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Eliza Mackintosh

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Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise @CNN . Formerly @washingtonpost , @storyful . Granite stater in the big smoke. eliza.mackintosh @cnn .com

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Eliza Mackintosh
6 months
CNN’s analysis of dozens of videos and testimonies from 22 eyewitnesses’ casts doubt on the Israeli military's timeline of February 29, when more than 100 people were killed and 700 injured during a food aid delivery southwest of Gaza City.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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After minute of silence, crowd in Barcelona's Plaza Catalunya erupts in chants of "no tinc por" (in Catalan: we have no fear).
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CNN reporters traveling with the Israeli military in central Gaza witnessed their destruction of cemeteries firsthand. Their armored vehicle drove directly through the New Bureij cemetery on a freshly bulldozed dirt road, graves visible on either side.
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"Being American is more than a pride we inherit. It’s the past we step into and how we repair it." -- @TheAmandaGorman
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2 years
Children trapped in Mariupol's steel plant reportedly going grey, losing hair from stress of watching their parents die in front of them. “Many began to stutter ... Some are losing hair and teeth.” Devastating reporting from @PaulinaOlszanka on the situation inside Azovstal.
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Paulina Olszanka
2 years
A piece Ivan Posylnyi and I wrote about what's happening inside Azovstal. .
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Eliza Mackintosh
4 years
"Two bullets is enough." @CNN investigation into massacre video raises questions for Ethiopian Army. Our latest Tigray report @bethlehemfel @GianlucaMezzo @katie_polglase @nimaelbagir
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Eliza Mackintosh
3 years
The Ethiopian Prime Minister's fall from grace has confounded many observers. But diplomats, analysts, journalists and others who have followed his career closely say that even at the height of "Abiymania," there were warning signs. My story on Abiy Ahmed:
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Eliza Mackintosh
8 years
. @CNN drone footage shows scale of devastation in #Baghdad , where suicide bombers killed more than 200 people.
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2 years
. @DrTedros : Only one convoy of humanitarian aid crossed into Ethiopia's #Tigray region last week, carrying food, water and sanitation supplies. In spite of a truce called seven weeks ago, people there are still suffering one of the longest blockades in history.
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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@DrTedros @DrMikeRyan "Current supplies of food are too little to sustain life. The health system has collapsed. People are starving to death and it is intentional. Things are so bad that journalists cannot even access the region, removing the world’s eyes to what is happening"- @DrTedros #Tigray
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Eliza Mackintosh
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“No help, no food, nothing.” Eritrean troops -- some wearing old Ethiopian military uniforms -- are blocking aid to starving populations in Tigray more than a month after the country's Nobel Peace Prize winning leader pledged that they would leave.
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
Despite a comms blackout + media ban, @CNN journalists were able to gather extensive eyewitness testimony detailing massacres, sexual violence + other abuses carried by Ethiopian + Eritrean soldiers in Tigray. Proud of this team @GianlucaMezzo @katie_polglase @bethlehemfel + more
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Nima Elbagir
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This a team nomination and we are incredibly grateful that in a conflict in which victims - and the journalists reporting on them - have been gaslit and harassed ⁦ @PeabodyAwards ⁩ saw the value and importance of these stories from #Tigray
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Eliza Mackintosh
7 years
"We'll get on with it," Londoner Ian Thom says. He was making balloon animals for passersby on Sunday, hoping to make people smile.
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Eliza Mackintosh
9 years
. @Deray on #Ferguson + how activists have used social media as a "weapon against erasure." http://t.co/o4Qq2eFJqC http://t.co/JEbFZcaSXZ
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2 years
Despite a nearly 2-year information blackout, @CNN has exposed evidence of massacres, sexual violence and other abuses carried out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Proud of this work, now nominated for three @newsemmys . Read and watch our investigations here:
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News & Documentary Emmys
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The #NewsEmmys nominees for Best News Coverage—Short Form are @vicenews ( @VICE ), ( @nytimes ), ( @CNN ), ( @WSJ ).
