Motaz Amer
@motazamer.bsky.social
Refugees & Migration Activist | Human Rights Campaigner | @amnestyuk.bsky.social Country Coordinator for Yemen
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“The truth, whether it's about genocide abroad or fascism at home, will not be suppressed.”
Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's acceptance speech after receiving the Integrity Award from the Arab Center where he made it loud and clear that he will not be ‘silenced’
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Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's acceptance speech after receiving the Integrity Award from the Arab Center where he made it loud and clear that he will not be ‘silenced’
zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...
October 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“The truth, whether it's about genocide abroad or fascism at home, will not be suppressed.”
Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's acceptance speech after receiving the Integrity Award from the Arab Center where he made it loud and clear that he will not be ‘silenced’
zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...
Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's acceptance speech after receiving the Integrity Award from the Arab Center where he made it loud and clear that he will not be ‘silenced’
zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...
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🔴BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted an interview on the flagship BBC show after being elected, or during his party conference
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
The new Green leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted an interview on the flagship BBC show after being elected, or during his party conference
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🔴BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted an interview on the flagship BBC show after being elected, or during his party conference
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
The new Green leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted an interview on the flagship BBC show after being elected, or during his party conference
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
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Larry Ellison:
—Second‑richest man on Earth
—Gave $16.6 million to Friends of the IDF
—Hosted Netanyahu on his private island
—Trump plan makes him co-own TikTok
—Son, David, just spent $150 million to buy The Free Press & make Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS
—Wants Warner Bros (CNN, HBO)
—Second‑richest man on Earth
—Gave $16.6 million to Friends of the IDF
—Hosted Netanyahu on his private island
—Trump plan makes him co-own TikTok
—Son, David, just spent $150 million to buy The Free Press & make Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS
—Wants Warner Bros (CNN, HBO)
October 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Larry Ellison:
—Second‑richest man on Earth
—Gave $16.6 million to Friends of the IDF
—Hosted Netanyahu on his private island
—Trump plan makes him co-own TikTok
—Son, David, just spent $150 million to buy The Free Press & make Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS
—Wants Warner Bros (CNN, HBO)
—Second‑richest man on Earth
—Gave $16.6 million to Friends of the IDF
—Hosted Netanyahu on his private island
—Trump plan makes him co-own TikTok
—Son, David, just spent $150 million to buy The Free Press & make Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS
—Wants Warner Bros (CNN, HBO)
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EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has been blasted for giving 'lengthy' coverage to a Reform UK press conference on immigration
🗣️'Our national broadcaster should not be unduly platforming Farage’s divisive politics, when no other party appears to receive the same'
🗣️'Our national broadcaster should not be unduly platforming Farage’s divisive politics, when no other party appears to receive the same'
BBC 'unduly platforming' Nigel Farage by streaming Reform UK press conference
THE BBC has been blasted for giving “lengthy” coverage to a Reform UK press conference on immigration.
www.thenational.scot
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has been blasted for giving 'lengthy' coverage to a Reform UK press conference on immigration
🗣️'Our national broadcaster should not be unduly platforming Farage’s divisive politics, when no other party appears to receive the same'
🗣️'Our national broadcaster should not be unduly platforming Farage’s divisive politics, when no other party appears to receive the same'
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NEW: Far-right thugs are creating a "culture of fear" in Falkirk, it has been warned, after they falsely accused an anti-racism activist of being a paedophile and set up outside his home.
Police were forced to intervene to protect the activist's safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2547591...
Police were forced to intervene to protect the activist's safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2547591...
Far-right thugs target Scottish activist's home after false paedophile allegations
FAR-RIGHT thugs falsely accused an anti-racism activist of being a paedophile and set up outside his home ....
www.thenational.scot
September 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
NEW: Far-right thugs are creating a "culture of fear" in Falkirk, it has been warned, after they falsely accused an anti-racism activist of being a paedophile and set up outside his home.
Police were forced to intervene to protect the activist's safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2547591...
Police were forced to intervene to protect the activist's safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2547591...
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This is the first article in our series telling positive stories of refugees in Scotland.
Meet Motaz Amer. His family fled war in Yemen when he was 9. 10 years later he is advising the Scottish Government, supporting its refugee integration strategy.
www.thenational.scot/news/2540848...
