Rachel Hagan
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Freelance news reporter with a focus on foreign affairs for @BBCWorld , @Independent and others. Formerly @DailyMirror World News Reporter. Views my own.
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I’ve just returned from Iraq during the devastating 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide. There is so much more to say on the Yazidi’s plight & I will share more of my reporting soon, but for now I wanted to post some snippets of this beautiful (& often misunderstood) country.
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Yesterday Tigrayans from across the UK got their voices heard, lobbying in parliament about the horrors in Ethiopia. Unfortunately very little is being done by our government, as one of the world's deadliest conflicts reaches a tipping point. The pain in the room was palpable.
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A Turkish drone allegedly targeted a UN-backed girls' education centre on Friday, killing four Kurdish girls. I spoke with two of the survivors about the horrific attack.
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Hamid Noury has been sentenced to life by a Swedish court for taking part in the 1988 massacre of some 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. This landmark ruling is the first time a member of the regime is found guilty of human rights violations
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Honoured to have the UK exclusive interview with two very brave Syrian defectors — ‘the gravedigger’ & ‘the bulldozer driver’ — who are making it their life mission to get justice for war crimes in Syria. What they saw is unimaginable. Story coming soon.
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This story is not new but it is unchanged and still does not have the worlds attention. Despite a peace deal in Tigray, shelling is ongoing and hospitals have little to no supplies. Doctors are completely heartbroken at being unable to treat patients
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I am thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining the
@DailyMirror
as their first-ever World News Reporter. This is such a crucial time to shine a light on injustices around the globe and I couldn’t be happier to join the award-winning team of reporters at a paper I so admire.
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I am beyond thrilled to announce that next week I’m joining the
@Daily_Express
as a reporter with the live news team. I couldn’t be more excited to join the Reach Plc family and start reporting on global news. It really is a dream come true.
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Internet access has been severely restricted in the wake of the attack. Devasting for people trying to reach out to loved ones.
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.
@UNILAD
your journalist Saman Javed has copied my
@Independent
article word for word and used my friends images without permission. This is unlawful.
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We have woken up to an illusion of light at 7am in December, as a thick blanket of snow has covered London for the first time in years
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As the world's eyes are elsewhere, residents in Tigray are fleeing in panic, fearing brutal atrocities including gang rapes and mass killings
Ethiopian troops have taken control of the town of Shire in Tigray. Fearful civilians who remember past abuses have been fleeing since the weekend; the government promises its troops will obey international law.
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Petronella says Susan Hussey is not racist because she was married to amputee - this is insanely incredible
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Made a risky booking 6 months ago which was re-scheduled three times, but have finally made it. Not in London:
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Today is the 8-year anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide, carried out by ISIS. Now there is an alarming rate of suicides among the displaced population. "We escaped ISIS, but we are afraid we will not escape the camp", a Yazidi in Khanke camp told me.
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After a tough few months of pitch and job rejections left right and centre... I just sent a pitch to a national and got a response and a commission in 15 minutes??!! Happy Monday! Wowwowow
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Abortion legislation hasn’t changed for over 50 years and it’s taken a pandemic for the government to listen to women. For
@tribunemagazine
I looked into – the revolutionary – telemedicine.
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Afrin was once a haven safe from the war. Now, Turkish-backed militants are kidnapping women and making daily life hell.
Read my full story for
@NAWAoD
/
@openDemocracy
.
I am so proud and excited that this piece I've worked so hard on is finally out.
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Yesterday was my last day at the Mirror after 3 years with Reach. So grateful for all the opportunities and people who have helped me along the way. Very excited (and nervous!) for my next adventure as a freelancer 💫.
All brilliant contacts can reach me: haganlrachel
@gmail
.com
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Our picket line at One Canada Square is growing. Here with
@MirrorNUJ
but stood in solidarity with the Express, the Star, non-journalists,
@NUJofficial
’s Michelle Stanistreet and
@UniteInt
. As Reach’s Chief Exec is intent on denying journalist's a fair pay deal
#NUJReachStrike
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Immense honour to meet
@NadiaMuradBasee
. We discussed the dire need to rebuild Sinjar, why Yazidi’s need a memorial museum and how important it is for nations to follow Germany’s suit in holding IS members accountable for their crimes. She is as brave as they come & a true hero.
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In the last month I've been assigned three stories by editors. It feels so touching, I'm still worried they've made a mistake and boy is it nicer than pitching. Can only hope it continues.
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Wonderful (and exceptionally daunting) to be on Sky News early this morning to review the papers with
@amandaakass
and
@GarethBarlow
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Absolutely astounding and unputdownable piece of journalism on deception, oligarchs, corruption and death in "London's underbelly" — no one writes or researches quite like
@praddenkeefe
In 2019, a London teenager named Zac Brettler plummeted to his death from a luxury building on the Thames. This is my story about his parents' effort to solve the mystery of what happened to him - after British authorities gave up on doing so.
@NewYorker
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Obsessed with these
@FaberBooks
short stories. Gorgeous covers and great short reads by some seminal authors!
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@alexmarshall81
@eliseybell
Reminded of
@Lucywwatson
's great piece: "Either the people who live in Neo Bankside are completely oblivious to what glass is, or the thinking here is that mere mortals should be blessed to have the privilege of seeing the wealthy defecate"
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“This gem of architecture, art and history... belongs to both Christians and Muslims...The present generation of Turks does not own it; we can only be its temporary guardians for the future.”
@Elif_Safak
nailing it, as ever.
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There has been various claims about Syrian soldiers heading to Russia/Ukr & the use of barrel bombs, but
@JimmySecUK
and Dr Ledwidge say, if true, they won't work in Ukraine considering the proliferation of MANPADS and "will get instantly shot down"
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Tunisian singer
@MathlouthiEmel
, who came to fame during the Arab Spring, sings a powerful song called ‘hulm’ (dream) and dedicates it to all the people of Iran – especially those who have been executed
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Today marks 100 years since the first birth control centre in the British Empire opened and yet women still have to go on a wild goose chase to get their contraception. My latest for
@tribunemagazine
:
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Twenty years ago,
@NadiaMuradBasee
was 8 when Blair ordered British troops to war with the US-led coalition. 13 years later, Nadia and thousands more were taken captive and brutally abused by IS. There has been virtually no accountability for the genocide
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Parliament has passed a bill proposing England adopts the Nordic model for its laws on sex work. Attacks against sex workers in Ireland alone have risen by 92 per cent, since the introduction of the model in March 2017.
My new long-read for
@indypremium
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A privilege to experience the incredibly moving
@NbdyListeningVR
. It takes you through northern Iraq, inc refugee camps & destroyed towns, while hearing from a young Yazidi woman who was abducted and sexually enslaved by IS. Thanks,
@EwelinaUO
and
@rxdsouza
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Thousands of people have woken up agonisingly looking for their friends and family. “I thought I was going to die, I was looking for jets in the sky and worried I’d see the faces of babies covered in blood again”, Syrian Dr Sallom said. Our story in the paper and online today.
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So pleased to be pushing my women’s right reporting and have it published in
@VICEWorldNews
! Food prices in Syria have grown 240% in the last year, so projects like these are so vital. Read the full story below.
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Opening the
#PSVI
conference,
@NadiaMuradBasee
tells a room full of ministers and survivors: “Statements have not helped rescue Yazidi women and promises fall flat for women in Ukraine and Tigray where sexual violence is a constant threat”
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A taster below of how beautiful
@thedalstonyears
’ prose is in this moving profile of Richard Ratcliffe – who speaks candidly about his years of campaigning to free his wife from Iranian prison
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Iran has the world’s highest number of executions of women, with at least 18 women in 2021 the NCRI Women’s Committee said
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When the government announced free visa extensions for NHS staff last May, they failed to include low-income workers. For
@HUCKmagazine
I spoke with women on the front-lines who are still being forced to pay extortionate fees.
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Exclusive data shared from
@WorldVision
shows reported suicide cases in northwest Syria more than tripled in the first 6 months of 2022, with youths sadly turning to the "silent killers" of so-called gas pills.
My long read with
@AliHajSuleiman
here:
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Before lockdown I went to Liverpool and visited
@GranbyWorkshop
– for
@ftproperty
– who have created the first 100 per cent recycled ceramic dinnerware. What they’re doing is very clever and you can read more here!
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Good to see the new verification programme is completely sane
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I interviewed
@Deeyah_Khan
about her incredible new film — which couldn’t have come at a more important time, for obvious reasons — for
@GlamourMagUK
. Read the story here.
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Was the biggest pleasure interviewing
@spooner_helen
, Producer of
@StaceyDooley
documentaries. Because of her, we were told Yazidi woman, Shireen’s story - who spoke to a member of Isis in Iraq, following systematic abuse and rape.
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I’m writing a lovely roundup of online bookshops to support during lockdown. I’ve got lots which are London-based, but keen for more regional ones too. If anyone has any brilliant ones, please let me know!
#journorequest
#independentbookshops
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A privilege to be at
@frontlineclub
last night to see
@Beltrew
’s devastating & excellent film ‘The Body in the Woods.’ She uncovers possible war crimes & shows the immense job of identifying Ukrainians killed by Russia. Well worth your time to be reminded of the human face of war
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I've heard a broken elbow is the hottest summer accessory... 😑. Shoutout to the amazing NHS who were impossibly overworked and still brilliant. I stood in A&E for six hours last night - something really does need to change, its in crisis
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Alex & team were first international journalists to report from inside Idlib. A tragedy of far-reaching proportions is still unfolding & its heartbreaking to see Syrians, once again, digging mass graves.
@AlexCrawfordSky
@CunninghamCSky
@Mahmoud_H_Mosa
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Good to see Private Eye raising the plight of those stuck in camps in northeast Syria and highlighting our govt's shoddy record on repatriations
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During a week of glorious celebrations for this 'great' country, the government has announced that its first Rwanda flight will be of Syrians. This is nothing short of violent, cruel and barbaric and it should be universally condemned. Just awful.
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The A-Level debarcle is awful, but why the focus on Oxbridge students? What about everyone else? I’ve exposed my biggest vulnerability – exams, grades: argh! For
@IndyVoices
/
@Independent
⚡️
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I didn't engage in much of the discourse yesterday because I found it really overwhelming. Sarah's disappearance has rattled and haunted me. For
@openDemocracy
I've written about how the onus shouldn't be on women to protect themselves.
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.
@trussliz
is said to be reviewing Raab's 80% cut on aid for landmine clearance, but there's still been no word. Many countries face a bleak future. At least half of all 2,492 landmine casualties in 2020 were children,
@MAGsaveslives
.
Read my full story:
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I’m all about the high/low.
This week: two job rejections.
Last week: three comissions and an invitation to edit a (photography) book. Solidarity with freelancers!! It’s tough but we got this 💪🏼💪🏼
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Not going to name names, but I am chasing an invoice from FEBRUARY from a very big British publication and I'm at my wit's end. Why can't it just be easy? Join a union, that's all I say.
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Struggling to find the words this morning after waking up to this tragic news - over 500 lives is far too many to be lost
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Excuse the typos but I finally took the effort to reply. I am tired.
I’ve had a lot of responses like this one to my piece and I’m really tired and exhausted of it.
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SO many of my favourite journalists here:
@Victoria_Spratt
,
@JessieWill5
,
@willrworley
,
@Deeyah_Khan
,
@thedalstonyears
,
@beardedjourno
,
@sarahoconnor_
,
@jacklosh
,
@rosafurneaux
,
@LexyTopping
,
@sophia_yan
and
@RukhshanaMedia
. Huge congrats to all of you 👏👏
Press Gazette is proud to announce the finalists for the tenth
#britishjournalismawards
. With more than 800 entries this year, making the shortlists is a huge achievement. Winners announced at our awards dinner on 8 Dec. Thank you to our shortlist announcement sponsor
@tweetCDN
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A great Glastonbury alternative: Bathing and swimming beneath gorgeous Zsolnay tiles in the art nouveau Gellert
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Just watched Israel blow up a building housing Al Jazeera and the Associated Press. Silencing journalists who are holding Israel to account is surely a war crime? This is mad
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Over three weeks ago, the Home Office botched up a transfer of asylum debit cards and left thousands with no funds. The situation has still not been resolved and asylum seekers are starving.
My latest for
@HUCKmagazine
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Calling in the military to aid with the flow of migrants is a futile attempt by Boris Johnson to save his career.
@ZoeJardiniere
told me Patel is "flailing wildly to try gain some credibility" and that she should resign.
