Mark Dummett
@markdummett.bsky.social
Head of business and human rights team @amnesty - currently enjoying a sabbatical. ex HRW, BBC & Reuters. All posts my own.
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
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European leaders must reintroduce key protections in the next phase of negotiations.
New research commissioned by @amnesty.org &
@globalwitness.org shows that the majority of Europeans (75%) want human rights & environmental protection. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
New research commissioned by @amnesty.org &
@globalwitness.org shows that the majority of Europeans (75%) want human rights & environmental protection. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
EU: New research suggests majority of Europeans favour human rights and environmental protection in face of EU rollback
New polling by Ipsos reveals that a large majority of people (75%) across 10 European countries think it is important that the European Union (EU) uphold its own environmental laws. The new survey of ...
www.amnesty.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
European leaders must reintroduce key protections in the next phase of negotiations.
New research commissioned by @amnesty.org &
@globalwitness.org shows that the majority of Europeans (75%) want human rights & environmental protection. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
New research commissioned by @amnesty.org &
@globalwitness.org shows that the majority of Europeans (75%) want human rights & environmental protection. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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A huge blow for people & the planet.
Today, @europarl.europa.eu voted in favour of deregulating corporations.
This backsliding will have devastating consequences for workers & the climate.
#CSDDD #OmnibusI #EPlenary
Today, @europarl.europa.eu voted in favour of deregulating corporations.
This backsliding will have devastating consequences for workers & the climate.
#CSDDD #OmnibusI #EPlenary
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A huge blow for people & the planet.
Today, @europarl.europa.eu voted in favour of deregulating corporations.
This backsliding will have devastating consequences for workers & the climate.
#CSDDD #OmnibusI #EPlenary
Today, @europarl.europa.eu voted in favour of deregulating corporations.
This backsliding will have devastating consequences for workers & the climate.
#CSDDD #OmnibusI #EPlenary
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A new museum has been set up to celebrate the Benin Bronzes but the monarch opposed the idea. As I’ve said before, this all stems from the root problem—seeing these items just as art, when they mean a lot more to their owners. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... #Nigeria
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A new museum has been set up to celebrate the Benin Bronzes but the monarch opposed the idea. As I’ve said before, this all stems from the root problem—seeing these items just as art, when they mean a lot more to their owners. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... #Nigeria
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Ogoni Nine who were executed by the Nigerian military government in November 1995 after campaigning against widespread oil pollution in the Niger Delta.
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Nigeria: Government must clear names of executed activists Ogoni Nine
Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government’s brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists – the Ogoni Nine – for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty Inter...
www.amnesty.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Ogoni Nine who were executed by the Nigerian military government in November 1995 after campaigning against widespread oil pollution in the Niger Delta.
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
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UPDATE: NSO just hired former Trump ambassador to Israel.
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
UPDATE: NSO just hired former Trump ambassador to Israel.
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
In London on Thursday?
Come along to Amnesty’s screening of “Esther and the Law”. This tells the remarkable story of one woman’s struggle to hold Shell accountable for involvement in her husband’s execution in Nigeria 30 years ago.
Come along to Amnesty’s screening of “Esther and the Law”. This tells the remarkable story of one woman’s struggle to hold Shell accountable for involvement in her husband’s execution in Nigeria 30 years ago.
November 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In London on Thursday?
Come along to Amnesty’s screening of “Esther and the Law”. This tells the remarkable story of one woman’s struggle to hold Shell accountable for involvement in her husband’s execution in Nigeria 30 years ago.
Come along to Amnesty’s screening of “Esther and the Law”. This tells the remarkable story of one woman’s struggle to hold Shell accountable for involvement in her husband’s execution in Nigeria 30 years ago.
In London on Thursday?
Come along to Amnesty’s screening of “Esther and the Law”. This tells the remarkable story of one woman’s struggle to hold Shell accountable for involvement in her husband’s execution in Nigeria 30 years ago.
Come along to Amnesty’s screening of “Esther and the Law”. This tells the remarkable story of one woman’s struggle to hold Shell accountable for involvement in her husband’s execution in Nigeria 30 years ago.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In London on Thursday?
Come along to Amnesty’s screening of “Esther and the Law”. This tells the remarkable story of one woman’s struggle to hold Shell accountable for involvement in her husband’s execution in Nigeria 30 years ago.
