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‘My father can bring democracy to Palestinian politics. You simply need to ask to release him’
The son of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has called on Keir Starmer to lobby for his freedom.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Kxg9wI
The son of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has called on Keir Starmer to lobby for his freedom.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Kxg9wI
‘My father bring can democracy to Palestinian politics. Y...
The son of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has called on Keir Starmer to lobby for his freedom
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September 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
‘My father can bring democracy to Palestinian politics. You simply need to ask to release him’
The son of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has called on Keir Starmer to lobby for his freedom.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Kxg9wI
The son of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has called on Keir Starmer to lobby for his freedom.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3Kxg9wI
Now there's growing recognition of #palestinianstatehood it's time to look for Palestinian leaders to who can represent that state and no one is more popular than this man:
@theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/interna.... .
@theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/interna.... .
‘My father can bring democracy to Palestinian politics. Y...
The son of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has called on Keir Starmer to lobby for his freedom
observer.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Now there's growing recognition of #palestinianstatehood it's time to look for Palestinian leaders to who can represent that state and no one is more popular than this man:
@theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/interna.... .
@theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/interna.... .
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The #SaltPath saga continues with this excellent follow-up piece by @chloehadj.bsky.social, addressing Raynor Winn’s rather shifty explanatory note issued this week. Still many unanswered questions & more creditors emerging.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Fact and fiction: Raynor Winn won’t talk to us. But here...
After our exposé of the inaccuracies behind a couple’s walk to salvation, their defence raises new questions
observer.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The #SaltPath saga continues with this excellent follow-up piece by @chloehadj.bsky.social, addressing Raynor Winn’s rather shifty explanatory note issued this week. Still many unanswered questions & more creditors emerging.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
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But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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With brutal wars raging in Gaza, Sudan & Ukraine, the world’s war crimes court is needed more than ever — but it’s facing an existential crisis.
Karim Khan KC, Chief Prosecutor at the ICC, faces serious allegations of sexual misconduct.
🧵 @chloehadj.bsky.social
bit.ly/43LIAgs
Karim Khan KC, Chief Prosecutor at the ICC, faces serious allegations of sexual misconduct.
🧵 @chloehadj.bsky.social
bit.ly/43LIAgs
The accuser accused | The Observer
The British barrister, the Netanyahu arrest warrant and the sexual assault case that could destroy the International Criminal Court
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June 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
With brutal wars raging in Gaza, Sudan & Ukraine, the world’s war crimes court is needed more than ever — but it’s facing an existential crisis.
Karim Khan KC, Chief Prosecutor at the ICC, faces serious allegations of sexual misconduct.
🧵 @chloehadj.bsky.social
bit.ly/43LIAgs
Karim Khan KC, Chief Prosecutor at the ICC, faces serious allegations of sexual misconduct.
🧵 @chloehadj.bsky.social
bit.ly/43LIAgs
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Yup, it's time to interrogate toxic masculinity....the thing that feels like it overwhelms my newsfeed, touching everything from auto parts to red wine.
From @tortoisemedia.bsky.social , journalist @chloehadj.bsky.social deftly dives into these murky waters
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From @tortoisemedia.bsky.social , journalist @chloehadj.bsky.social deftly dives into these murky waters
open.substack.com/pub/bingewor...
Victim...Or Hero?
Lucky Boy investigates how toxic masculinity warps memory, and why the inevitable the death of one geriatric cat created two victims in The Final Days of Sgt Tibbs
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March 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Yup, it's time to interrogate toxic masculinity....the thing that feels like it overwhelms my newsfeed, touching everything from auto parts to red wine.
From @tortoisemedia.bsky.social , journalist @chloehadj.bsky.social deftly dives into these murky waters
open.substack.com/pub/bingewor...
From @tortoisemedia.bsky.social , journalist @chloehadj.bsky.social deftly dives into these murky waters
open.substack.com/pub/bingewor...
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Gripping podcast on female-on-male child sexual abuse from @chloehadj.bsky.social - #CSA and the abuse of power damages people, often for years - no ifs and buts. Plus - yet again - the school knew, didn't act. #MandatoryReporting @mandatenow.bsky.social
Gareth spent years believing he was a lucky boy.