Meet Motaz Amer. His family fled war in Yemen when he was 9. 10 years later he is advising the Scottish Government, supporting its refugee integration strategy.
www.thenational.scot/news/2540848...
This inspiring 19-year-old refugee is already advising the Scottish Government
CALLING Motaz Amer a high achiever would be quite the understatement ...
www.thenational.scot
August 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This is the first article in our series telling positive stories of refugees in Scotland.
Meet Motaz Amer. His family fled war in Yemen when he was 9. 10 years later he is advising the Scottish Government, supporting its refugee integration strategy.
www.thenational.scot/news/2540848...
Meet Motaz Amer. His family fled war in Yemen when he was 9. 10 years later he is advising the Scottish Government, supporting its refugee integration strategy.
www.thenational.scot/news/2540848...
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🚨 Big news: We’ve awarded 22 grants through our Shaping the Future fund—supporting migrant-led leadership rooted in care, creativity + community. bit.ly/40kW5Tx
This is what long-term change looks like!
🌱 Shaping the Future, rooted in experience
#Migration #Leadership #ShapingTheFuture
This is what long-term change looks like!
🌱 Shaping the Future, rooted in experience
#Migration #Leadership #ShapingTheFuture
July 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🚨 Big news: We’ve awarded 22 grants through our Shaping the Future fund—supporting migrant-led leadership rooted in care, creativity + community. bit.ly/40kW5Tx
This is what long-term change looks like!
🌱 Shaping the Future, rooted in experience
#Migration #Leadership #ShapingTheFuture
This is what long-term change looks like!
🌱 Shaping the Future, rooted in experience
#Migration #Leadership #ShapingTheFuture
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📣Want to find out more about the Government's citizenship ban and what we can do together to overturn it?
Join Together With Refugees and leading experts on Monday, 30th June (5-6 pm, online)
Sign up here:
addevent.com/event/Of2598...
Join Together With Refugees and leading experts on Monday, 30th June (5-6 pm, online)
Sign up here:
addevent.com/event/Of2598...
June 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📣Want to find out more about the Government's citizenship ban and what we can do together to overturn it?
Join Together With Refugees and leading experts on Monday, 30th June (5-6 pm, online)
Sign up here:
addevent.com/event/Of2598...
Join Together With Refugees and leading experts on Monday, 30th June (5-6 pm, online)
Sign up here:
addevent.com/event/Of2598...
Have your say: Are you a refugee or seeking asylum in the UK? We want to hear from YOU!
IMIX and I are doing a short, anonymous survey (5 mins) to understand how words in the media make people feel and how this affects mental health and life in the UK
IMIX and I are doing a short, anonymous survey (5 mins) to understand how words in the media make people feel and how this affects mental health and life in the UK
May 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Have your say: Are you a refugee or seeking asylum in the UK? We want to hear from YOU!
IMIX and I are doing a short, anonymous survey (5 mins) to understand how words in the media make people feel and how this affects mental health and life in the UK
IMIX and I are doing a short, anonymous survey (5 mins) to understand how words in the media make people feel and how this affects mental health and life in the UK
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We'd love to get more responses from people in Scotland with lived experience of forced displacement.
Please help by sharing this link with anyone who might like to contribute
🔗 forms.office.com/e/TLx26sH63L
Please help by sharing this link with anyone who might like to contribute
🔗 forms.office.com/e/TLx26sH63L
May 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We'd love to get more responses from people in Scotland with lived experience of forced displacement.
Please help by sharing this link with anyone who might like to contribute
🔗 forms.office.com/e/TLx26sH63L
Please help by sharing this link with anyone who might like to contribute
🔗 forms.office.com/e/TLx26sH63L
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Responses can help drive change by supporting:
📌Advocacy – engaging policymakers and the media on ethical reporting
📌Media Reform – promoting fairer narratives
📌Community Impact – challenging stereotypes and amplifying voices
📌Advocacy – engaging policymakers and the media on ethical reporting
📌Media Reform – promoting fairer narratives
📌Community Impact – challenging stereotypes and amplifying voices
May 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Responses can help drive change by supporting:
📌Advocacy – engaging policymakers and the media on ethical reporting
📌Media Reform – promoting fairer narratives
📌Community Impact – challenging stereotypes and amplifying voices
📌Advocacy – engaging policymakers and the media on ethical reporting
📌Media Reform – promoting fairer narratives
📌Community Impact – challenging stereotypes and amplifying voices
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Help challenge harmful narratives on migration.
