We did it! Taking an Emmy home for our film Yemen’s Covid Cover-up… So thrilled!! I wish the entire team was here to receive it. Well done to us all!
@BBCArabicPress
&
@frontlinepbs
Its important to acknowledge that if it wasn’t for
@AramRoston
’s incredible reporting for
@BuzzFeed
in 2018 this investigation wouldn’t have been possible. What he revealed gave me a starting point.
I first started investigating the murder of Martine Vik Magnussen over a decade ago and have spent all these years wondering what the main suspect Farouk Abdulhak has to say about what happened that night, I finally got answers..
#MurderInMayfair
Some personal news 📣: So excited to be joining the very talented team at Newsnight as International correspondent working on international coverage and investigations from around the world… but also very glad that I don’t have to say goodbye to my family at BBC arabic docs!
We’re delighted to announce Nawal Al-Maghafi
@BBCNawal
will join
@BBCNewsnight
as International Correspondent, in a new partnership with
@bbcworldservice
languages - working on international coverage and delivering investigations from around the world.
The BBC’s
@BBCYaldaHakim
has been reporting on
#Afghanistan
for over a decade, watch as Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen calls her live on air… interview in full
Our investigation filmed undercover in Baghdad and Karbala, some of Iraq's holiest shrines, exposes a secret world of sexual exploitation of children and young women by a religious elite...
#IraqsSexTrade
I’M BACK! I’ve spent over a month travelling more than 2000km across
#Yemen
to cover how a country already battling the worlds worst humanitarian crisis dealt with
#coronavirus
. I have so much content that I will be sharing over the next few weeks. Watch this space!
@BBCNewsPR
Our latest doc AMERICAN MERCENARIES: KILLING IN YEMEN is out tomorrow. For the first time on camera, former US special forces describe how they were hired by the UAE to carry out assassinations in Yemen.
Its been a few days since I got back from
#Yemen
.. no words can describe how difficult it is to see it so broken. Everyone I met, old friends and family, are exhausted from worrying about how they will make ends meet, food has become so expensive and most have lost their income.
Here it is: Our latest investigation how the UAE funded political assassinations in Yemen, documentary to follow tonight on
@BBCArabic
@BBCNewsnight
@BBCTwo
They arrived!The two
#Emmys
we won for Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade... delighted our film was recognised but even more grateful that I met this brilliant team through the making of the film and the incredibly brave women who shared their stories with us!
#IraqSexTrade
@BBCArabicDocs
Wonderful news!!!!! Hisham
@omeisy
has been released!!! This picture made my year... I hope to see all others arbitrarily arrested released immediately.
Meeting and saying goodbye to 8 year old Hassan was the hardest part of my
#Yemen
trip. His life was saved by Nurse Makiya at a malnutrition clinic in Aslam. She told me “He is getting better now but who will feed him once he goes back home?”. (Tweet 1/3)
Truly honoured, thank you.
The past few years have taught me how important our profession is,
to give voice to the voiceless and to hold the powerful to account on behalf of the powerless. Press freedom is being threatened all over the world, our work is needed now more than ever
So grateful for all the coverage of my investigation into Martine Vik Magnussen’s murder…you can now watch the documentary on
@BBCIplayer
via this link
This reminds me of when the Houthis entered Sana’a. Heartbreaking to latest event in
#Afghanistan
. 20 years of war, thousands of lives lost.. for what?
You’re not going to hear about the intense airstrikes that
#Yemen
is enduring right now, because Yemen’s telecom building was hit, causing a nation wide internet blackout. I could barely get through to anyone on the phone today.
Entisar Alhammadi is yet another victim of the Houthi’s systematic and organized crackdown on women and their freedoms, in areas they control. It’s devastating to see this become a pattern with no one being held accountable.
#Yemen
We are proud to honor
@BBCNawalMaghafi
with our Leo Nevas Human Rights Award. She is a torchbearer for the power of journalism to bring human rights abuses out of the dark.
