Mona
@monatd.bsky.social
Lawyer, investigator, producer, director in pursuit of elusive human rights in a tangle of obstructive structures. Leaving few means unturned by working in law, advocacy, media and culture.
Britain and Europe’s greatest legacies are yet to come. They should lead the way in reversing harms from their slavery, empire, Industrial Revolution and the WWW that now haunt us as racism, post-colonialism, rampant capitalism, environmental and societal collapse.
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Britain and Europe’s greatest legacies are yet to come. They should lead the way in reversing harms from their slavery, empire, Industrial Revolution and the WWW that now haunt us as racism, post-colonialism, rampant capitalism, environmental and societal collapse.
Media coverage of the Gaza ceasefire has erased Israel’s crimes with no calls for accountability. Instead, there is heroic praise for the perpetrators in a deal that could have happened two years ago. My contempt for the media that enabled this is as deep as their moral and professional debasement.
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Media coverage of the Gaza ceasefire has erased Israel’s crimes with no calls for accountability. Instead, there is heroic praise for the perpetrators in a deal that could have happened two years ago. My contempt for the media that enabled this is as deep as their moral and professional debasement.
Palestine is not only a land and Palestinians are not merely a people. Combined, they are part of all our foundational histories and cultures. Their suppression plays out on all these fronts as does their disastrous replacement with racism and the law of the jungle.
October 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Palestine is not only a land and Palestinians are not merely a people. Combined, they are part of all our foundational histories and cultures. Their suppression plays out on all these fronts as does their disastrous replacement with racism and the law of the jungle.
The far right and centre have largely converged. They stoke anxiety about immigrants “stealing jobs” or “eroding culture,” all while paving the way for AI to displace workers and destabilise society - even democracy itself. In such an atmosphere, the space for rational debate has all but vanished.
September 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The far right and centre have largely converged. They stoke anxiety about immigrants “stealing jobs” or “eroding culture,” all while paving the way for AI to displace workers and destabilise society - even democracy itself. In such an atmosphere, the space for rational debate has all but vanished.
Democracy cannot survive without rule of law—laws that defend human rights & hold power to account. It is neither majority tyranny nor elite capture. The upcoming RITE report on Gaza-related cases since Oct 7 shows these foundations crumbling in the UK, Europe & US.
September 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Democracy cannot survive without rule of law—laws that defend human rights & hold power to account. It is neither majority tyranny nor elite capture. The upcoming RITE report on Gaza-related cases since Oct 7 shows these foundations crumbling in the UK, Europe & US.
Israel has long claimed to the US and West it is their only ally in the strategic ME, though this was never true. By striking Qatar it seeks to make it so, pushing Arabs toward a “protector” from US tyranny. Israel needs permanent war to stay relevant to the allies that fund its belligerence.
September 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Israel has long claimed to the US and West it is their only ally in the strategic ME, though this was never true. By striking Qatar it seeks to make it so, pushing Arabs toward a “protector” from US tyranny. Israel needs permanent war to stay relevant to the allies that fund its belligerence.
Israel’s strike on Doha is a message to all Gulf and Arab leaders from the US: comply with whatever we want or die. What they do not take by force they will take over anyway through resources and investment grabs. The same message goes out to the rest of the world.
September 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Israel’s strike on Doha is a message to all Gulf and Arab leaders from the US: comply with whatever we want or die. What they do not take by force they will take over anyway through resources and investment grabs. The same message goes out to the rest of the world.
This is the 5th country Israel has bombed only today following from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia.
Here’s what just happened: Trump sent a peace deal to Hamas, Hamas met to discuss it in Doha, where the U.S. is mediating talks and has a base,and Israel bombed them, presumably with US support.
September 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is the 5th country Israel has bombed only today following from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia.
The Israeli-US template does not recognise any nation as sovereign and any due process or rule of law as important. They have mutually reinforcing policies of bombing whoever they want whenever they want and trampling on any rights they find inconvenient.
September 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Israeli-US template does not recognise any nation as sovereign and any due process or rule of law as important. They have mutually reinforcing policies of bombing whoever they want whenever they want and trampling on any rights they find inconvenient.