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Eliza Mackintosh
6 years
#Trump baby balloon slowly rises over Parliament Square, to cheers from the crowd below
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Eliza Mackintosh
3 years
A Black single mum moved her family from London to leafy Wales in search of more space and fresh air. But, after suffering years of racist abuse, her son was pushed to his death. Now authorities are refusing to prosecute. @tarajohn offers a stark look at rural racism in the UK:
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Tara John
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A 13-years-old was pushed into a river and drowned. He was the only Black child there. But authorities are refusing to prosecute the suspect despite having evidence for a manslaughter conviction. They say it would be detrimental to his "future prospects."
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Eliza Mackintosh
3 years
The US Senate has unanimously passed a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, after a @CNN investigation.
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
Plus one more @newsemmys nomination for our report from central Tigray, where @nimaelbagir and team witnessed Eritrean soldiers, some disguising themselves in old Ethiopian military uniforms, manning checkpoints and obstructing aid to starving populations.
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Eliza Mackintosh
3 years
NEW: UN spox @StephDujarric confirms "blockades by military forces" in Ethiopia's Tigray region have severely impeded humanitarian aid access following @CNN investigation
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Eliza Mackintosh
7 years
Brilliant sign in #FinsburyPark : "If you attack my greengrocer (Muslim), you also attack my baker (Jewish)... & my barista (a hipster)."
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Eliza Mackintosh
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A CNN investigation has revealed in unprecedented detail how Israeli forces used indiscriminate fire, over the course of one harrowing night in early January, killing half a family sheltering on Salaheddin Street in central Gaza.
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Eliza Mackintosh
4 years
Women are being raped, drugged and held hostage in Ethiopia’s bloody border conflict. One doctor said it was “practically a genocide.” My latest with @bethlehemfel @GianlucaMezzo @katie_polglase @nimaelbagir @ArvanitidisCNN
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Eliza Mackintosh
7 years
"I wanted to make some memories here," Christine Yang says. Yang and her groom weren't deterred from taking their wedding photos today.
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Eliza Mackintosh
7 years
Mark Tate, a street performer, sparkles in the afternoon sun. "I wouldn't want what happened last night to stop me from coming out here."
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Eliza Mackintosh
4 years
US turns its attention to #Tigray conflict after media reports on ethnic violence and ongoing atrocities, including @amnesty , @nytimes and our @CNN investigation.
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Secretary Antony Blinken
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I discussed the United States’ concerns about the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region with Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli today. Action to end hostilities and protect civilians is urgently required. The United States remains ready to assist in resolving the conflict.
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
She’s here! So proud to receive an Emmy Award for our investigations into the Ethiopia war. Congrats to @GianlucaMezzo @katie_polglase @BethlehemFeleke + the rest of our indefatigable team, who blended shoe-leather reporting with open-source methods to reveal atrocities in Tigray
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Eliza Mackintosh
4 years
They thought a holy festival would bring respite from weeks of conflict. But it was the start of a three-day killing spree. The culmination of months of painstaking reporting by @bethlehemfel , @GianlucaMezzo , @katie_polglase + me for @CNN :
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
Despite a 2-year media blackout, @CNN has exposed evidence of massacres, sexual violence and abuses carried out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. So proud of this work and our dogged team, which has just won a @newsemmys . Read and watch our investigations here:
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News & Documentary Emmys
2 years
The #NewsEmmys Award for Outstanding Research: News goes to Ethiopia: Exposing the Hallmarks of a Genocide ( @CNN ).
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
“They were shooting directly at the journalists.” New video evidence and eyewitness testimony suggests Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American, was killed in a targeted attack by Israeli forces. Our weeks-long investigation:
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Eliza Mackintosh
4 years
👇🏻THREAD: How @CNN and @Amnesty verified a massacre perpetrated by Ethiopian soldiers, caught on video near the town of Mahbere Dego in central Tigray, Ethiopia
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CNN International
4 years
CNN has investigated a gruesome video appearing to show Ethiopian soldiers carrying out extrajudicial executions of unarmed men in Tigray, Ethiopia. This is what we found:
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Eliza Mackintosh
1 year
Some personal news: I’ve been appointed Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise, for Europe, Middle East and Africa, at @CNNI . Grateful and excited to get started. DM me with your stories and tips!
