Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 10/02/2025@democracynow.org Are you hiring? I’m already doing a hell of a job for free. 140
Reposted by Elise SwainMiddle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Israel kills five journalists in clearly marked press vehicle in Gaza - www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-k…middleeasteye.netIsrael kills five journalists in clearly marked press vehicle in GazaAl-Quds Today staff were targeted outside a hospital, as number of media workers killed by Israeli forces exceeds 200 02423
Reposted by Elise SwainBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/12/2024An utterly damning and horrific image. 3824271245
Reposted by Elise Swain☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Last year, @eliseswain.bsky.social and I explained why the two of us, and also you specifically, all belong in prison at The Hague. It's still true! Merry Christmas. theintercept.com/2023/12/24/m...theintercept.comMerry Christmas! We All Belong in Prison at The Hague.Because human joy is anathema to us, on this day we direct your attention to your complicity in the violence in Israel and Palestine. 091
Reposted by Elise SwainLeandro Oliva @landomo.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Me when I arrive on a new social platform 041
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Omg interlude song on Democracy Now this morning is Mashrou’ Leila and my friend Narcy open.spotify.com/track/3hmUUu...open.spotify.comHa'oud (I Will Return)Yo-Yo Ma, Mashrou' Leila, NARCY · Notes for the Future · Song · 2021 010
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Threw my back out brushing my dog, car won’t start, off to service job post media industry collapse - this is 32 010
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 11/11/2024I’ve started bartending in the East Village post Intercept — Every Monday my dream is that all my saddest comrades join me at the bar for a journalism/media sad hour 061
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 27/08/2024A year ago today, I published a photo essay about what it was like to be friends with former Guantánamo Bay prisoners while reporting as a photojournalist at GTMO itself, America’s most shameful facility, while under extremely limited press access. Full story at The Intercept: t.co/qhGyxkwDdQt.cohttps://theintercept.com/2023/08/27/guantanamo-bay-photo-essay/ 031
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 14/08/2024NEW: An update in the 22-year long wrongful imprisonment of Ravil Mingazov from GTMO to the UAE — Ravil has now been forcibly repatriated to Russia — an outcome that shocked his family and raised mixed emotions. My full report here t.co/czMo8ab5BCt.coEx-Guantánamo Detainee Forcibly Repatriated to Russia Despite Fears of TortureAfter Guantánamo, Ravil Mingazov spent the last 7 years in the UAE as part of a secret U.S. deal that was said to bar further transfers with risks of abuse. 020
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 17/03/2024Hello I’m now unemployed I’ll be more active on here — buckle the fuck up. Let’s do my greatest hits from The Intercept dot com ⬇️ The dispatch that got me banned from GTMO theintercept.com/2023/08/27/g...theintercept.comCensorship Has Never Been Worse at Guantánamo BayReporters visiting Guantánamo Bay are forced to turn a blind eye as the military pretends the prison doesn’t exist. 020
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 26/07/2023The latest Guantánamo prisoner to be repatriated in Algeria has been brutally re-incarcerated and prosecuted on criminal charges, based on false information that the U.S. provided. My latest: theintercept.com/2023/07/26/guantan…theintercept.comDespite U.S. Guarantee, Guantánamo Prisoner Released to Algeria Immediately Imprisoned and AbusedThe U.S. said it pushed for Saeed Bakhouch’s “appropriate and humane treatment,” but he was immediately imprisoned and abused in Algeria. 051
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 27/06/2023NEW: Following U.N. Special Rapporteur's investigation into GTMO, both former Guantánamo prisoners stranded in Kazakhstan spoke to me about their continued arbitrary detention. theintercept.com/2023/06/27/guantan…theintercept.comKazakhstan Is Abusing Former Guantánamo Detainees, U.N. Report WarnsFormer Guantánamo prisoners stranded in Kazakhstan spoke to The Intercept about their continued arbitrary detention. 020
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 14/06/2023What could a dozen eggs cost, Michael? 10 dollars? 030
Reposted by Elise SwainAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/06/2023They desperately want him back 2631975
Elise Swain @eliseswain.bsky.social · 08/06/2023Scenes from Brooklyn on June 7th as the air quality reached hazardous levels of smoke pollution and residents were urged to stay indoors 2192