One of our volunteers, is conducting a short survey of people seeking sanctuary in the UK to understand:
📌How terminology affects the mental health and well-being of refugees and people seeking asylum
📌How the media portrays migrants
(1/2)
One of our volunteers, is conducting a short survey of people seeking sanctuary in the UK to understand:
📌How terminology affects the mental health and well-being of refugees and people seeking asylum
📌How the media portrays migrants
(1/2)
May 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Help challenge harmful narratives on migration.
One of our volunteers, is conducting a short survey of people seeking sanctuary in the UK to understand:
📌How terminology affects the mental health and well-being of refugees and people seeking asylum
📌How the media portrays migrants
(1/2)
One of our volunteers, is conducting a short survey of people seeking sanctuary in the UK to understand:
📌How terminology affects the mental health and well-being of refugees and people seeking asylum
📌How the media portrays migrants
(1/2)
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WATCH: following the publication of the Immigration White Paper, Rivka Shaw - Policy Officer at GMIAU - spoke on Novara Media and Talk TV Radio yesterday.
She captured our disappointment with the Government's senseless policy making and the harmful impact this will have on our communities.
She captured our disappointment with the Government's senseless policy making and the harmful impact this will have on our communities.
May 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
WATCH: following the publication of the Immigration White Paper, Rivka Shaw - Policy Officer at GMIAU - spoke on Novara Media and Talk TV Radio yesterday.
She captured our disappointment with the Government's senseless policy making and the harmful impact this will have on our communities.
She captured our disappointment with the Government's senseless policy making and the harmful impact this will have on our communities.
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As a reminder - Scotland’s integration strategy is multilingual, intercultural, rights-based, refugee-led, trauma-sensitive and restorative. It’s perfectly straightforward to ditch the xenophobia and see electoral gains as a result
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.gov.scot/publications...
New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: 2024
A strategy supporting the integration of refugees, people seeking asylum and other forced migrants within Scotland’s communities. The strategy is led jointly by the Scottish Government, COSLA and Scot...
www.gov.scot
May 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
As a reminder - Scotland’s integration strategy is multilingual, intercultural, rights-based, refugee-led, trauma-sensitive and restorative. It’s perfectly straightforward to ditch the xenophobia and see electoral gains as a result
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.gov.scot/publications...
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Exactly this - long, slow, hard, vital work of many New Scots; Old Scots and Middle-aged Scots but it’s a key reason and entirely evidence-based. And @sabirzazai.bsky.social & I should know.
www.thenational.scot/news/2513570...
pressreader.com/article/2814...
www.thenational.scot/news/2513570...
pressreader.com/article/2814...
Scotland dodged riots as refugees better integrated than England, charity boss says
SCOTLAND avoided far-right riots last summer because refugees are better integrated than in England, according to the boss of a top refugees’…
www.thenational.scot
May 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Exactly this - long, slow, hard, vital work of many New Scots; Old Scots and Middle-aged Scots but it’s a key reason and entirely evidence-based. And @sabirzazai.bsky.social & I should know.
www.thenational.scot/news/2513570...
pressreader.com/article/2814...
www.thenational.scot/news/2513570...
pressreader.com/article/2814...
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Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
April 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
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62% of displaced families in Yemen and 47% of refugees have cut daily meals to survive.
The humanitarian crisis is worsening, and life-saving assistance is critically underfunded.
The humanitarian crisis is worsening, and life-saving assistance is critically underfunded.
April 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
62% of displaced families in Yemen and 47% of refugees have cut daily meals to survive.
The humanitarian crisis is worsening, and life-saving assistance is critically underfunded.
The humanitarian crisis is worsening, and life-saving assistance is critically underfunded.
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Elections have consequences
April 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Elections have consequences
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“Gaza’s horrific loss since Oct 7th is equivalent to the murder of 1.7 million Brits, yet many support Netanyahu - I fear for the UK.”