He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher.
In our latest series series, @chloehadj.bsky.social asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Listen to Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher.
In our latest series series, @chloehadj.bsky.social asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Listen to Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Gripping podcast on female-on-male child sexual abuse from @chloehadj.bsky.social - #CSA and the abuse of power damages people, often for years - no ifs and buts. Plus - yet again - the school knew, didn't act. #MandatoryReporting @mandatenow.bsky.social
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Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had as a 14-year-old schoolboy with an attractive young teacher at his school.
🗣️ @chloehadj
Listen to the first three episodes of Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
🗣️ @chloehadj
Listen to the first three episodes of Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
Gareth | Lucky Boy Ep1
Gareth spent years believing he was a lucky boy. He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher. Now, decades later, he wants the truth to come out about the dama...
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March 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had as a 14-year-old schoolboy with an attractive young teacher at his school.
🗣️ @chloehadj
Listen to the first three episodes of Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
🗣️ @chloehadj
Listen to the first three episodes of Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
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Gareth spent years believing he was a lucky boy.
He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher.
In our latest series series, @chloehadj.bsky.social asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Listen to Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher.
In our latest series series, @chloehadj.bsky.social asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Listen to Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
February 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gareth spent years believing he was a lucky boy.
He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher.
In our latest series series, @chloehadj.bsky.social asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Listen to Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher.
In our latest series series, @chloehadj.bsky.social asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Listen to Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
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@chloehadj.bsky.social first called me about this story back in early 2024. As she laid the details over the phone I was astounded: a 14-year-old boy had a 'relationship' with his 27-year-old female teacher but no one wanted to see him as a victim of sexual abuse.
Gareth spent years believing he was a lucky boy.
He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher.
In our latest series series, @chloehadj.bsky.social asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Listen to Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher.
In our latest series series, @chloehadj.bsky.social asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.
Listen to Lucky Boy now: lnk.to/LuckyBoyBS
February 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
@chloehadj.bsky.social first called me about this story back in early 2024. As she laid the details over the phone I was astounded: a 14-year-old boy had a 'relationship' with his 27-year-old female teacher but no one wanted to see him as a victim of sexual abuse.
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Tortoise is pleased to announce that it has signed a deal to buy The Observer from The Guardian Media Group and The Scott Trust.
Read more ⬇️ torto.se/3Bw2br1
Read more ⬇️ torto.se/3Bw2br1
Tortoise signs deal to buy The Observer
torto.se
December 18, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Tortoise is pleased to announce that it has signed a deal to buy The Observer from The Guardian Media Group and The Scott Trust.
Read more ⬇️ torto.se/3Bw2br1
Read more ⬇️ torto.se/3Bw2br1
For Syria followers this is not a surprise- grave diggers were telling us about daily deliveries of trucks full of bodies years ago. Very few were listening.
Mass graves are being discovered across Syria. One in Qutayfah, outside Damascus is estimate to hold 150,000 people. It is hard to comprehend the extent of Assad's slaughter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eevV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eevV...
True scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:45 AM
For Syria followers this is not a surprise- grave diggers were telling us about daily deliveries of trucks full of bodies years ago. Very few were listening.
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After spending 5 Months in jail, whaling activist Paul Watson has been released.
Last month, @basialc.bsky.social and @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social looked into Paul Watson's story and asked: how should we treat the radicals willing to go to extremes to protect the planet?
Listen: lnk.to/XeyG1iBS
Last month, @basialc.bsky.social and @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social looked into Paul Watson's story and asked: how should we treat the radicals willing to go to extremes to protect the planet?
Listen: lnk.to/XeyG1iBS
December 17, 2024 at 3:30 PM
After spending 5 Months in jail, whaling activist Paul Watson has been released.
Last month, @basialc.bsky.social and @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social looked into Paul Watson's story and asked: how should we treat the radicals willing to go to extremes to protect the planet?
Listen: lnk.to/XeyG1iBS
Last month, @basialc.bsky.social and @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social looked into Paul Watson's story and asked: how should we treat the radicals willing to go to extremes to protect the planet?
