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🔴 BREAKING NEWS
The Spanish National Court has just informed us that it is opening a criminal investigation for war crimes and crimes against humanity against Netanyahu, his Foreign Minister, and several high-ranking Israeli military officials.
The court ruling considers that the assault on the Madleen ship, on June 1st en route to Gaza, constitutes a criminal offense. The investigation covers the use of drones, tear gas, and the illegal detention of 12 activists, including Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan.
We filed the complaint on behalf of Spanish citizen Sergio Toribio and the Committee for Solidarity with the Arab Cause.
📌 Based on the principle of universal jurisdiction
📌 Requests cooperation with the International Criminal Court
📌 Denounces the assault in the context of genocide in Gaza
This is a major step in the fight against Israel's impunity. When states fail to fulfill their obligations, it is up to civil society to activate justice as an ethical, legal, and political tool against horror. We now hope this initiative spreads to other countries, so that Netanyahu cannot set foot in Europe without facing justice.
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🚨 INDIGO IS FREE!
We have just heard that Indigo has been released from prison. She has been imprisoned for 11 months.
Her probation conditions include a curfew and a ban on talking to anyone involved or previously involved in Just Stop Oil.
Neighbourhood Futures Festival 2025:
Four joyful days of nature, wellbeing, creativity and community next to Edgbaston Reservoir. @BSettlement birminghamsettlement.org.uk/… #Futuresfestival
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🚨 WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION
Hundreds of people have gathered in Trafalgar Square in solidarity with @Pal_action, as the Home Secretary is expected to proscribe them.
Who are are the real terrorists? The people dropping bombs on children, or the people trying to stop them?
#Birmingham #Roadsafety Emergency to turn #cityofcars to #cityofcycles ? Here's why (and how ) flatpackfestival.org.uk/even…
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Tomorrow I’ll be showing a group of heritage professionals just how revolting Birmingham can be. Riot, rebellion, and radical history at every turn!
Let’s celebrate the city’s bold past. ✊
#BirminghamHistory #RevoltingBrum #WalkingTour #HiddenHeritage
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COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE DE LA FRANCE INSOUMISE
Interception du navire Freedom Flotilla par Israël : arrestation illégale de 12 humanitaires et activistes pacifistes, dont l’eurodéputée française Rima Hassan et l’activiste suédoise Greta Thunberg.
9 juin 2025
Nous exprimons notre plus vive indignation suite à l’interception, cette nuit, par les autorités israéliennes, du navire Freedom Flotilla, transportant de l’aide humanitaire à destination de la population civile de Gaza, soumise à un blocus total depuis le 2 mars 2025.
À bord du navire se trouvaient 12 humanitaires et activistes pacifistes, engagés dans une mission strictement civile et non-violente. Parmi eux, l’eurodéputée française Rima Hassan et l’activiste climatique suédoise Greta Thunberg, figures reconnues pour leur engagement en faveur des droits humains et de la justice internationale.
Cette interception, opérée en dehors des eaux territoriales israéliennes, constitue une violation flagrante du droit international, notamment du droit maritime et du droit humanitaire. L’arrestation des membres de l’équipage et la saisie de l’aide destinée à une population en détresse humanitaire immédiate sont inacceptables.
Nous appelons les États, l’Union européenne, les Nations unies et l’ensemble de la communauté internationale à :
▪️Condamner fermement cette arrestation illégale
▪️Exiger la libération immédiate et inconditionnelle de l’ensemble des membres de l’équipage ;
▪️Faire pression sur les autorités israéliennes pour qu’elles laissent passer sans entrave l’aide humanitaire vers Gaza, conformément au droit international
Il est du devoir de toutes les nations attachées aux droits humains de ne pas rester silencieuses face à ces violations flagrantes du droit international commises par Israël.
La solidarité n’est pas un crime. Libérez l’équipage de la Freedom Flotilla !
Nous saluons les personnes qui engagent une veillée place République cette nuit. Ce lundi 9 juin, RDV partout en France pour des mobilisations en soutien à la Flottille de la Liberté et pour la fin du génocide à Gaza. À Paris, 18H Place de la République.