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The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
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In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
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August 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
Subscribe to Zeteo to support our journalism. Tap the link in bio.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
Subscribe to Zeteo to support our journalism. Tap the link in bio.
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"The BBC should hang their heads in shame" for not airing the 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' film, said Gary Lineker at a screening in London tonight.
Luckily, Zeteo bought the global rights to this hugely important documentary and is airing it here:
gazadoctors.film
Luckily, Zeteo bought the global rights to this hugely important documentary and is airing it here:
gazadoctors.film
July 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"The BBC should hang their heads in shame" for not airing the 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' film, said Gary Lineker at a screening in London tonight.
Luckily, Zeteo bought the global rights to this hugely important documentary and is airing it here:
gazadoctors.film
Luckily, Zeteo bought the global rights to this hugely important documentary and is airing it here:
gazadoctors.film
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Francesca Albanese: Tech firms profiting from Israeli 'economy of genocide' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/francesca-albanese-tech-firms-profiting-israeli-economy-genocide
Francesca Albanese: Tech firms profiting from Israeli 'economy of genocide'
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>A UN expert has called on corporations to cut ties with Israel and for executives to be held accountable for enabling and profiting from crimes including illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide in the occupied Palestinian territories.</p>
<p>UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's call for action comes in a scathing new report in which she names over 60 companies, including major technology firms like Google, Amazon and Microsoft, alleging their involvement in what she calls "the transformation of Israel's economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".</p>
<p>"By shedding light on the political economy of an occupation turned genocidal, the report reveals how the forever-occupation has become the ideal testing ground for arms manufacturers and Big Tech . . . while investors and private and public institutions profit freely," Albanese writes in the report.</p>
<p>"Too many influential corporate entities remain inextricably financially bound to Israel’s apartheid and militarism." </p>
<p>The detailed, 24-page report, which is set to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, identifies dozens of corporate actors, including those involved in the arms, technology, construction and energy sectors, which it says are complicit.</p>
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July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Francesca Albanese: Tech firms profiting from Israeli 'economy of genocide' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/francesca-albanese-tech-firms-profiting-israeli-economy-genocide
The limits on the court remit are also the limits on our ability to hold the executive accountable in our democracies. Voting in parliament is dominated by party whips rather than public interest, and protests have not led the government to reconsider, but to crackdown instead on citizen rights.
July 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The limits on the court remit are also the limits on our ability to hold the executive accountable in our democracies. Voting in parliament is dominated by party whips rather than public interest, and protests have not led the government to reconsider, but to crackdown instead on citizen rights.
The repercussions are felt by citizens everywhere public opinion clashes with state support for Israeli war crimes, occupation, and apartheid. Instead of changing course, governments crack down on dissent in undemocratic ways while their motives remain opaque and at odds with human rights.
June 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The repercussions are felt by citizens everywhere public opinion clashes with state support for Israeli war crimes, occupation, and apartheid. Instead of changing course, governments crack down on dissent in undemocratic ways while their motives remain opaque and at odds with human rights.
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The Trump-Vance administration's answer to "immigration reform" has included unlawfully firing immigration judges with no due process.
We’re fighting back to hold this administration accountable in court.
We’re fighting back to hold this administration accountable in court.
June 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Trump-Vance administration's answer to "immigration reform" has included unlawfully firing immigration judges with no due process.
We’re fighting back to hold this administration accountable in court.
We’re fighting back to hold this administration accountable in court.
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Netanyahu’s illegal, unilateral attack on Iran is just his latest violation of international law.
The United States must not be a part of this war.
My full statement:
The United States must not be a part of this war.
My full statement:
June 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Netanyahu’s illegal, unilateral attack on Iran is just his latest violation of international law.
The United States must not be a part of this war.
My full statement:
The United States must not be a part of this war.
My full statement:
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An update from @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social : The Los Angeles Press Club says police officers repeatedly used "less-lethal" bullets and violated the constitutional rights of reporters covering anti-ICE protests.
