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The #Taliban have released four hostages, held for many months in #Afghanistan with no charge.
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I strongly recommend everyone read the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" UDHR from 1948, a cornerstone of the United Nations. Read it with the world in mind but especially #Afghanistan today.
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Kevin and his wife are good friends of my grandmother. You couldn't meet a nicer man. The Taliban doesn't need to detain sick foreigners to prove they're in control. He came to help and this is how he's being treated? He deserves his freedom. He deserves his life!
We remain gravely concerned about the status of Mr Cornwell's health. The matter is of significant concern on the base of arbitrary detention, and there are many more people detained than the 4 Britons. The use of arbitrary detention by any nation is an abuse of the rights of individuals, but for a country such as Afghanistan, a nascent government with the challenges Afghanistan faces will lead to greater economic and political isolation.
The IEA has had every opportunity to demonstrate dialogue works, and as we come into winter, and the end of the U.S. financial year it will likely be more difficult to find donors for the nation.
Should Mr Cornwell, experience another critical health incident, his death would be probable, already after suffering infections, and such a death in IEA custody, with the full knowledge of his health issues would be catastrophic for the position of the IEA in the international community. It would be catastrophic for the role of aid, catastrophic for the attraction of economic activity.
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Thank you @AFP for letting me share my thoughts on what we can do to put an end to hostage diplomacy.
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If all countries stand together create firm boundary’s which uses the legal frameworks put in place for detentions such as these.
We might get get somewhere.
Why make international law if you are not going to use them. If ever there was a time to act using law, it is now.
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We are delighted to announce the Top 10 Impact Challenge (Water) Finalists for Super Connect for Good 2023 by @empactventures
& @HaysWorldwide
The finalists were selected by @ElliotforWater & @PresidiumNet & @ElliotforWater
See them pitch bit.ly/3LbDd1L #SCforGood
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If the #IEA is serious, when it comes to statements about international law and its intersection with Sharia Law. Demonstration means more than verbalisation. Please release the Britons held in arbitrary detention, @presidiumnet clearly demonstrated this was a misunderstanding, and continued detention is a violation of the foundational UN charter as well as International Human Rights Law. To call something a commitment is to follow it with action.
We certainly welcome statements by Siraj Haqqani that acknowledge that International Law and Sharia Law can be compatible. #ArbitraryDetention is universally considered a banned practice under UN doctrine and international human rights law. If the IEA is serious about the #UN and engagement, these men and women held under arbitrary detention need to be released.
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5/9 Wife of Seriously Ill British Charity Medic Kevin Cornwell, 53, Taken Prisoner By The #Taliban for Almost 8 Months Fears Her Husband Could Die If He is Not Released Soon as He Reveals 'Horrendous' Living Conditions
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The Mail on Sunday can today reveal that Kevin Cornwell's release was twice ordered by the Taliban's supreme leader, Haibatullah Arkhundzada, in mid-July & again in early August, on compassionate grounds due to severe kidney problems. But his family's joy at the news he might soon be home turned to heartbreak when, on both occasions, the supreme leader went back on his word, with no explanation for 53-year-old Kevin or his distraught relatives. @PresidiumNet @allieC75
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They claim to care about their country, but clearly the taliban do not care about it's people otherwise they could see how this misunderstanding and lack of remedy would impact upon the innocent population of Afghanistan who rely on aid workers like Kevin.
#FreeKevinCornwell
Our concern is for #KevinCornwell and other detainees, but Kevin as a badged UN worker, held without charge, that it would impact the willingness of aid workers to operate in #Afghanistan. Such detention would inordinately raise the 'risk profile' of #Afghanistan and thereby limit the possibility of aid and expertise to provide for the needs of those in the country. And preclude such organizations from continuing their mission.
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UN food agency cuts rations to 2 million Afghans as funds dry up thenationalnews.com/world/20…
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At Auschwitz we see the end of the process, but the Holocaust did not start from gas chambers & murder.
The hatred developed from marking a victim who could not escape its fate, from ideology & words, through legal exclusion, violence & dehumanization.
Auschwitz took time.
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Let my brother come home to his family,My big brother has Always meant the world to me,The last time I spoke to him was 2 days before Christmas with our mum! pic was taken 42 years ago at Christmas…Just let my big brother come home to his wife& kids #kevincornwell @PresidiumNet
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@ForeignPolicy covered #Afghanistan’s hostage issue months ago. Westerners are currency for the Taliban regime. Here’s a link to my story: The #Taliban Are Back in the Hostage Business foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/05…
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@PresidiumNet has posted many testimonies to Kevin's character, they are beautiful, powerful and heartbreaking. He has lost considerable weight and continuous health-issues, including critical incident.
#KevinCornwell - stories from his friends and coworkers.
“Kevin has worked on numerous humanitarian projects in the Middle East and Southeast Asia for many years and most recently with the United Nations in Afghanistan. His unwavering dedication has undoubtedly saved the lives of countless people in his care. Working In Afghanistan in support of UNAMA for some time he ensured the continued health of their personnel deployed throughout the country.”
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Kelly Cornwell, the wife of #KevinCornwell speaks from the heart describing Kevin and their 21 years together.
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As his wife of 21 years, I have too many memories to count but my fondest memory is walking down the beach with him on a surprisingly sunny day in the UK. He was holding my hand and looking at me lovingly as he describes it. I misread the look in his eyes and thought he had plans to jokingly push me into the seawater. So I swept my leg around his and flipped him backwards in the air and he landed flat on his back in the sand.
After both of us were in shock for a number of minutes (my shock, I did not think the move I made would be so impactful). His shock not fully comprehending how he was standing one minute to then being laid out on the sand. He loving said what did you do that for. I said you looked as if you were going to push me into the sea.
We both burst out into uncontrollable laughter. Kevin tells everyone this story at family gatherings and parties we have attended over the years with the same love in his eyes he had on that day.
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For a moment in time, the tragedy of this image seemed like it might change the world. Rest in peace little man. Glad you are remembered.
Never forget. Today is Aylan Kurdi day. The day when humanity was lost. The day that will leave a scar on our shameful history forever. #RefugeesWelcome
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When we have no faith in justice in Afghanistan, when we have no faith in their ability to meet their duty of care to prisoners, all we have left now is the "whole truth".
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The most powerful tool a government or person in power has is "mercy", and the most powerful "mercy" that can be granted is to those who themselves have no power. When power acts in such a manner it shows that is of the people and not the throne.
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If your "crime" was helping people, providing them aid and care without bias, then it is not you who is the criminal, committing this task with duty, it is the "state" who commits a crime against you, and the people that no longer received their basic needs #KevinCornwell