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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE

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Offices in Derry, Belfast & Armagh. Caseworker in Dublin. Providing legacy advocacy support to bereaved families. Exhibitions available on Legacy of Colonialism (15 pop ups). Also available a mobile video exhibit w/family interviews on Brit state impunity.

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 8d

Claire and Siobhan Brown making the case for Public Inquiry into their father Sean’s murder at Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Fringe event at 6.30

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DerryNow @derrynow.bsky.social · 10h

Honouring the memory of Hind Rajab at Free Derry Corner

Iconic landmark becomes site of shocking and powerful art installation titled 'Her Name Was Hind' Free Derry Corner has become the site of a shocking and powerful art installation titled 'Her Name Was Hind'. The piece was accompanied by a vigil, organised by the city's RISE for Palestine grou ---

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 1d

More in the breathless, breaking stop-the-presses, and not at all confected story, that judges, before they were judges, were involved in practising law. Take 5 seconds to appreciate just how hard into "swivel-eyed loon" Robert Jenrick is being allowed to lean:

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 2d

This Sukkot, we invite in those who are committed to collective liberation. We’ll spend the week learning together, eating together, sharing in culture and tradition, as we work towards a liberated Palestine.

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 2d

And as anti-Zionist Jews, we cannot observe this holiday without committing to end US support for Israeli genocide which imposes this very violence onto Palestinians.

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 2d

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... US Lawbreakers write to Taoiseach to urge support for genocide, forced starvation and torture...

US lawmakers intensify warnings to Taoiseach over Occupied Territories Bill

Politicians warn of problems for US firms in Ireland if law conflicts with American antiboycott rules

www.irishtimes.com

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 2d

When the PSNI were over arresting peaceful protesters in London, loyalist terror groups with 12,500+ members threatened terror attacks for using this island's native tongue. No COBRA meetings, no British reporting, nothing.

Irish language group calls for all parties to condemn UDA and UVF threats to burn Belfast council facilities over language proposals

A leading Irish language organisation has called for all parties to condemn threats from the UVF and UDA saying they would carry out an arson campaign against Belfast City Council property displaying ...

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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The Bloody Sunday Trust @bloodysundaytrust.bsky.social · 3d

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Save the date: Sat 22 Nov, 2pm, @museumfreederry.bsky.social - meet @dooleydooley.bsky.social as he discusses U.S. + Irish civil rights ties on JFK’s anniversary. #speirgorm #civilrights Reserve 👇
www.eventbrite.ie/e/meet-brian... #CivilRights68

Meet Brian Dooley: Ties Between U.S. & Irish Civil Rights Movements

How did U.S. and Irish civil rights movements inspire each other? Meet author Brian Dooley at the Museum of Free Derry, Sat 22 Nov, 2pm.

www.eventbrite.ie

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 3d

This Labour Gov would probably have banned the Oct 5th march!

Colin Harvey @cjharvey1.bsky.social · 3d

5th October.

Northern Ireland Civil Rights
ASSOCIATION
A CIVIL RICHTS MARCH WILL BE HELD IN DERRY ON SATURDAY, 5™ OCT.
COMMENCING AT 3-30 p.m.
ASSEMBLY POINT: WATERSIDE RAILWAY STATION
MARCH TO THE DIAMOND
Where a PUBLIC METTING will take place

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 4d

That fascist Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was allowed to enter the holding area and insult and berate those members of the flotilla who had been kidnapped shows how depraved this regime is. He did the same with Palestinian prisoners recently whose plight is obviously much much worse.

brian-hanley.bsky.social @brian-hanley.bsky.social · 5d

Diarmuid has stood up against racism and racists in Finglas; he needs support now

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 4d

Terrible, terrible news. The murder of humanitarian medical workers is hard to fathom.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

msf.org/msf-denounce...

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza.

All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.
We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah.

Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

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DerryNow @derrynow.bsky.social · 5d

Teenager ‘told man not to move’ before he was shot on Bloody Sunday

A witness has said he told a man lying on the ground not to move and pretend to be dead moments before he was shot dead on Bloody Sunday. Malachy Coyle also told Belfast Crown Court that he saw a soldier who appeared to be “angry” firing towards a young person who was attempting to run. Soldier F, w ---

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DerryNow @derrynow.bsky.social · 6d

Bloody Sunday trial told of moment Derry schoolboy was shot in face

Soldier F has been charged with the murders of two men killed on Bloody Sunday, James Wray and William McKinney A witness has told the trial of a former soldier how he saw his own flesh “breaking away from his face” when he was shot on Bloody Sunday. Michael Quinn also told Belfast Crown Cour ---

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7d

💥Breaking: Italy’s two largest unions call national general strike after Israel’s flotilla attack

The Italian unions CGIL and USB announced a nationwide general strike for Friday, October 3, covering all public and private sectors. The move follows Israel’s attack on the Gaza flotilla carrying...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7d

BREAKING: Israel has intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla vessels Alma and Sirius, according to activists onboard.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba

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DerryNow @derrynow.bsky.social · 7d

Victim pretended to be dead after being shot on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

A man injured on Bloody Sunday has told a trial how he pretended to be dead while lying on the pavement after he was shot. Joe Mahon also said he saw a solider fire shots at another victim who was on the ground before saying “I’ve got another one”. Members of the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civi ---

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 9d

can never forget that Fred Trump spent his later years totally gaga but surrounded by a gaggle of senility-denial-enablers who drove him to a make believe office where a make believe secretary had him sign make believe papers—which sounds cute til you see the sequel & the secretary is Stephen Miller

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

robertreich.substack.com

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 8d

Claire and Siobhan Brown making the case for Public Inquiry into their father Sean’s murder at Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Fringe event at 6.30

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 8d

‘I will not be intimidated by our Tricolour’: The women pushing back against the far right

Welcome murals can become greeting cards, saying: ‘You are seen, you belong, you matter’

www.irishtimes.com

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 8d

I don't think you understand, Tony Blair is the most qualified person to lead Gaza because he is the only candidate responsible for more deaths in the Middle East than Netanyahu x

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 12d

More power to Channel 4 for it’s coverage of a forgotten conflict in Sudan. Ignored by the world. Brave journalism

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 12d

The victims of Sudan’s two and a half year conflict (dubbed)
www.channel4.com/news/the-vic...

The victims of Sudan’s two and a half year conflict (dubbed)

Sudan's Prime Minister has told the UN his government is committed to a roadmap towards ending its two and a half year conflict with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

www.channel4.com

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Brian Dooley @dooleydooley.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for having me on your podcast, Activist Lawyer.
(Full disclaimer, am not a lawyer)
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@humanrightsfirst.org @cjharvey1.bsky.social @finucanecentre.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #speirgorm

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12d

BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 58 Palestinians since dawn, medical sources in the besieged enclave have told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ufg3xo

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 14d

Evidence ruled admissible in soldier F trial! Victory for Bloody Sunday families!

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18d

Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson

Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection

bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...

Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson

Robinson has been blamed for stoking the unrest, but the tentacles of disinformation are global. Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europ...

bylinetimes.com

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