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Drewery Dyke

@drewerydyke.bsky.social
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Middle East, governance, human rights; not keen on asymmetric power structures; more so justice. Wannabe sociologist. Senior Fellow @FPCThinkTank; Salam for Democracy and Human Rights. From Winnipeg 🇨🇦; now in Hackney 🇬🇧.Banner - the family 🐈, Herbert.

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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 7h
Following a degrading exchange with a single member at conference & a change in @greenparty.org.uk policy towards Israel (inc. not addressing Iran), I've left the party. Space for respectful, inclusive critical debate & policy appears purged. @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social @zoegarbett.bsky.social
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 17/08/2026
#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...
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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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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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UNHCR Welcomes Portuguese Law to Strengthen Protection for Stateless Persons | UNHCR Europe
LISBON – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the entry into force of a new law in Portugal establishing a Statelessness Determination Procedure, marking a major step towards identifying and protect...
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Renaud TARLET @renaudtarlet.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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 ?
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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A bit old but I wonder if @lalehkhalili.bsky.social would be interested in this. Oh yes, fab piece in the LRB, Laleh'jan!
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 28/07/2026
#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...
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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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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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?
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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
« 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."
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 23/07/2026
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/...
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Ways of seeing: Iranian cinema’s struggle to show a true reflection of the country
Contemporary Iranian cinema has been hailed for its sophisticated and nuanced depictions of everyday life. But this praise does not alwa ...
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 22/07/2026
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...
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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
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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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...
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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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CiLuna @ciluna27.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
#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
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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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
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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
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.
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CiLuna @ciluna27.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#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
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Imagine waiting six years for a plan to protect nature… …to find it barely mentions protected nature. 👇
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
yup! 100% free :) merl.reading.ac.uk/visit/ bsky.app/profile/mski...
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Visit
Visiting The Museum of English Rural Life is free. Discover our galleries, activities, café, and beautiful walled garden.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/07/2026
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
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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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...
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The Black Box Statelessness and the Hidden Harms of Digital ID
YouTube video by Global Movement Against Statelessness
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
🚨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...
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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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...
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What the world misses when it doesn’t understand statelessness
The stories featured in our July Spotlight span countries, regions, and experiences. They explore the systems that create and perpetuate statelessness, but they also illuminate the creativity and resi...
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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
!! 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...
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Mary Omerere v. Republic of Ghana : Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative
Everyone has the right to a nationality
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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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.
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TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
CANMNT and Canada Soccer shared a statement thanking Canadians for their support on the team's historic #FIFAWorldCup run 🙌🇨🇦
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陳潔平 s-KELLY-ton 💀👻🎃 @yllekc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
IT’S OKAY BOYS – you did so well and without Davies and Kone!!
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
One country. One team. One flag. 🇨🇦 Let's go, Team Canada! The whole country is behind you. #CANMNT
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🇨🇦❤️
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Adam van Koeverden @avankoeverden.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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
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陳潔平 s-KELLY-ton 💀👻🎃 @yllekc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cabo Verde made their fans very proud tonight. So inspiring...🫶 What an amazing run in this World Cup. ⚽️🇨🇻
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陳潔平 s-KELLY-ton 💀👻🎃 @yllekc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I’ve had my Canada flag up since the Olympics. Gonna keep it up for a bit longer.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/07/2026
Team Canada, you made us all proud. The spirit was strong here, from old friends and new at the beautiful Lighthouse Pub in Sechelt. This team made history and showed the world that Canada is a soccer nation. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
A pub full of people watching Canada play in the World Cup.Avi Lewis taking a picture with someone wearing a Canada shirt.Avi Lewis taking a selfie with someone.
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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
. @canadasoccerenbot.bsky.social @canadasoccerfr.bsky.social Lads, you did us proud. Achèvement historique. You are a young team with a future. Nous hâtons de voir ce vous feriez dans l’avenir. Go Canada! 🇨🇦
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 02/07/2026
#Iran: As part of our series of dissident profiles, Index looks at Nasrin Sotoudeh, the imprisoned human rights lawyer who has made a career of defending political activists ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/nasr...
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 29/06/2026
An update on our website ⬇️
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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Starting tomorrow! See you in Paris!
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Citizenship in the News 🇩🇪 DW: A family from Togo has been stripped of their legally obtained German citizenship under a racist colonial law, leaving them stateless. Unable to return to 🇹🇬 as they were forced to give up their Togolese citizenship for the German one www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH0d...
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Germany revokes family's citizenship due to racist colonial law | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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Celeste Trianon @celeste.lgbt · 23/06/2026
Mes pensées complètes sur la tuerie de Côte-des-Neiges, le masculinisme et les dangers que notre société ne cesse d’effacer
Un post Facebook à Céleste, lisant:

