As the Equality Trust point out, accusations of 'family voting' & 'sectarianism' in lats week's by-election are: 'breathtakingly divisive and extremely harmful... It's wild that we have to say this, but voting is a universal, equal human right – and it's no coincidence that this rhetoric comes alongside a wave of new attempts to rollback our rights'!
Spurious & unfounded accusations are intended to constrain democracy not protect it!
![We've seen wild accusations of family voting pushed, implying that British Muslims voted fraudulently in the election, as well a lot of terribly virtuous people claiming to be very bothered by tactics like translating campaign materials into Urdu (an extremely common practice, used extensively by Labour and the Conservatives in the last 5 years) or even the simple fact that (they claim) the majority of Muslims voted in large numbers for the same political party.
But these claims are being picked up by people who should know better. Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch is calling the vote in Gorton and Denton a "separatist" vote that is "threatening our British way of life." Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote that the successful campaign had used "divisive, sectarian politics" to win, a claim repeated by others in the government.
The argument is, on the face of it, that Muslims are so socially conservative in a way that's alien to British values that they all colluded to vote for the most socially progressive party available. Which, when you put it like that, doesn't really make any sense. It's also completely untrue in the specifics (age and housing tenure were much stronger predictors of voting intention than faith).
But the argument isn't supposed to make sense or be accurate, it's supposed to imply that the votes of certain groups are illegitimate.
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Iran: das repressive, fragile, undemokratische Mullah-Regime (Statista + Leitkommentar: Was aus dessen Beseitigung nicht folgen muss)
#Iran #USA #Israel #Democracy #Shah #Mullah #Freedom #HumanRights #Solidarity #Defense #Germany #NuclearWeapons
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/south-sudan-risks-return-civil-war-violence-escalates
Lest you forget - the lovely folks from the #middleeast have been funding the insanely violent factions in this part of the world causing a humongous humanitarian crisis which barely gets any attention in the flood of bad news inundating our senses every day.
#sudan #humanrights #women #patriarchy #justice #war #genocide #migration #climatechange #drought #starvation #hunger
"Keine Regierung sollte die Möglichkeit haben, ihre Bürger stillschweigend und ohne Rechenschaftspflicht zu überwachen"
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000310751/ein-regime-im-ueberlebensmodus-leak-zeigt-irans-massive-ueberwachung-im-land
#Iran #HumanRights #Massenüberwachung
#Surveillance #Cameraseverywhere
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Thousands Mourn Victims Of Strike On Iranian School
Global #economy must stop pandering to “frivolous and destructive demands of the ultra-rich”, new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising #inequality and ecological collapse
Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on extreme #poverty and #HumanRights, says politicians must stop prioritising “socially and ecologically destructive growth” that only increases the profits and serves the consumption demands of the world’s richest individuals & #corporations
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/03/un-de-schutter-outlines-plan-for-redistributive-global-economy
Good News! 🚨👀
I am delighted to finally announce today what I've been working on in the past few weeks:
Privacy Guides' new Activism section! :awesome:
https://privacyguides.org/activism/
The Activism section offers a new way to empower the digital rights community. It will progressively grow with more tools to support the community in its privacy activism effort, both for individuals and organizations 💛
As Privacy Guides' new Activism & Outreach Lead, I will be working hard on developing this section even further in the coming weeks, adding many more tools to support our community.
I hope this can be a helpful resource for anyone who is ready to fight for privacy rights ✊🔒
#PrivacyGuides #Activism #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights
"10 anni dopo l'assassinio della leader indigena #Lenca e difensora dei diritti umani #BertaCáceres" in #Honduras la violenza contro chi difende la terra e l'ambiente non si è mai fermata.
#HumanRights #capitalismo #IndigenousRights #3marzo
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/03/honduras-10-anos-sin-justicia-para-berta/
🌎⚠️ The number of people living in conditions of modern slavery has risen by 25% over the past decade. 50 million people. 25% increase in a decade.
Those aren't just statistics; they are a systemic failure.
No business fit for the future can ignore modern slavery.
