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Above are links to all my sketches drawn at two wonderful Letter Live events at Hay Festival. Also, this happened: Shaun Usher, the author of the Letters of Note books and one of the people behind Letters Live was so kind to pass a copy of my Letters Live Drawings book on to Benedict.
https://twitter.com/shaunusher/status/1533504833382137858?s=21&t=7sfPsUgj4jnsJISco6zxBw
#letters live#hay festival#hay festival 2022#drawing#pencil#life drawing#benedict cumberbatch#joely richardson#elif shafak#jordan stephens#nina sosanya#louise brealey#lyse doucet#ardal o'hanlon#vera graziadei#toby jones#sir ian rankin#simon schama#shaun usher
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Two years of Sapan, honouring Lyse Doucet, a music competition, and more
Can you believe Sapan has been at it for two years?
That’s the Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, ICYMI (‘in case you missed it’ for the uninitiated, helping you get with it, you’re welcome)
Excited for the second anniversary event up this Sunday, hosted by the amazing Khushi Kabir in Dhaka, taking forward the legacy of our late friend Kamla Bhasin at Sangat.
We’ll review what we’ve done…
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#Activism#democracy#Human rights#journalism#Kamla Bhasin#Khushi Kabir#lyse doucet#music competition#pakistani woman scientist#Politics#sangat#sapan network#sapan news#Southasia
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Millions face starvation in Sudan as warring factions block aid delivery
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As many as 5 million people are facing starvation in Sudan, where more people have been displaced by fighting than in any other conflict.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed since war broke out in 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and their rivals, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Around 8 million people have fled to neighbouring countries.
There is fighting across much of Sudan. Most of Darfur is controlled by the RSF as well as large parts of Khartoum. Fighting is continuing in West Kordofan and South Kordofan in the south, cutting them off from the rest of the rest of Sudan.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Feras Killani and Lyse Doucet.
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by Hadar Sela
“More than 50 journalists have sent an open letter calling on Israel and Egypt to provide “free and unfettered access to Gaza for all foreign media”.
The letter is signed by correspondents and presenters for broadcasters with UK bases, including the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen, Lyse Doucet and Mishal Husain.
It says the need for comprehensive on-the-ground reporting is “imperative”. […]
The letter calls on Israel’s government to “openly state its permission for international journalists to operate in Gaza”.
It also asks Egyptian authorities to allow foreign press access to the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza.”
In addition to Jeremy Bowen, Lyse Doucet and Mishal Husain, the other thirteen BBC journalists who signed the letter include Orla Guerin, Clive Myrie, Fergal Keane, Quentin Sommerville and Tom Bateman.
The next morning, Jeremy Bowen put out the following Tweet:
That edition of BBC Radio 4’s ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ was aired on February 17th and Bowen’s piece is the lead item (from 00:37 here).
“International media have been campaigning to gain access to Gaza in the months since the Israeli bombardment began – with only occasional access granted, which is closely supervised by the Israeli military. More often, news organisations have relied on Palestinian journalists already living and working in Gaza, who continue to operate under dangerous conditions. Jeremy Bowen reflects on the difficulties of telling the story of the Israel-Gaza war.”
Bowen: “Israel and Egypt – the two countries that control the borders – don’t let international journalists into the Gaza Strip. […]
I can only surmise that Israel is not allowing reporters to work freely inside Gaza because their soldiers are doing things they do not want us to see.”
Later in the item, Bowen refers to the case against Israel brought to the ICJ by South Africa, claiming that “the court has ruled that Israel has a plausible case to answer on allegations of genocide”. After that debatable interpretation of the court’s ruling, Bowen goes on to tell BBC audiences that:
Bowen: “…foreign journalists might uncover evidence that backs up those accusations of war crimes as well as the even more serious one of genocide. Till we get in, we’ll never know.”
In other words, Jeremy Bowen – and presumably his co-signatories too – would have the public believe that only reporting on the ground in the Gaza Strip by him and his colleagues can provide an accurate account of what is happening there.
