Ashfaq Khalfan
@ashfaqkhalfan
Tweets on climate justice, human rights and some dad jokes. Climate justice director @oxfamamerica, formerly law & policy director @amnesty. Opinions personal.
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03-02-2014 13:59:47
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.Oxfam International reaction to the Rio de Janeiro #G20 Ministerial Declaration on Intl. Tax Cooperation: ""This is serious global progress —for the first time in history, the world’s largest economies have agreed to cooperate to tax the ultra-rich," said Susana ruiz. oxf.am/G20JulyReaction
💡 The richest 1% produce as much carbon as 2/3 of humanity. Time to tax the richest polluters & support impacted communities! #MakeRichPollutersPay In collaboration with One Minute Briefs ⏱️ to #MakeRichPollutersPay. 🎨 johnnygibbons Sign here: makerichpolluterspay.org/take-part/
🇨🇦 #Canada joins the shameful list of countries where prisoners of conscience remain under house arrest or behind bars. Amnesty International has declared the first-ever prisoner of conscience in the country: Chief Dsta’hyl of the Wet'suwet'en Nation. Amnesty International has documented the
Thanks to Senator Mazie Hirono, Bernie Sanders, and Ron Wyden for voting No in today’s hearing on the #dirtydeal and standing with environmental justice communities! #NoLNG
I spoke to the Just Access podcast team about human rights and climate justice advocacy and litigation & how I got there through work on economic, social & cultural rights and its environmental aspects with colleagues Kituo Cha Sheria, COHRE, CISDL Amnesty International & OxfamAmerica
Israel’s finance minister has suggested that starving 2 million people in #Gaza “might be justified and moral.” The world is rightly outraged – and should also be reminded this is the Israeli government’s current policy. Read Andrew Stroehlein’s Daily Brief: trib.al/Sg1n2eK
Taxes on consumption and labor make up nearly 80% of #EU governments' revenue, while taxes on wealth, paid mostly by the super-rich, account for only a small fraction, reveals new analysis from Oxfam International. EUobserver #TaxTheRich euobserver.com/green-economy/…