Thanks to
@Care4Calais
&
@JCWI_UK
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Truss said it’s too soon to make promises to take in Ukrainian refugees. Did the government not learn anything from their Afghanistan failures?
@DrEmMcDonnell
/
@hrw
told me the UK has a "moral responsibility under principles of humanity” to accept refugees
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In non-Boris (but very important) news, we are hours away from finding out if Russia is about to block a vital aid route into northwest Syria. A camp medical manager told me: "The situation is already weak but the closure may just break it." Read here:
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~ 2021 book thread ~
(With a pic of my favourite beach in the world – to one, manifest getting there this year and two, get your attention)
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I'm freelancing this week for
@futureplc
. If you have any women's rights, women's lifestyle, women's health and books tips then please do send them my way! Whether that be new studies, new releases or anything else in between. Email in bio.
#journorequest
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An excellent panel on the future challenges for Yazidis and the possible paths forward for justice and with the Biden administration.
“Court trials are the opportunity for justice but must not be done for the glorification of lawyers and players” - Pari Ibrahim,
@Free_Yezidi
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What started as a picture in a group chat ended in this:
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There are lots of interesting points in Shamima Begum's hearing that you likely won't see in the headlines. I hope the findings will be looked at by the government, as they consider this case which has set a very worrying precedent.
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Hugely recommend this podcast by the brilliant
@JoshBakerFilm
if you’re in need of something new to listen to. Finished the series today and it’s gripping, informative, chilling and heartbreaking.
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The sun shining, I’ve had my brows done, I’m walking to the hairdressers and later I’m getting my nails and wax done then going to the pub. Am I dreaming?
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Twitter has been invaluable for me as a journalist starting out for all the reasons mentioned below. I’ve made connections with journalists I hugely admire, made friends (both irl & just lovely online conversations) & it’s been indispensable for finding sources across the globe
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Our rabbit died at 12.5 years old (!!) yesterday 😟 and our eight year old neighbour wrote him a service 🧡
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Great interview by
@wturvill
with one of the best interviewers: “I hate being at a dinner party because there’s always somebody banging on – I never think people’s opinions are very interesting. I like to know facts about them”
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Grim news and a very sad day for local journalism - thoughts are with all colleagues affected.
New on HTFP today: Reach plc has announced fresh cuts that it is understood will put 420 journalists at risk of redundancy.
According to
@NUJofficial
, the proposals will lead to 192 editorial roles being cut from the workforce.
Full story here:
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Can anyone read Russian? My friend found this on the beach and is flabbergasted. I am desperate to know what the hell it is too. Best guess gets a pint (lol)
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Always feels strange but humbling being asked back - albeit virtually - to
@LCCLondon
to talk to first-year journalism about my (small) successes 🥰
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Over 3000 ballot boxes yet to be included in the results of the Iraq election. Things are definitely not over yet. Follow my live coverage here:
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It’s so unedifying for the news to now be focused on parliamentary procedure instead of what’s happening in Gaza, as I said this morning on Sky’s news review
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@MustafaHashim4
Hey Mustafa, I am so sorry to read this. I can only imagine how you are feeling. I am a journalist with the Mirror covering Sudan and hoping to bring attention to cases like yours and highlight the government's failures. Follow me back so we can DM. Thanks, Rachel
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Everything I read in Jan and Feb.
This year I’ve decided I won't be persisting with books I’m not enjoying, so I absolutely loved all of these. Choosing the top would be like choosing a favourite child — so go forth and buy/pre-order!
@fairfairisles
@ElisaDusapin
@BarbaraDemick
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I’d love more people to know I’m available for freelance work – my diary is looking empty and I’d like to change that! I’m pitching but I’d like to get some more news shifts, copywriting, fact checking etc... also open to other opportunities too.
RTs v much appreciated! 🥰
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Found this joyous story via
@nytimes
morning briefing and it has cheered me up no end. Everyone needs to read this by
@englishanj
.
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“Authoritarians are on the rise, we live in a world with no consequences. I don’t see the international community coming together to stop atrocities taking place and for me, Syria is a Pandoras box moment” -
@clarissaward
.
Thanks
@Charles_Lister
for an interesting discussion.
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I interviewed
@PizarroMariaJo
about the future of Colombia with its first leftist leader in 50 years
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