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Phil Didge retweeted
To everybody who made it possible for this teenager to be hanged in Iran today—who denied the atrocities, who dismissed every crime as Zionist propaganda, who stayed silent during every massacre and spoke up only to oppose attacks on the regime—
fuck you.
Phil Didge retweeted
New laws in Afghanistan, introduced by the Taliban, mean that men can now marry girls at any age – there is no limit. Male relatives can arrange this with other men, and it’s only once the girls reach puberty that, in extremely limited circumstances, they can ask a court to dissolve the marriage. What’s happening in that country is horrific, and it begs the question why Amnesty are not putting all of their resources into tackling this latest child abuse atrocity.
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🚨Taliban have invalidated all divorces granted under previous Afghan government, forcing divorced child brides to return to their former husbands. Thousands of young women, some of whom married as children, are now legally bound to return to adult husbands they had been freed from. The new rule is being widely condemned as a grotesque violation of women’s rights, trapping many in abusive marriages.💔
Phil Didge retweeted
I am truly thrilled and honoured to be co-author on this paper in Springer Nature’s AI and Ethics journal, which explores the moral, regulatory, and policy impacts of artificial intelligence.
Link below if you are interested in reading about the ethical challenges and co-development of AI for DHH and disabled communities.
ALT Towards equitable artificial intelligence for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) and disabled communities: ethical challenges and co-development David G. Loughrey, Caro Brosens, Rachel A. Moiselle, Dimitar Shterionov, Vincent Vandeghinste, Andy Way, Lorraine Leeson Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies offer the potential to reduce barriers to communication and facilitate greater participation of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) and disabled communities in society. However, there is a risk that such technologies could have a disproportionately negative impact on these communities and exacerbate existing social inequities. In this narrative review, we examine key ethical issues surrounding Al use in the context of DHH and disabled communities. These include issues related to bias, accessibility, equity and privacy, and others. We propose a grounded, co-constructed participatory approach that focuses on the ethical co-development of these technologies.
Phil Didge retweeted
Ana Kasparian has incited an Islamist group to execute myself and @gghamari
In a video, she used this term “laughing like hyenas” and cropped the video to misrepresent that Goldie and I were laughing at war, when in reality, we were laughing at Cenk blaming every conflict in history on Israel.
Because of her misleading video and incitement, the CJNG have been commissioned to kill us both.
Phil Didge retweeted
🚨 URGENT:
She’s been sentenced to be stoned to death in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 for being a woman Taekwondo 🥋 coach and training young women .
Her name is Khadija Ahmadzada and she’s only 22 years old .
😡
Phil Didge retweeted
URGENT:
The Taliban have detained 22-year-old taekwondo coach Khadija Ahmadzada for defying their ban on women's sports by secretly training girls.
She is in Herat prison; her life and safety are at risk.
Women's rights activists, human rights groups, and the UN must act now. We must launch global campaigns to demand her unconditional release.
Apply diplomatic pressure and leverage on the Taliban to end this persecution
Share her name.
Raise your voice.
Save her life.
Phil Didge retweeted
Good afternoon, everyone.
I am back with some very positive news. It is with relief that I share that this account has deleted every single one of the hundreds of defamatory, abusive posts he wrote about me since I released my opinion piece with the Sunday Independent two weeks ago.
With countless posts about me, this particular account clearly crossed the line into harassment and we were able to source who was behind it. Shockingly (or perhaps not so shockingly), it was traced to a well-known politician in a major Irish political party.
This person targeted not only me but my family and our history: ludicrously and obsessively denying our Jewish ancestry, in addition to implying that a photo of antisemitic graffiti in front of the store run by my grandfather’s family (one wherein my grandfather worked for over twenty years) was photoshopped.
This person mistook my silence as being evidence of his intimidation campaign’s success, when in reality his relentless harassment and demonstrable lies about my family had spurred us into urgent action privately.
While this is a win, the amount of stress that a prominent Irish politician has caused my family and me is unconscionable. It is indicative, at the very least, of a concerning top-down culture in Irish society that intimidates dissenting voices into silence. In practice, we do not have strong freedom of expression in Ireland.
