Dr Ronan Lee
@ronanlee.bsky.social
@LeverhulmeTrust Early Career Fellow researching #Genocide #Politics Book 'Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech' @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social (http://bit.ly/3hKWhCS) Former MP, Parliamentary Secretary. Irish ☘️ Australian 🐨
Happy Bloomsday! ☘️ If James Joyce was writing 'Ulysses' today, Leopold Bloom's experience of life as an Irish Jew would likely be far more concerned with politics and current affairs than his focus on more mundane aspects of life in the novel. #bloomsday
We need to see this man in the Tour de France! Paul Seixas blasting his way up the Mur de Huy to win La Flèche Wallonne. Youngest ever winner. Mauro Schmid, Ben Tulett and Benoît Cosnefroy follow. #flechewallonne #paulseixas #murdehuy
'Places Forgotten by Maps: Myanmar’s Rohingya Refugees Face Starvation' - my latest article for the @asianaffairs.bsky.social blog. With photos thanks to @Rohimullahrp #Rohingya #Myanmar #genocide rsaa.org.uk/blog/myanmar...
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A few sentence reductions and releases for people who should never have been jailed in the first place. Pathetic. Myanmar frees Win Myint, cuts Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison term in amnesty deal #whatshappeninginMyanmar sc.mp/0ujhe?utm_sour… via @scmpnews.bsky.social
Myanmar frees Win Myint, cuts Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison term in amnesty deal
Newly elected president Min Aung Hlaing also commuted all death sentences and released 4,300 prisoners to mark the Thingyan new year.
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Eid Mubarak to Muslims celebrating around the world, wishing joy and peace especially to my #Rohingya friends.
"Ants with his pants" is the headline I'd have run with. Kenya arrests man trying to smuggle over 2,000 live ants in his luggage www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Kenya arrests man trying to smuggle over 2,000 live ants in his luggage
A man was arrested with more than 2,200 live garden ants in his luggage at Nairobi's main airport this week amid a rise in cases of smuggling of the insects in Kenya.
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📢Great news! Sirajul Islam's @ro_sirajul latest outstanding poetry book is now available With a beautiful cover pic by @CFWRohimUllah Delighted my research project can bring the work of Rohingya poets to the world rohingyafutures.com/resistance-for… #Rohingya #whatshappeninginMyanmar
UK government is making it more difficult for people escaping #whatshappinginMyanmar to claim asylum by stopping student visas. UK to end study visas for Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan students | Migration News | Al Jazeera aje.news/t3ziux via @AJEnglish
UK to end study visas for Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan students
The ban on students from the four countries comes amid a rise in anti-immigration sentiment in the UK.
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An outstanding photo essay by @CFWRohimUllah outlining the lived reality of Rohingya life and the daily threats of fires in the refugee camps. In Photos: Rohingya Refugees Watch Their World Burn – Again and Again @Diplomat_APAC thediplomat.com/2026/02/in-p...
In Photos: Rohingya Refugees Watch Their World Burn – Again and Again
Repeated fires in the refugee camps have become a deadly pattern, leaving already displaced families with nothing.
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Wishing a happy and safe #Ramadan to those celebrating. #ramadanmubarak Sittwe's Jama Mosque, closed since 2012, is still an important symbol of the long-term and legitimate presence of #Rohingya in Myanmar.
UK delivering more border chaos with changes to entry rules for dual citizens. Gabrielle was all set for a routine trip from Australia to the UK. Then the rules for dual citizens suddenly changed www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Gabrielle was all set for a routine trip from Australia to the UK. Then the rules for dual citizens suddenly changed
From 25 February all dual citizens visiting the UK must use their British passport, leaving many scrambling to get their documents in order
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Understandable anger about the Covid-era university experience. Certainly not the uni experience many were expecting. Students in England and Wales launch legal action over Covid-hit studies www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Students in England and Wales launch legal action over Covid-hit studies
More than 170,000 seek compensation after UCL Covid settlement opens door to claims across university sector
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These atrocities will only end with regime change. Myanmar junta continues airstrikes on Union Day, killing seven in Rakhine State #whatshappeninginMyanmar myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
Myanmar junta continues airstrikes on Union Day, killing seven in Rakhine State
The attacks took place as the regime celebrated a key pre-independence agreement between Myanmar’s ethnic groups
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The government comes to its senses at last. These elections should never have been postponed. Were they trying to infuriate voters? UK Government abandons plans to delay council elections after legal advice news.sky.com/story/govern...
