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Riley Sparks

@sparksriley.bsky.social
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Journalist. Reporting on Gaza, migration/borders, human rights & aid @newhumanitarian.bsky.social. Researcher @ Canada Press Freedom Project. Signal: sparksriley.01 sparksriley@gmail.com linktr.ee/sparksriley

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hey wow @theglobeandmail.com this is new to me and I hate it a lot.
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Schwartz’s Deli in Montreal has switched from Cott’s Black Cherry Soda to Quebec-made Fleischer’s Original Black Cherry Soda after Refresco stopped manufacturing Cott products in Canada.
U.S. tariffs on aluminum and a 2023 provincial recycling deposit contributed to the end of Cott’s Canadian production.
Schwartz’s general manager Frank Silva says customers won’t switch back, even if Cott’s returns.

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Eric Reidy @ericreidy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“On Lesvos, the architecture of migration deterrence laid bare” My latest for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/editors-take...
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Eric Reidy @ericreidy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🚨New Gaza investigation @sparksriley.bsky.social & Ghada Abdulfattah spent months documenting Israel’s systematic erasure of communities & farmland in eastern Gaza and speaking to Palestinians who own the land and whose property rights are being usurped. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
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Israel’s campaign of erasure: The demolition of eastern Gaza
Analysis of satellite images points to a pattern of systematic destruction designed to lay the groundwork for annexation rather than reconstruction.
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Riley Sparks @sparksriley.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Eric Reidy @ericreidy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Our investigation "Targeted aid killings: How Israel starved a population and sowed chaos in northern Gaza" has been short listed for a 2026 True Story Award! Screen grab is from what the jury had to say. Read the investigation here: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
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J-Source @jsource.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A self-professed media watchdog has been weaponizing antisemitism and trying to poison journalistic standards on covering Palestine. Media workers spoke with @sparksriley.bsky.social about the perils of the relentless intimidation and disinformation manufactured by a ‘digital army for Israel:’
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HonestReporting Canada’s targeted harassment machine - J-Source
A self-professed media watchdog has been weaponizing antisemitism and trying to poison journalistic standards on covering Palestine. Media workers on the perils of the relentless intimidation and disi...
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 21/11/2025
Ghada Abdulfattah and @sparksriley.bsky.social for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on the ways Israel continues to throttle aid to Gaza, even post-ceasefire: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2025...
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Hobbled by obstruction and uncertainty: Gaza’s post-ceasefire aid response
Palestinians still face extreme deprivation as Israel continues to restrict humanitarian activities amid international jockeying over the future.
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Belkis Wille @belkiswille.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
THREAD: What does it mean to seek food in Gaza today? For many Palestinians, it means risking death. These are the stories behind the hundreds killed. #Gaza #HumanRights www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
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Eric Reidy @ericreidy.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Another absolutely critical, must-read in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social's "Don't look away" series of first-person articles from Gaza. This one by 22-year-old Hani Qarmoot on facing gunfire to get flour. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/firs...
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Under fire for flour: A night of survival in Gaza
Hani Qarmoot, a 22-year-old writer, recounts risking his life to get flour from one of the rare aid convoys Israel has allowed into northern Gaza.
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Riley Sparks @sparksriley.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
"Maybe they will say they did not know. But we will know the truth: They knew. They all knew. And they chose to look away."
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Jeremy Konyndyk @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.
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Tammam Aloudat @tammam.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Our @newhumanitarian.bsky.social investigation exposes how Israel targeted aid and starved Gaza. We spent 7 mths piecing together how UN developed this plan with communities in northern Gaza & how Israel destroyed it. Please read and distribute widely. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
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Targeted aid killings: How Israel starved a population and sowed chaos in northern Gaza
Experts say the series of Israeli attacks that violently dismantled a UN-backed humanitarian effort shows “a pattern of apparent war crimes”.
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