@TierneyEB

Journalist & documentary maker, traveler, international news lover. Currently in Istanbul @AJEnglish. Formerly a @ABCaustralia @VICE @Vocativ @MSNBC @PBS

 Nairobi, Kenya
Joined February 2011
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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an American journalist, has been detained for 46 days in Kuwait under new security and fake news laws. The Kuwaiti government must release our friend & colleague immediately. Journalism is NOT a crime. Sign the petition: cpj.movements.mov/pet/kuwait… #FreeAhmed

Kuwait: Release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin from detention | SIGN NOW

An award-winning Kuwaiti-American journalist has been detained since March 3 for sharing publicly available, CNN-verified footage. Journalism is not a crime.

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We're getting to the point where pretty much everything in American public life will be conditioned on showing robust and unquestioning support for this one foreign country:
Alan Dershowitz@AlanDersh6 May 2024
Any university that divests from Israel should have its federal funding terminated.
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@abierkhatib7 May 2024
I didn’t see that coming from a state that has been killing children for 7 months and brag about it.. shocking tbh… A brutal arrest in Jerusalem of Yiftah Dotan, a former adviser to Labor legislator NaamaLazimi.
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This Palestinian fighter has joined the Jenin Battalion to fight Israeli military raids. Watch as get inside the new armed group @AJEnglish #Jenin #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #FreePalestine #humanrights #documentary #journalism #shortdocs youtube.com/watch?v=mSS51ZVh…

My life as a Palestinian fighter | Close Up

We gain rare access inside the Jenin Battalion, a new Palestinian a...

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@abierkhatib6 Feb 2023
More survivors .. More miracles. Please God 🙏 #Turkey #earthquake
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Have just used Happy Scribe get a transcript done. You can test it for free on your first file happyscribe.co/r/0ebddfbd6e @happy_scribe
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The apocalypse is nigh... maybe. Snag your tickets to @MMFlint's “The Terms of My Surrender” on Broadway. You know, just in case.
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I'm ebarassed & disturbed by the behavior of my fellow Italians #Italy #refugees #Eritrea xitter.cf/ajplus/status/90089475…
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@ajplus25 Aug 2017
Police in Rome use water cannons to evict 800 refugees from a squat.
Kim's death shows freelance journos face danger everywhere. This is heartbreaking. #Kimwall #solidarity newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

My Friend Kim Wall

The perils of the Swedish journalist’s work were numerous and varied. She pressed ahead, and would have wanted other women to do the same.

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Worth re-visiting how many—not just Trump—tried to cash in on anti-Muslim bias to attack Obama: youtu.be/Ztags2QS7FE HT @Dena
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Former Israeli leader Shimon Peres dies trib.al/evsTLub

Shimon Peres, Nobel winner and giant of Israeli politics, dies at 93

Leading political figure served twice as prime minister, once as president and won Nobel peace prize

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Tune into @Lateline tnt to hear the story of Russell, a young boy who was abused while at Cleveland Detention Centre.ab.co/2boSEDY

Teen tells of bashings, racial abuse by detention centre guards

A 17-year-old boy speaks out about regular bashings, racial abuse and humiliation at the hands of guards who targeted him at North Queensland's Cleveland youth detention centre.

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Terrific piece on @NewsHour about child soldiers struggle to escape ISIS. pbs.org/newshour/bb/one-syri…

One Syrian child soldier’s desperate struggle to escape ISIS

Their faces are flooding the internet: the thousands of child soldiers fighting in Syria. Whether they join armed groups out of economic need or a sense of cultural obligation, these children become...

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Glad to hear you feel this way. Hope you enjoyed the story!
Terrific story about autism and love on ABC's @Lateline. This will warm your heart. abc.net.au/lateline/content/…

ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.

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Tonight on ABC's @Lateline . Meet the people who spend time with paedophiles once they're realsed from prison. ab.co/2aRmM9h

The people who volunteer to spend time with paedophiles

Lateline spends time with members of a confronting treatment program where volunteers provide support to convicted child sex offenders.

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Ghazala Kahn, whose son died in Iraq in 2004, on Trump. "He knows nothing about true sacrifice" washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | Ghazala Khan: Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice.

Trump said he would like to hear from me about my son. Here’s what I have to say.

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Mediterranean 2016: 251,557 sea arrivals; 3,034 dead/missing 29July #refugees #migrants bit.ly/1O7Vv1N
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Powerful pix capturing street executions after President vows to eliminate drug crime.bit.ly/2a0XO9g xitter.cf/donditawatao/status/75…
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@ Nbenotm Im a journalist based in Sydney. Looking to do a story here and would love to have a chat. Have an email? Thx
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