Lisa Cumming

Iran detaining protesters being treated in hospitals as part of crackdown, says UN expert A U.N. expert on Iran said on Monday she had received reports of protesters linked to nationwide demonstrations being removed from hospitals and detained by Iranian security forces - a major violation...

Iran detaining protesters being treated in hospitals as part of crackdown, says UN expert
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He was such a lovely man. We had absolutely no idea about what he'd lived through until the day he shared his story. I've never read The Emigrants, but will definitely do so, thank you.

Every year, on National Holocaust Day, I remember my family who disappeared in the Shoah & share a few photographs. Here are my great-grandmother, Sarah, my great-aunt, Karola, and Judith, her daughter. I think too of those who have died & are dying in wars & genocides today.

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Reform’s Matt Goodwin is sure he’s the right man for Gorton and Denton. He just doesn’t know why… | John Crace Introduced by an unsupervised Lee Anderson, the byelection candidate was out of his depth immediately

"There is no rabbit hole he won’t go down, no audience that is too far-right for him not to give a speech."

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Syrian Kurdish enclave on alert amid shaky ceasefire QAMISHLI, Syria, Jan 27 (Reuters) - With Syria's Islamist-led government bearing down on Kurdish forces, residents of their last major enclave are on alert, mindful of last year's violence against oth...

'"We're going out to guard our neighbourhoods, to stand with our people and protect our land," said Yazan Ghanem, 23.'

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Trump’s Board of Peace Will Help Strong Countries Dominate Weak Ones In Gaza, it will legitimize Israeli land grabs and ethnic cleansing.

"This mode of conflict management means leaving the root causes of conflict unaddressed, ignoring reconciliation or reparations, and dismissing the agency of the peoples involved in the conflict to begin with."

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Goodness.

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wish that instead of having to campaign for a political candidate you could volunteer to purely campaign against someone

Matt Goodwin was my university tutor. I’ll have a few things to say about him over the coming weeks.

NEW: Former academic Matt Goodwin has been announced as Reform UK's candidate for the Gorton & Denton byelection.

Sure, let's ask the Trump regime's murderous masked thugs to come over to Europe and "help with security" - wtf?

Lord Alf Dubs: How we treat asylum seekers is a test of the kind of country we are We caught up with Lord Alf Dubs, patron of Freedom from Torture and former child refugee, to hear his thoughts on campaigning.

And thinking too about how Alf Dubs (another Kindertransport child) connects then and now.

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More on the Bradford Kindertransporten.

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Man who escaped Nazis dies A MAN who came to Bradford on the Kindertransport to escape the Nazis during the Second World War has died, aged 91.

Lutz Zeisler.

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1187005...

#HMD2026
#Kindertransport

Remembering my former late neighbour Lutz Zeisler (known as George). He lived on his own in a Manningham bedsit. He loved talking to my partner about old cameras. After knowing him for many years, one day he quietly shared his story of coming over on Kindertransport.

#HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay

Sounds very stressful.

You're so very welcome.

UK loses measles elimination status Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.

🚨 This should alarm everyone.

The #UK has lost measles elimination status — not because vaccines failed, but because vaccination rates fell.

The US is on track to lose it too.

#Measles is highly contagious, dangerous, and vaccine-preventable.

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Professor of Peace and Conflict Research Uppsala University announces a vacancy for a permanent position as  Professor of Peace and Conflict Research   At the Department of Peace and Conflict Research  The Department is one of the

We are hiring a Professor!
The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, the world’s leading research environments in the field, is now recruiting a Professor. We welcome applications from internationally recognized scholars. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:

"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."

‘I’m part of this country’: Windrush man left homeless by Home Office inaction George Campbell, 69, slept in bus station as officials questioned his right to live in the UK after hospital stay

“It’s hard to understand why it is taking so long to sort out. I was schooled here, my children and grandchildren grew up here, my great-granddaughter is here. I’m part of this country.”

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

#Windrush

I hear you. And, given your lovely bio, wishing you many cosy moments with puppies for sustenance.

The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence - John Paul Lederach A collection of stories, reflections, and wisdom offering insight into the challenge of facing down toxic polarization layered with violence and the surprising ways everyday people found to shift harm...

Sounds so, so tough. Thinking of Lederach's (free) pocket guide on polarisation & the stories where shifts have been possible, might be worth a scan if/when you have a moment www.johnpaullederach.com/2024/07/pock...

Trusted source + outlined below that this, "posts out the latest actions that are added to the Tracker (which is hand curated!) and sources are checked".

Even the Davos elites have woken up, but they need more than just speeches to survive the end of the old order | Nesrine Malik Mark Carney and other custodians of the order are right to contemplate its death, but are they really willing to unpick the the entire system?, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Nesrine Malik on tweaking vs transforming.

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Welcome | UCP Knowledge Database The Unarmed Civilian Protection Database contains over 700 resources on unarmed civilian protection, community self-protection and related topics. It contains academic research publications, working p...

And this is a brilliant source of resources related to "unarmed civilian protection*, community self-protection and related topics". Free online courses should be available soon too.

(*People protecting people from direct violence.)

ucp.gn.apc.org

Beautiful Trouble Creative tools for a more just world.

In case useful, Beautiful Trouble offers many tried & tested ideas & tools for creative resistance.

beautifultrouble.org

Reminder: a significant number of mainstream UK politicians think what's happening in America is a) good and b) should be done to British people.

Absolutely. Active hope (amidst worry) is why I've worked in local peacebuilding/conflict grappling for yonks. My three thoughts were responding to a particular moment, from 4000 miles away. Wishing all solidarity in putting hope into strategic & creative action.