Listen: lnk.to/XeyG1iBS
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An investigation into AI companions by my incredible colleagues @paticlarke.bsky.social and @mattrussell3.bsky.social has been selected by the Pulitzer Center as one of their stories of 2024!
They say it's "a compelling and important piece of journalism"
👏 👏 👏
They say it's "a compelling and important piece of journalism"
👏 👏 👏
The Pulitzer Center’s ‘2024: A Year in Stories’ features underreported peace and conflict stories from Sudan, Iraq, Palestine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iran.
Check out the #PulitzerStaffPicks selection!
👉 bit.ly/2024YISpc
Check out the #PulitzerStaffPicks selection!
👉 bit.ly/2024YISpc
December 13, 2024 at 5:08 PM
An investigation into AI companions by my incredible colleagues @paticlarke.bsky.social and @mattrussell3.bsky.social has been selected by the Pulitzer Center as one of their stories of 2024!
They say it's "a compelling and important piece of journalism"
👏 👏 👏
They say it's "a compelling and important piece of journalism"
👏 👏 👏
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Chuffed to see Who Trolled Amber, which I made w/ Alexi Mostrous (not of this parish), named one of Amazon Music’s best new shows of 2024.
Hugely grateful to @tortoisemedia.bsky.social which gives space for deep coverage not always possible in the rush of 24h news.
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Hugely grateful to @tortoisemedia.bsky.social which gives space for deep coverage not always possible in the rush of 24h news.
open.spotify.com/episode/4okm...
December 13, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Chuffed to see Who Trolled Amber, which I made w/ Alexi Mostrous (not of this parish), named one of Amazon Music’s best new shows of 2024.
Hugely grateful to @tortoisemedia.bsky.social which gives space for deep coverage not always possible in the rush of 24h news.
open.spotify.com/episode/4okm...
Hugely grateful to @tortoisemedia.bsky.social which gives space for deep coverage not always possible in the rush of 24h news.
open.spotify.com/episode/4okm...
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🧵 On Assad's escape.
"Hours before he escaped for Moscow, Assad assured a meeting of about 30 army and security chiefs at the defence ministry on Saturday that Russian military support was on its way and urged ground forces to hold out"
He deceived his own loyalists
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
"Hours before he escaped for Moscow, Assad assured a meeting of about 30 army and security chiefs at the defence ministry on Saturday that Russian military support was on its way and urged ground forces to hold out"
He deceived his own loyalists
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight
Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:11 PM
🧵 On Assad's escape.
"Hours before he escaped for Moscow, Assad assured a meeting of about 30 army and security chiefs at the defence ministry on Saturday that Russian military support was on its way and urged ground forces to hold out"
He deceived his own loyalists
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
"Hours before he escaped for Moscow, Assad assured a meeting of about 30 army and security chiefs at the defence ministry on Saturday that Russian military support was on its way and urged ground forces to hold out"
He deceived his own loyalists
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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The ousting of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has revealed the full scale of how he used the prison system to lock up, torture and execute his opponents.
What do we now know about what went on?
Listen: lnk.to/yFIx2mBS
What do we now know about what went on?
Listen: lnk.to/yFIx2mBS
December 13, 2024 at 1:46 PM
The ousting of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has revealed the full scale of how he used the prison system to lock up, torture and execute his opponents.
What do we now know about what went on?
Listen: lnk.to/yFIx2mBS
What do we now know about what went on?
Listen: lnk.to/yFIx2mBS
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Like Tortoise? You'll love our people.
Here's our Bluesky starter pack for those who work across Tortoise ⬇️
go.bsky.app/7qe26Xi
Here's our Bluesky starter pack for those who work across Tortoise ⬇️
go.bsky.app/7qe26Xi
December 13, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Like Tortoise? You'll love our people.
Here's our Bluesky starter pack for those who work across Tortoise ⬇️
go.bsky.app/7qe26Xi
Here's our Bluesky starter pack for those who work across Tortoise ⬇️
go.bsky.app/7qe26Xi
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There was only one story to pitch in today's News Meeting: Syria and the fall of Assad. But how should journalists cover such a momentous moment?
