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Journalist with an identity crisis and a beard. Views my own, retweets not endorphins. Cover photo: Northern Aleppo, Syria - 2017.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jun 13

    What fuels anger in against New Delhi? Why were Kashmiris targeted across after the attack? Why are civilians caught in the middle of what seems to be a never-ending conflict? I visited Kashmir to find out for myself. Watch here:

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  2. Retweeted
    Dec 26

    I hadn’t planned to be in India right now, but the ongoing unrest compelled me to come back and report on the situation. My latest for the , with help from .

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  3. Retweeted
    Dec 26

    Today is the 15th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed 230,000 people in 14 countries.

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    Dec 25

    India’s Syriac Christians emerged shortly after Christ died, 600 years before Islam created. Thomas, 1 of Jesus’ 12 apostles, landed in Kerala to spread Christianity & is buried in Tamil Nadu. They didnt flee Islam. This is fake like much of info spread about minorities

    Arundhati Suzanna Roy is a Syriac Christian. Syriac Christians fled Middle East after being persecuted by Vatican, Zoroastrians and Muzlims. Hindu king of Kerala gave them refuge. Today, they have a problem with India giving refuge to persecuted…
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  5. Retweeted
    Dec 25

    I wrote a column reflecting on a decade of war in Syria, how it destroyed the myths we tell ourselves about empathy and justice, and how it engraved the epitaph of the intl community’s conscience via

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    Dec 25

    Our tragedy began on this day 40 years ago and it continues to this day. Millions killed, maimed, orphaned, displaced etc...What we most want to know is when will it all end

    On this day in 1979, Soviet troops invade Afghanistan. The 3,340-day war leave 1.5 million people dead.
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    Dec 25

    2019 is mentioned as the deadliest year in a decade for . Salute to everyday there are more chances to be victim of it but still ppl comes out from their home and have hope that 1day there will be peace and joy all around. A great report by

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    Dec 25

    Such a powerful clip by regarding afghan civilian casualties in 2019. Some civilians think the current negotiations in doha might take another endless year of war but some have hope. 2019 has been deadliest year in a decade.

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    Dec 25

    This is a really powerful video by about how despite peace talks in Doha and political machinations in Kabul, it's civilians in Afghanistan paying for violence inflicted by Taliban and 'Daesh' and Afghan and US Forces |

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  10. Retweeted
    Dec 24

    Afghanistan has experienced one of the deadliest years in a decade, here's a look at how the turbulence has impacted civilians

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  11. Retweeted
    Dec 23

    . 32-year old son of a Political prisoner (in a UP jail) was called and told his father is unwell, so are PSA charges have been quashed. Come to see him. Son arrives to get his dead body. Basharat Masood reports

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    Dec 22

    India's 1st Illegal Immigrant Detention Camp Size Of 7 Football Fields. The mass detention centre in Assam's Goalpara distirct can house 3,000 people and is being built over an area of 2.5 hectares, about the size of seven soccer fields.

    774 replies 4,140 retweets 6,295 likes
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    Dec 21

    With 50.64 % of votes, President Ashraf Ghani is on course to win a 2nd term in office. His main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, with 39.5%, has said he will not accept the results until his concerns over 300k votes answered. Our 1st update

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    Dec 22

    In the city of Jalalabad, crowds of people starting to gather holding Afghan flag, pics of President and drums in celebration of his receiving 50.64 percent of 1.8 million votes

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    Dec 21

    Afghanistan presidential elections preliminary results as announced by the IEC.

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  16. Dec 20

    Where Doctors Are Criminals

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    Dec 20

    When I wrote the “Divider-in-Chief” in May this year, bhakts had clung to ⁦⁦⁩’s more hopeful forecast. Guess what? He’s had a rethink. As Keynes said, “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”

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    Dec 20

    “When Kashmir happened, when Ayodhya happened, no one questioned our citizenship," said a Muslim man from Meerut. "We were still first-class citizens. But how much longer do we have? How much further can this government push the envelope?”

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    Dec 19

    Inside the Taliban’s Afghanistan where violence remains the path to power w

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  20. Dec 20

    India Awakens to Fight for Its Soul

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    Dec 18

    Here's a thread about Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure code which is used to shut down two things that I love: protests and the internet This is a colonial law empowering a magistrate to issue orders in urgent cases of apprehended danger

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  22. Dec 18

    Modi Makes His Bigotry Even Clearer

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    Dec 18

    Parts of the country under 144 growing steadily

    Delhi: Section-144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (prohibits assembly of more than 4 people in an area) has been imposed near Red Fort.
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    Dec 18

    Indians have a fundamental right to assemble peacefully. Two BJP-ruled states – UP and Karnataka – are taking away this right by misusing Section 144. How is this not an assault on fundamental rights?

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  25. Dec 18

    This is the most inspiring person I’ve ever met. Farsheed, 13, was rearing sheep on his family farm in Logar when he stepped on a mine a year ago. He’s spent much of this year at…

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    Dec 17

    Narendra Modi is giving India the much needed International attention

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  27. Dec 16

    Political parties in Kerala unite against Citizenship Act, to hold hunger strike

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    Dec 13

    This

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    Dec 12

    Assam today. I stood there helpless. Photo: Ahmer Khan.

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    Dec 12

    India passes a bill to grant citizenship to immigrants from neighbouring countries, as long as they’re not Muslim. member and senior leader debate whether the is constitutional. Watch the full show:

    India's Citizenship Bill
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  31. Dec 12

    Peacocks are becoming more common in Kerala. And that’s not a good sign via

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    Dec 11

    For 6 days now, no flight has taken off from or landed in Kashmir, due to the worst fog ever. Not a murmur in national media, despite flight delays being a standard reporting beat globally. That's how much has "integrated" Kashmir. That's how much the nation cares!

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    Dec 11

    An Indian senior police official quits his post in protest against

    This Bill is against the religious pluralism of India. I request all justice loving people to oppose the bill in a democratic manner. It runs against the very basic feature of the Constitution. …
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    Dec 11

    Valid visas, student athletes. But because they were black Africans, Croatian authorities assumed they were illegal migrants | Nigerian students deported to Bosnia plead to be sent home

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    Dec 11

    Hindu nationalists view India’s history as a series of humiliations — Mughal rule followed by British colonialism — that must be redressed. They despise secularism embraced by its founders where all faiths were treated equally. Our report

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    Dec 10

    Indian journalist has faced rape and death threats online for her reporting that criticises Prime Minister ’s government. asks whether the hate ever gets her down. Watch the full interview:

    Reporting in Modi's India
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  37. Retweeted
    Dec 9

    Proud to stand with former to protest being given to Peter tomorrow. I was there, first as a reporter, then for , and saw the crimes he attempts to whitewash in his writings firsthand.

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  38. Retweeted
    Dec 10

    “Climate, not conflict, drove many Syrian refugees to Lebanon” Good news guys, Syria is now a Greta problem. Khallas. 🙌🏼

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    Dec 10

    Despite the easing of some conditions, some mosques and Muslim shrines in Kashmir remain shuttered in the wake of India's crackdown. Muslims say this is undermining their constitutional right to religious freedom and deepening anti-India sentiment.

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    Dec 9

    Unequal, unsecular: On Citizenship Amendment Bill:

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  41. Dec 9

    Awful.

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