450 days later, She still Protesting 🇰🇷
Stop #GazaGenocide

KEEP BOYCOTTING ISRAEL PRODUCTS
#BoycottAdidas 👟

By law, the #EU could only disburse that money if #Egypt took "concrete & credible steps" to improve human rights

As expected, the Commission assessment stretched those definitions to reward the obedient dictatorship

The remaining €4bn are subject to MEPs' approval. Trust they'll be less indulgent

When it’s going to stop?

The only survivor of her family in the Israeli bombing
الناجية الوحيدة من أسرتها في القصف الاسرائيلي

ICJ: Major Fossil Fuel Emitters Seek to Evade Climate Obligations (Brussels, December 16, 2024) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) should ignore the self-serving arguments of wealthy, high greenhouse gas-emitting countries and issue an authoritative opinion ...

🌍 Major fossil fuel emitters are seeking to evade climate obligations. The ICJ hearings in The Hague present a historic chance to reduce emissions and advance climate justice. Let’s demand action for our planet!
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#ClimateJustice #ICJ #ActOnClimate

Construction for World Cup 2034 to be harmful for climate, experts say Saudi Arabia's plans will rely heavily on concrete, which is responsible for about 8% of worldwide emissions that warm the planet, with iron and steel accounting for another 7%.

🔴 Experts warn that the 2034 WC construction in Saudi will severely impact the climate due to high greenhouse gas emissions. #Unqualified #RedCardForFIFA
Critics claim it could be the most carbon-intensive World Cup ever,despite suggested sustainability measures.
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Alice Morrison to Trek Across Saudi Arabia » Explorersweb The seasoned adventurer says all her past experiences in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond have led her to this trek.

BBC is going to engage with Saudi's whitewashing project by sending a woman to advertise tourism in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia: Hosting UN Internet Conference Amid Crackdown Saudi Arabia is hosting a major United Nations conference on internet governance while dozens of people remain imprisoned for peaceful online speech.

#SaudiRegime is hosting the #IGF amid ongoing crackdowns on online expression, with many activists imprisoned under harsh counterterrorism laws.
@hrw.org criticizes the government's lack of commitment to digital rights, highlighting severe sentences for peaceful speech.
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Who Wins from the IGF? Not Those Locked Up for Speaking Out | TechPolicy.Press Access Now's Alejandro Mayoral Baños and Article 19's Quinn McKew explain their decision not to attend the Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh.

Access Now executive director Alejandro Mayoral Baños and Article 19 executive director Quinn McKew explain their principled decision not to attend the Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh.

"The administration never truly tested the proposition that it could both uphold its commitment to recalibrate the US-Saudi relationship, a process that would take significant time and effort, and simultaneously advance its other priorities, such as warding off China’s encroachment into the region."

Saudi Arabia has now been officially confirmed as the host of the 2034 FIFA World Cup at an extraordinary FIFA Congress⚽

Read the full story about how FIFA helped pave the the way
@saudi2034bid.bsky.social ❗👇

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Mathias Normann om fotball-VM i Saudi-Arabia i 2034: – Alhamdulillah! - Idrettspolitikk Kingdom Arena, Riyadh (Idrettspolitikk.no): Omsider kom vi oss inn på stadion. I nesten to uker har vi jobbet med å få presseakkreditering til kampen mellom Al-Hilal og Al-Raed på Kingdom Arena i Riya...

Et lite absurd mellomspill før vi går inn i litt tyngre materie. Et slags kampreferat fra Riyadh. Med @samindrakunti.bsky.social
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Many images from Gaza break your heart. But this one really devastated me. The world wasn't just indifferent, US, UK and Germany provided the weapons, and German foreign secretary @abaerbock.diplo.de explicitly defended the targeting of children.

FIFA prepares to give Saudi Arabia its biggest sports win yet as host of the 2034 World Cup Saudi Arabia will be confirmed by FIFA as host of the men’s soccer 2034 World Cup on Wednesday, giving the oil-rich kingdom its biggest prize yet for massive spending on global sports driven by Crown ...

If the Qatar-hosted 2022 World Cup was like the first Trump term – wild ride, all learning on the job – the Saudi Arabia-hosted 2034 is perhaps Trump 2.0. The opportunities and risks were clearly understood. Not least by the FIFA president, who embraces it all and them.
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Neom: Will Saudi Arabia’s eco-city megaproject work? Saudi Arabia is building an eco-city in the desert. What difference will The Line and Neom make to the country’s sky-high carbon emissions?

Neom project, centered on "The Line," aims for a carbon-free city but faces severe criticism
Human rights abuses against Indigenous Howeitat people and migrant workers are rampant while environmentalists warn of a significant carbon footprint.
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Executions in Saudi Arabia hit their highest-ever level The death penalty was carried out against three people convicted of drug smuggling and another for murder, the official Saudi Press Agency reported today, citing the interior ministry

Executions and the Cost of Inaction: Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Crisis
In 2024, Saudi Arabia executed over 300 people, marking a record high and alarming human rights groups.
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Disse gutta gjør seg klar til en drøy uke i Saudi-Arabia for å sjekke hvordan stemninga er før og etter landet får fotball-VM i 2034. Esport er en del av hele opplegget. Følg med!
@samindrakunti.bsky.social

With Quick Vote and Little Fanfare, Saudi Arabia on Track to Get the 2034 World Cup (Gift Article) Critics have objected to the bidding process, and human rights groups have raised concerns about workplace safety for the migrants who will build the stadiums needed to host the event.

FIFA’s Potemkin World Cup bid competition delivers World Cup to Saudi Arabia, raising fears that thousands will die as Gulf kingdom buys its way into the spotlight.

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Last few hrs nothing short of historic in Syria. For 54 long yrs, Assad family ruled with iron fist. Efforts underway to reach underground dungeons of Saydnaya prison. Some of detainees, tortured,haven’t seen day of light in decades. Claude Hanna of Deir Ahmar Lebanon liberated after 40yrs in prison

BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 Live Sport: All About..., Saudi Arabia and Sport - The Explainer We answer the questions regarding Saudi's expanding and evolving sporting revolution.

Saudi Arabia & sport.
With FIFA set to confirm the country will host the 2034 men’s World Cup, what lies behind its unprecedented investments & what is at stake?
New BBCSounds explainer pod
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Killed by Israel for his complicity in not starving the population.

Look at this photo exhibition by Palestinian photographers. It's truly heartbreaking. “Gaza, Palestine: A crisis of humanity, a cry for justice”. I'll never forget Jehan.
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Saudi Arabia: ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are facing widespread abuses across employment sectors and geographic regions, including at high profile giga-projects funded by or linked to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign w...

.@HRW: Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are facing widespread abuses, some of which may amount to forced labor, across employment sectors and geographic regions, including at high profile giga-projects funded by or linked to its sovereign wealth fund. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban Medical Training for Women This week the Taliban in Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and women by forbidding them from attending institutions offering medical educ...

This week the Taliban in #Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and women by forbidding them from attending institutions offering medical education. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

Amnesty International has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Amnesty International Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza Israel rejected the charge — the first of its kind by a major human rights organization — saying it was “based on lies.”

"Amnesty International on Thursday became the first major international human rights organization to accuse Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/w...

The Egyptian government must immediately lift the arbitrary travel bans and asset freezes imposed upon three directors of EIPR, a prominent Egyptian human rights organization, solely for their legitimate human rights work www.amnesty.org/en/documents...