“My husband was killed like a criminal and all I wanted was for his name to be exonerated – it’s what I still want. My father used to tell me: ‘A good name is better than gold or silver.’ That is what gave me the strength to fight” It’s time to exonerate the Ogoni 9 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

My latest @theguardian.com: As a genuine soccer fan & generational political talent, freshly elected NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani might be able to achieve the unthinkable: force the FIFA behemoth to share its lucre by targeting its tax exemptions & extreme privilege www.theguardian.com/football/202...

“… It is literally the same people. Club owner. Government. Football match. Bodies. The choice is simple. You either care or you don’t.” Important piece by @barneyronay.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

No prizes for guessing the winner… www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.” - The new Mayor of New York

Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni.

After 4 years calling on #FIFA for the right to play, since fleeing the Taliban takeover in 2021, the Afghan footballers have just competed in their first international tournament. 👏 🔗 Learn more: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-recogni... #AfghanWomenUnited

The fact that an Afghanistan women's refugee team is now playing in a FIFA-sanctioned tournament is that little glint of light that we all need. It's testament to some incredible, courageous and persistent women who will not let Afghan women be erased from sport. www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/...

Israeli NGO has documented an alarming rise in racism among Israeli supporter groups, with Maccabi Tel Aviv top of the list. The “absence of a serious and effective effort" within Israel Football Association to combat racism should be of serious concern to UEFA. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

More important than football!

One year ago, I joined 130+ female footballers calling on FIFA to drop Aramco. 365 days later — still no response. Big oil and human rights abuses are not the future our game deserves. athletesoftheworld.org/fifa-x-saudi... @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social

I find the silence around illegal betting companies being plastered all over sport deafening and baffling. Why is it only @josimarfootball.bsky.social and a handful of others talking about this scandal?

Two genuine heroes, who were both smeared and vilified for speaking out. Abdullah spent three years in jail in Qatar. His crime: defending the truth about a strike by migrant workers who were employed on a 2022 World Cup project. #ptg2025

Amazing to hear Abdullah Ibais speak in person as a free man after spending years in a Qatari prison for refusing to lie about striking workers, while working on the World Cup. “FIFA did nothing at all… They ghosted me” A brave, humble and free man. #playthegame #ptg2025

All French journalism schools unite to ask for the liberation of football journalist Christophe Gleizes, who has now been imprisoned for three months by the Algerian authorities, who accuse him of "glorifying terrorism" among other trumped-up charges. #FreeGleizes

Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether

Stand Up to Racism’s statement on the horrific antisemitic attack at a Manchester synagogue today

Cruel policies lead to poverty. The 2 child cap punishes the poorest families. It must be removed in its entirety.

Amnesty write letter to Fifa/Uefa calling on a ban for Israel over clubs playing games on occupied land, with gen sec Agnes Callemard also referencing how "Israel continues to perpetrate genocide" Fifa has been accused of delaying decision on former www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Amnesty has written to call on FIFA and UEFA to suspend the Israeli FA until clubs from illegal settlements are excluded from its leagues. While football supports Israel’s occupation, over 800 athletes & sports officials in Gaza have been killed in its genocide. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne....

Hadaway and shite, fascists. Proud to be a Geordie as thousands come out to oppose the far right in Newcastle today.

When historians look back on the collapse of the United Kingdom into both farce and fascism, this headline will be used to explain a lot.

“Sporting bodies must not turn a blind eye to grave human rights violations, especially when their platforms are used to normalise injustices.” UN experts call on FIFA and UEFA to expel Israel from international football, citing occupation and genocide. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

In recent weeks, Saudi authorities have renewed efforts to displace residents of al-Muwaila village, part of the area earmarked for Neom. Schools have been shut, forcing families to send children to Duba, 47km away. And residents have been warned to evacuate or face power and water cuts.

The greatest night of my teenage life that didn’t involve cider #NEWBAR #nufc

"Human dignity is not a commodity" We @amnesty.org call on companies to pull the plug on supporting Israel's genocide, apartheid and occupation - none of which would be possible without the arms, surveillance equipment, bulldozers and cash they provide. More here: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

A reminder that the majority of British people support welcoming refugees in a controlled and humane way. The minority view is emboldened, dangerous and could grow. But most of the country is ready to hear a message that offers humane solutions, if not patronised or ignored.

Djed Spence likely to become England's first full international football cap with a Muslim faith. "It's a blessing - it's just amazing. I don't have the words really ... Not just Muslim kids, any child of any faith. Put your mind to something and you can do it." www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Very concerning news about Anatol Kotau of the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation, who has gone missing in Istanbul on 21 August. www.linkedin.com/posts/jens-s...

This is my brilliant wife explaining how she and the women she works to support in the north east still feel deep fear of racist violence from the riots last year - and the continuing hate. It’s a humbling read. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Bluntly, if the government cannot make the point that it is a bad idea to give money to the Taliban, it is far from clear to me when a better opportunity to attack Farage is going to present itself."- on.ft.com/3HKB1zO via @stephenkb.bsky.social

I contributed to this Guardian analysis by Kiran Stacey Farage speaks for one quarter of the public with no sympathy at all for asylum seekers or refugees. But Starmer will only hold the Labour coalition together if he can speak to both control and compassion. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“We’re not against the World Cup... What we’re asking for is management of public spaces that’s not just for generating profits for private companies.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

A great many more people protested the plight of Sheffield Wednesday this month than have attended any protest against asylum hotels www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Famine as a weapon of war in Gaza and Sudan - “a grim example of twin themes of this moment: indifference and impunity”.

Trump says that “if I didn’t send in the troops” to Los Angeles than Gianni could never have World Cup games there next year. Infantino, standing at his shoulder, watches on silently.

"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

investment advice: do not try to build a ski resort in a desert www.ft.com/content/6dfc...

More than 800 athletes and officials have been killed in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Those surviving are being starved with so many others. Destroying Gaza’s cultural and social life goes hand in hand with the destruction of the Palestinian people. Pls watch this AJ piece youtu.be/u7fi4rmxN4A?...

112 Israeli strikes in one day, March 18, 2025. 465 deaths. Only 16 were Hamas members. On average, nine family members killed alongside them

Recognising the Palestinian state would be right. But how can the current catastrophe possibly be described simply as ‘a catastrophic failure of aid’ rather than a deliberate Israeli strategy of starvation? www.gov.uk/government/s...

Clear, correct, brave. Israel's leading human rights organisation calls the deliberate destruction and starvation of Gaza what it is - genocide. What is stopping everyone else from saying the same? www.btselem.org/publications...

FT Editorial: "Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government." www.ft.com/content/69d5...

Qatar has every right to bid for the 2036 Olympics - but the IOC must ask what it has done to compensate the workers who suffered to make the World Cup happen, and prevent a repeat. Sports bodies cant just go from one event to the next while workers await justice. www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...

This is a policy that would be dismissed as completely extremist even a year or two ago. And it’s now being proposed by the leader of the opposition. If a Brit married someone born overseas and had a (British!) disabled child, for example, they would be cut off from state support under this plan.

"For some, genocide is profitable” - UN Special Rapporteur lambasts companies for profiting from the destruction of Gaza as well as Israel's apartheid and illegal occupation. States must step in and stop the economy of genocide.

The U.S. will co-host the World Cup in a year's time. Will journalists, fans and watchdogs hold it to the same standard as Qatar? Or will American exceptionalism shield it from critique? www.sportspolitika.news/p/trump-worl...

The 2026 men’s World Cup kicks off one year from now, amidst an escalating crackdown on human rights in the US. Real risks to fans, journalists, residents and players. The militarised crushing of protest in LA is a warning. With @sportrightsall.bsky.social www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

This is a big and crucial step from @ituc.bsky.social - formally challenging Saudi Arabia to reform its labour laws and protect millions of migrant workers from exploitation. And on the same day as the ILO announces a new partnership with Saudi Arabia too. Time for action...

Kenyan women hired as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia endure gruelling, abusive and discriminatory working conditions, which often amount to forced labour and human trafficking. Our new report, out now 👇