Steven Allen
@stevenbp.bsky.social
Human rights advocate, Executive Director of the Validity Foundation and lawyer. Mostly based in Budapest, but originally from London. Opinions shared here are in my personal capacity #Palestine #humanrights #disability #politics #travel
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Pleased to be in the European Parliament with @stevenbp.bsky.social today on behalf of @validityfoundation.bsky.social, raising awareness on the use of EU funds for institutionalisation and other violations of fundamental rights which has been uncovered by the FURI project (tinyurl.com/469wm2pj)
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Pleased to be in the European Parliament with @stevenbp.bsky.social today on behalf of @validityfoundation.bsky.social, raising awareness on the use of EU funds for institutionalisation and other violations of fundamental rights which has been uncovered by the FURI project (tinyurl.com/469wm2pj)
It is time that the EU stops wasting money and peoples' lives. Proud that @validityfoundation.bsky.social contributed to this important research.
May 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It is time that the EU stops wasting money and peoples' lives. Proud that @validityfoundation.bsky.social contributed to this important research.
Netanyahu to The Hague. Give him a nice cell. A cell from which he leaves only in a box. Long after everyone has forgotten who he was. Many, many years from now. Many years to think about how his soul will burn, and to remember every chip in the walls. For eternity. No access to judgment day. None.
May 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Netanyahu to The Hague. Give him a nice cell. A cell from which he leaves only in a box. Long after everyone has forgotten who he was. Many, many years from now. Many years to think about how his soul will burn, and to remember every chip in the walls. For eternity. No access to judgment day. None.
To be clear: the world supports South Africa, and #Ramaphosa did well given the choreographed, raise nonsense of #Trump. RSA has greater moral credibility in its toilet paper compared to the shit that spews endlessly from Trump and his minions. #AMANDLA
May 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
To be clear: the world supports South Africa, and #Ramaphosa did well given the choreographed, raise nonsense of #Trump. RSA has greater moral credibility in its toilet paper compared to the shit that spews endlessly from Trump and his minions. #AMANDLA
The current problem with @bsky.app is that is predominantly gives a US perspective on the world. That isn't the only perspective that exists, and it shouldn't be dominant. Diversity, globally, matters.
May 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The current problem with @bsky.app is that is predominantly gives a US perspective on the world. That isn't the only perspective that exists, and it shouldn't be dominant. Diversity, globally, matters.
"Érted lettünk. Veled vagyunk. Miattad maradunk." Let's defend Hungarian civil society!
May 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Érted lettünk. Veled vagyunk. Miattad maradunk." Let's defend Hungarian civil society!
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Today is Palestinian Prisoners' Day when Palestinians honour those imprisoned by Israel’s apartheid regime
As Israel ramps up its mass imprisonment of Palestinians, we must demand our government pressure Israel to #FreeThemAll
Write to David Lammy palestinecampaign.eaction.online/prisonersday25
As Israel ramps up its mass imprisonment of Palestinians, we must demand our government pressure Israel to #FreeThemAll
Write to David Lammy palestinecampaign.eaction.online/prisonersday25
April 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today is Palestinian Prisoners' Day when Palestinians honour those imprisoned by Israel’s apartheid regime
As Israel ramps up its mass imprisonment of Palestinians, we must demand our government pressure Israel to #FreeThemAll
Write to David Lammy palestinecampaign.eaction.online/prisonersday25
As Israel ramps up its mass imprisonment of Palestinians, we must demand our government pressure Israel to #FreeThemAll
Write to David Lammy palestinecampaign.eaction.online/prisonersday25
On April 17th, #PalestinianPrisonersDay, the @bdsmovement.bsky.social, calls for holding Microsoft, HP & Cisco accountable for their roles in maintaining Israel’s illegal #apartheid regime, and for facilitating egregious human rights violations in Israeli prisons. bdsmovement.net/news/bnc-sta...
BNC Statement on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
This Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, the Palestinian-led BDS movement calls for BDS pressure on HP, Microsoft and Cisco...
bdsmovement.net
April 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On April 17th, #PalestinianPrisonersDay, the @bdsmovement.bsky.social, calls for holding Microsoft, HP & Cisco accountable for their roles in maintaining Israel’s illegal #apartheid regime, and for facilitating egregious human rights violations in Israeli prisons. bdsmovement.net/news/bnc-sta...
