Manu Luksch

#FreeAhmedMansoor -peaceful Emirati reformer, poet, teleengineer @friendsofahmed.bsky.social who has been injustly kept inprisoned by #AlNahyan rulers @chrishaughton.bsky.social @bevcraig.bsky.social

#UAE #FreeAhmed

On the Arab Digest podcast with @billlaw49.bsky.social one of the things we discussed was the plight of the Emirati rights activist Ahmed Mansoor. It's Ahmed's birthday today and his tenth year in a UAE jail. An unassuming titan whose courage is hard to quantify, and who is sorely missed.

Today 22 October is #AhmedMansoor birthday. Another day he will spend unjustly behind bars, separated from his loved ones. Please join us and send your #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed. Show #UAE we will never forget Ahmed and ask for his freedom #FreeAhmed ! @hrw.org

Today 22 October is #AhmedMansoor birthday. Another day he will spend unjustly behind bars, separated from his loved ones. Please join us and send your #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed. Show #UAE we will never forget Ahmed and ask for his freedom #FreeAhmed ! @jackwolfwolf.bsky.social @amnestyeu.bsky.social

Today 22 October is #AhmedMansoor birthday. Another day he will spend unjustly behind bars, separated from his loved ones. Please join us and send your #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed. Show #UAE we will never forget Ahmed and ask for his freedom #FreeAhmed ! @jackwolfwolf.bsky.social @amnestyeu.bsky.social

Today 22 October is #AhmedMansoor birthday. Another day he will spend unjustly behind bars, separated from his loved ones. Please join us and send your #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed. Show #UAE we will never forget Ahmed and ask for his freedom #FreeAhmed ! @jackwolfwolf.bsky.social @amnestyeu.bsky.social

Today 22 October is #AhmedMansoor birthday. Another day he will spend unjustly behind bars, separated from his loved ones. Please join us and send your #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed. Show #UAE we will never forget Ahmed and ask for his freedom #FreeAhmed ! @jackwolfwolf.bsky.social @amnestyeu.bsky.social

Today (22 October) is #AhmedMansoor birthday. It will be another day he will spend unjustly behind bars, separated from his loved ones. Please join us and send your #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed. Show #UAE that we have not forgotten Ahmed and that we still ask for his freedom #FreeAhmed

#havecourage speak up! @havecourage.film

اليوم، 22 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول، عيد ميلاد أحمد منصور. منذ 2017، قضى أحمد كل عيد ميلاد خلف القضبان، حيث يُسجن تعسفا في زنزانة انفرادية. ينبغي للسلطات الإماراتية الإفراج عن أحمد. #الحرية_لأحمد_منصور #كل_عام_وأنت_بخير_يا_أحمد

#FreeAhmed #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed

Today (22 October) is #AhmedMansoor birthday. It will be another day he will spend unjustly behind bars, separated from his loved ones. Please join us and send your #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed. Show #UAE that we will never Ahmed and that we still ask for his freedom #FreeAhmed @amnestyuk.bsky.social

Today 22 October #AhmedMansoor birthday. It will be another day he will spend unjustly behind bars, separated from his loved ones. Please join us and send your #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed. Show #UAE that we will never forget Ahmed! #FreeAhmed ! @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social @jackwolfwolf.bsky.social

Today (22 October) is #AhmedMansoor birthday. It will be another day he will spend unjustly behind bars #UAE, separated from his loved ones. #FreeAhmedMansoor #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed @miraalhussein.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @amnesty.at @andyburnham.bsky.social

A reminder that the owners of Manchester City are assisting the rise of the far-right in the UK and Europe. For the irrefutable evidence that has actually been published, see @alexcarlen.bsky.social's "Petropulism" report fairsq.org/petropopulis...

Today (22 October) is #AhmedMansoor birthday. It will be another day he will spend unjustly behind bars, separated from his loved ones. #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed

Always a great pleasure to write for @josimarfootball.bsky.social this one on the Manchester City scandal and some critical points that have perhaps been missed or glossed over as 'human rights concerns' in the coverage to date. josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m...

#HaveCourage and speak up to #freeAhmedMansoor #political prisoner #UAE

#UAE imprisoned an entire slice of society for thinking out loudly about reforms and civic participation. #UAE #freeAhmedMansoor and stop transnational oppression

The moment of accountability has arrived at #ManCity doorstep. Important report from @fairsqprojects.bsky.social why it matters! @ciluna27.bsky.social

Join artist Scott Kildall for BioSymphonic, a #deeplistening piece created during his residency at my new art space #ChlorophyllArtsLab #London that transforms water-quality data from Regent’s Canal into music. Booking essential. chlorophyll.ambienttv.net

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 6 months 13 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years. Please join me & urge @HHShkMohd @MohamedBinZayed @AnwarGargash to #FreeAhmed #FreeAhmedMansoor

#ManCity sportswashing cover blown off www.thetimes.com/article/f70c...