Come along to Amnesty’s screening of “Esther and the Law”. This tells the remarkable story of one woman’s struggle to hold Shell accountable for involvement in her husband’s execution in Nigeria 30 years ago.
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And he’s equally right the only route to defeating populism runs through properly tackling the climate crisis. Climate breakdown, food insecurity, and rolling disasters will be weaponised by nationalists and authoritarians everywhere.
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
And he’s equally right the only route to defeating populism runs through properly tackling the climate crisis. Climate breakdown, food insecurity, and rolling disasters will be weaponised by nationalists and authoritarians everywhere.
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Ed Miliband is entirely right about this. There are legitimate critiques of specific climate policies, but much of the criticism is either scientifically illiterate denialism or ‘it’s just too hard’ defeatism - and often it’s both. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Giving up would be a betrayal’: Miliband says 1.5C target still alive before Cop30
Exclusive: Environment secretary says global tipping points are possible as he rejects far-right climate ‘defeatism’
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Ed Miliband is entirely right about this. There are legitimate critiques of specific climate policies, but much of the criticism is either scientifically illiterate denialism or ‘it’s just too hard’ defeatism - and often it’s both. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Behind the story: French cement firm Lafarge in the dock, accused of funding terrorism on @france24.com
Claire Tixeire from @ecchr.bsky.social and Anna Kiefer from Sherpa discuss the stakes in this historic trial 👇
Claire Tixeire from @ecchr.bsky.social and Anna Kiefer from Sherpa discuss the stakes in this historic trial 👇
Perspective - Behind the story: French cement firm Lafarge in the dock, accused of funding terrorism
Some of the leading figures behind the trial of a huge multinational getting underway in Paris have spoken to FRANCE 24 about how the French cement company Lafarge put its own economic interests above...
www.france24.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Behind the story: French cement firm Lafarge in the dock, accused of funding terrorism on @france24.com
Claire Tixeire from @ecchr.bsky.social and Anna Kiefer from Sherpa discuss the stakes in this historic trial 👇
Claire Tixeire from @ecchr.bsky.social and Anna Kiefer from Sherpa discuss the stakes in this historic trial 👇
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Incredibly, people still take this bloke seriously when he tells them he'll be terraforming Mars by easter. He's an inveterate liar, a child.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Incredibly, people still take this bloke seriously when he tells them he'll be terraforming Mars by easter. He's an inveterate liar, a child.
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Musk is certainly fascist-brained but he’s also a dim schoolboy racist. Meanwhile the Tesla board decides whether to give this man $1 trillion
Fascist who pays women off for their silence endorses his own kind.
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Musk is certainly fascist-brained but he’s also a dim schoolboy racist. Meanwhile the Tesla board decides whether to give this man $1 trillion
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BREAKING:
Vanessa Tsehaye is the winner of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Human Rights Activist,” recognising her courageous advocacy for Eritrean political prisoners, including her uncle Seyoum Tsehaye, and her efforts exposing human rights abuse. #MagnitskyAwards
Vanessa Tsehaye is the winner of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Human Rights Activist,” recognising her courageous advocacy for Eritrean political prisoners, including her uncle Seyoum Tsehaye, and her efforts exposing human rights abuse. #MagnitskyAwards
November 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
BREAKING:
Vanessa Tsehaye is the winner of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Human Rights Activist,” recognising her courageous advocacy for Eritrean political prisoners, including her uncle Seyoum Tsehaye, and her efforts exposing human rights abuse. #MagnitskyAwards
Vanessa Tsehaye is the winner of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Human Rights Activist,” recognising her courageous advocacy for Eritrean political prisoners, including her uncle Seyoum Tsehaye, and her efforts exposing human rights abuse. #MagnitskyAwards
Sheffield Hallam should be ashamed of itself. Laura Murphy has done brilliant and important work to expose human rights abuses in Chinese supply chains.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Sheffield Hallam should be ashamed of itself. Laura Murphy has done brilliant and important work to expose human rights abuses in Chinese supply chains.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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These are difficult stories to read, but much, much harder still to live through. Maëlle and many others spoke up so that other young people won’t have to live through it.
