Amina Samee
@aminasamee.bsky.social
Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapist • Interested in Anxiety, Depression, Somatic Therapy, Mental Health, Well Being & Mindfulness • Art, Literature, Theatre & Film Aficionado • Human Rights & Social Justice.
From cancer files to pregnancy records and vaccination cards, Israel's genocide in Gaza has erased vital medical histories, disrupting care for thousands
Gaza’s lost medical records after three years of genocide
From cancer files to pregnancy records and vaccination cards, Israel’s genocide in Gaza has erased vital medical histories, disrupting care for thousands
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The ICC: “It is an attempt to obstruct the course of justice and to prevent the court from doing what it was created to do. “It is an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order which strikes at the simple principle that no-one stands above the law.”
US hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions
Rolling coverage of the international stories of interest to our readers
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My interview from Dublin with Morning Ireland on the humanitarian challenges we are facing and more.👇
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 3d agoLife for people in Gaza "remains absolutely horrendous" with 90% of people living in temporary shelters, a high-ranking UN official has said.
One of those days when u want to hug a lawyer - because they right wrongs & make this currently awful world better. We are in ur debt SMD Solicitors, Phoenix Law, Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC & the legal team for #Palestinian students so unfairly refused visas to Ireland www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Three Palestinian students granted visas after Minister reverses refusal
A fourth student lost their appeal to the visa refusal
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On October 9, the United States government sanctioned the International Criminal Court, citing ICC jurisdiction over crimes by US nationals abroad. This is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law. Read HRW's statement: https://bit.ly/4zuGQqh
2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Navi Pillay concluded that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza: “Being a lawyer and a judge I still want to verify this information,"…Pillay referred to her recent work as chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the
South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize
South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.
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Savagery to say the least - Heartbreaking and gut wrenching statistics: 3 Years of Israel's Genocide in Gaza: By the Numbers
3 Years of Israel's Genocide in Gaza: By the Numbers
An empty ‘ceasefire,’ illegal land grabs, thousands of amputees, generational damage, and perpetual U.S. funding – Israel’s war on Palestinian life continues to unfold, three years later.
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Canada celebrates 'serendipitous' cultural moment as Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature reut.rs/4zo9d9r
Canada celebrates 'serendipitous' cultural moment as Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Poet and writer Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, spurring celebrations in her native Canada, a country that has long lived in the shadow of its southern neighbor but is enjoying heightened global attention as a foil to President Donald Trump's America.
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American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the on-board computer system used by Nasa for the Apollo moon missions, has died at the age of 90. jrnl.ie/7187550
Margaret Hamilton, Nasa scientist whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies aged 90
Her software intervened approximately three minutes before the mission touched down on the Moon, overriding a faulty script and ensuring it could safely land.
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"According to the document, #Israeli naval & aerial forces have murdered 235 Palestinian fishermen, injured 143 others, including 16 critically injured, & forcibly abducted 130 fishermen while they attempted to practice their profession." gazaherald.com/2026/10/05/e... #GazaNews #Israel #Zionism
Assassinating the Sea: Israel’s Systematic War on Gaza’s Fishermen, Food Sovereignty, and Economic Survival
For generations, the Mediterranean Sea served as the primary economic lifeline for the Gaza Strip, anchoring both its cultural identity and its local food supply.
gazaherald.com
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." — Yoda
Benjamin Davis, a former senior UN food agency official has alleged he was fired last week for his work highlighting hunger in Gaza, and has launched an appeal against his dismissal.
Former UN food agency official claims he was fired for highlighting hunger in Gaza
Benjamin Davis appealing against dismissal from FAO, after being accused by director general of playing ‘political games’
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A plaque honouring a Polish man who devised a scheme that provided relief to 200,000 children during the Great Famine will be unveiled in Glenties, Co Donegal later today
Polish man who provided Famine relief to be honoured
A plaque honouring a Polish man who devised a scheme that provided relief to 200,000 children during the Great Famine will be unveiled in Glenties, Co Donegal later today.
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There is nothing racist about any ethnic or religious group wanting their own homeland. The problem is if this desire is at the expense of another people. Zionism in practise meant "a homeland at the expense of Palestinians". It's really not hard to grasp this basic point!
So it’s a genuine question what do you use to fight racism? Because racism is being ignored by our political leaders when it’s levied on Black people and Muslims and in this country. We’re all tired of talking. We’re tired of seeing our concerns being ignored. So I ask again, how do you fight it?
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7d ago“Zionism is racism” is not a policy but a slogan. It compresses a complex history, going back millennia, and a very wide set of beliefs into one narrow meaning. The answer to genocide is not discrimination. We don't fight racism with racism. I’m gutted to see this motion adopted by the Green Party.
“The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.” — Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist
“…there has been a Zionist state showing us in stark terms exactly what Zionism is for eight decades. Zionism means nonstop apartheid, ethnic cleansing, war, genocide, and abuse. That is what Zionism is. The evidence is in. This is a settled matter.
I have sometimes been awestruck at the mysterious and incomprehensible way in which people find each other from opposite ends of the earth whose complexes are so beautifully matched...~Liz Greene (Or as the British theatre critic Kenneth Tynan put it: ‘We seek the teeth to match our wounds.’)
H.E. Tomoko Akane President of the International Criminal Court outlined the effects of US sanctions on her and her colleagues to a meeting of judges and practitioners at the Four Courts, Dublin today in the presence of the Chief Justice of Ireland Donal O'Donnell.
One from the archives (July 2023) "Is it representative of your impartiality to consistently call Israel an apartheid state?" "Its representative of the facts" ".. so you're.. saying Israel is a racist state?" "Yes" The head of Amnesty is clear. Israel is an apartheid state
“The estimate of the total amount of rubble in Gaza is 61 million tonnes. It is approximately 20 times the amount of rubble generated in all wars across the world over the last 18 years,” says Jaco Cilliers, the UNDP’s special representative in Palestine. www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
“Often, when we say it is “too late” for us to begin something, what we are really saying is that we aren’t willing to be a beginner. But when we are willing to dip our toe in, even just a little, we are rewarded with a sense of youthful wonder.
