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Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · 10h
The German solidarity organisation Rote Hilfe (Red Aid) once again fends off #debanking, and thus a “ban on associations by the back door”. The #Sparkasse’s stated reasons after US sanctions didn't convince the Regional Court: digit.site36.net/2026/10/08/r...
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Red Aid once again fends off debanking after US sanctions, and thus a “ban on associations by the back door” – Matthias Monroy
Dissecting Security Architectures | Matthias Monroy
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 9h
Far-right activists linked to Patriot Platform and Restore have been clashing with police in France, following aid workers and trying to enter tents in the Dunkirk and Calais camp overnight. We unmasked them. www.thetimes.com/article/migr...
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‘Migrant hunters’ targeting small boats clash with French police
A new group of hard-right influencers has been in skirmishes with the authorities after ten British activists were banned for ‘inciting hatred’
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 11h
..state terror masquerading as migration policy enforcement… functioning as intended
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.newarab.com/news/tunisia...
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Tunisia blocks 300km ’Dignity March’ from reaching capital
Tunisian police blocked unemployed graduates from marching into Tunis after they walked nearly 300 kilometres to demand promised public-sector jobs.
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Institute of Race Relations @irrnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Around 200 students have been injured as French riot police fire rubber bullets and grenades at student protesters. A 15-year-old student had his hand blown off. Another loses the sight of an eye. www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...
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French high school protests: What we know about injuries among demonstrators and police
On Monday, a 15-year-old boy's hand was blown off by a grenade during a riot police intervention. Six judicial investigations into police use of force have been opened since the protests began last we...
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
…state crimes masquerading as migration policy continue…
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
…police violence against student protestors in france… www.humanite.fr/politique/mo...
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Des lycéens qui perdent des mains et des yeux, plus de 5 000 arrestations… À quoi joue la police et pourquoi Laurent Nunez ne réagit pas - L'Humanité
Ce lundi 5 octobre, un lycéen de 15 ans a eu la main arrachée à Lens et trois autres ont été gravement blessés en une semaine. En cause, un schéma du « maintien de l’ordre » ...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'seven women...have told the Guardian they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in the anti-immigration street patrol movement. All have chosen to come forward to make the public aware of the patterns of violence behind this new form of activism.'
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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A former political prisoner who was tortured for leading protests against Nicaragua’s Sandinista government was arrested and jailed immediately after he was deported there from the US last week. Trump appears to have notified the Sandinista regime that he was coming. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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The U.S. deported a former political prisoner to Nicaragua. He’s now in prison again
Jeffrey Jarquín, a former Nicaraguan political prisoner who said he was tortured for opposing President Daniel Ortega, was jailed at Managua’s Modelo prison immediately after the U.S. deported him, ad...
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
…on top of that, if they weren’t of working age they’d call them ‘burdens’ or ‘scroungers’, if it was women (they often are, regardless of dodgy claims) they are potential breeders for the great replacement & kids are even worse, as they will grow after being a burden… xenophobes can’t be appeased
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you just substitute the words 'working age' for 'fighting age', suddenly the arrival of youngish men and women doesn't sound threatening. Rather, it sounds like exactly what we need for an ageing population.
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Bunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jewish human rights barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Can EU Member States suspend processing of asylum applications made by beneficiaries of temporary protection? Analysis of a new CJEU judgment, by Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger - plus some further comments from me: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
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The Jilin Judgment (Case C‑249/25): Can Member States Suspend Asylum Procedures During Temporary Protection, and for How Long?
Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger , Associate Professor of International Law , Süleyman Demirel University Photo credit : Maksym Kozlenko, via Wikim...
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center truthout.org/articles/a-g...
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A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center
Activists are pressuring Buffalo corporations to kick ICE out of the office building where it is imprisoning children.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
EU adopts new Returns Regulation, including stricter rules on expulsion and detention of non-EU citizens not authorised to stay - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre... Updated analysis of the new Regulation, by Dr. Izabella Majcher - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
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The Regulation of Shame: When Far-Right Ideas Become EU Return Law
Dr. Izabella Majcher ,  Independent Consultant Photo credit : Shutterstock   * Updated 1 October 2026 to refer to the adoption of the ...