Closing institutions and ensuring all people with disabilities can live in the community should be TOP PRIORITY at #GDS2025. We've secured a 30min slot for those who'll be there in person. Let's use it to strategise and get #deinstitutionalization firmly on the global development agenda!
Let's get #deinstitutionalization and the leadership of #survivors onto the agenda of the #GlobalDisabilitySummit 💪🏽 #GDS2025
March 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Closing institutions and ensuring all people with disabilities can live in the community should be TOP PRIORITY at #GDS2025. We've secured a 30min slot for those who'll be there in person. Let's use it to strategise and get #deinstitutionalization firmly on the global development agenda!
#Hungary bans Pride citing child protection against homosexual propaganda. I guess this year's #RainbowParade will be big...
Füstgyertya, kiabálás, szovjet himnusz – megszavazta a parlament a Pride-ot betiltó törvényjavaslatot
A Momentum és Hadházy Ákos Orbán-Putyin csókolózós fényképével szórta tele a Parlamentet. A Jobbik és a Mi Hazánk képviselői is támogatták a gyülekezési törvény módosítását, Orbán Viktor nem szavazott...
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March 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#Hungary bans Pride citing child protection against homosexual propaganda. I guess this year's #RainbowParade will be big...
Oh man, I need to brush up my knowledge on private international law! Erm... Any advice?
March 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Oh man, I need to brush up my knowledge on private international law! Erm... Any advice?
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On #IWD, I want to share with you a report I wrote for @validityfoundation.bsky.social on their DIS-CONNECTED project examining violence against women with disabilities, access to justice and support services in the EU. Amazing project by Validity and partners! validity.ngo/2025/02/27/e...
Ending violence, ensuring inclusion: strengthening protections against gender-and disability-based violence - Validity Foundation - Mental Disability Advocacy Centre
ShareTweetAs the DIS-CONNECTED project comes to a close, we are releasing our reports and tools developed throughout the initiative. The project explored violence against women and children with disab...
validity.ngo
March 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
On #IWD, I want to share with you a report I wrote for @validityfoundation.bsky.social on their DIS-CONNECTED project examining violence against women with disabilities, access to justice and support services in the EU. Amazing project by Validity and partners! validity.ngo/2025/02/27/e...
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A groundbreaking decision on the link between disability, institutionalisation, and servitude/forced labour by the European Court of Human Rights.
I.C. was right when she said: “Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I tell you that they will not get away with what they did?”.
validity.ngo/2025/02/28/l...
I.C. was right when she said: “Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I tell you that they will not get away with what they did?”.
validity.ngo/2025/02/28/l...
Landmark Ruling: European Court Finds Moldova failed to Protect Woman with Disabilities from Servitude - Validity Foundation - Mental Disability Advocacy Centre
ShareTweetFirst-ever European Court decision on servitude of persons with disabilities reveals systemic failures in Moldova’s deinstitutionalisation practices Validity has prepared an Easy-to-Read Su...
validity.ngo
February 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A groundbreaking decision on the link between disability, institutionalisation, and servitude/forced labour by the European Court of Human Rights.
I.C. was right when she said: “Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I tell you that they will not get away with what they did?”.
validity.ngo/2025/02/28/l...
I.C. was right when she said: “Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I tell you that they will not get away with what they did?”.
validity.ngo/2025/02/28/l...
