Jacob Sarkodee
@sarkodee.bsky.social
CEO of Global Counter-Trafficking Group
"Targeting those working for accountability does nothing to help civilians trapped in conflict. It only emboldens those who believe they can act with impunity."
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The International Criminal Court deplores new sanctions from the US administration against ICC Officials
The International Criminal Court (ICC) deplores the additional designations for sanctions which were announced today by the United States of four judges of the Court: Second Vice-President Reine Adela...
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June 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"Targeting those working for accountability does nothing to help civilians trapped in conflict. It only emboldens those who believe they can act with impunity."
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Great to see the call to whomever wins Saturday's Federal Election from the newly established Australian International Counter Slavery Alliance (AICSA) covered in the @australia.theguardian.com by Ben Doherty www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
May 1, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Great to see the call to whomever wins Saturday's Federal Election from the newly established Australian International Counter Slavery Alliance (AICSA) covered in the @australia.theguardian.com by Ben Doherty www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Staggeringly high’: Australian renters need $130k income to afford average property, report shows
‘Staggeringly high’: Australian renters need $130k income to afford average property, report shows
People earning $70,000 a year spend more than half of their income (52%) on the national median unit rent
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Australian renters now…
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March 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
‘Staggeringly high’: Australian renters need $130k income to afford average property, report shows
"He slept next to me and in the morning I found him frozen and dead. I don’t know what to say. No one can feel my misery. No one in the world can understand our catastrophic situation.”
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‘I refuse a cheap death’: Israel kills Palestinian journalist in Gaza
Israel kills Mohammad Hijazi, taking the number of media workers killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023 to 220.
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January 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
"He slept next to me and in the morning I found him frozen and dead. I don’t know what to say. No one can feel my misery. No one in the world can understand our catastrophic situation.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...
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To think that Queensland did not need a truth and healing commission? How can the Premier believe his own rhetoric when he and his office read living stories like this?
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Sisters mull mum's 1968 imprisonment that sparked national outcry
In 1968, a young Aboriginal woman was jailed for manslaughter when her baby died. It shone a light on the terrible living conditions of Indigenous people in this outback town.
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December 7, 2024 at 6:14 AM
To think that Queensland did not need a truth and healing commission? How can the Premier believe his own rhetoric when he and his office read living stories like this?
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
"The hearings that took place this year demonstrated the benefits truth-telling has for everyone by fostering unity, understanding, respect, dignity and wellbeing for all."
More historic missed opportunities by political leadership in Australia, this time QLD.
nit.com.au/04-12-2024/1...
More historic missed opportunities by political leadership in Australia, this time QLD.
nit.com.au/04-12-2024/1...
Cancellation of truth-telling inquiry a 'devastating step backwards for First Nations rights,' Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner says
The cancelling of Queensland's Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry, and the repealing of the Path to Treaty Act, is 'a devastating step backwards for First Nations rights,' the Aboriginal and Torres Str...
nit.com.au
December 6, 2024 at 3:57 AM
"The hearings that took place this year demonstrated the benefits truth-telling has for everyone by fostering unity, understanding, respect, dignity and wellbeing for all."
More historic missed opportunities by political leadership in Australia, this time QLD.
nit.com.au/04-12-2024/1...
More historic missed opportunities by political leadership in Australia, this time QLD.
nit.com.au/04-12-2024/1...
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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri.
These warrants should push the international community to address atrocities and secure justice for all victims in Palestine and Israel.
These warrants should push the international community to address atrocities and secure justice for all victims in Palestine and Israel.
November 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri.
These warrants should push the international community to address atrocities and secure justice for all victims in Palestine and Israel.
These warrants should push the international community to address atrocities and secure justice for all victims in Palestine and Israel.
"We need young people to believe, and believe with good reason, that we have an economic system whereby the decks aren't stacked against them."
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Boomers keep booming while young borrowers and renters pick up the tab
Like a good wine, the boomers are getting richer with age. But it's coming at the expense of young people, and one day they might just pull the cork out.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
"We need young people to believe, and believe with good reason, that we have an economic system whereby the decks aren't stacked against them."
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Deleted my x / twitter account today.
At this rate, the number of Bluesky users will exceed Twitter users within the next eight months. Incredible.
November 18, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Deleted my x / twitter account today.