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a dreadful argument from Burnham. Empirically false - almost 6m people were granted settled status; about 4m are currently resident. More importantly panders to racism/xenophobia, and directly contradicts argument made in his speech about migrant contributions.
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/how-scheng... …time to defend the schengen area of free movement because fascists are trying to tear it down after using it as a pretext to undo the rule of law and human rights, and to normalise structural discrimination, state violence and systemic injustice…
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How Schengen Dies, and the Rule of Law With It
Why over 100 academics and five former EU leaders have filed a complaint against the European Commission to defend border free-travel
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
…an important development (inc. the sentence), also because changes sought in the facilitation package reform want to ensure that when authorities target activists with trumped-up charges they must stick even when they are untrue… aegeanboatreport.com/2026/09/30/n...
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NORWAY REFUSED TO SURRENDER ME TO GREECE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS.
On 16 March 2026, I was arrested at my home in Tromsø under a European Arrest Warrant issued by Greece. Greek authorities wanted Norway to surrender me so that I could be prosecuted in Greece. Two …
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
While EU governments present falling migration figures as a political success, people continue to die in the Mediterranean. New figures from #Frontex reveal a sharp increase in information-sharing with #Libya, which hinders NGOs in rescuing the people: digit.site36.net/2026/09/29/s...
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Sea-Watch recovers drowned people in the Mediterranean and criticises EU for increasing cooperation with Libyan units | Matthias Monroy
While EU governments present falling migration figures as a political success, people continue to die in the Mediterranean. New figures from Frontex reveal a sharp increase in information-sharing…
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
EU Commission 5 point plan on external border controls ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Commission proposes 5-point plan to strengthen resilience and security of EU external borders
Today, the Commission is proposing a 5-point plan to prevent, anticipate and respond to sudden, mass illegal arrivals. It will strengthen the resilience and security of EU external borders
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
Our new “Privacy’s Defenders” podcast talks to the activists, lawyers and technologists who have fought for a better, more secure and private digital future – a future that’s still attainable. Episode 1, “Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries,” is our origin story.
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Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries
People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see a...
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Snacks @snacks59.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
flip.it/0_q_Qk. Better keep this shit growing al across the nation.
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The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum
As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hear immigrant children also have heartbeats.
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
…appeal against gino extradition to hungary in witch hunt against antifascists case… www.osservatoriorepressione.info/difendere-la...
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Difendere l’antifascismo significa: nessuna estradizione per Gino
Appello congiunto di autori e autrici, artisti e artiste, scienziati e scienziate, e personalità politiche di Francia, Italia, Germania, Stati Uniti e altri paesi Quasi novant’anni fa, emigrati, lavor...
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
…italian constitutional court appears to be increasingly caving in to racism masquerading as migration policy… www.a-dif.org/2026/09/25/a...
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Ancora un cedimento della Consulta di fronte alla politica
di Fulvio Vassallo Paleologo Lo avevano già notato con le sentenze della Corte costituzionale in materia di detenzione amministrativa nei CPR (sentenza n. 96/2025) che non dichiarava la illegittimi…
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony.
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
…a very important looking resource…
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
…important clarifications…
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Slow marching being an obvious threat to public safety meriting prosecution, unlike blocking ports and knifing boats with someone still on board /s
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: The Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Austin over the weekend was taken to a hospital late Monday after experiencing paralysis on the left side of his body, according to his lawyer.
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Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says
Wilber Garcés Pérez has been transferred to a hospital after his condition worsened, according to his attorney. He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
…forceful defence of ceuta minors’ rights in a horrific context… siria rego on cadena ser (in spanish): most of them want to stay and they will stay cadenaser.com/nacional/202...
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Sira Rego: "Se está haciendo politiqueo con los niños. La mayoría quiere quedarse en España y se va a quedar"
La ministra de Juventud e Infancia llama en 'Hoy por Hoy' a la "autocrítica de todas las instituciones" ante la situación de los menores y condena el ataque de una turba contra el coche de una diputad...