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Eliza Mackintosh
6 years
An orange-hued 19.6 feet tall baby Trump, clutching a tiny mobile phone and sporting a giant diaper, is being inflated in London’s Parliament Square
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
Days after Moscow invaded Ukraine, a Russian plane stood on a Khartoum runway, a strip of tarmac surrounded by sand. Its cargo? Gold. CNN investigates the Kremlin's grip on Sudan's riches and politics. A must-read by @nimaelbagir , @tamaraqiblawi + co:
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Eliza Mackintosh
8 years
"My entire family's gone." Syrian describes losing 25 relatives in chemical attack. Story by me + @tamaraqiblawi :
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Eliza Mackintosh
6 years
Do you know what’s in your table salt? In most developed countries, salt has been fortified for nearly a century. Which is why iodine deficiency — the world’s leading cause of preventable mental impairment — is almost unheard of in places like the US.
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Eliza Mackintosh
8 years
"People came to buy clothes to celebrate Eid. Now, they're buying coffins." #BaghdadAttack #تفجير_الكرادة
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Eliza Mackintosh
7 years
"We're going to see Romeo & Juliet, a play about love. That's what this city needs right now, love," a theatergoer outside the Globe says.
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Eliza Mackintosh
3 years
Photos and documents obtained by @CNN show that @flyethiopian transported weapons for the war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region -- on one flight, carrying them alongside flowers bound for Belgium. Latest from @GianlucaMezzo @katie_polglase @nimaelbagir
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Eliza Mackintosh
8 years
Syrians are sharing this photo featuring 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, asking why the world hasn't acted in #Aleppo .
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Eliza Mackintosh
1 year
Hamas militants choked off avenues of escape from Nova music festival, killing people hiding in bomb shelters before swarming the site, CNN’s analysis of more than 50 videos and interviews with 13 survivors shows. New @CNN investigation into the massacre:
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Eliza Mackintosh
4 years
Through forensic frame-by-frame analysis of the video — corroborated by @Amnesty — as well as interviews with family members and local residents, @CNN established that Ethiopian soldiers executed a group of unarmed men before disposing of their bodies near Mahibere Dego, Tigray
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
Comprehensive new visual investigation into Russia's atrocities in Bucha. Drawing on CCTV, intercepts and eyewitness testimony, it maps the bodies of more than 450 people, most with signs of violent death, onto a 3D model of the once sleepy suburb. Each is a potential war crime
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SITU Research
2 years
Today, @ap , @frontlinepbs , and @situ_research release “Crime Scene: Bucha,” a 15-minute video investigating alleged Russian atrocities committed in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine. Watch the full video here:
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Eliza Mackintosh
3 years
When there was a knock on Yulia Olkhovska's front door at 5:30 a.m., she knew who would be waiting for her in the pre-dawn darkness outside. But she was still terrified. My latest on Russia's reign of terror in occupied areas of Ukraine:
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Eliza Mackintosh
3 years
How Facebook became another front in Ethiopia’s civil war. My report:
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
Shireen Abu Akleh's family call on @POTUS to meet them during his visit to Jerusalem, demand FBI investigation. “You administration’s engagement has served to whitewash Shireen’s killing and perpetuate impunity … It is as if you expect the world and us to now just move on."
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Lina Abu Akleh
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This morning, our family sent this letter to @POTUS demanding that he meet with us during his upcoming trip to the region. We deserve accountability. #JusticeForShireen
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
As Putin sought to cover up the scale of troop losses in Ukraine, injured Russian soldiers were spirited across the border to Belarus. These doctors were forced to treat them. Our interactive investigation:
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Eliza Mackintosh
3 years
After facing criticism for "fanning ethnic violence" in Ethiopia, Facebook has removed a post by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed calling on citizens to take up arms and "bury" rebel forces advancing on the capital Addis Ababa.
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Eliza Mackintosh
4 years
On Tuesday, @MSF staffers traveling in a marked vehicle encountered the aftermath of an ambush on an Ethiopian military convoy. Ethiopian soldiers at the scene stopped the MSF car and two public transport mini-buses. At least four men were dragged off the buses and shot.
