Directed/produced a number of acclaimed documentaries including 'Revolution in Colour'. But my real passion is roaming the 'little' mountains of this fair Isle.
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The humanitarian disaster in Gaza is deeply disturbing. In fact, it's impossible to express how I feel seeing the relentless killing and destruction. The inaction of world leaders makes them complicit.
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Martin Dwan retweeted
Israeli Jews burned down 3 mosques in Palestine this past week. They painted hateful graffiti on the walls.
I cannot get the image of the synagogues & Jewish shops vandalized by the Nazis out of my head, which were also painted with hateful graffiti. rferl.org/a/nazi-jude-/25160…
Martin Dwan retweeted
US Sanctions? Hear the case, then decide for yourself.
You may disagree with my words, my findings, or my work as a UN independent expert altogether. That is legitimate.
But using sanctions against me for fulfilling a mandate is not debate about opinions: it is an abuse of power.
Francesca Albanese has been sanctioned for doing her job and demanding an end to the Genocide in Palestine. The EU has failed to protect her, the UN has failed to protect her.
In this video message .@FranceskAlbs updates us on the current state of affairs regarding the US imposed sanctions on her and the ongoing legal battle in the US to have them removed.
Please watch and share Francesca´s update on the Court Case and continue raising awareness about our petition to pressure the EU to do its job!
Martin Dwan retweeted
A brilliant debunking of the question "does Israel have a right to exist" from @thematthewcooke. full clip: facebook.com/reel/1826869727…
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When you turn on the tap today, remember that for most people in #Gaza, clean running water is no longer a part of daily life.
After more than two and a half years of relentless destruction of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure, families are forced to walk long distances carrying heavy containers of water, simply to meet their most basic daily needs.
Martin Dwan retweeted
Your reminder that Israel is one of only four rogue states in the entire world that refuses to ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Barbarians.
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The Israeli Supreme Court, supposedly the last bastion of Israeli "democracy", just signed Dr Husam Abu Safiya's death warrant.
The court rejected his appeal and ordered for the continuation of his unlawful detention, knowing full well that he is being held in abhorrent conditions, without cause or indictment and being subjected to torture on a regular basis.
Hostage taking, torture, rejection of the most basic human rights; with this kind of democracy, who needs fascism?
Free Dr Husam Abu Safiya now!
Martin Dwan retweeted
The campaign against human rights defenders seems to be at its hightest. Everywhere.
And so shall be the determination to protect human rights, which are not a gift. They are conquest of decades of struggles of women, men, people who fought for freedom.
And so shall we continue.
I condemn disinformation campaigns & attempts to undermine the credibility of the UN human rights system, including @UN_SPExperts mandate holders.
Criticism & debate are legitimate & necessary; efforts to intimidate, discredit, or even sanction, are not.
They are unacceptable. - UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk
Martin Dwan retweeted
Hard for me to exaggerate the intensity of the wails and the gnashing of teeth from Israeli "ideologues", from the hard right to the center left, who cannot believe "Trump's betrayal". It is impossible for Israelis to think of their actions as having consequences.
Signing this deal may be the most sensible thing Trump has ever done. Israel is an unwelcome albatross around his neck. He has never been in thrall to Israel and zionism. He has found Netanyahu to be a disrespectful destabilizer, an agent of harm to Trump's interest. Trump may change his mind every hour but that is part of the power dynamic of bullies. I do believe his mind is now made up.
There is no telling what horrors will come to pass in Lebanon and in Gaza as Israel is allowed to continue its genocide and ethnic cleansing. Still, on one front a taboo has been unthinkably breached. Israel has been told off. Israel has been called out. This might be for all the wrong reasons. It doesn't matter one bit.
You've heard it here countless times. Israel is corrupt and hollow. It is weak. Israel cannot go it alone (I wish I could translate the anguished cries of a few settler ideologues about the response we must be preparing, a response to shake up the world), Israel's gaslighting should and can be stopped. It is not inevitable. Israel must be brought to justice but Israel can and should be ridiculed mercilessly. Israel is the globe' s current hub of evil. Evil can also be pathetic.
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Israel is the most genocidal country on earth.
🔴 NEW: An Israeli drone strike killed Mohammed Mousa Al-Habil (38), an emergency room nurse at Al-Shifa Hospital, along with his 6-year-old son, Mousa, while they were refilling water tanks on the roof of their home in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, according to Gaza Healthcare Workers Watch. The group said the father and son were directly targeted during the attack.