#GlobalLeadership
TONIGHT my first piece as
@BBCNewsnight
’s International Correspondent: We spoke to Afghan interpreters who are amongst more than 1,000 ppl (500 of them children) who have been deemed eligible to come to the
#UK
by the MOD.
2 yrs on and they are stuck in hotels in
#Pakistan
.
Every time I go to
#Sanaa
there is so much that I no longer recognise... one place that always remained the same and reminded me of why I love Sanaa so much was Ali Alamranis Tea Cafe in the old city.. so sad to hear that he passed away. RIP Ali.
Thread:
Sex for Grades - university lecturers harassing female students, pressuring them for sex in return for grades or admission - is a scandal that's gone on for decades.
You asked
#BBCAfricaEye
to investigate.
This is what we found.
Full doc:
Thinking of you Hisham
@omeisy
... we certainly have not forgotten you! I wish there was something in my hands that I could do to reunite you with your family. The
#Houthis
must release all journalists/activists immediately... too many taken.. everyday is a day too long.
I know what i’ll be watching tonight! Tune in to BBC One tonight to watch as my brave friend and colleague
@BBCYaldaHakim
meets with a Taliban commander from the front line in her latest
@BBCPanorama
🙌
#Afghanishtan
What kind of country will Afghanistan become after falling to the Taliban?
@BBCYaldaHakim
meets a Taliban commander from the front line and hears from those in fear of the future.
@BBCPanorama
|
@BBCOne
| Tonight | 7:35pm
If there is anything these latest attacks on
#Yemen
teach us... it's how a 9 year long war waged against the
#Houthis
by a Saudi/ UAE coalition (backed by the US and UK) failed.
Heavy weapons involved in the
#Sanaa
battles, the roads out of
#Sanaa
are now blocked, both
#Saleh
& the
#Houthi
’s are calling for reinforcements. Terrifying for the millions of civilians caught in middle.
#Yemen
Back home after a long but insightful trip to
#Yemen
.. We travelled across the country and spoke to victims of the war and to a few people with power to end some of their suffering. I’m looking forward to putting the reports together and sharing their stories with you all!
The mothers I spent time with are terrified that their sons will b taken away to fight alongside the
#Houthis
(many have been taken by force). “Boys are no longer being taught to work towards becoming doctors or engineers -but to take up arms and defend, protect their dignity.”
Its been a few days since I got back from
#Yemen
.. no words can describe how difficult it is to see it so broken. Everyone I met, old friends and family, are exhausted from worrying about how they will make ends meet, food has become so expensive and most have lost their income.
Tonight on
#BBCNewsTen
- We meet 8 year old Alaa from
#Sanaa
. Once confined to rural areas, the threat of famine has now reached the capital My report from
#Yemen
.
I’ve been receiving reports from
#Sanaa
all day... people are falling ill with covid like symptoms. Signs of the second wave, but the
#houthi
authorities continue to cover it up. And now reports of
#airstrikes
across the city.
#Yemen
Such terrible news for the people of Yemen, efforts to extend the truce have failed. Millions will now be at risk if fighting resumes.
The past six months have brought desperately needed hope to millions of Yemenis. Heartbreaking news.
Feeding my baby daughter and thinking of all the new mothers in
#Afghanistan
who once looked into their daughters eyes and had such big dreams for them… I wonder how they must be feeling now…Knowing that with the Taliban now in control, most of those dreams are impossible.
You can watch our documentary tonight at 9pm on
@BBC2
or
@BBCArabic
and you can also listen to the detailed podcast dropping on The Documentary
@bbcworldservice
on the 24th April
علي عبدالله #صالح. الرجل الذي رقص على رؤوس الثعابين طوال ٣٥ عام، قُتل اليوم. البعض في #اليمن يبكون موته، وآخرون يحتفلون، ولكن لا خلاف بين أي أحد على الخوف والقلق مما هو آت. من مقابلتي مع صالح العام الماضي:
Please take the time to sign this petition today. Nasrin dedicated her life to
#humanrights
work, including defending women who peacefully protest against
#Iran
’s forced hijab laws. She has now been sentenced to 33 years in prison.