Read the full report here in English
#FixTikTok
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read the full report here in English
#FixTikTok
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
France: TikTok still steering vulnerable children and young people towards depressive and suicidal content
The report contains sensitive content including references to self-harm and suicide New Amnesty International research has found that TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed is pushing French children and young p...
www.amnesty.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
These are difficult stories to read, but much, much harder still to live through. Maëlle and many others spoke up so that other young people won’t have to live through it.
Read the full report here in English
#FixTikTok
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read the full report here in English
#FixTikTok
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Two years after “Driven into the Darkness”, here’s our second deep dive into TikTok’s disturbing rabbit holes taking teens from #sadtok into self-harm and suicide content. Together with @katiaroux.bsky.social, I spoke to young people & bereaved parents about the real-world impact of “systemic risks”
Nous avons plongé dans l’algorithme de TikTok France.
Nos résultats sont accablants : TikTok inonde encore les écrans des ados vulnérables de contenus pouvant aller jusqu’à idéaliser le suicide.
Voici notre enquête.👇
Nos résultats sont accablants : TikTok inonde encore les écrans des ados vulnérables de contenus pouvant aller jusqu’à idéaliser le suicide.
Voici notre enquête.👇
Plongée dans l’algorithme de TikTok France : nos révélations
Que montre TikTok aux adolescent·es français ? Pour le savoir, nos équipes ont recréé leurs profils et se sont entretenues avec des adolescent·es et des familles concernées. Malgré la législation euro...
www.amnesty.fr
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Two years after “Driven into the Darkness”, here’s our second deep dive into TikTok’s disturbing rabbit holes taking teens from #sadtok into self-harm and suicide content. Together with @katiaroux.bsky.social, I spoke to young people & bereaved parents about the real-world impact of “systemic risks”
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In which I talk with the woman who won't shut up (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Denounces Her. Multinationals Threaten Her. She Likes Her Odds.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In which I talk with the woman who won't shut up (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
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OpenAI *really* isn't hiding its intention to power the AI boom with fossil fuels.
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist
The ChatGPT creator hired John McCarrick, a gas-loving former Trump energy official, to guide how the company will source huge quantities of power for its colossal supercomputers.
www.desmog.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
OpenAI *really* isn't hiding its intention to power the AI boom with fossil fuels.
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
Demand the sacking of Robert Jenrick for racist remarks
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Israel/OPT ceasefire must lead to ending Israel’s unlawful occupation, apartheid & genocide - @amnesty.org
“It is time to seize the opportunity to end this horror, mend what can be mended and salvage what is left of our shared humanity” - @agnescallamard.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
“It is time to seize the opportunity to end this horror, mend what can be mended and salvage what is left of our shared humanity” - @agnescallamard.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Ceasefire must be pathway to ending Israel’s unlawful occupation, apartheid and genocide
There must be a full cessation of hostilities and a total lifting of the blockade.
www.amnesty.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Israel/OPT ceasefire must lead to ending Israel’s unlawful occupation, apartheid & genocide - @amnesty.org
“It is time to seize the opportunity to end this horror, mend what can be mended and salvage what is left of our shared humanity” - @agnescallamard.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
“It is time to seize the opportunity to end this horror, mend what can be mended and salvage what is left of our shared humanity” - @agnescallamard.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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If you have opinions on this and are on the club's mailing list there was an e-mail sent out today surveying fans about attitudes towards their brand partners.
surveys.arsenal.com/jfe/form/SV_...
surveys.arsenal.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
If you have opinions on this and are on the club's mailing list there was an e-mail sent out today surveying fans about attitudes towards their brand partners.
surveys.arsenal.com/jfe/form/SV_...
surveys.arsenal.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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🚨 Evidence shows how telecoms giant Telenor, through its subsidiary in Myanmar, disclosed sensitive customer mobile phone data like names, call logs, and last known locations.
This data enabled the military to track down, detain, and torture civilians.
Full story: www.somo.nl/telenor-face...
This data enabled the military to track down, detain, and torture civilians.
Full story: www.somo.nl/telenor-face...
October 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🚨 Evidence shows how telecoms giant Telenor, through its subsidiary in Myanmar, disclosed sensitive customer mobile phone data like names, call logs, and last known locations.
This data enabled the military to track down, detain, and torture civilians.
Full story: www.somo.nl/telenor-face...
This data enabled the military to track down, detain, and torture civilians.
Full story: www.somo.nl/telenor-face...