Lara Fizaine
larafizaine.bsky.social
Lara Fizaine
@larafizaine.bsky.social
PhD candidate, researching inequities in care for older adults.
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It was a real honour and privilege to engage in dialogue with @laythco.bsky.social for @palestinestudies.bsky.social about healthcare in Palestine.

Read here: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
August 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Het is van groot belang dat gezaghebbende personen en instituten, zoals het NIOD (Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies), zich op basis van hun expertise uitspreken. Het helpt andere instellingen hun positie te bepalen en moedigt aan tot principiële stellingname.
Waarom het NIOD spreekt van genocidaal geweld in Gaza
Onderzoekers kijken naar factoren als de intentie, het geweld en tegen welke groep het geweld is gericht.
nos.nl
May 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Today for the first time ever the South Korean state through its government body the Truth and Reconciliation Commission admits that it violated the human rights of the around 200,000 children who were adopted to a dozen Western countries since 1953.

www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2...
South Korean government blamed for human rights abuses in overseas adoptions
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Wednesday found that past Korean governments were responsible for human rights violations in overseas adoptions from the 1960s to the 1990s, pointing t...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
March 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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We’re alarmed and outraged that two of our key partners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Muna, have been arrested in Jerusalem for the crime of selling books.
The Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem was raided today, and its owners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Mona, were arrested.
The bookstore is one of the premier Palestinian cultural institutions of East Jerusalem; Mahmoud Mona is among the most inspiring figures in the city.
via @nirhasson.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I have been appalled & disgusted by the silence of academic colleauges on the genocide in Gaza (but not surprised). So I expect little from them. For everyone else who cares about knowledge, humanity & truth, this is an powerful film on the scholasticide perpetrated by Israel youtu.be/G5MmIDc1LXE
Our Universities Live On: Testimonials of Hope from Gaza
YouTube video by Fobzu (Friends of Birzeit University)
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Sinds 7 oktober 2023 heeft Nederland zich bij de Verenigde Naties al tweemaal onthouden van stemming over resoluties die opriepen tot een staakt-het-vuren in de Gazastrook. In december volgde opnieuw een onthouding, ditmaal over steun aan UNRWA.

Na de oorlog zat iedereen in het verzet.
January 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.
theintercept.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM