Ashfaq Khalfan (@ashfaqkhalfan) 's Twitter Profile
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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Oxfam International Media Team (@newsfromoxfam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

REACTION: Oxfam's response to the CIJ_ICJ ruling confirming that #Israel is committing the crime of #apartheid in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Read our full reaction👉 oxf.am/3WegczE

REACTION: Oxfam's response to the <a href="/CIJ_ICJ/">CIJ_ICJ</a> ruling confirming that #Israel is committing the crime of #apartheid in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Read our full reaction👉 oxf.am/3WegczE
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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

.<a href="/Oxfam/">Oxfam International</a> 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 <a href="/SurRuiz/">Susana ruiz</a>.

oxf.am/G20JulyReaction
Oxfam International (@oxfam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💡 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/

💡 The richest 1% produce as much carbon as 2/3 of humanity. Time to tax the richest polluters &amp; support impacted communities! #MakeRichPollutersPay 
 
In collaboration with <a href="/OneMinuteBriefs/">One Minute Briefs ⏱️</a>  to #MakeRichPollutersPay.  
🎨 <a href="/johnnygibbons5/">johnnygibbons</a>  
 
Sign here: makerichpolluterspay.org/take-part/
Erika Guevara Rosas (@erikaguevarar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🇨🇦 #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

🇨🇦 #Canada joins the shameful list of countries where prisoners of conscience remain under house arrest or behind bars. <a href="/amnesty/">Amnesty International</a> 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
OxfamAmerica (@oxfamamerica) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Denying climate change doesn’t change the fact that people are experiencing its catastrophic impacts globally. It is imperative that we name climate change and take swift action to dramatically reduce global warming emissions to protect people and the environment.

Denying climate change doesn’t change the fact that people are experiencing its catastrophic impacts globally. It is imperative that we name climate change and take swift action to dramatically reduce global warming emissions to protect people and the environment.
Rachel Carle (@rcarletweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out Oxfam America's latest blog post on black carbon, a super pollutant that's accelerating climate change, hurting the environment, and making people sick. What can be done about it? 👇politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/why-we-should-…

Ashfaq Khalfan (@ashfaqkhalfan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A 2 per cent wealth tax on America's billionaires could over the next 10 years could pay for every American house to have a heat pump dramatically lowering carbon pollution, improving health and reduce income, gender and racial inequality.

Ashfaq Khalfan (@ashfaqkhalfan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

Human Rights Watch (@hrw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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 <a href="/astroehlein/">Andrew Stroehlein</a>’s Daily Brief: trib.al/Sg1n2eK
Maria Ron Balsera (@mariaronbalsera) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎉110 countries voted in favour, only 8 against! We will have a #UnTaxConvention! Despite the efforts of the UK, Canada & the EU block to water it down, Nigeria on behalf on Africa conveyed the crucial need for it!

🎉110 countries voted in favour, only 8 against! We will have a #UnTaxConvention! Despite the efforts of the UK, Canada &amp; the EU block to water it down, Nigeria on behalf on Africa conveyed the crucial need for it!
Ashfaq Khalfan (@ashfaqkhalfan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Had a good laugh at the spicy white fragility in reaction to Walz' little joke. mehttps://www.rawstory.com/tim-walz-white-tacos/

Kavita Puri (@kavpuri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The survivors of the 1943 #bengalfamine in British India, which took place during WW2, are elderly now, but they never forgot it. Here are some, speaking for the first time. #ThreeMillion bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cy…

Kenneth Roth (@kenroth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Unlike Biden, Harris has not stressed or even publicly noted publicly that Hamas embeds its fighters among civilians — not because she does not believe it, but to avoid giving Israel cover for the high casualty rate." She's right. It’s no excuse. trib.al/FYxp6eS

Oxfam International Media Team (@newsfromoxfam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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/…