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MSF East Africa
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“We are horrified by the continued violence in #Tigray , #Ethiopia . This includes the extrajudicial killings of at least 4 men who were dragged off public buses & executed by soldiers, while our staff members were present, on Tuesday 23 March " Read:
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“Hello. Is this the place where I can find out if the person is still alive?” Russian soldiers' families have few sources of information about their fates. One of them is a call centre in Kyiv. CNN Exclusive report by @sebshukla @MarquardtA @cstreib :
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Eliza Mackintosh
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The #MeToo movement in Senegal is known as #Nopiwouma (I will not shut up), but it’s been difficult getting people to speak out about abuse. Meet the courageous women trying to change that. The latest in @CNN ’s #AsEquals series from @stilotta + me:
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Eliza Mackintosh
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In freeze-frames of the footage, soldiers can be seen wearing uniforms with embroidered Ethiopian national flag patches on the shoulder and black "Ethiopian Army" stitching on the lapel. The uniforms appear to match those worn by the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF).
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Eliza Mackintosh
6 years
Pro-tip from 16yo Swedish activist @GretaThunberg , who is urging #Davos elite to act on the climate crisis: "I used to be angry at these people, but I've transformed that anger into doing things ... I use my anger as a sort of fuel." (h/t @IvanaKottasova )
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Eliza Mackintosh
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A new investigation by @washingtonpost , @LHreports and a news consortium shows how the EU is supporting and financing aggressive operations by governments in North Africa to detain tens of thousands of migrants each year and dump them in remote areas, often barren deserts:
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Lighthouse Reports
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Tens of thousands of Black refugees & migrants are being rounded up across North Africa & dumped in the desert & remote areas, sometimes left for dead These operations are secretly financed with European money, despite regional and EU denials 🧵
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Eliza Mackintosh
8 years
Racist incident on tram in #Manchester . Man told to "get back to Africa." #PostRefRacism
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Twitter reacts to reports that President Trump wants his female staffers to "dress like women." #DressLikeAWoman
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Eliza Mackintosh
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Daniel Almgren was with his daughter Lo when the attack struck. "This is her first time in London and I had to explain this isn't normal."
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Eliza Mackintosh
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"It's a real village around here, it's a tight knit community," says Brad Smith, who has lived on the South Bank for most of his life.
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Eliza Mackintosh
5 years
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering disinformation. But can it be exported to the rest of the world? @edwardkiernan + I went to Helsinki to see how Finland is winning the war on fake news. Here's a hint: it has nothing to do with AI:
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Eliza Mackintosh
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. @john_sipher , former head of CIA’s Russia operations: "If we only play defense, we’re bound to lose. We have a President in Russia who is using old KGB tactics … very clear political warfare. Part of the problem is we're not treating it like they're the enemy." #DisinfoHorizon
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Eliza Mackintosh
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Beaten in the streets, taken to secret “ghost houses” and submitted to freezing torture techniques. Despite former detainees’ accounts of Sudan’s brutal crackdown, the US is still offering closer ties. @CNN investigation by @NimaCNN + me: #SudanUprising
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Eliza Mackintosh
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US hasn’t seen any evidence that Eritrean troops are withdrawing from Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region, despite commitments, @StateDeptSpox says. Washington believes withdrawal is critical to restoring peace and security and allowing humanitarian access.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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Relentless bombardment has pushed nearly every hospital in northern Gaza out of service, with evidence of repeated attacks on and in the vicinity of medical facilities despite the presence of doctors and patients inside, a CNN analysis has found.
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Eliza Mackintosh
4 years
Special thanks to @Amnesty 's @samdubberley and visual investigator @mjmarci , who spent days working to confirm the location of the massacre using 3D modeling software that overlaid the footage on top of high-resolution satellite imagery.
