#Iran: We are deeply troubled by reports of a sweeping new bill that criminalises speaking to journalists and unauthorised contact with foreign embassies. It would also prohibit sharing messages, photos, videos or other data with foreign media ⬇️ www.iranintl.com/en/202608169...

Iran’s new infiltration bill could make ordinary contact a crime

Iranian lawmakers have advanced sweeping legislation that could send people to prison for speaking to journalists, academic cooperation and unauthorized contact with foreign embassies, dramatically ex...

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Incendies en France : alors, ça y est, tout le monde a compris pourquoi les réfugiés climatiques quittent leur pays et pourquoi on doit les accueillir ?

A bit old but I wonder if @lalehkhalili.bsky.social would be interested in this. Oh yes, fab piece in the LRB, Laleh'jan!

Nicole Rizzuto@nicolerizzuto.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨: My new monograph ARRESTING ECOLOGIES: GLOBAL LITERATURE ACROSS AIR, LAND, and SEA, 1926-2014 is available for preorder from OXFORD UP, with 30 percent discount.

#UK: We welcome the Supreme Court's decision not to grant Bahrain immunity in the spyware case brought by Dr Saeed Shehabi and Mr Moosa Mohammed. Read how dissidents are using the UK courts to challenge the Bahraini and Saudi governments ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/diss...

Dissidents have started challenging Saudi Arabia and Bahrain through the UK courts - Index on Censorship

Victims of unlawful state surveillance are refusing to back down

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Hi @standing-together.bsky.social tomorrow @hackneycouncil.bsky.social debates 1968 twinning arrangement with #Haifa. Many in UK esp @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social have reservations about links to Israeli institutions. Is it a good idea to cut this link? Has anyone asked you about it? Do you care?

« recherche a suivi 16 100 francophones 2003 à 2017. En comparant les francophones qui parlent français avec leur médecin et ceux et celles qui parlent anglais, «on a vu qu’il y avait une différence de mortalité relative de 11 %» entre les deux."

Francopresse.ca@francopresse.ca · 2mo ago

Santé en français : parler la langue du patient améliore ses chances de survie #FrCan #Francophonie #MédiasFrancos

Thank you IranWire for sharing our piece by @taraaghdashloo.bsky.social on how filmmakers in #Iran navigate wars and extreme censorship ⬇️ iranwire.com/en/features/...

Roshaan Khattak expected his research into human rights abuses in Balochistan to carry risks. He didn't expect those threats to follow him to the University of Cambridge. Read how he says the university ultimately facilitated transnational repression ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/comp...

Mandaeans perform their Great Feast on the Shatt al-Arab – but polluted, salty water and state neglect threaten their ancient rituals. By Azhar Al-Rubaie

Pan South African Language Board: Language and accent are not indicators of nationality (tell that to the UK Home Office) www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/lan...

Language and accent are not indicators of nationality: PanSALB - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

PanSALB warns against discrimination based on language or accent amid migration tensions…

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#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 3 months 26 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years. Please join me & urge @HHShkMohd @MohamedBinZayed @AnwarGargash to #FreeAhmed #FreeAhmedMansoor

Hey @zackpolanski.bsky.social @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social the writer's point is clear. We need to address this NOW, not just in Hackney but nationally: does the UK choose managed decline (which we seem to be be doing now) or managed growth? @stephenkb.bsky.social

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Wow. The Department for Education has just published new projections which estimate that the number of pupils in state-funded schools in England will plummet by more than 9% by 2031 amid falling birth rates And yet this issue receives probably 1,000th of the coverage the immigration debate receives

The EU, UK, Canada, Australia & other states must urgently & simultaneously impose a Global Security & Good Governance tariff on all US-based trade, esp tech firms, in order to gather funding for parties in their states impacted by US policies aimed at destroying world peace, trade & order.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 2mo ago

The State Department has just put out a tender, offering funding of up to $3 million to European organizations who want to fight against "Supra-national institutions" - presumably the EU - and governments who seek to regulate the internet and end Western Civilization. www.state.gov/drl-nofo-dev...

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 3 months 23 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years. Please join me & urge @HHShkMohd @MohamedBinZayed @AnwarGargash to #FreeAhmed #FreeAhmedMansoor

Imagine waiting six years for a plan to protect nature… …to find it barely mentions protected nature. 👇

yup! 100% free :) merl.reading.ac.uk/visit/ bsky.app/profile/mski...

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Visiting The Museum of English Rural Life is free. Discover our galleries, activities, café, and beautiful walled garden.

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Sarah King@mskingneeparkin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great post. I hadn’t realised it’s free entry.

A new study from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, the Met Office and @lshtm.bsky.social estimates that more than 2,700 excess deaths occurred in England and Wales during the May and June 2026 heatwaves. Get the details 👇 bit.ly/4w3L1YK

The Black Box: Statelessness and the Hidden Harms of Digital ID - Watch the recording of a webinar hosted by the Global Movement Against Statelessness www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKV0...

The Black Box Statelessness and the Hidden Harms of Digital ID

YouTube video by Global Movement Against Statelessness

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain an unredacted copy of New York's statewide voter registration list. A big victory for Elias Law Group and our Client the NAACP. DOJ is now 0-12 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

Christy Chitengu: Visibility alone will not end statelessness. But invisibility has allowed it to persist for far too long. globalvoices.org/2026/07/07/w...

!! ECOWAS Court of Justice finds that failure of the Ghanaian authorities to renew a passport, while not formal deprivation of nationality, produced consequences 'comparable to those associated with de facto statelessness' and violated freedom of movement citizenshiprightsafrica.org/en/mary-omer...

If the England FA were cunning they would write to FIFA today asking whether Quansah can play in the next game or does the exception only apply to American players. And publish the letter.

CANMNT and Canada Soccer shared a statement thanking Canadians for their support on the team's historic #FIFAWorldCup run 🙌🇨🇦

IT’S OKAY BOYS – you did so well and without Davies and Kone!!

One country. One team. One flag. 🇨🇦 Let's go, Team Canada! The whole country is behind you. #CANMNT

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Chris Taylor@christaylornyc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thank you Canada 🙏 Every team but one eventually goes home, and it was our time today But we went further than we ever have and you did us proud

À Équipe Canada : merci d'avoir tout donné sur le terrain. Vous avez tenu tête à la 6e nation mondiale et gagné le respect du monde entier. À nos partisans : ce tournoi est une victoire pour notre identité. Le 🇨🇦 est une nation de football, et nous sommes là pour rester. On lâche rien! 📸Audrey Magny

Just a reminder that the Canadian women’s team has been good for a long time. The way the commentators are talking about how this will change the game in the country as if the women’s team hasn’t been doing their part. Sigh.