What a night! A big thank you to everyone who came along to our London meet-up this week.

We had a great time getting to know everyone and hearing from you.

So let's stay in touch!

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>>> What is the Universal Periodic Review process of the UN Human Rights Council and how can it promote human rights in digital contexts?

Some resources:

- https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/universal-periodic-review-process-and-its-potential-promoting-human-rights-digital-contexts

- https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/human-rights-digital-context-rwanda

- https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/human-rights-digital-context-lebanon

#UPR #upr51 #humanrights #UniversalPeriodicReview

>>>> More than 400 videos on our #peertube server (a free, libre, and open-source competitor to YouTube). This way, we ensure we all have access to resources without depending on third parties or facing potential censorship.

----> Browse for content on #FeministInternet, #DigitalInclusion #socialjustice #E nvironmentalJustice, #CommunityNetworks and more:

https://media.apc.org/videos/browse @peertube

So Yvette Cooper... if you want to see domestic terrorism visited upon people, how about this - a video snatched from a social media account used to spur threats & unfounded disinformation about a musician in a mixed-race marriage.

Oh would you rather continue to lock up peaceful protestors....

Its about time the Home Office did something about the actions of the Far Right & their impact on people, and left peaceful protestors to protest!

#politics #protest #racism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/20/family-in-fear-after-tommy-robinson-shares-video-of-black-man-with-white-granddaughters

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/08/12/colonel-turned-campaigner-ex-commando-condemns-dictatorial-crackdown-after-palestine-action-arrest/

https://defendourjuries.net/press/

What is democracy if you cannot say words as simple as ‘I support Palestine Action’ without fear of being arrested?

Or on Saturday without actually being arrest!

Legal Defence Fund here: https://chuffed.org/project/143068-defend-our-juries-exposing-the-corruption-of-democracy

#policestate #abuseofpower

Email your MP Thread #PalestineAction

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Dear MP,
Three things happened today.
ONE
The Guardian published an article implying that Lord Dannatt had urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at the request of a private business, a US security firm.

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“The [UK] Online Safety Act risks silencing a generation."

It's “a fundamental encroachment on the right to freedom of expression to impart and receive information. Older teenagers engaging with political debates or current events may be cut off from vital sources of information because platforms will err on the side of removal to avoid hefty penalties.”

🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2089661/online-safety-law-watchdog

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol

"Britain’s mainstream media have not carried out a single investigation into the extent, impact or legal status of the more than 500 surveillance flights over Gaza that the RAF has carried out since December 2023.

The Ministry of Defence continues to insist that the operations, carried out by Shadow R1 aircraft based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, are designed purely to assist with the discovery of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October 2023.

It appears that Britain’s obedient defence correspondents have no appetite to challenge this or even to raise the slightest concern about the legal or ethical implications of providing intelligence support to Israel in the middle of a genocide.

Yet thanks to dogged work by campaigners, independent journalists and pro-Palestine MPs, we know both that the flights are continuing to operate (as they did even throughout the ceasefire) and that spikes in the number of flights have coincided with especially deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza.

The lack of curiosity on the part of mainstream media is perhaps not surprising but it is deeply troubling."

https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-media-are-covering-up-british-spy-flights-for-israel/

#UK #Israel #RAF #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #HumanRights