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Eliza Mackintosh
8 years
Peshmerga fighters dance, celebrate after liberating 8 villages from #IslamicState on first day of #Mosul_Offensive
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Eliza Mackintosh
2 years
At @hrw ’s London launch event for its annual World Report with (left to right): @YasmineAhmed001 moderating; @TanyaLokshina on Ukraine and Russia; @TiranaHassan , acting executive director of @hrw ; @Yaqiu on China; and @sepehrifar on Iran. #Rights2023
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Eliza Mackintosh
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In a subsequent investigation, drawing on video evidence, interviews with family members and local residents, @CNN established that Ethiopian soldiers executed a group of unarmed men before disposing their bodies off a rugged clifftop near Mahibere Dego.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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"At its soul, the purpose of our organization is to prevent people from being killed, and without the funding, that mission is topsy-turvy." The government shutdown has brought domestic violence shelters to the brink, imperiling life-or-death services to women, @katiezez reports.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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. @CNN spoke with a man who said he recognized his brother in the video, broadcast on diaspora TV station @Tmhtvnews . He said he last saw his brother -- wearing the same clothes -- when he was taken by soldiers from their mother's house in Mahibere Dego on Jan 15.
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"I wished for death millions of times. Those who died, died one time. I’m dying every day a million times." Voice notes from Gaza offer glimpse into physical and psychological toll after six months of war, by CNN's @alaaelassar , @YahyaGhazala and team:
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Eliza Mackintosh
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When Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24, he launched what was intended to be a lightning strike on Kyiv from Belarusian soil. But as Russia’s advance stalled, Moscow began to ferry wounded troops across the border to Belarus for treatment in several civilian hospitals. Thread🧵
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Eliza Mackintosh
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In our first of several investigations last year, we spent months piecing together a horrific three-day massacre of dozens of civilians, including Sunday school children, at an Orthodox festival in Dengelat, a village in a craggy valley in eastern Tigray.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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Geani Cosdea, a rickshaw driver from Romania, says he's noticed a drop in tourists since the March attack in Westminster.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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"If a country can't recognize that domestic disinformation is just as much a threat as the foreign variety then they will be unable to counter either," @wiczipedia says.
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CNN International
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There’s no sign external meddling played a role in the Iowa caucus meltdown. Instead, doubt cast over the democratic process -- efforts typically pinned on foreign adversaries -- was down to Americans. Analysis by @elizamackintosh |
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Eliza Mackintosh
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Stephanie Graff, from Lyon, France, is visiting London with her sons. "I don't tell them what's going on. I don't want them to be scared."
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Eliza Mackintosh
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Two Ethiopian Airlines technicians stowed away among crates of roses on a flight to Brussels. Here's why they took such a huge risk.
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Gianluca Mezzofiore
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NEW INVESTIGATION: 'We had no choice.' How Ethiopian Airlines technicians became stowaways to flee their country - w/ @katie_polglase
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Eliza Mackintosh
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"My first thought when I woke up was not to go into the city today," Londoner Kristina Simon says. "It's hard to verbalize that feeling."
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Eliza Mackintosh
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They had spent weeks hiding from Putin's bombs in basements and fearing for their lives. Now, they were being told that to survive, there was only one way out: to Russia. My investigation into the forced deportation of Ukrainians, with @ololochman + team:
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Eliza Mackintosh
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Our team revealed how women were being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage in Tigray. Many said they were raped by soldiers who told them it was to change their identity, to “cleanse the blood line.”
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Eliza Mackintosh
7 years
More stories of fear, defiance, and love in the wake of last night's attack in #London :
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Eliza Mackintosh
3 years
“Women are being kept in sexual slavery,” Dr Fasika Amdeselassie, the top public health official for the government-appointed interim administration in Tigray, told Reuters. “The perpetrators have to be investigated.”
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Katharine Houreld
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The family went into hiding when the Eritrean soldiers came, but eventually the young mother was forced to leave to find food for her son and daughter. When she tried to return, she was gangraped and tortured. She has no idea if her children survived.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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"Bottom line is that we have zero years left to avoid dangerous climate change, because it's here," @MichaelEMann told CNN. Unlike previous assessments, Monday's @IPCC_CH report confirms that "widespread and rapid changes" have already occurred, some of them irreversibly.
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Bill Weir
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The new IPCC report in nutshell: -Humans are "unequivocally" overheating Planet Earth -"weather whiplash" is new norm -sea level rise is a given, but whether it is 6 feet or 60 depends on how fast humans stop using fuels that burn
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is testifying @UKParliament , giving evidence about how hate speech on the platform has incited real-world violence. She warns that Myanmar and Ethiopia are only the “opening chapters”:
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Eliza Mackintosh
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20 out of 22 hospitals were damaged or destroyed in the first two months of Israel's war against Hamas, according to CNN’s review of 45 satellite images + 400 videos. 14 were directly hit. Several, including Gaza's two largest hospitals, appeared to have been attacked by Israel.
