#EducationDay

Today is International Day of Education. Education infrastructure in #Bangla has improved significantly since 2011. In the last 7 years, we have set up 28 new universities, and 10 more are in the pipeline. 50 new colleges have also been set up in #Bangla in the same period

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) 24. Januar 2019

This @opiniojuris piece by @AbbottKingsley is excellent, and should be paired with concerns I raise over @just_security as increasing numbers of private actors enter international criminal investigations https://t.co/axWlO7Z4NL

— bechamilton (@bechamilton) 24. Januar 2019

“People go for two years minimum, and many for three years,” the Uighur man told me. “The first one or two years you can take it, but after that, you can’t.” https://t.co/uWmqD7lzf4

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 25. Januar 2019

#News Lens: Protests continue in Jordan against tight austerity measures https://t.co/LJSHagrRFN

— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 24. Januar 2019

We just lodged our first new case of 2019 with @ECHRPress: against #Macedonia, for school segregation in #Bitola. And we’re just getting started. #sicljovipe

— ERRC (@ERRCtweets) 23. Januar 2019

“Children are refreshingly truthful until we socialise them to be otherwise,“ says @RobtelNeajai, author of two anti-corruption books for kids. That’s why education is crucial to fighting #corruption. #EducationDayhttps://t.co/B1uaFziIth

— Transparency Int’l (@anticorruption) 24. Januar 2019

The cost of #corruption is high. Stolen resources from #education budgets mean overcrowded classrooms and crumbling schools, or no schools at all. #EducationDay> https://t.co/5VoXHbvcXU pic.twitter.com/Ifqalauc4j

— Transparency Int’l (@anticorruption) 24. Januar 2019

„Let us prioritize education as a public good; support it with cooperation, partnerships and funding; and recognize that leaving no one behind starts with education.“ — @antonioguterres on the first #EducationDay

👉 https://t.co/Nr8qiSwqsR https://t.co/UOwfwukoIi

— UN Vienna (@UN_Vienna) 23. Januar 2019

#News Lens: The resignation of the World Bank president should encourage countries to terminate all agreement with the Bretton Woods institutionshttps://t.co/aZRuuUxFsT

— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 24. Januar 2019

#News Lens: Rules of the road: How China’s Belt and Road Initiative compares to the IMF https://t.co/dfWR4g6Eio

— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 24. Januar 2019

Für einen Vortrag an der Uni Bozen brauche ich eine italienische Steuernummer. Die „Agentur für Einnahmen“ empfiehlt Antrag via Italienisches Konsulat. Das Konsulat erklärt sich auf Anfrage für unzuständig und verweist auf Regionalstelle der Agentur für Einnahmen in Sterzing.

— Peter Bußjäger (@PeterBussjaeger) 24. Januar 2019

„Nicht zur Tagesordnung übergehen“: Kommentar von Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Seibel zur möglichen Einstellung des Loveparade-Verfahrens im Online-Magazin der @unikonstanz: https://t.co/o2Qg63h4SH #Loveparade#LoveparadeProzess#loveparade2010

— Universität Konstanz (@unikonstanz) 18. Januar 2019

The Chinese were printing full books using wooden blocks in the 800’s. The Jikji of Korean Buddhism was around 75 years before Gutenberg printed anything. https://t.co/mfOoTBAzf1

— Anonymous Otto The Invisible (@AnonymousOtto) 3. Januar 2019

The CCP and other authoritarian states work hard and spend much money to establish new normals. So should we.
If not, that baseline will lower in the face constant human rights violations, or stagnate in the face of drastically rising ones.

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 24. Januar 2019

A detailed must-read by a top expert on the subject. https://t.co/iiu5mP5BRO

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 23. Januar 2019

Very true. But if it became totally normal for anyone to speak out about the most drastic human rights violations, then the overall baseline of average voiced concern would rise. Despite inevitable individual variation, that baseline must be at an ethically healthy level. https://t.co/RcDkJusxTN

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 24. Januar 2019

For the 3rd week in a row school kids in Brussels are taking to the streets to make noise for #United4Climatepic.twitter.com/cMfkfpFaOa

— Lars Scholtyssyk (@lars_scho) 24. Januar 2019

In their tireless investigation, RFA #Uyghur has learned there are 5 camps side-by-side in the Atush industrial zone. A party secretary they cold called reports someone from his village is in dorm 3513 of the No. 2 camp, estimates it holds 10,000–20,000 https://t.co/OTKu3hXpTQ

— Elise Anderson (@AndersonEliseM) 23. Januar 2019

#ICYMI this year we are marking 40 years of the #Vienna International Centre where @UN_Vienna
organizations are working to achieve #Global Goals. Follow us for info on events to mark the anniversary through 2019 and find out more about our work here 👉https://t.co/NY5rdPiCJQpic.twitter.com/gxFR80hyLh

— UN Vienna (@UN_Vienna) 12. Januar 2019