But let us focus on the positive: I am significantly relieved for my family and for myself. I look forward to continuing my advocacy without the stress of him hounding me.
We had a slam dunk case for defamation and a strong case for harassment against this individual and his party, but we are content with this outcome and will not be pursuing this further. What is most important is that he leaves us alone, and we trust that he will. I kindly request that people do not speculate who or what political party this person is/belongs to. From our perspective, this has been dealt with and we wish to move on.
However, all screenshots and evidence are in our possession and any hint of further abuse against me or any member of the Jewish community (in recent days he also called Maurice Cohen a liar), and action will be taken.
For my critics I say this: attack my words and ideas as robustly as you wish. I welcome it. But if you descend into personal attacks against me, my family, and our integrity/identity—action will be taken. If you are hiding behind an anonymous account, it will be sourced.
Ireland is a democracy and I am an Irish citizen. As much as you may disagree with them, I am entitled to express my opinions without fear for my safety and that of my family.
For my supporters I say: go raibh míle maith agaibh/thank you so very much. Truth and decency will always win out, and it has won today. Thank you all for helping me to keep the faith when it was all but lost within me.
Phil Didge retweeted
Dear American people: this young Iranian man is risking his life to bring a message to you from inside Iran. This is unparalleled bravery and extraordinary risk. Can you give him, in return, just 1 minute and 40 seconds of your time?
Phil Didge retweeted
Goodbye to the symbol of colonial Islamism, freezing us in the dark ages for 47 years.
Hello to the 2,500 year old Lion & Sun—the symbol of ancient Iranian mythology and Persian identity—returning us to the light.
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Share these hashtags widely and stand in solidarity with Afghan women.
Help us raise our voices and keep hope alive. 💚✊
#HerVoiceOnline
#SheTeachesResistance
#BehindWallsButNotSilent
#BooksNotBurqas
#WeAreStillLearning
#HerFreedomIsMissing
#DigitalClassroomResistance
Phil Didge retweeted
From an Afghan woman to Dear @jk_rowling ,
I am writing to you as an Afghan girl whose only crime is being born a woman in a land where womanhood is punished.
Here, we are not allowed to speak loudly. Even our voices are considered threats.
We are locked inside our homes, prisoners without crime.
We have no right to education, no right to work, no right to choose our futures.
Many of us are forced into early marriages. Many suffer from depression. Some have died by suicide not because they were weak, but because no one heard them.
We are disappearing.
I didn’t know much about you before or seen your picture, but we grew up with Harry Potter stories and movies and we know that very well.
Recently learned about you through Yal that you are the author of the Harry Potter stories
And I saw your picture with a big blue hat, and you look like a very beautiful model.
and more importantly, I learned that you stand with Afghan women during this dark times.
Thank you for standing up to us. Your support means the world.
But please, don’t stop. Be our voice. Share our truth. Remind the world that Afghan women still exist and are still fighting to be seen, to be heard and live with human rights.
With love and hope,
An Afghan woman
Phil Didge retweeted
WE’VE DONE IT! WE ARE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE ONCE AGAIN 🏆🏆
ALT Full-time: Arsenal 1-0 FC Barcelona.
Phil Didge retweeted
For those asking for "proof" that Iranians don't support the regime - it's everywhere.
The statistic majority of Iranians boycotted the most recent presidential election.
During woman life freedom protests when stores closed to boycott/protest the regime, the percentage closure varied in the region, most places 75-90% closure but in Tehran, 100% of stores closed. Every single business in Tehran said no to the regime. The oil workers sanctioned themselves by going on strike. I could go on and on, but Iranians have repeatedly shown—not just through uprisings, protesting, and sacrificing their lives-but statistically through data analysis that the overwhelming majority do not support the IRI. Even the IRGC's own data suggests they have less than 10% support. In a country of 90 million, however, it's easy for a small minority of religious extremists to look more significant than what they are.