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Opening hymn at the memorial service in Antoni Gaudi's iconic Sagrada Familia, the jewel of Barcelona.
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A line has formed, with people waiting to light a candle at the makeshift vigil on Las Ramblas.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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. @samdubberley on @Amnesty 's vetting: "This crime is so egregious that it really merited properly interrogating the content to make sure we can 100% put a stamp on it to say, we know where this happened and we know that this happened. And we went to great lengths to do that."
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Eliza Mackintosh
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Twitter is toxic for women politicians in the world’s biggest democracy, @amnesty says. My latest for @CNN ’s #AsEquals series from India, where women face harassment and abuse from “troll armies,” intent on discouraging their political participation.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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CNN's coverage of the conflict in Ethiopia has been nominated for Scoop of the Year by @RTS_media . Read all our investigations into atrocities and abuses there: (S/O @GianlucaMezzo @katie_polglase @bethlehemfel @nimaelbagir @ArvanitidisCNN + more)
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The nominations for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2022, sponsored by @Wolftech_B_S_AS , have been announced. Congratulations to all of the nominees! See the full list of nominations here: #journalism #RTSAwards
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Eliza Mackintosh
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"They stripped them of anything that resembles human beings." Israeli whistleblowers detail horror of shadowy detention facility where Palestinian prisoners are blindfolded, handcuffed and held in diapers. @tamaraqiblawi @arvanitidiscnn and team report:
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Eliza Mackintosh
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In this series of investigations, @CNN pulled back the curtain on atrocities by forces aligned with Ethiopia's military, including Eritrean troops, in a war that has fueled famine, displaced millions and ripped up the reputation of Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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Watch @CNN 'ss full video investigation by @nimaelbagir , @ArvanitidisCNN , Mark Baron and team. Warning: Contains graphic imagery of injury and death.
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Eliza Mackintosh
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First aid convoy to arrive in #Aleppo , not from @UN or @SYRedCrescent . But from people in #Idlib .
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Eliza Mackintosh
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"No one feels safe," said Fatima Amiri, 18, who lost her eye in a suicide bombing on her school in Kabul last year. The Taliban promised to provide security to Afghans. But new data from @afghan_witness / @Cen4infoRes shows threat from ISIS-K is growing:
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Eliza Mackintosh
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"It’s clear that rape and sexual violence have been used as a weapon of war to inflict lasting physical and psychological damage on women and girls in Tigray," Ethiopia, @amnesty 's @AgnesCallamard says, adding that the severity and scale amount to possible crimes against humanity
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🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 TW: Rape "I don’t know if they realized I was a person" Extensive new @Amnesty report details sexual violence suffered by women and girls during the ongoing #Tigray conflict in #Ethiopia
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Eliza Mackintosh
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#BBCAfrica team, in collaboration with @Newsy and @Bellingcat , have also investigated the video of the massacre near Mahibere Dego, Tigray. See their report here:
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Daniel Adamson
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Our #BBCAfricaEye team finds evidence indicating that the Ethiopian military carried out a massacre caught on camera in #Tigray Region. Important investigative work by @Yaolri for @BBCAfrica @JakeGodin for @Newsy + @gianfiorella for @bellingcat & others
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. @clarissaward , @BrentSwailsCNN and team were granted rare access inside detention camps and facilities for suspected ISIS fighters and their family members in northeast Syria. More than half – 30,000 – of those in the detention system are children.
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Eliza Mackintosh
9 years
This response from Californian Marwa Balkar to Trump's "Muslim database" is perfect.
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Eliza Mackintosh
7 years
Proud to launch #AsEquals , @CNN 's new year-long series covering gender inequality in some of the world's least developed countries
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The mass killing near Mahibere Dego is one of several to have been reported over the course of Ethiopia's five-month-old conflict during which thousands of civilians are believed to have been killed, raped and abused.
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. @jk_rowling provides welcome diversion to 7-year-old @AlabedBana in eastern #Aleppo .
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