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Mags Gainsborough

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Pen vs Sword Magazine @penvsswordmagazine.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Paul Conroy: Capturing Humanity’s Reality - The impact of his photographs and the challenges faced by photojournalists in today’s world. promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword... #Afghanistan #conflict #Libya #media #photographer #Photography #photojournalist #syria #Ukraine @reflextv.bsky.social
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Paul Conroy: Capturing Humanity's Reality » PEN Vs SWORD
Paul Conroy, a renowned photojournalist, has demonstrated unparalleled courage and determination in capturing the darkest corners of our world
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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
TIMES RADIO: Marie Colvin colleague 'ecstatic' at Assad's collapse | Paul Conroy buff.ly/3VyySux @listentotimesradio.bsky.social @reflextv.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
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Marie Colvin colleague 'ecstatic' at Assad's collapse | Paul Conroy
"I was so happy for the people of Homs, they really deserve this. They've been through hell."In 2012, photojournalist Paul Conroy was in the city of Homs, re...
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 09/12/2024
Former Syrian President Bashar Al Assad ruled ruthlessly for over two decades. With the help of Russian and Iranian forces, he also carried out some of the most vicious acts of the country’s 13-year civil war. We have documented many of these, from chemical attacks to the bombing of hospitals 🧵
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Watch all the prison release videos from Syria. Let Syrians feed you a taste of freedom. Imagine your own society opening its doors and borders. Imagine being free one day yourself, truly free. That’s what this moment invites.
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Roland Oliphant @rolandoliphant.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
A new dawn for Syria? @reflextv Paul Conroy on Syria, justice and journalism and liberation 12 years after Assad's forces wounded him and killed Marie Colvin. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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A new dawn for Syria? Plus: Paul Conroy on reporting from Homs
Podcast Episode · Battle Lines · 12/09/2024 · 49m
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Maher Akraa @maherakraa.com · 09/12/2024
Summary of the Statement by the "Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison" Regarding Reports of Detainees Trapped in the Prison: 1- The association confirms that detainees remain inside Sednaya Prison. 2- The last group of detainees was released on December 8, 2024, at 11:00 AM.
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Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hers a Vimeo link to my new track, recorded and shot in #Ukraine vimeo.com/1033158105
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Mags Gainsborough @mags-cymraes.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
So true 🫶🙏💚 #SyriaisFree
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Thinking today of Elizabeth Tsurkov, whom I never met personally but who wrote for us on several occasions. She was for years a must-read analyst on Syria's civil war and the armed groups fighting it until Kataib Hezbollah took her hostage in Baghdad ~2 yrs ago. I hope her captivity also ends soon.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/12/2024
Syrians around the world celebrate fall of Bashar al-Assad regime – video
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Syrians around the world celebrate fall of Bashar al-Assad regime – video
Syrians in cities across the world celebrated the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. People cheered, danced with flags and beeped car horns after the Syrian government was ousted in an end to the Assad family's 50-year rule * Syria live – latest…
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Qusay Noor @qusaynoor.net · 08/12/2024
We hope that experts around the world will come to this prison and try to find out all the places that are present and hidden underground in #SednayaPrison . #Syria
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Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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Maher Akraa @maherakraa.com · 08/12/2024
The lower underground cells of ⁧‫Saydnaya Prison‬⁩, infamously known as the "human slaughterhouse," remain sealed after the fallen regime disabled electronic gates and ventilation systems. These cells are referred to as the "red ward" or "death ward."
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Nicola @nicodel.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The Sednaya prison as a reminder that we can inflict on each other something worse than death is unbearable. The relief is mixed with a sense of despair watching every video
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Alejandro Soberano @alejandrosoberano.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I never heard about this torture before... it is even industrialized. Sednaya prison reports will show us again, how authoritarian regimes are always supported on terror and murder.
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News Feed @news-feed.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
@MiddleEastEye: 🔴 UPDATE #SyriaWar Two Syria Civil Defence rescue teams reach Sednaya prison Live updates ⤵️
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/live/live-syrian-rebels-close-damascus
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Zoë Flood @zoeflood.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
"...they never hesitated to help us, tending to our wounds and ensuring we had what little comfort they could offer, even as shells rained down around them." Powerful piece from Paul Conroy on the fall of Assad via the nightmare of Homs in February 2012: www.thetimes.com/article/1334...
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Assad made a hell of Homs, and my friend Marie Colvin his target
As the Syrian conflict reignites, the photographer remembers 2012 and events in the opposition stronghold when he was injured and the Sunday Times journalist was killed
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Leila @leilashami.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This is no ordinary prison. It was called 'the human slaughterhouse' by Amnesty International.
