
Milan Rai
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Milan Rai
@milrai
Ex-Peace News editor, peace activist, author.










1/. 18 years ago as the bombs rained down on #Iraq as Operation Shock & Awe began, Eric Levy was in Baghdad in a power station He'd gone to #Iraq with hundreds of human shields to try & stop an illegal war & to protect Iraqi civilians by staying in civilian infrastructure sites.


We're getting worrying reports that our colleague and friend, journalist @AhmedEttanji's house in the occupied territories of Western Sahara is surrounded by Moroccan security services this evening. His journalism has shed light on Rabat's human rights abuses in Western Sahara.

We wrote a piece for today's @thecontinent_/@mailandguardian, in partnership with @AfricaDemocracy on the outbreak of war in Western Sahara, and why Saharawi people have returned to armed struggle after a 29-year ceasefire agreement with Rabat: bucket.mg.co.za/wp-media/2020/…

URGENT: Today was the wedding of two of our friends and colleague journalists at @Equipe_Media: @AhmedEttanji and @ElkhalidiNazha in occupied El Aaiún, Western Sahara. Instead of celebration, it's been a day of terror from Moroccan police: 1/4












