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1/3 This week I attended the opening of the #Mandela centenary exhibition.

In a short speech, Lord Hain thanked one of the sponsors, Moti Group, twice.

According to @mailandguardian Lord Hain is
employed by them "in part to improve their poor reputation" mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
2/3 Moti Group is a mining & property
company that's been subject to some controversy. It allegedly has links to
Zimbabwean officials implicated in human rights violations & in 2017,
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for the company's chair mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
3/5 Journalist @simonallison writes:

"There is no suggestion that the royals were aware of or intended to
endorse the Moti Group’s controversial business practises; or the group’s links
to senior Zimbabwean officials that have been implicated in serious human
rights violations."
This rings a #BellPottinger

Moti Group, who employ Peter Hain as an advisor & were at the #Mandela centenary exhibition with #MeghanAndHarry, use the PR firm Sans Frontières, which is run by Lord Bell, former head of Bell Pottinger, the firm that incited division in #SouthAfrica
According to ex-Minister @DavidColtart, PR firm #SansFrontiereAssociates which was set up by Lord Bell after the collapse of his disgraced PR outfit #BellPottinger & which advises Moti Group who have mining interests in #Zimbabwe, also acted for ZANUPF during #ZimbabweElections
When debating whether to represent a questionable individual, staff at PR companies used to joke that the answer was either “Yes”, “No” or “One for #BellPottinger

Here's the story of the collapse of the PR firm whose ghosts are still haunting this thread newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
"Why is Peter Hain helping Moti, a tycoon who cuts deals with #Zimbabwe’s violent regime, to rub shoulders with #HarryandMeghan?" via @guyadams.

Interestingly the PR firm Moti uses, Sans Frontieres, was set up by Lord Bell after #BellPottinger collapsed dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6…

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May 17, 2018
Next month we will mark the 1st anniversary of the imprisonment of @Amnesty's #TanerKilic. He is being held on absurd "terrorism" charges.

For more than 5 decades, Amnesty has campaigned to free prisoners of conscience in #Turkey. Including writers, politicians etc. #FreeTaner
In 1964, #Turkey's former president, Celal Bayar, wrote to @amnesty from jail to thank us for campaigning for his release.

Next month we will mark a year in prison for Amnesty Turkey's honorary chair #TanerKilic. #FreeTaner #FreeRightsDefenders
“We will be free together
We will struggle together
We will win together.”
Politician, author & sociologist, Behice Boran, was an @Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience in #Turkey in 1973. Today Amnesty #Turkey's honorary chair has been in jail for almost a year. #FreeTaner #TanerKilic
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1/10. "The Joy of Freedom". The #Istanbul10 were released in early hours of Thursday morning after 113 days in jail. Where are they now?
2/10. Günal Kurşun is back with his family. Before he was jailed, Günal had never heard his son say his newest word: "Daddy" #Istanbul10
3/10. İdil Eser is back in her Istanbul flat with her cats Misha, Sasha and Kiki. They were very pleased to see her amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
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