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Leila @leilashami.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Regardless of your shitty geopolitical analysis. Regardless of legitimate fears for the future. If you can't celebrate the collapse of one of the most brutal police states in history & liberation of prisoners from torture dungeons, then there is something wrong with your politics & humanity.
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Qusay Noor @qusaynoor.net · 08/12/2024
The search for detainees in #Saidnaya prison in #Syria is still ongoing. The prison is very large and requires access to its plans and the method of opening the sections that are difficult to discover with complex underground floors.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/12/2024
Missing US journalist Austin Tice believed alive in Syria, mother says
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Missing US journalist Austin Tice believed alive in Syria, mother says
Debra Tice and other relatives spoke at White House Friday after meeting with national security officials The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for more than a decade, said on Friday that she was confident her son was alive,…
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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 07/12/2024
These guys never gave up. What a week it must be for all of them. #WhiteHelmets
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The Syria Campaign @thesyriacampaign.org · 08/12/2024
Assad is gone. After decades of suffering under his brutal regime, Syrians are celebrating a historic moment of freedom and hope. This is the message we've waited so long to share: diary.thesyriacampaign.org/syria-is-fre... #Syria #FreeSyria
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Syria is free of Assad
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realdougpetepiece.bsky.social @realdougpetepiece.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
If your a Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social and Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social Fan like I am you really need to watch this Conversation about Paul's Brilliant book Under the Wire _Tough as Nails stories from #Syria www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnZy...
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In conversation with Paul Conroy - Under the Wire: Marie Colvin's Final Assignment
YouTube video by Frontline Club
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realdougpetepiece.bsky.social @realdougpetepiece.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Need a refresher of the #WarCrimes of #ASSAD @reflextv.bsky.social In this poignant and impactful narrative, Paul Conroy, a veteran photojournalist, recounts his experiences in Syria in 2012, alongside the acclaimed journalist Marie Colvin of The Sunday Times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtJ8...
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The Faces of War: A Glimpse Through Photojournalism | Paul Conroy | TEDxLisboa
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Petra Hongell @petrajoel.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
His account during the panel discussion after Chris Martin's incredible and harrowing documentary left no one untouched. Today, my heart goes out to him, and all people of 🇸🇾 who want nothing but #peace. (Tip: the 📽 on Marie Colvin, Paul Conroy and Wael is available on most streaming platforms.)
Under the wire documentary
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
“What she wrote that week was more than journalism — it was a testament to these people’s resilience and a call for the world to act. It is one of the finest pieces of war reporting ever published.” Paul Conroy on the 2012 siege of Homs and the murder of Marie Colvin www.thetimes.com/article/1334...
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Assad made a hell of Homs, and my friend Marie Colvin his target
As the Syrian conflict reignites, the photographer remembers 2012 and events in the opposition stronghold when he was injured and the Sunday Times journalist was killed
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Veronique Christophe @verochristo1.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Difficult to find a more authoritative and moral voice to tell the story of #Homs and #BabaAmr. Unsettling to consider all the suffering, but so important the world does not look away and helps to secure peace in #Syria. 🙏 ⬇️
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Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
My piece in this week’s Sunday Times #Homs #Syria t.co/7uU9iwbKh9
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https://www.thetimes.com/article/13345820-4d3d-473e-b7e6-836c0d0d36fa?shareToken=4918e26c124bf3bd13b6cdbbb1961569
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PaulTraynier @paultraynier.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Waking to the events in Syria. This program, still available on, 4 is amazing. This book and the documentary too. @reflextv.bsky.social
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Mags Gainsborough @mags-cymraes.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
SYRIA IS FREE! 🙏❤️
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Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Remembering all my friends from Homs who looked after us in the dark days of 2012 when Marie was killed and we were all so badly wounded. You never gave up on us, and many never made it through. Thank you all and enjoy the sweet taste of freedom. Shukran 🙏 ❤️❤️ #Syria #Homs
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 08/12/2024
DAMASCUS: From the heart of Damascus, in Ummayyad Square, those celebrating this monumental event and those fleeing the city now breathe the same air, as opposition forces move to fully take over. Assad reportedly left the country hours ago. ITS OVER
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Mags Gainsborough @mags-cymraes.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Well said 🙌 I honestly think the Gov't need to listen to this! A good conversation, with Guy and Hugh. Well worth a listen. #Farmers #Farmwashing #Riverford #RegenerativeAgriculture #foodsustainability #ClimateCrisis youtu.be/6IEDnROkco4?...
