In an article for @irishnews.com, @humanrightsfirst.org's @suchitauppal.bsky.social and @cajni.bsky.social's Shannon Doherty write about the targeting of those supporting immigrant communities in Northern Ireland, and the immediate steps that authorities must take to protect them.

How those who help migrants are also targeted by racists

Lawyers, community workers, anti-racism activists, landlords and others serving migrants have faced death threats, arson threats, online harassment and abuse

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Landmark victory in UK Supreme Court today on case of Bahrain hacking dissidents’ computers in Britain @humanrightsfirst.org @suchitauppal.bsky.social @jongambrell.bsky.social www.humanrightsfirst.org/library/uk-s...

The @finucanecentre.bsky.social fundraising campaign to expand its Legacy of Colonialism exhibition examines how practices developed across the British Empire influenced events in the north of Ireland while exploring colonialism's continuing legacy today. Donate 👇 chuffed.org/project/patf...

Truth, Justice and the Legacy of Colonialism

Hidden Histories of Empire: The Legacy of Colonialism

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The Day Innocence Died will be screened at St Comgall's - Ionad Eileen Howell, Belfast, on 1 August at 7pm. Following the screening, Tony Doherty will be in conversation with Danny Morrison, reflecting on Bloody Sunday, the families’ long campaign for truth and justice. Tickets at Eventbrite.com

Bloody Sunday Trust is pleased to announce the Derry launch of Irish Republicanism & ‘The Gays’: Cherishing all the Children of the Nation Equally. Launching at the Guildhall on Thursday 6 August, 7pm, before moving to @museumfreederry.bsky.social from 7 August as part of Féile 2026.

Rajiv Menon KC faces contempt proceedings on 28 July over a closing speech while defending a Palestine Action activist. He could face up to two years in prison. Supporters say his case is a test of jury independence and the right to a fearless defence. Petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Save Britain's Juries

Juries have had the right to acquit based on their conscience for centuries. Now, a barrister is facing jail just for mentioning it in court. Add your name to help save Britain's juries.

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I'm pleased to have been involved in the @finucanecentre.bsky.social Legacy of Colonialism campaign. The exhibition traces how tactics and strategies developed across the British Empire were later used in the North of Ireland. Available to loan across Ireland and Britain. chuffed.org/project/patf...

Truth, Justice and the Legacy of Colonialism

Hidden Histories of Empire: The Legacy of Colonialism

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Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 (September 2025)

Eyewitness Lunchtime Talks return this Monday at the @museumfreederry.bsky.social. Join us on Monday 22 June at 1pm for the latest in our acclaimed Eyewitness series, featuring first-hand accounts from those who experienced the civil rights movement, Free Derry and Bloody Sunday. 🎟️Admission free

Tomorrow: The Bloody Sunday Trust and the Rainbow Collective present The Day Innocence Died at Glasgow Film Theatre. Paul Doherty, whose father Patrick was killed on Bloody Sunday, will speak following the screening. Tickets: www.glasgowfilm.org/movie/the-da... @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social

Nakba Day March, London 🇵🇸 Today we marched for #Palestine. To demand an end to genocide, apartheid and occupation. To stand against racism, hatred and the far right. “The laughter of our children will be our revenge.” - Bobby Sands

@claptoncfc.co.uk promoted at the Old Spotted Dog Ground, Forest Gate. 4–2 after extra time against Rayleigh Town. Volunteer-run and owned, volunteers are the backbone of this grassroots club and its culture. Proud as part owner and five years in as licensee. Community football at its best.

Prof. @dooleydooley.bsky.social of @humanrightsfirst.org spoke @museumfreederry.bsky.social to mark the anniversary of the 1981 killing of Gary English and Jim Brown by British soldiers. His presentation, Anatomy of a Cover Up 👇https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LD2efRwy6g @finucanecentre.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Museum of Free Derry

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On 27 April at 7pm, the @museumfreederry.bsky.social hosts a public discussion as part of the Candour & Communities exhibition, exploring truth, justice and accountability, including the push for a Hillsborough Law. Contributions from Phil Scraton, Taz Hussain, Tony Doherty and Helen Stalford.

On the 45th anniversary, we remember Paul Whitters, a 15-year-old boy killed after being struck by a plastic bullet in Derry in April 1981. The @finucanecentre.bsky.social will launch its publication, A Generous Spirit, at the @museumfreederry.bsky.social, Fri 24 Apr, 1pm. Everyone welcome.

