Jill Alpes

🙌 After a 7-year legal ordeal, humanitarian workers wept with relief this week when a court on the Greek island Lesbos acquitted 24 defendants who had been baselessly charged with felonies for saving lives at sea. The Greek government should always prioritize saving lives. bit.ly/4pMoOdR

Smuggling critique into “impact”? In my @migpolitics article, I propose 3 design principles for critical & actionable migration research—resisting the applied vs. critical trap. Read here: doi.org/10.21468/MigPo… #MigrationResearch #ImpactDebate #CriticalScholarship

As calls to decolonize research grow louder, how do we actually change things? This trialogue explores co-creative, embodied and less extractive methods, including ten practical tips for ways forward. Grateful to @TineDavids & @MariekevHoute Read: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We condemn the latest pushback of at least 80 Syrians, including women and children, by Cyprus, already condemned by the ECtHR for violating non-refoulement. Cyprus' unlawful practices led to a deadly shipwreck, resulting in 3 deaths and at least 16 missing. This must end NOW!

We are ready to defend human rights—like we've always done, no matter who is in the White House ✊

Afghan refugees in Pakistan are currently being subjected to arbitrary arrests, detentions, trials and deportation to Afghanistan🚨 However, a landmark Islamabad High Court decision addressing Afghan refugees’ legal struggles in Pakistan could pave the way for change.️

1/3 Die Bundesregierung liefert nicht nur weiterhin Waffen nach Israel, sondern streicht auch klammheimlich die finanzielle Unterstützung für Projekte der israelischen Zivilgesellschaft. Nun trifft es die Organisationen Zochrot und New Profile. dw.com/en/germany-def…

We at @amnesty are extremely concerned over the fate & wellbeing of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital who was detained by Israeli forces along with others during a raid on the hospital on 27 December. He must be released immediately and unconditionally. For months Dr. Abu Safiya has been the voice of Gaza’s decimated health sector, appealing for the protection of his hospital and working under inhumane conditions, including following the killing of his son. The raid, the latest in a series of attacks on healthcare facilities in North Gaza over the past two months, put Kamal Adwan, the last remaining major hospital in the area, out of service. Since the beginning of its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Israel has detained hundreds of Palestinian healthcare workers from Gaza without charge or trial. Health workers have been subjected to torture and other ill-treatment and been held in incommunicado detention. Israel must immediately release all Palestinians arbitrarily detained, including health workers. Hospitals and health workers are not targets. The int'l community esp Israel's allies must act to bring an end to Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza #EndGazaGenocide

Nie wieder… bedeutet mehr Waffen an Israel? Ein Mann aus Gaza ist erneut mit einem Eilantrag gegen Rüstungsexporte gescheitert. Das Ergebnis war zu erwarten. Nicht aber, dass das Gericht sich auf die unverbindliche neue Antisemitismus-Resolution stützt: lto.de/recht/hintergr…

Mit Simin Jawabreh und Amira Tamim habe ich über Staatsräson und Grundrechte gesprochen, über Antisemitismus und Rassismus, Meinungs- und Versammlungsfreiheit und innen- wie außenpolitische Doppelstandards. @ECCHRBerlin @amnesty_de loa.ecchr.eu/de/podcasts/st…

Zwar bestreiten die Richter nicht das "katastrophale Ausmaß des Kriegsgeschehens", aber unsere Mandanten könnten sich erst an deutsche Gerichte wenden, wenn sie "mit an Sicherheit grenzender Wahrscheinlichkeit" durch deutsche Waffen bedroht sind. Dagegen legen wir Beschwerde ein.

Amnesty sent a message that EU leaders could finally understand: Israel is committing #Genocide #Génocide #Völkermord #Genocidio #Genocidio #Genocidu #Genotsiidi #Kansanmurhaan #Ġenoċidju #Ludobójstwo #γενοκτονία #folkmord #genotsiid #folkedrabet #геноцида #népirtásnak in Gaza!

As one of the final chapters of the liberation of Syrian cities is concluded, the people of Derizor this morning are ecstatic. "heaven, heaven, heaven.. heaven is our nation"

🧐 Le ministre démissionnaire de l’Intérieur, Bruno Retailleau a dit vouloir suspendre la demande d’asile des Syrien·es. Un thread pour notre case du 10 décembre, préparé avec Valentina Napolitano, chercheuse à l’IRD

France, Austria, and Germany’s suspension of temporary protections for Syrians is both premature and irresponsible. Syria remains in a fragile transition, with its future governance, safety, and stability far from guaranteed. arabnews.com/node/2582419/a…

Gestern wurde Assad gestürzt. Heute stoppt das BAMF Asylentscheidungen für Syrer*innen. Das ist ein Skandal: Die Zukunft in #Syrien ist ungewiss. Es braucht keine Rückführungspläne, sondern die Chance, selbstbestimmt zu kommen, zu gehen oder zu bleiben. tagesschau.de/inland/syrien-…

This is @Amnesty response to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following the seizure of power by opposition forces in the capital city of Damascus: The historic opportunity to end and redress decades of grave human rights violations under President Assad must be seized. Amnesty International calls on opposition forces to break free from the violence of the past. The most important step is justice, and not retribution. Read here: amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Assad ist nicht mal einen Tag weg, und schon steht die AfD mit Abschiebe-Plänen parat, die Union nickt fleißig. Ob jemand geprüft hat, ob Syrien jetzt sicher ist? Natürlich nicht – Hauptsache, der schnelle Hass gegenüber Menschen kann wieder verbreitet werden.

🚨New @hrw report on war crimes + crimes against humanity in #Gaza. #Israel has committed: - Multiple war crimes of forced displacement; - Crimes against humanity - Ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the buffer zones + security corridors hrw.org/node/389665 🧵