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Regenerative Agriculture’s Achilles Heel & The Devastating Impact of Annual Crops | Guy Singh-Watson
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A desperately needed step here from government to redress enormous funding gap for legal aid!🙏 “We will increase money for legal aid above and beyond inflation to address the fact that it hasn’t kept up with inflation for years.” t.co/4UfcZN0ewh
Screenshot of Times page with “Government pledges millions in legal aid to clear asylum backlog” headline & image of Shabana Mahmood in a blue outfit.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 25/11/2024
🇺🇦 Odesa was also hit by a Russian missile, which injured 11 people, incl. 8 who need to be hospitalized. The strike caused extensive to civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings, a school, a gym, cars, a dental clinic, a beauty salon, shops & flower stands. 📸 Odesa administration
A shocked civilian is looked after by a medic following a strike in Odesa.A man stands by a destroyed building and three destroyed cars in Odesa.A destroyed car in front of a destroyed building in Odesa.War crimes prosecutors work in front of a damaged buildings in Odesa.
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 25/11/2024
🇺🇦 This morning, Russia attacked the city center of Kharkiv again, this time with an S-400 missile which hit the ground. 23 people were injured, 14 hospitalized. 40 buildings and several cars were damaged. 📸 Kharkiv Administration
A war crimes prosecutor examining the scene of a Russian missile strike in the city center of Kharkiv. Servicemen search the rubble.A heavily damaged red brick building following a Russian missile strike.A damaged white car following a missile strike in Kharkiv.Damages in an office after a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv.
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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
If you signed the Change petition to save UWTSD, please do sign this one too—it addresses the Welsh Parliament / Senedd Cymru directly. #Lampeter, #SDUC, #CPDS
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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Making all coal tips safe must be a priority. The government can not let another Aberfan happen. #Wales #StormBert
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Abertillery: Landslip in former mining community
One man says he jumped out of his window as residents are taken to a leisure centre overnight.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK. Ditched voluntary pledge to improve animal welfare. Corporate pledges mean nothing when it comes to profits. Only legally enforceable requirements can hold corporations to account. www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
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KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK
Chain says it won’t be able to stop buying fast-growing breeds by 2026 because poultry industry cannot supply enough higher-welfare animals
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
“Handing vital infrastructure to private investment companies will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan.” A stark warning about BlackRock… they’re not here to help. They are here to seize control. That’s what they do.
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Labour is putting its plans for Britain in the hands of private finance. It could end badly | Daniela Gabor
Handing vital infrastructure to big finance will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan, says Daniela Gabor, a professor of economics and macrofinan...
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 16/10/2024
Ask your MP to better protect British Family Farms and ask supermarkets to STOP Farmwashing #FarmersAgainstFarmwashing Riverford UKSustain www.sustainweb.org/news/sept24-...
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Supermarkets: STOP Farmwashing | Sustain
Shoppers are being misled. Write to your MP today to protect British farmers by demanding tougher regulations on supermarkets.
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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The real #farming scandal is how farmers are screwed over by the #supermarkets. This from earlier this year. westcountryvoices.co.uk/time-to-get-...
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Time to get fair about farming! UPDATE
Update: Riverford’s petition will be debated in parliament Jan 22 with potentially important ramifications for farmers across the UK. We’ll be listening in. Devon-based Riverford (of veg box fame) hav...
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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 24/11/2024
⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
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Storyville Books Bookshop UK
Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.
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Mags Gainsborough @mags-cymraes.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
'No, Keir Starmer Is Not Going To Call An Election Just Because Lots Of People Have Signed A Petition' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/no-kei... via @HuffPostUKPol
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No, Keir Starmer Is Not Going To Call An Election Just Because Lots Of People Have Signed A Petition
More than a million people apparently want a re-run of July 4.
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Ïne Back Ïversen @ineiversen.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
10/ For decades, the Soviet Union covered up the Holodomor.Borders were sealed. Few photos taken for actual documentation made it out to the public. Still a few journalists like Gareth Jones & Malcolm Muggeridge managed to uncover the truth, yet their accounts were largely dismissed.
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Ïne Back Ïversen @ineiversen.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
1/ Holodomor Remembrance Day, the man-made famine orchestrated by Stalin’s regime to destroy Ukraine’s people & independence through starvation. 1932-1933 25,000 Ukrainians died every day. 1000pr hour 17pr min. 10 million starved to death. 🧵Here’s what everyone should know
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