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➡️ Full judgment here: lnkd.in/gK-F5SRP
➡️ Easy-to-Read summary: bit.ly/3QDQuCA
➡️ Press release from the European Court of Human Rights: bit.ly/3XnXly6
#DisabilityRights #Servitude #ECHR #Article4 #Moldova #Deinstitutionalisation #IntellectualDisability #AccessToJustice #SGBV
➡️ Easy-to-Read summary: bit.ly/3QDQuCA
➡️ Press release from the European Court of Human Rights: bit.ly/3XnXly6
#DisabilityRights #Servitude #ECHR #Article4 #Moldova #Deinstitutionalisation #IntellectualDisability #AccessToJustice #SGBV
February 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
➡️ Full judgment here: lnkd.in/gK-F5SRP
➡️ Easy-to-Read summary: bit.ly/3QDQuCA
➡️ Press release from the European Court of Human Rights: bit.ly/3XnXly6
#DisabilityRights #Servitude #ECHR #Article4 #Moldova #Deinstitutionalisation #IntellectualDisability #AccessToJustice #SGBV
➡️ Easy-to-Read summary: bit.ly/3QDQuCA
➡️ Press release from the European Court of Human Rights: bit.ly/3XnXly6
#DisabilityRights #Servitude #ECHR #Article4 #Moldova #Deinstitutionalisation #IntellectualDisability #AccessToJustice #SGBV
I couldn't be more proud of the @validityfoundation.bsky.social team & our Moldovan partners. This crucial judgment is the first ever addressing servitude of persons w disabilities in context of #DI under Article 4 #ECHR. Inclusion means support in the community, not treating people as possessions.
⚖️ LANDMARK RULING: European Court Finds Moldova Failed to Prevent Disability Servitude
In a legal first, the Court found violation of Article 4 #ECHR in respect of our client I.C., who was "placed" in a family under guise of #DI, where she was horrifically abused.
➡️ Article: bit.ly/3F0Hy7A
In a legal first, the Court found violation of Article 4 #ECHR in respect of our client I.C., who was "placed" in a family under guise of #DI, where she was horrifically abused.
➡️ Article: bit.ly/3F0Hy7A
bit.ly
February 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I couldn't be more proud of the @validityfoundation.bsky.social team & our Moldovan partners. This crucial judgment is the first ever addressing servitude of persons w disabilities in context of #DI under Article 4 #ECHR. Inclusion means support in the community, not treating people as possessions.
Dunno how he does it! Peter's (@desibility.bsky.social) Disability Debrief keeps finger on pulse - 'Right to be angry!' France disability-segregated; #GlobalDisabilitySummit & 'polycrisis' (disability governance, #Palestine, #Ukraine, censorship); Trump, aid cuts(!!); yet, legal landmarks. Support!
“We have a right to be angry” – protestors on the 20th anniversary of France's disability law.
All this more from around the world in today's Debrief, covering disability news from 45+ countries:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/righ...
Photo by Matthieu Delaty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images.
All this more from around the world in today's Debrief, covering disability news from 45+ countries:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/righ...
Photo by Matthieu Delaty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images.
February 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Dunno how he does it! Peter's (@desibility.bsky.social) Disability Debrief keeps finger on pulse - 'Right to be angry!' France disability-segregated; #GlobalDisabilitySummit & 'polycrisis' (disability governance, #Palestine, #Ukraine, censorship); Trump, aid cuts(!!); yet, legal landmarks. Support!
Well worth a read.
Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised
How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic reality
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Well worth a read.
![Screenshot of a live news update from the Times of Israel. It says:
Katz announces establishment of new panel tasked with advancing 'voluntary' emigration of Gazans. By Emmanuel Fabian.
[Photo: A group of white men, some in military flax, sitting around a table apparently talking. A caption to the photo says: Defense Minister Israel Katz holds an assessment with defense officials, February 17, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)]
Defense Minister Israel Katz announces the establishment of a new directorate in the Defense Ministry tasked with enabling Palestinians to “voluntarily” leave the Gaza Strip, as per US President Donald Trump’s stated plans.
Katz held an assessment today on the subject of Palestinians leaving Gaza, during which the new directorate was decided upon, his office says.
The new directorate will include representatives from various government ministries and defense bodies.
Also during the assessment, the ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) presented Katz with an initial plan on the subject.
“The plan includes extensive assistance that will allow any Gaza resident who wants to emigrate to a third state, to receive support that includes special departure arrangements through the sea, air, and land, among other things,” Katz’s office says.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:op36ru6ljuhnrpmeeo46wf6u/bafkreihnmfhy72kacgocqwes5nfmmb4gpih6yojrsif26tmsu2mqpnxa2i@jpeg)
February 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
One practical thing the #GeneralAssembly could do would be to move the headquarters of the UN outside the USA. Especially given USA as host country has banned #ICC prosecutors from entering and is now interfering with international justice.
February 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
One practical thing the #GeneralAssembly could do would be to move the headquarters of the UN outside the USA. Especially given USA as host country has banned #ICC prosecutors from entering and is now interfering with international justice.
I couldn't bring myself to vote for him because he defined his leadership on fighting against anyone who dares to speak for the a Palestinians. His prognostications on #Palestine have been well known for a long time. Labour is not an avenue to tackle injustice given its current takeover.
I've just found out from this article that my whip still hasn't been restored.
Turns out speaking up for Palestine is still a punishable offence.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Turns out speaking up for Palestine is still a punishable offence.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Keir Starmer restores whip to Labour rebel MPs - but some left out
Keir Starmer suspended the group of seven Labour MPs in July 2024 after they supported an SNP amendment to the King's Speech to scrap the Tory two-child benefit limit
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February 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I couldn't bring myself to vote for him because he defined his leadership on fighting against anyone who dares to speak for the a Palestinians. His prognostications on #Palestine have been well known for a long time. Labour is not an avenue to tackle injustice given its current takeover.
Only a small minority of side events to the #GlobalDisabilitySummit will have any involvement of persons with disabilities. Zero events on one of the largest disabling events in history in #Palestine due to veto on that topic. #Google prime place. What on earth is going on?
February 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Only a small minority of side events to the #GlobalDisabilitySummit will have any involvement of persons with disabilities. Zero events on one of the largest disabling events in history in #Palestine due to veto on that topic. #Google prime place. What on earth is going on?
Where on earth is the fightback on this? Wait-and-see really isn't acceptable any more - impacts are immediate and probably not easily rolled back.
US Government (State Dept) also has a prime spot at the #GlobalDisabilitySummit - reasonable to expect the organisers to cancel that immediately.
US Government (State Dept) also has a prime spot at the #GlobalDisabilitySummit - reasonable to expect the organisers to cancel that immediately.
The US aid freeze has a devastating impact, with “dreadful long term consequences” for disabled people and their families.
Disability organisations are among those sent sent reeling, with many having to stop work and send staff home.
Full report:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/stop...
Disability organisations are among those sent sent reeling, with many having to stop work and send staff home.
Full report:
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/stop...
Stop work
The US aid freeze's devastating impact on disabled people
www.disabilitydebrief.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Where on earth is the fightback on this? Wait-and-see really isn't acceptable any more - impacts are immediate and probably not easily rolled back.
US Government (State Dept) also has a prime spot at the #GlobalDisabilitySummit - reasonable to expect the organisers to cancel that immediately.
US Government (State Dept) also has a prime spot at the #GlobalDisabilitySummit - reasonable to expect the organisers to cancel that immediately.
Is it worth going to the #GlobalDisabilitySummit? No agenda (yet), sky-high Berlin hotels, visa sponsor letters not out yet(!!), no public criteria on side event selection (most non-OPD led), criticism that the mass disabling atrocity in #Palestine cannot be mentioned. Should I use my registration?
February 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Is it worth going to the #GlobalDisabilitySummit? No agenda (yet), sky-high Berlin hotels, visa sponsor letters not out yet(!!), no public criteria on side event selection (most non-OPD led), criticism that the mass disabling atrocity in #Palestine cannot be mentioned. Should I use my registration?
Unmitigated chaos. Where on earth are the famous constitutional "checks and balances"?
USAID’s future appears bleak as Musk and Trump work to dismantle agency | CNN Politics
The fate of the US Agency for International Development appeared bleak Monday after Elon Musk, the world’s richest man charged with overhauling the federal government, said President Donald Trump had ...
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February 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Unmitigated chaos. Where on earth are the famous constitutional "checks and balances"?
"Reduced to scooping out the blood with my hands, I felt an overwhelming wave of nausea – I was anxious that the child would not survive. Luckily she did, although many others did not." Donate, if you can @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
As a surgeon in Gaza, I witnessed hell visited on children. It shames me that Britain played a part in it | Nizam Mamode
I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction? asks retired professor of transplant surgery Nizam Mamode
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February 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Reduced to scooping out the blood with my hands, I felt an overwhelming wave of nausea – I was anxious that the child would not survive. Luckily she did, although many others did not." Donate, if you can @medicalaidpal.bsky.social