A new global ISO standard (ISO 37200) seeks to stop businesses from using complexity as an excuse for inaction.
🔗🇬🇧 https://tinyurl.com/mvas9ann
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🌎⚠️ Il numero di persone che vivono in condizioni di schiavitù moderna è aumentato del 25% nell'ultimo decennio. 50 milioni di persone. Un aumento del 25% in 10 anni.
Non sono solo numeri: è un fallimento sistemico.
Nessuna azienda pronta per il futuro può ignorare la schiavitù moderna.
Un nuovo standard globale ISO (ISO 37200) cerca di impedire alle aziende di usare la complessità come scusa per l'inerzia.
🔗🇮🇹 https://tinyurl.com/ktknk28u
#ModernSlavery #Exploitation #HumanRights #lavoro #schiavitù #sfruttamento
‘Any one of us is a single accident, illness or genetic twist away from #disability A falling object, a sudden diagnosis, a moment on the road, and life changes forever. The disabled minority, unlike any other, is a minority that anyone can join. Our letters to politicians deserve more than form responses. Our governments should reflect the compassion of the people they serve, even if they disagree with us on other issues.’https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/03/03/Disabled-Albertans-Deserve-Better/
#HumanRights #cdnpoli
International Law for Some, but Not for All | Opinion
Mario Carrillo: "Polling finds that a majority of Americans, roughly 60%, disapprove of how ICE is doing its job – especially the way enforcement is being carried out. This is a broad concern about heavy-handed tactics. The idea of sending federal agents into cities and communities, with the power to arrest, detain, and even use lethal force, is increasingly unpopular among Americans. People are organizing, testifying, marching, and demanding accountability for their communities." #HumanRights
Canada's Carney continues on his path to mold the Liberal party into Tory Lite - doubling down on his Davos statement that we should take the world as it is, not what we'd like it to be. For him, that's choosing trade over such things as human rights or security concerns in places like China, India, Israel and Qatar. Or now, supporting Trump's illegal war on Iran.
Forceful diplomacy is overrated. Profit is all.
To try to justify the #IranWar, Speaker Mike Johnson claimed: “This (war) was a defensive measure. If Israel fired upon Iran and took action against Iran to take out the missiles, then [Iran] would have immediately retaliated against U.S. personnel and assets."
Trump's reaction was to begin a murderous, costly, and illegal war. Instead, Trump should have told Israel that if Israel attacks Iran, the United States would stop providing money and weapons to Israel.
#ethics #values #HumanRights
#rewatch 📲 Francesca Albanese discusses her forthcoming book, When the World Sleeps: Stories, Words, and Wounds of Palestine (releasing APR-28), along with broader reflections on #internationallaw, #humanrights, and the lived realities in #palestine
#UN #law
#UNfail
#gaza #genocide
Video credit: Busboys and Poets - Bar and #bookstore, Washington DC - #USA
We are regressing to a neo-feudal world where a few narcissistic men decide the fate of millions; some through gunpowder, others through algorithms. Stop blaming the AI; start blaming the humans molding it in their own image.
#TechResistance #AntiWar #DigitalEthics #Musk #Pentagon #HumanRights #Mastodon #StopTheWar #Oligarchy
Musk’s claim that "programmers will go extinct" is nothing but a fear tactic to centralize control. He has twisted Grok into his personal propaganda tool, proving that these oligarchs despise laws because regulations are the only thing standing in the way of their absolute profit.
#TechResistance #AntiWar #DigitalEthics #Musk #Pentagon #HumanRights #Mastodon #StopTheWar #Oligarchy
The real danger isn't Artificial Intelligence itself; AI is just a tool meant to make our lives easier. The true threat lies in the unscrupulous hands behind it. We see companies like Palantir, and now Grok and OpenAI, rushing to sign contracts with the Pentagon, stripping away every ethical safeguard to serve the war machine.
#TechResistance #AntiWar #DigitalEthics #Musk #Pentagon #HumanRights #Mastodon #StopTheWar #Oligarchy