Press group sues L.A., alleging police abuse of reporters at ICE rallies
The Los Angeles Press Club says police officers repeatedly used "less-lethal" bullets and violated the constitutional rights of reporters covering anti-ICE protests.
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June 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
An update from @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social : The Los Angeles Press Club says police officers repeatedly used "less-lethal" bullets and violated the constitutional rights of reporters covering anti-ICE protests.
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💰👟📱Trump reported more than $600 million from crypto and merch, which include sneakers, a new phone venture, and a $59.99 Bible featuring his presidential seal.
Crypto, wallets, bibles: Trump's assets top $1.6 billion in latest disclosure
Trump reported more than $600 million in income from his cryptocurrency venture and a broad range of merchandise
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June 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
💰👟📱Trump reported more than $600 million from crypto and merch, which include sneakers, a new phone venture, and a $59.99 Bible featuring his presidential seal.
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Why Centralized AI Is Not Our Inevitable Future
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/16/why-centralized-ai-is-not-our-inevitable-future/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/16/why-centralized-ai-is-not-our-inevitable-future/
Why Centralized AI Is Not Our Inevitable Future
Sam Altman’s vision of a “gentle singularity” where AI gradually transforms society presents an alluring future of abundance and human flourishing. His optimism about AI’s p…
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June 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Why Centralized AI Is Not Our Inevitable Future
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/16/why-centralized-ai-is-not-our-inevitable-future/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/16/why-centralized-ai-is-not-our-inevitable-future/
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Sanctions are urgently needed to force Israel to end its illegal attacks on Iran and its genocide in Gaza. Join 12,000+ Canadians in demanding that Carney and Anand follow through with sanctions on Israel: www.cjpme.org/tell_carney_...
June 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sanctions are urgently needed to force Israel to end its illegal attacks on Iran and its genocide in Gaza. Join 12,000+ Canadians in demanding that Carney and Anand follow through with sanctions on Israel: www.cjpme.org/tell_carney_...
I oppose the authoritarian Iranian regime but consider it a lesser evil to Israel’s occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Given Arab normalisation and Western complicity in this, Iran is scandalously the only remaining check on Israel’s impunity, and has the right to defend itself.
June 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I oppose the authoritarian Iranian regime but consider it a lesser evil to Israel’s occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Given Arab normalisation and Western complicity in this, Iran is scandalously the only remaining check on Israel’s impunity, and has the right to defend itself.
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"Iran doesn't have nukes. Israel does.
Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel isn't.
Israel has allowed IAEA inspectors into its country. Israel doesn't."
But Israel is the victim? My video for Zeteo on how the media's coverage of this crisis is abysmal & ridiculously biased.
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Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel isn't.
Israel has allowed IAEA inspectors into its country. Israel doesn't."
But Israel is the victim? My video for Zeteo on how the media's coverage of this crisis is abysmal & ridiculously biased.
zeteo.com/subscribe
June 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Iran doesn't have nukes. Israel does.
Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel isn't.
Israel has allowed IAEA inspectors into its country. Israel doesn't."
But Israel is the victim? My video for Zeteo on how the media's coverage of this crisis is abysmal & ridiculously biased.
zeteo.com/subscribe
Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel isn't.
Israel has allowed IAEA inspectors into its country. Israel doesn't."
But Israel is the victim? My video for Zeteo on how the media's coverage of this crisis is abysmal & ridiculously biased.
zeteo.com/subscribe
Equating US values with those of Apartheid South Africa.
He means they're white
We all knew it.
We all knew it.
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Equating US values with those of Apartheid South Africa.
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Starmer/Labour are hoping to get Reform supporters to vote Labour by imitiating the right. Here is a serious major political science study on the effectiveness of this tactic.
Can "center" parties win by taking on right-wing positions?
Hint: it doesn't work.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Can "center" parties win by taking on right-wing positions?
Hint: it doesn't work.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
May 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Starmer/Labour are hoping to get Reform supporters to vote Labour by imitiating the right. Here is a serious major political science study on the effectiveness of this tactic.
Can "center" parties win by taking on right-wing positions?
Hint: it doesn't work.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Can "center" parties win by taking on right-wing positions?
Hint: it doesn't work.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...