Government abandons plans to delay council elections after legal advice
Thirty councils had delayed their elections until next year after the government asked them to - but they now have three months to prepare.
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Creating chaos abroad and chaos at home isn't paying off electorally for Trump. Trump’s Approval Rating Falls In 2 Polls As More Americans Reject His Immigration Policies via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
Trump’s Approval Rating Slips In Wake Of Pretti Shooting
Trump has a 45% approval rating in the latest poll released Tuesday.
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Always happy to join @Monocle_Radio's The Globalist to discuss the latest political developments from Myanmar. #whatshappeninginMyanmar monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Japan dissolves parliament: Will the gamble pay off? - Monocle
Japan prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s 12-day election campaign gets under way. And: why Ukrainian Fashion Week has been rescheduled.
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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. This remembrance is act of moral memory. A powerful reminder that genocide never starts with killing, it starts with words and prejudice.
Delighted to announce publication of Abul Osman's second poetry book ‘Longing: A Voice of Loss’. Available here: amzn.eu/d/4xXepZu More info: rohingyafutures.com/longing-a-voic… With excellent cover photography by @CFWRohimUllah #Rohingya #whatshappeninginMyanmar
Iran has become the main supplier of jet fuel to Myanmar's military. Outstanding reporting by @GavinFinchRtrs with @DevjyotGhoshal for @reuters @specialreports reut.rs/4aatNjP #whatshappeninginMyanmar #Rohingya
Iranian ships deliver jet fuel, urea to Myanmar junta
Iranian ships falsifying their journeys deliver jet fuel, urea to Myanmar junta, circumventing sanctions in both countries.
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'Blood-curdling accounts' of killings and sexual violence: What we know about landmark Rohingya genocide case. With some commentary from me about the #Rohingya community's experience of #genocide in #Myanmar news.sky.com/story/blood-...
'Blood-curdling accounts' of killings and sexual violence: What we know about landmark Rohingya genocide case
The accounts of the Rohingya people are being heard directly in an international court for the first time as Myanmar stands accused of committing genocide.
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Heartbreaking scenes at a Chanukah celebration on Bondi beach today. At least 12 people dead as Bondi Beach attack declared act of terrorism www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Breaking: At least 12 people dead as Bondi attack declared act of terrorism
At least 12 people, including one shooter, have been killed in an attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, NSW Police have confirmed.
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📢Great news: 'Let Me Shine' a new poetry book by Shofiqure Rahman is out now. 'Let Me Shine' is a living testimony of Rohingya resilience, memory and hope. 📚 Copies here: amzn.eu/d/2yeDuUr More info: rohingyafutures.com/let-me-shine... Cover pic: @CFWRohimUllah
Let Me Shine: A Voice from the Ashes (Rohingya Futures): Amazon.co.uk: Rahman, Shofiqure: 9798277752487: Books
Buy Let Me Shine: A Voice from the Ashes (Rohingya Futures) by Rahman, Shofiqure (ISBN: 9798277752487) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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89.6% of UK court judges are white (1/4/2024 data). Juries are far more representative of the community. Limiting jury trials risks an even more white-centric system than we have now. Labour should rethink this plan. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lammy’s jury trial plans are ‘massive mistake’, say Labour MPs and peers
Only cases such as murder and rape or offences carrying sentence longer than three years would face jury under plans
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US issues sanctions against Myanmar armed group over scams www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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🇮🇪💪🎉⚽️ Now to finish the job with a win in Budapest #COYBIG World Cup dream alive as brave Ireland shock Portugal www.rte.ie/sport/soccer... via @rte
World Cup dream alive as brave Ireland shock Portugal
On a dramatic night in Dublin, Troy Parrott struck a first-half brace to secure a remarkable 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory for Ireland against Portugal at Aviva Stadium.
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🇮🇪💪🎉⚽️ Now to finish the job with a win in Budapest #COYBIG World Cup dream alive as brave Ireland shock Portugal www.rte.ie/sport/soccer... via @rte
World Cup dream alive as brave Ireland shock Portugal
On a dramatic night in Dublin, Troy Parrott struck a first-half brace to secure a remarkable 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory for Ireland against Portugal at Aviva Stadium.
rte.ie
Democracy can be a powerful force against fascism. Hope these voters chose wisely. The Anne Frank House Museum was a polling place for today's #Netherlands 🇳🇱 election.