Join artist Scott Kildall for BioSymphonic, a #deeplistening piece created during his residency at my new art space #ChlorophyllArtsLab #London that transforms water-quality data from Regent’s Canal into music. Booking essential. chlorophyll.ambienttv.net

The moment of accountability has arrived at #ManCity doorstep. Important report from @fairsqprojects.bsky.social why it matters! @ciluna27.bsky.social

Join artist #ScottKildall for BioSymphonic, a sound work created during his artist residency at my new art space #ChlorophyllArtsLab that transforms water-quality data from Regent’s Canal into music. #ecoart

Polling expert @steveakehurst.bsky.social says rent controls are "pushing at an open door." 85% of renters want rent controls. So does our coalition, think tanks, and policy makers. When will the government listen? @jrf-uk.bsky.social @ippr.org @neweconomics.bsky.social @persuasionuk.bsky.social

I congratulate the directors of the impressive winning #films at #wimbledonshorts #WISFF ! Best Young Filmmaker: Lily Blunsom -Descendant Best Documentary: @mayaavidov.bsky.social Too Disgusting to be Confused Best London Filmmaker: Louisa Connolly-Burnham for Full Fat @louisacb.bsky.social

#UAE imprisoned an entire slice of society for thinking out loudly about reforms and civic participation. #UAE #freeAhmedMansoor and stop transnational oppression

26 Sep 2026 Launch of #desertjazz album #London

What a treat to listen to Sainkho Namtchylak @cafeotodalston.bsky.social

This formally radical sci-fi film imagines a world in which human life follows a compulsory rhythm, with any deviation determined by an all-seeing machine. Made two decades ago, the film with its vision of automated governance now feels eerily contemporary! #Aachen #FilmFest 27Sep shorturl.at/MOMHf

💬 "Polarisation on immigration is not inevitable. It is a product of the spaces we create for conversations, and those spaces can be designed differently." Hana Kapetanovic writes for @thehousemag.bsky.social on the power of public deliberation, drawing on our work with the Home Affairs Committee.

Our 2026 round of fellowships is now open with £620,000 available to fund a series of collaborative projects that pair arts and humanities researchers with non-academic partners to advance responsible AI in practice. Full info ⏩ braiduk.org/open-funding...

#havecourage speak up! @havecourage.film

#opensource #exitbigtech www.openrightsgroup.org/consultant-o...

The UK government, the Opposition, and large sections of the UK media have enabled the rise of violent racism in the country. It is time for a firm and principled stance, and an organised and robust pushback against those funding and fuelling it.

Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...

World premiere 'Fashion of Resistance: Shaheen Bagh' 30th Ji.hlava Int' Doc. Film Festival! Delighted that this important story of resistance by India's Muslim community, led by its women, against the discriminatory CCA will be featured in the competition programme for best experimental cinema!

Israël intensifie son expansion en Cisjordanie occupée. En juillet, l'État israélien a ordonné l'annexion de nouvelles terres dans les zones A et C. Nous appelons la communauté internationale à agir de toute urgence !

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 5 months 14 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years. Please join me & urge @HHShkMohd @MohamedBinZayed @AnwarGargash to #FreeAhmed #FreeAhmedMansoor

#OpenCall for #SocialENterprises marc-impactprogramme.net/application/

We cannot afford any small steps anylonger to slow down #climatechange

We don't pay enough attention to our rights - until they were taken. #HaveCourage and speak up to defend freedom of speech theintercept.com/2026/08/28/t...

OMG really disturbing! "settlement includes a promise from the attorneys general NOT to sue #Meta under the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act over its retention&use of children’s data. Meta will develop, train, test a model to detect under-13s using its platforms. (TechCrunch)"

It's a case of letting the victims bear the weight. It's the under-16 who get "banned" and "limited" and "age monitored" while #META walks away with mightier wings than ever before

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 5 months 8 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years. Please join me & urge @HHShkMohd @MohamedBinZayed @AnwarGargash to #FreeAhmed @havecourage.film

This is a strong and highly significant statement coming from some of the world's greatest ex-pros. Many have spoken out against FIFA and the issues we've been reporting on 🙏 #football #soccer #sport

#UAE: #AhmedMansoor spent 9 years 5 months 7 days in prison, a lot of time in solitary confinement. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, in 2024 to another 15 years. Please join me & urge @HHShkMohd @MohamedBinZayed @AnwarGargash to #FreeAhmed #FreeAhmedMansoor