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Via Sanaa
They measured it twice
She is still refusing glucose
She should not sleep, we are talking with her to keep her present/alert
They will measure every 15 mins
0.9 mmol/L (16.1 mg/dL)
0.8 mmol/L (14.4 mg/dL)
#savelaila
#FreeAlaa
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peoplesheritagecoop.uk/news/…
Join us for our FREE Book Marks sharing events of film, poetry and story archive. 22 May 2.30pm @DruidsHeathLibrary 24 May @SellyOakLibrary 10.30am @StirchleyLibrary 2.30pm @StirchleyCinema 6.30pm @TheIronRoom @culturebab @flatpack @PeleRocket @Big_Brum
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To mark the 80th anniversary of #VEDay, here’s a photograph of a street party on Heeley Road, Selly Oak celebrating the end of hostilities in Europe in 1945. Ref: WK/S4/137 @LibraryofBham @Brumpic
ALT A street scene - a street party. A line of houses on the left of the photograph. A large group of people gathered around tables in the middle of the photograph. They are looking towards the camera and the majority are raising their hands. Younger people are sat at the tables on which plates and cups are resting. Several people are waving Union Jack flags. In the background in the top left of the photograph, people are moving towards and away from the street party.
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This week on our blog we are celebrating the archive of Nick Hedges and his pioneering social documentary photography which is currently being displayed at the National Trust Birmingham Back to Backs.
Read more here theironroom.wordpress.com
ALT A room from an exhibition with white walls and a wooden floor. Black and white photographic portraits and an enlarged contact sheet can be seen as well as the corner of a text panel.
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This Earth Day, imagine a future where all species can thrive.🌍
‘Regenerative Futures’ is a new #UALShowcase collection curated by @CIVIC_SQUARE, spotlighting bold, creative projects from UAL graduates building systems for just, ecological futures.
🔗 ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk
ALT Architectural visualisation of a timber-framed community building surrounded by trees and people walking and kayaking.
ALT Small wooden sculpture arranged in a triangular teepee shape, decorated with hand-painted plants and fish.
ALT Geometric white mesh structure placed on a pebble beach, resembling a lightweight scientific or architectural form.
ALT A hand holding a book titled “The national curriculum in the United Kingdom” in front of a wooden pegboard filled with natural objects and tools.
#Windrush scandal victims to be given £1.5m in support voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-n…
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Last week I shared #NEHerts constituents' fury at bills rising while water companies fail them.
From Buntingford homes being flooded with raw sewage to rivers in Barkway, Cottered, and Weston being polluted with tonnes of filthy waste, enough is enough.
Watch my speech below.👇
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Pupil behaviour won't improve unless the government tackles school funding, @PatrickR_NASUWT has warned.
The outgoing general secretary of @NASUWT also repeated concerns of a "surge" in redundancies, as the union told Tes last week.
tes.com/magazine/news/genera…
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Another article identifying the success of 20mph limits as an urban/village norm. It's backed up by the evidence that they reduce casualties and make places better places to be. #20splenty where people are.
bit.ly/4bV87Yq
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Kobi and Sharry show solidarity with Laila today by symbolically striking for 24 hours. The relay strike can only continue with your support: tally.so/r/mYoe2J #FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll
كوبي وشاري يساندان ليلى اليوم بإضرابهما الرمزي مدة ٢٤ ساعة. بمشاركتكم يستمر الإضراب التتابعي: tally.so/r/3x0gWv #تجوع_ليحيا #الحرية_لعلاء_عبد_الفتاح
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Soma started her strike after iftar last night. Mina joins her today for 24 hours. They both want the same thing as Laila Soueif: #FreeAlaa.
Take part in the relay strike in solidarity: tally.so/r/mYoe2J #FreeThemAll
سومة بدأت صيامها بعد إفطار أمس، ولحقها مينا اليوم بالامتناع عن الطعام مدة ٢٤ ساعة. كلاهما يطلبان ما تطلبه ليلى سويف: #الحرية_لعلاء_عبد_الفتاح المحبوس خارج نطاق القانون.
شاركوا في الإضراب التتابعي تضامنًا مع ليلى وعلاء: tally.so/r/3x0gWv #تجوع_ليحيا