Fantastic to be joined by Loose Women's @charlenewhite.bsky.social and Tortoise's own @chloehadj.bsky.social 👇
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Fantastic to be joined by Loose Women's @charlenewhite.bsky.social and Tortoise's own @chloehadj.bsky.social 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/1brv...
The News Meeting: The end of the house of Assad
Tortoise News · Episode
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December 9, 2024 at 8:14 PM
There was only one story to pitch in today's News Meeting: Syria and the fall of Assad. But how should journalists cover such a momentous moment?
Fantastic to be joined by Loose Women's @charlenewhite.bsky.social and Tortoise's own @chloehadj.bsky.social 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/1brv...
Fantastic to be joined by Loose Women's @charlenewhite.bsky.social and Tortoise's own @chloehadj.bsky.social 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/1brv...
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Most Syrians know – or know of – someone jailed by their deposed dictator.
As the Assad regime relinquishes control of Syria, hundreds of people have been flooding to its prisons hoping to find their loved ones.
✍️ @chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more: torto.se/41oJM9V
As the Assad regime relinquishes control of Syria, hundreds of people have been flooding to its prisons hoping to find their loved ones.
✍️ @chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more: torto.se/41oJM9V
December 10, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Most Syrians know – or know of – someone jailed by their deposed dictator.
As the Assad regime relinquishes control of Syria, hundreds of people have been flooding to its prisons hoping to find their loved ones.
✍️ @chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more: torto.se/41oJM9V
As the Assad regime relinquishes control of Syria, hundreds of people have been flooding to its prisons hoping to find their loved ones.
✍️ @chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more: torto.se/41oJM9V
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Today's Sensemaker on Syrian prisons is brilliant by @chloehadj.bsky.social. Can't stop thinking about Adnan, jailed for 21 years after beating President Assad’s brother in a horse race. Or Ali, who vanished from a checkpoint when he was 18 and emerged days ago aged 57.
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shorturl.at/fAPM2
Families flock to Syria’s prisons looking for released inmates - Tortoise
Prisoner releases bring joy, but also stories of horror
www.tortoisemedia.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Today's Sensemaker on Syrian prisons is brilliant by @chloehadj.bsky.social. Can't stop thinking about Adnan, jailed for 21 years after beating President Assad’s brother in a horse race. Or Ali, who vanished from a checkpoint when he was 18 and emerged days ago aged 57.
shorturl.at/fAPM2
shorturl.at/fAPM2
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Uniforms of Syrian soldiers from the dictator Bashar al-Assad’s army, abandoned as they fled Damascus. A historic image marking the end of the dictator and his army.
December 8, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Uniforms of Syrian soldiers from the dictator Bashar al-Assad’s army, abandoned as they fled Damascus. A historic image marking the end of the dictator and his army.
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Just stunned by the speed of events in the last few days. Source in the Kremlin saying Assad and his family are in Moscow and have been granted political asylum.
December 8, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Just stunned by the speed of events in the last few days. Source in the Kremlin saying Assad and his family are in Moscow and have been granted political asylum.
"Jolani is best understood as a Syrian cut from the same cloth as the Assads: brutal, cynical and triangulating...He is a cunning person; two-faced; adores himself." #Syria
The capture of #Aleppo by #Syrian rebels last week took everyone by surprise. In @newlinesmag.bsky.social,
@hhassan.bsky.social & @michaeldweiss.bsky.social reveal the intricate web of events and unforeseen circumstances that paved the way for this rebel triumph.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
@hhassan.bsky.social & @michaeldweiss.bsky.social reveal the intricate web of events and unforeseen circumstances that paved the way for this rebel triumph.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Backstory Behind the Fall of Aleppo
New Lines reports exclusively on the details leading up to the city's stunning capture
newlinesmag.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:54 PM
"Jolani is best understood as a Syrian cut from the same cloth as the Assads: brutal, cynical and triangulating...He is a cunning person; two-faced; adores himself." #Syria