That assertion, however, is not even remotely supported by the records of Bowen and others among the signatories when they have been given free access to report from the Gaza Strip in the past. Here are just a few examples:
In 2012, Bowen (and others) tried to persuade BBC audiences that an Israeli operation against Hamas was in fact part of an election campaign:
EXAMINING THE BBC’S PORTRAYAL OF OPERATION ‘PILLAR OF CLOUD’ AS ISRAELI ELECTIONEERING
During the same operation, BBC journalists vigorously promoted a story concerning the death of the son of a BBC employee which was later shown to be inaccurate. Jeremy Bowen was the corporation’s Middle East editor at the time.
REVISITING A FIVE YEAR-OLD BBC STORY
During the 2014 conflict, Bowen promoted unverified casualty figures and devoted considerable energy to denial of Hamas’ use of civilians as human shields while providing amplification for accusations of ‘war crimes’ and ignoring the issue of shortfall missiles.
BBC CLAIMS THAT ISRAEL TARGETED A CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED IN GAZA SHOWN TO BE INACCURATE
HAMAS PR DEPARTMENT INVOKES BBC’S BOWEN
BBC’S BOWEN SAW NO HUMAN SHIELDS IN GAZA – BUT REPORTS THEM IN MOSUL
IN WHICH THE BBC’S JEREMY BOWEN REPEATS HIS ‘NO HUMAN SHIELDS IN GAZA’ CLAIMS
During the same 2014 conflict, the BBC’s Lyse Doucet produced remarkably little – and distinctly unhelpful – reporting on the topic of Hamas’ tunnel system as well as reporting from locations in Gaza including the Shuja’iya neighbourhood.
BBC FAILS TO ADEQUATELY INFORM AUDIENCES ON TERRORIST TUNNELS (AND WORSE)
TWENTY-THREE SECONDS OF BBC REPORTING ON GAZA TUNNELS
EXAMINING LYSE DOUCET’S CLAIM THAT SHE REPORTED NEW HAMAS TUNNELS ON BBC
BBC’S DOUCET PROMOTES AND AMPLIFIES HAMAS “MASSACRE” PROPAGANDA ON WS RADIO
BBC NEWS PASSES UP ON THE CHANCE TO CORRECT GAZA MISINFORMATION
Orla Guerin’s contributions to BBC coverage of the 2014 conflict included promotion of unverified Hamas-supplied casualty figures and the notion of Israeli ‘occupation’ of the Gaza Strip nine years after disengagement. Like her colleague Jeremy Bowen, Guerin also saw no evidence of Hamas’ use of human shields during her time reporting from the Gaza Strip.
ORLA GUERIN’S PARTING SHOT BREACHES BBC EDITORIAL GUIDELINES
BBC COMPLAINTS: ‘IT WAS HARD FOR JOURNALISTS IN GAZA TO SEE ROCKETS BEING FIRED’
In 2018 Jeremy Bowen misled BBC audiences on the topic of the background to the ‘Great Return March’.
BBC’S MIDDLE EAST EDITOR ‘EXPLAINS’ GAZA VIOLENCE
In 2021 Bowen produced a particularly egregious report about deaths caused by a shortfall missile.
BBC’S JEREMY BOWEN REWRITES THE BEIT HANOUN SHORTFALL ROCKET INCIDENT
In other words, even at times when BBC journalists have had free access to the Gaza Strip during periods of violence and armed conflict, their physical presence on the ground did not guarantee accurate and impartial coverage.
Indeed, the current conflict demonstrates precisely how years of serial BBC avoidance of topics such as the Hamas tunnel network, weapons smuggling, Hamas’ use of human shields and its abuse of civilian facilities such as hospitals, schools, universities and mosques have been profoundly unhelpful to members of the BBC’s funding public who are now trying to understand the background to the events since October 7th.