«La classe médiatique va diffuser la prétention que la tuerie à Côte-des-Neiges est une tragédie imprévisible, voire impossible à prévenir. Toutefois, la réalité est bien autre: cette tuerie n'était pas une attaque du «loup solitaire», mais plutôt le résultat d'années d'inaction collective relative à la montée du masculinisme et du fascisme masculiniste. Ça aurait pu être une autre Polytechnique, que la police n'aurait également pas pu prévenir.
Selon Léa Clermont-Dion, «le manifeste dévoile une apologie profondément naturaliste et essentialiste. Il présente les différences entre les sexes comme naturelles, immuables et hiérarchisées». Ça vous rappelle de quoi?
C'est la même idéologie ayant amenée à l'attaque de la voiture-bélier à Toronto en 2018: 11 personnes tuées. C'est la même idéologie derrière Polytechnique: 14 femmes tuées.
C'est la même idéologie derrière les interdictions sur l'avortement et aux lois anti-trans à travers le monde.
Nous essayons de se faire entendre depuis des années.
Nous essayons de parler de cette crise depuis des années.
Est-ce que les médias, les personnes à la tête du système vont nous écouter? Parce que si non, ce n'est qu'une question de temps avant qu'on va se poser la même ostie d'histoire.
Le masculinisme, c'est une crise existentielle pour l'humanité et la démocratie.»
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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
OK, a super minor thing but I was a goalie in hockey and quarterback in (American) football. In this context, the 'groin' is a sensitive area that merits protection. Coasts merit protection, too. But I side with the British groyne on this one: 'terminal groin' just sounds too uncomfortable...
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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Botswana grants citizenship to 69 long-term refugees www.unhcr.org/africa/news/...
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UNHCR commends Botswana for granting citizenship to long-term refugees on World Refugee Day in Botswana | UNHCR Africa
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the Government of the Republic of Botswana for granting citizenship to 69 refugees on the commemoration of this year’s World Refugee Day and the 75th anniversary...
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 22/06/2026
Read @gulfcentre4hr.bsky.social's new report documenting how transnational repression (TNR) across the MENA region is being used to target human rights defenders (HRDs), journalists, writers, academics and others⬇️ www.gc4hr.org/pursued-beyo...
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Pursued Beyond Borders: Patterns of Transnational Repression Linked to States in the Middle East and North Africa - Gulf Centre for Human Rights
Executive Summary This report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) documents how transnational repression linked to States in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) restricts and endangers the ...
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CiLuna @ciluna27.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 2 months 27 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
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CiLuna @ciluna27.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 2 months 25 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
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Random Sarah @random-sarah.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I believe the voices of the Holocaust survivors need to be heard, shared, protected. I believe Jewish people suffered terribly through the holocaust. I'll remember the others who suffered & died during that time too. I will also condemn the actions of Israel toward others. It's humanity.
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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Children’s gift ideas, @neilsammonds.bsky.social ?
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Drewery Dyke @drewerydyke.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Thinking of you and all of us, @dooleydooley.bsky.social
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CiLuna @ciluna27.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 2 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
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