April 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“Gaza’s horrific loss since Oct 7th is equivalent to the murder of 1.7 million Brits, yet many support Netanyahu - I fear for the UK.”
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Not content with addressing the German far right AfD party, Musk today addressed the Italian far right Lega party, led by the pro-Putin, anti-gay, anti-Islam Matteo Salvini.
Musk’s politics are pretty clear - and pretty dangerous.
Musk’s politics are pretty clear - and pretty dangerous.
April 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Not content with addressing the German far right AfD party, Musk today addressed the Italian far right Lega party, led by the pro-Putin, anti-gay, anti-Islam Matteo Salvini.
Musk’s politics are pretty clear - and pretty dangerous.
Musk’s politics are pretty clear - and pretty dangerous.
"Nothing about us without us."
Last week, I sat in The Scottish Parliament, speaking with UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and Minister Kaukab Stewart, alongside leaders from UNHCR, COSLA, and the Scottish Refugee Council.
We weren’t just discussing refugee policy we were reshaping it. 1/3 🧵
Last week, I sat in The Scottish Parliament, speaking with UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and Minister Kaukab Stewart, alongside leaders from UNHCR, COSLA, and the Scottish Refugee Council.
We weren’t just discussing refugee policy we were reshaping it. 1/3 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Nothing about us without us."
Last week, I sat in The Scottish Parliament, speaking with UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and Minister Kaukab Stewart, alongside leaders from UNHCR, COSLA, and the Scottish Refugee Council.
We weren’t just discussing refugee policy we were reshaping it. 1/3 🧵
Last week, I sat in The Scottish Parliament, speaking with UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and Minister Kaukab Stewart, alongside leaders from UNHCR, COSLA, and the Scottish Refugee Council.
We weren’t just discussing refugee policy we were reshaping it. 1/3 🧵
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Vancouver! Join me and my brother Seth Klein for The New Shock Doctrine: Charting Canada’s Path in a Time of Crisis.
To beat Trump and his oligarchs, we must innovate, not imitate
In person at UBC’s Chan Centre on April 26 at 7:30pm.
To beat Trump and his oligarchs, we must innovate, not imitate
In person at UBC’s Chan Centre on April 26 at 7:30pm.
March 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Vancouver! Join me and my brother Seth Klein for The New Shock Doctrine: Charting Canada’s Path in a Time of Crisis.
To beat Trump and his oligarchs, we must innovate, not imitate
In person at UBC’s Chan Centre on April 26 at 7:30pm.
To beat Trump and his oligarchs, we must innovate, not imitate
In person at UBC’s Chan Centre on April 26 at 7:30pm.
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Trump calling for the impeachment of a judge who ruled against him. Calling him “crooked.” If this isn’t fascistic, what is?
(Also, the media will sanewash this but anyone else who talks or writes like this would be sent to one of the mental asylums Trump thinks migrants are coming from!)
(Also, the media will sanewash this but anyone else who talks or writes like this would be sent to one of the mental asylums Trump thinks migrants are coming from!)
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Trump calling for the impeachment of a judge who ruled against him. Calling him “crooked.” If this isn’t fascistic, what is?
(Also, the media will sanewash this but anyone else who talks or writes like this would be sent to one of the mental asylums Trump thinks migrants are coming from!)
(Also, the media will sanewash this but anyone else who talks or writes like this would be sent to one of the mental asylums Trump thinks migrants are coming from!)
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As the Gaza body count increases, I wonder how all these supposed 'leftists' & self-styled 'contrarians' who berated me for not applauding Trump for bringing about a 'ceasefire' and 'peace' feel today.
Like fools, I hope.
Because they are indeed fools: they believed Trump.
Like fools, I hope.
Because they are indeed fools: they believed Trump.
March 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
As the Gaza body count increases, I wonder how all these supposed 'leftists' & self-styled 'contrarians' who berated me for not applauding Trump for bringing about a 'ceasefire' and 'peace' feel today.
Like fools, I hope.
Because they are indeed fools: they believed Trump.
Like fools, I hope.
Because they are indeed fools: they believed Trump.