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" I love Hay. The amazing @lyse.doucet came to read a Martha Gellhorn letter; I am resolved that she will be my new BFF. Some bloke photobombed us but what can you do? "
Loo posted this picture with Benedict (and Lyse Doucet) on her Instagram, after Letters Live at Hay Festival on June 7, 2022.💛
#benedict cumberbatch#Louise brealey#hay Festival 2022#letters Live 2022#sherlock cast#their friendship after all these years is still going strong#so lovely to see#news#my post
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An audible sigh of relief in the Middle East
The latest round in the longstanding, dangerous rivalry between Israel and Iran seems over for now, Lyse Doucet writes.
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Iran Israel: An audible sigh of relief in the Middle East
By Lyse Doucet,Chief international correspondent, 20 Apr 24, more https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68861607
The latest round in the region’s most dangerous rivalry appears to be over, for now.
Israel still has not officially acknowledged that the attack in Iran in the early hours of Friday morning was its doing.
Meanwhile, Iran’s military and political leaders have downplayed,…
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"Unveiling the Exhilarating Escape: Lyse Doucet's Daring Dash to Safety in Riveting Live Israel Report"
During a live broadcast from Israel, Lyse Doucet, the BBC’s chief international correspondent, faced a critical situation which ultimately led to her being advised to relocate in order to safeguard her own well-being. The incident unfolded in the vicinity of Ashkelon, where the air was thick with black smoke emanating from a yet unknown source. Furthermore, there was a looming danger of potential…
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Whether world leaders should engage with the Taliban government is complicated, writes Lyse Doucet.
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The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Port Sudan as thousands flee.
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Moments of reflection from a year of war
“As Russia launched its full-scale invasion on the night of 24 February 2022, life for Ukrainians went underground - to basements, bunkers, bomb shelters, metro stations. BBC teams set up a makeshift, round-the-clock operation in a car park beneath the streets of Kyiv. Lyse Doucet was among them. Did we have enough food and water to last, perhaps, for weeks? Were we ready to remain in a city where Russian troops could, possibly, be on the streets? We lived and worked, mattress-to-mattress, with Ukrainians who asked the same questions. Our neighbours included Liana, her teenage son Rustam and her mother Vera. Their Maine Coon cat Tyson never lived up to his namesake, the champion boxer; he hid under a bed above ground. ...”
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Russian travelers arriving at the Vaalimaa border crossing between Finland and Russia. Its emptiness speaks of new European division.
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Turkey-Syria Earthquake Death Toll Passes 28,000 As Rescue Hopes Dwindle
Unrest in southern Turkey has disrupted rescue efforts in some places following Monday's deadly earthquake, three rescue groups have said.
The death toll in Turkey and Syria from the quake has surpassed 28,000, and hope of finding many more survivors is fading despite some miraculous rescues.
German rescuers and the Austrian army paused search operations on Saturday, citing clashes between unnamed groups.
Security is expected to worsen as food supplies dwindle, one rescuer said.
Turkey's president said he would use emergency powers to punish anyone breaking the law.
An Austrian army spokesperson said early on Saturday that clashes between unidentified groups in the Hatay province had left dozens of personnel from the Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit seeking shelter in a base camp with other international organisations.
"There is increasing aggression between factions in Turkey," Lieutenant Colonel Pierre Kugelweis said in a statement. "The chances of saving a life bears no reasonable relation to the safety risk."
The quake was described as the "worst event in 100 years in this region" by the United Nations aid chief, who was in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras on Saturday.
"I think it's the worst natural disaster that I've ever seen and it's also the most extraordinary international response," Martin Griffiths told the BBC's Lyse Doucet in Turkey.
"We have more than a hundred countries who have sent people here so there's been incredible response but there's a need for it," he added.
Mr Griffiths has called for regional politics to be put aside in the face of the disaster - and there are some signs that this is happening. -(source: bbc)
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“It’s what we know, not what you want us to believe.”
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Olena Zelenska: We will endure
Olena Zelenska: We will endure
Olena Zelenska tells the BBC’s Lyse Doucet cold and blackouts are not the worst things Ukraine has faced.
#Olena #Zelenska #endure
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Olena Zelenska: We will endure
Olena Zelenska: We will endure
Olena Zelenska tells the BBC’s Lyse Doucet cold and blackouts are not the worst things Ukraine has faced.
#Olena #Zelenska #endure
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