to the police

Read the full report here 👉tinyurl.com/bpakdp9e

🚨Several people are reported to have died in the Channel last night, just hours after the Government's Rwanda bill passed.

inews.co.uk/news/five-migr…

So the Rwanda bill passed - how utterly shameful

The hostile environment continues to become more violent making no one more safe

The world sees us shirking our responsibilities to provide sanctuary, shrinking the UK’s identity & influence still further theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Thank you Lyn Brown 🌹 for keeping Sudan on the parliamentary agenda 🗣️