My new book Defiant: Profiles of Resistance is out in October. Across Europe, as rising repression reshapes daily life, local people helping others are targeted and criminalized for exposing corruption, helping refugees and acting out of kindness. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Defian...

Thanks to @derryjournal.com for covering my presentation at the @museumfreederry.bsky.social on how UK state institutions covered up the truth of British soldiers killing two teenagers in Derry in 1981 www.derrynow.com/news/local-n...

Gary English and Jim Brown remembered on their 45th anniversary

‘My son did not die as the result of a road traffic accident but a deliberate cold-blooded act of killing’ - Micky English

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Excited to announce this amazing line-up for our event next week in London: End Zero Accountability: End the crackdown on protest in London Hosted by @waronwant.bsky.social secure.waronwant.org/page/189508/...

Today marks the 95th anniversary of the Spanish Republic. The stained glass in Belfast City Hall commemorates the Belfast volunteers who went to Spain to fight with the International Brigades. And with fellow @claptoncfc.co.uk member Nick Lloyd, joining his Spanish Civil War tour in Barcelona.

Marking the 45th anniversary of Gary English’s killing alongside Jim Brown, this event recalls their deaths by British Army vehicles on Creggan Road in 1981 in Derry and the failure of justice that followed. Join the English family and @finucanecentre.bsky.social with @dooleydooley.bsky.social

Screening: The Day Innocence Died, a powerful new documentary by Rainbow Collective and the Bloody Sunday Trust telling the story of Bloody Sunday and the families’ decades-long struggle for truth and justice. Liverpool, 15 April, 7.30pm. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-day-in....

And that’s the meaning I intend when I call for radical justice for children ✨ fromsaltintears.com/radical-justice-4-kids

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 4mo ago

Wake up, kids We got the dreamers disease. ‘Radical’ comes from a Latin word meaning "root." Because roots are the deepest part of a plant, ‘radical’ came to describe things understood as fundamental or essential. ‘Radical change’ was a change at the root of a system.

Shannon airport is the epicentre of Ireland's complicity in the illegal and inexplicable war on Iran, and the genocide in Palestine

Hero attacks US warplane with hatchet at Ireland's Shannon airport

Shannon airport is the epicentre of Ireland's complicity in the illegal and inexplicable war on Iran, and the genocide in Palestine

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An image of officers purportedly dealing with a pensioner in a way the Met calls "proportionately and effectively"

My mum and dad played Asha Bhosle records as well classic hindi songs from her sister Lata Mangeshkar, throughout my childhood. Fond memories.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 4mo ago

Legendary Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle, whose voice defined Bollywood music through the 1970s and 1980s, died in Mumbai aged 92, her family says aje.news/5citgo

The Metropolitan Police caved to a far-right takeover of central London and sidelined the annual Nakba Day demonstration. Of course it has. In Britain, moral panics apply only to Muslims and Palestine, not to groups with a proven track record of drunken brawling www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Met police accused of favouring Tommy Robinson far-right rally over Palestine march

Celebrities including Annie Lennox and Miriam Margolyes sign letter to force after pro-Palestine march route rejected

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Spending the night on the pavement outside the Bahraini embassy in London, marking the 15th anniversary of arrest of Human Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al Khawaja. He & others unjustly jailed in 2011 for peaceful protests remain in prison @maryamalkhawaja.bsky.social @nickkristof.bsky.social

1/ What is jury equity? Jury equity is the principle that juries have the power to acquit a defendant even where they think that the defendant has broken the law, and the defendant has no legal defence to the charge.

Brilliant comedy benefit gig for @netpol.bsky.social @claptoncfc.co.uk. Huge thanks to @markthomasinfo.bsky.social and the line-up for an evening of real “serious disruption”. At a time when protest rights are eroded and dissent increasingly policed, Netpol’s work has never been more important.

Mark Thomas@markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Arrived early for the sell out gig at The Old Spotted Dog ground, raising funds for @netpol.org

"There is no noise as powerful as the sound of the marching feet of a determined people." Martin Luther King, Jr. An estimated half a million people marched in London against racism and the far right this weekend with @togetheralliance.bsky.social including voices like @billybragg.bsky.social