Ketty Nivyabandi
@kettynivyabandi
i dream awake, write asleep, tweet erratically & take injustice personally. poems pop up once in a bright while. secretary general @AmnestyNow.
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14-05-2014 19:27:24
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Overcoming racism is a hard battle. What does it take?
Honesty.
Courage.
Empathy.
#FightRacism
#EndAIDS2030
'Your life is already artful, just waiting for you to make it art'
Remembering Toni Morrison, US novelist (Feb 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019) #WomensArt
A win for dignity & human rights!
British Columbia will no longer use jails to lock up migrants coming to Canada. BC is terminating its detention contract w the Canada Border Services Agency news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022P… #bcpoli
Congrats Human Rights Watch Canada Samer Muscati Ketty Nivyabandi!
Powerful editorial on immigration detention by the Toronto Star today: 'provinces should cease incarcerating individuals on behalf of the Canada Border Services Agency'.
This practice is inhumane and casts a huge shadow Canada's human rights commitments. It must end.
thestar.com/opinion/2022/0…
Thank you to all those who made this possible by sharing their personal experiences in immigration detention. Today’s decision is a momentous step towards ensuring this pain and trauma is not multiplied. #WelcomeToCanada