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
…rights organisations criticise racism and violence vs migrants in ceuta by law enforcement andsecurity forces, as well as by private citizens… migreurop.org/article3623....
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Une centaine d'organisations dénoncent les violences contre les personnes migrantes à Ceuta – MIGREUROP
Migreurop est co-signataire de ce communiqué qui dénonce les violations de droits exercées par les États espagnol et marocain contre les personnes exilées à Ceuta. Le travail de documentation réalisé…
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
according to the article, it took hours after the personal intervention of the mayor for his family to even get basic information about him. that information included that he had been transferred to ICE custody hours after being shot. no amnesty
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hard to find the words to express the evil that this is. Gay men deported to African countries where they are likely to be murdered. People ripped from their families and dumped in countries they know nothing of.
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Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sho... “ICE has been terrorizing our country for far too long,” said Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar, who represents the district where the shooting occurred….
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'This Violence Cannot Continue': ICE Shooting of Man in Austin Sparks Outrage | Common Dreams
"ICE has been terrorizing our country for far too long," said Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar, who represents the district where the shooting occurred.
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
…the actions of a death cult…
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 20/09/2026
Thousands march in Paris against bill granting police presumption of legitimate self defense
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Thousands march in Paris against bill granting police presumption of legitimate self defense
In July, MPs in the Assemblée Nationale approved the bill, which says that any law enforcement official who uses force is assumed to have acted legally in using their weapon. It now faces a vote in the Sénat.
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Quando n aziende “perdono il controllo” di un loro prodotto — ammesso sia così — e ne risultano dei crimini, quelle n aziende dovrebbero risponderne di fronte alla giustizia, no? No, a quanto pare è ciò che conferisce loro il diritto di dirci che fare del nostro futuro 🤷‍♂️
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
…for the umpteenth time, plenty of britons & non-britons suffer coz of brexit & its implications that undermine freedom of movement… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and home
Charles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position
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Netpol @netpol.org · 20/09/2026
Victims of intrusive police surveillance accused the government of seeking to cut short the #spycops public inquiry by holding a phoney and rigged consultation. When campaigners tried to deliver submissions in person this week, the Home Office went into lockdown www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Victims say Home Office attempt to curtail spycops inquiry will result in a ‘cover-up’
Shabana Mahmood is concerned about length and £144m cost of inquiry into intrusive police surveillance
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Easier to convict a victim than to live up to the UK’s obligations to refugees
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Chan Mathok Atak jailed over Channel boat with 165 migrants
Chan Mathok Atak has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison after piloting the boat.
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.radiondadurto.org/2026/09/18/i... …one of the doctors targeted for not authorising detention who is under investigation: “it’s a political attempt to criminalise the medical category to distract from the degrading conditions in the centres”, which he also describes as “pathogenic”… (italy)
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INDAGINE MEDICI CPR, PARLA NICOLA COCCO: “UN TENTATIVO DI DISTOGLIERE LO SGUARDO DAL CUORE DELLA QUESTIONE, LE CONDIZIONI NEI CPR”
Intervista a Nicola Cocco, medico della società italiana di medicina delle migrazioni, indagato con l’accusa di associazione a delinquere. "L'inchiesta è un tentativo di distogliere lo sguardo dal cuo...
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
…what happens when wrecking as many people’s lives as possible becomes a goal asserted and implemented through state procedures that are increasingly automated…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm pleased this thread has proved so popular it's such an important and relevant bit of history.
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.fanpage.it/attualita/fa... doctors under investigation for certificates vs detaining people in law-defying, pathogenic sites for the denial of freedom
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Netpol @netpol.org · 16/09/2026
Lots of people still need to wear a mask in 2026. Lara Wong, of Clinically Vulnerable Families, writes for Netpol on why new police powers to create mask-free zones at protests (and arrest everyone for wearing one) is a public health issue, not just a public order one netpol.org/2026/09/15/w...
Campaigners from the Clinically Vulnerable Families, all wearing a face mask, with a purple and blue banner that says "we demand the right to breathe safe air"
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