#FreeNasrin
Twitter friends. We need you. We've been putting the pressure on
#Iran
to
#FreeNasrin
via Instagram & Facebook but we really need your help too. Please help us mobilize on
@Twitter
. Take action now & share with others,
My question is… whats the difference between the locations that were targeted by the
#UK
/
#US
in
#Yemen
in the last 24 hours and those they supported the Saudi led coalition to attack in the last 8 years?
11 month old Abdulilahs mother Jameela tells me she has already lost her two other children to hunger, Abdulilah is all she has to live for. - Tonight on
#BBCNewsTen
my report from
#Sanaa
.
#Yemen
.
#StarvingYemen
As we drove up and down the mountains in Northern
#Yemen
on my recent trip, I saw a young boy about to hike up the mountain with a huge load of food on his back. So we stopped and I asked where he was going...“I’m delivering this for the people who live up there” he said.
#Yemen
The Houthi’s have vowed to respond to todays retaliatory strike and have positioned themselves as the only force in the region fighting for Palestinians in
#Gaza
Domestically they are using this position to recruit and gain more power. It’s the civilians that pay the price.
Footage of the aftermath of the retaliatory
#Israeli
air strikes on the Houthi movement in
#Yemen
, targeting the Hudaydah port. A day after a drone launched by the Houthis hit Tel Aviv.
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said his country aimed to send a message to the group.
#Yemen
: For the first time since February 2015 no Saudi-led coalition air raids were recorded in Yemen for an entire month. According to the Yemen Data Project
Goodbye beautiful Hanna... I’m already missing your sweet messages of support, your thoughtfulness, your kindness and your smile.. You will never be forgotten. ❤️
In the company of 2 brilliant journalists as we celebrate th life of th incredible Marie Colvin.
@bbclysedoucet
&
@kavpuri
... Support the Marie Colvin charity if you can- theyre doing great work supporting freelance female journalists in the Middle East.
#MarieColvin
Really proud to be sharing tonight’s
@frontlinepbs
episode with 3 other female filmmakers who I admire so much! First half is
@ramitanavai
&
@mais_mohammed1
’s film: Iraq’s Assassin’s and second half is our film: Yemen’s Covid Cover-up Produced by myself and
@saraobeidat
.
Praying that everyone sitting around the table realises the responsibility they shoulder... an entire nations people is deperate to live in peace and this peace process is the only way forward.
#Yemen
#Stockholm
From todays coalition attack in Northern Yemen. Reports of children killed and injured - this child is still wearing his school rucksack as he is rushed into hospital. 💔💔
#Yemen
“Why are you so optimistic about the
#Hudaydah
ceasefire?” **eyes rolling**... I have been asked this too many times today! My answer: because the thought of it falling apart, fighting resuming and aid/ food supplies not getting in to
#Yemen
is too horrifying to entertain!
One thing that stood out to me on this trip is the widespread fear in
#Houthi
held areas... no1 willing to talk, even when I promised not 2 ask about politics “we don’t want to get in trouble” they would say. Many homes broken into by the Houthis, many people captured.
#Yemen
@HindHassanNews
broke the story this weekend about how Foreign office official Mark Smith, whose job it is to advise the govt on the legality of arms sales, resigned from his job over UK arms sales to
#Israel
. You can listen to a clip of his interview on BBC Today here.
"Its actually quite clear... the state of Israel is perpetrating war crimes in plain sight"
Foreign office official Mark Smith, whose job was to advise the govt on the legality of arms sales, explains why he's resigned over UK arms sales to Israel.
The UK government has sold around £5.4 billion in arms since the war in
#Yemen
began in 2015. Today, the
#UK
government has pledged it would provide “atleast” £87m this year, down from £214m last year.
#YemenCrisis
Day 17 of Taliban ban on girls returning to secondary school in Afghanistan. Millions of girls across the country continue to be confined to their homes, deprived of an education
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn