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  • Robin Adamsrobinadams@mathstodon.xyz
    Aug 2, 2026, 5:04 AM

    "So the key findings of Amnesty's report was that these anti-rights groups have massive funding, that it comes largely from far-right christian groups in the US, and that they're abusing UK charity law to misrepresent themselves as pro-rights organisations."

    Important thread on the #amnesty report that #jkrowling censored. I don't blame Amnesty at all - the unlimited number of lawsuits JKR offered to fund would have ended them. This is another example of her using the political power that her money gives her to destroy other people's rights, in this case Amnesty's right to freedom of speech.

    Screenshots are from the censored Amnesty report. #alt4me #trans #transrights #transrightsuk

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    A bullet point list titled: Key findings With bullets: - An organised anti-rights movement targeting the rights of women and LGBT+ people is growing in the UK. Over 60% of the organisations mapped have emerged since 2017, the vast majority gender critical organisations. - Out of the sample of 117 mapped, 37 have spent over £144 million between 2019 and 2024, an increase of 47%. - One in three of the organisations mapped are registered charities, this means they can apply for institutional funding and may be eligible for 'Gift Aid' - a scheme enabling registered charities to reclaim tax on donations. - The biggest spenders are ultra-conservative Christian policy and advocacy organisations (£46.7 million), followed by UK branches of US groups (£43.9 million) and anti-abortian organisations (£35.8 million)
    A pie chart with these categories and values, titled: Actors by type. - Dissolved: 1 - Informal: 38 - Other: 3 - Project/branch of another actor: 6 - Registered charity: 36 - Registered company: 33
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  • Fazal Majidfazalmajid@vivaldi.net
    Aug 3, 2026, 8:34 AM

    @robinadams there is something deeply wrong in the English psyche. The Conservative Party, the dominant force in UK (but really English) politics, has had a major plank in its platform for about two decades that there are too many human rights (via the European Convention on Human Rights) and they need to be rolled back.

    They didn't actually repeal the convention while in power but the fact they keep promising to do so shows there is a substantial proportion of the English electorate who actively desires this.

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  • Angus McIntyreangusm@mastodon.social
    Aug 3, 2026, 11:00 AM

    @fazalmajid @robinadams As I recall, a major driving force behind Brexit was the desire to get Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights.

    It seems that the Convention was an Unacceptable Constraint on British Sovereignty and Holding Back Progress etc., and we needed to "take back control” and assert our freedom to, I don't know, torture asylum seekers or something.

    If a key point of your platform is that people should have fewer rights, you might not be the good guys.

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