Martin Dwan retweeted
It is important that the world does not remain silent in response to this latest act of Russian barbarism. This strike on the Lavra is an attack on the Christian community and on the cultural heritage of humanity. There can be no justification for this or for any other similar Russian attacks. What is needed is more cooperation to stop Russia’s war and stronger protection to save lives from Russia.
Внаслідок російського обстрілу, який відбувається зараз, вночі 15 червня, горить дах одного з найбільш святих місць християнського світу - Успенського собору Печерської лаври у Києві.
Просимо про молитву за врятування святині від знищення.
Черговий російський злочин проти людяності, проти історії, проти християнства.
Що ще повинен зробити кремлівський антихрист, аби світ усвідомив, що слід рішуче діяти, аби російський терор проти України і самих принципів миру припинився?
Пресвятая Богодице, зупини ірода!
Martin Dwan retweeted
Israel, if everyone is lying, open Gaza.
If the ICC, the UN, international human rights organisations, Israeli rights groups, journalists, doctors, humanitarian workers, aid agencies, witnesses, and survivors are all lying, then open Gaza.
Let independent investigators, forensic experts, journalists, and UN monitors in.
A state confident in the truth does not fear investigation. A state afraid of the truth blocks access.
Open Gaza.
Martin Dwan retweeted
Israel is running a network of torture camps for Palestinians. Our reports, Welcome to Hell and Living Hell, extensively documented a reality of extreme violence, starvation, and torture.
Palestinian prisoners are subjected to severe violence, deliberate humiliation, starvation, sleep deprivation, denial of medical care, and abuse in every facility where they are held.
These abusive practices are fully backed by the political leadership, which openly boasts about the harsh prison conditions. Some inmates are subjected to severe sexual assaults.
At least 89 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention facilities since October 2023 as a result of inhumane conditions, violence, starvation, and the denial of medical treatment.
Despite the extensive evidence, media investigations, and reports issued by Israeli and international organizations documenting torture in Israeli prisons, the international community continues to stand by and allow Israel to commit crimes against the Palestinian people.
Link to the full report >>
Welcome to Hell: btselem.org/publications/202…
Living Hell: btselem.org/publications/202…
Martin Dwan retweeted
I took this outside Woolwich Crown Court just before the Police started arresting everybody.
It really comes over what extraordinary, kind and gentle people the state now designates as "terrorists".
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This is the full video.
I don’t know if humanity can ever recover from this.
Not just the atrocities.
But the overwhelming support for these horrors by Western media.
Have we lost our minds?
Have we lost our humanity???
Martin Dwan retweeted
In the USA in 1943 they produced a film 'Don't be a Sucker' about fascism.
It perfectly explains Nigel Farage, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the entire Right.
Martin Dwan retweeted
Bosnia and Herzegovina fans chanting for Palestine in the streets of Toronto on their way to their first game at the 2026 World Cup 🇵🇸🇧🇦
Fans will always save the tournament!
Martin Dwan retweeted
Israel just kidnapped a 20yr old Palestinian student, taking her hostage. She won’t be called a hostage & she won’t be reported on in the US bc she’s Palestinian.
Had Palestinian forces took an Israeli civilian hostage — would be front page news in every mainstream media outlet.
🇺🇸 🇵🇸 Sama Safi, a 20-year-old American citizen and honors psychology student at Birzeit University, remains in Israeli detention after soldiers seized her from her family’s home near Ramallah at 3 a.m. on June 2, with lawmakers warning her life is at risk.
Safi, whose family lives in Florida, was taken without charge and transferred to Ofer prison, then to the Moscovia interrogation center in Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society. Her family says she has a chronic condition that causes fevers up to 105°F and requires daily medication and a quarterly injection she travels abroad to receive.
She was one of five Palestinian women detained that week, including two members of the Palestinian women’s national football team. The Israeli military said the women were suspected of “promoting terrorist activities.”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Sen. Chris Van Hollen have both demanded her release. “I am really sick and tired of the Israeli government taking American taxpayer dollars and then mistreating Americans,” Van Hollen said. Israel has not told her family or the U.S. embassy where she is being held. Rep. Tlaib said, “Her life is at risk—our government must free her now!”
Martin Dwan retweeted
This is a 2018 clip. Israel has been kidnapping Palestinian children for decades.
BREAKING: Harrowing footage of Israeli soldiers abducting Palestinian girls in the occupied West Bank town of Beitunia.
Source: Wonderful Palestine: instagram.com/reels/DZaXGJXz…
Martin Dwan retweeted
How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago.
Read my latest article here: middleeasteye.net/opinion/ga…
