Sara Alsherif

Migrant workers on legal visas trapped in modern slavery Revealed: UK’s employment visas are causing thousands of legal migrant workers to end up in modern slavery

The majority of the casework I do involves people in similar situations to Kavin. Trapped in limbo unable to work and move on to new sponsors. The government's toughening up of rules and increase in costs has made the situation worse.

www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...

Reimagining Digital ID: Learning from the South | REDID Project A one-day symposium on Digital ID in Global South, refugee and UK contexts, including exhibition launch of drawings by Karen refugees at the Thai-Myanmar border

Reimagining Digital ID 💭

ORG's @sarahalsherif.bsky.social is on the panel to discuss how the introduction of Digital ID must learn from research in Global Majority contexts and consider the implications for migrants and refugees.

🗓️ Sat 8 November

Register now ⬇️

www.redid.net/events-1/lon...

Three wounded in Lebanon after Israeli strikes in Shaba'a <article data-history-node-id="430887" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/three-wounded-lebanon-after-israeli-strikes-shabaa" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/three-wounded-lebanon-after-israeli-strikes-shabaa" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Three wounded in Lebanon after Israeli strikes in Shaba'a</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Lebanese health ministry said on Thursday that three people have been wounded after Israeli air strikes targeted Shaba'a in southern Lebanon.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israel "raided terrorist infrastructure, a rocket launch platform, and a tunnel entrance affiliated with the terrorists Hezbollah," Avichay Adraee, the Israeli military's Arabic-language spokesperson, said on X earlier in the day, while sharing a <a href="https://x.com/avichayadraee/status/1983815149149401415?s=61">video </a>of the strikes.</p> <p>"The presence of this infrastructure in the area constitutes a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon," he added.</p> <p>Just hours prior, a municipal worker was shot to death by Israeli soldiers that stormed a local government building in Blida.&nbsp;</p> <p>During the nearly year-old ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon, Israel has mounted attacks on Lebanon more than 5100 times, Lebanese media reported.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Three wounded in Lebanon after Israeli strikes in Shaba'a - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/three-wounded-lebanon-after-israeli-strikes-shabaa

Screenshot of an article headline "AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay" with "at lower pay" being highlighted

This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.

_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/

ICE Wants to Build a Shadow Deportation Network in Texas A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

NEW: ICE plans to build a network run by armed contractors that would move detained immigrants around the state, from all 254 counties, operating 24/7. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Reimagining Digital Identity An exhibition of drawings by Karen refugees at the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Given recent announcement about Digital ID in the UK, the symposium is perfect opportunity to learn from research in Global South contexts where such systems have long been piloted. The event will also launch the art exhibition with drawings by Karen refugees and how they imagine a fair ID system

You can see why @zackpolanski.bsky.social Polanski has got the elite panicking.

#MutualAidRequest #FreeCongo 🇨🇩
Francine & sister lost their mum during the war going on in DRC and were displaced. She now has the responsibility of caring for siblings & they need our help getting funds for shelter, food & other necessities & to evacuate to safety. Share/donate🙏🏾 goget.fund/3GZSsfn

Israeli forces are still killing Palestinians in Gaza — many of whom are trying to return home near a line behind which Israeli troops have retreated. Israeli media is increasingly calling this line the “new border”.

I asked the government how it will ensure that Israel does not seize half of Gaza:

www.cairo24.com/2301946

I can’t find the news in English anywhere else.

Black History Month! 🖤

🌈 Throughout the month we will be sharing the voices of our African Rainbow Family Siblings, to talk about what Black History means for LGBTIQ+.🧡💛🤎🖤

🤎We have Francis!

#pride #blackhistory2025 #lgbtiq #refugees #blackhistorymonth

On a side note, there is a young man who was arrested in #Egypt for wearing this glass inside a bank and is now charged with espionage 😵‍💫🥴

UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told Exclusive: two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of supplying weapons to paramilitary RSF group

Story:

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Consultancy: AI and Immigration System Open Rights Group (ORG) is the UK’s leading digital rights organisation, working to protect privacy, free expression, and digital justice.

#oppourtunity @openrightsgroup.org is seeking a consultant policy expert to help produce a policy paper around the use of (AI) in the immigration and asylum system, and its implications for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the UK. Deadline: 9 November
www.openrightsgroup.org/consultancy-...

I will be speaking at this event about the reimagining of new possibilities around the emerging new ID in the immigration context.

Blue background of a swirling pattern. Text reads: 'AWS Outage – Are you having problems accessing your eVisa? Contact ORG: info@openrightsgroup.org

We've had reports of people being unable to access their eVisa when boarding a flight to the UK.

The airline made them buy an ETA for visitors to the UK, even though they have the right to live here.

If this has happened to you, we'd love to hear from you

Get in touch: info@openrightsgroup.org

ORG London Meet-Up Join ORG to get the latest on our campaigns on the Online Safety Act, Digital IDs and more.

Hey, London! Why not log off for the night and meet in person?

Come on down to get the latest on our campaigns from the Online Safety Act to Digital IDs and more. Everyone is welcome!

🗓️ Monday 10 November
🕡 6.30–9pm
📍 Newspeak House, E2 7DG

Sign up now ⬇️

www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-l...

Professor Charles Raab, leading the opposition at Durham Union debate

Rebecca Vincent, Interim head of Big Brother Watch, at Durham Union debate

Jim Killock, Rebecca Vincent, Charles Raab at Durham Union

Jim Killock at Durham Union debate

Debated "A law abiding citizen has Nothing to Fear from surveillance" in Durham Union last night, alongside Professor Charles Raab and Rebecca Vincent; proposing was Professor Anthony Glees. #digtalid #privacy #durham #durhamunion

Consultancy: AI and Immigration System Open Rights Group (ORG) is the UK’s leading digital rights organisation, working to protect privacy, free expression, and digital justice.

#oppourtunity @openrightsgroup.org is seeking a consultant policy expert to help produce a policy paper around the use of (AI) in the immigration and asylum system, and its implications for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the UK. Deadline: 9 November
www.openrightsgroup.org/consultancy-...

Forty-Eight Hours in Israeli Captivity A journalist captured on a flotilla mission recounts treatment at the hands of the Israeli navy, border police, and prison guards.

"I announced, in case some camera somewhere was rolling, “I’m a journalist, I’m press.” The woman to my left hissed, 'We don’t give a fuck,' and the other dug her nails into my scalp and pulled me by my hair across the port."

jewishcurrents.org/forty-eight-...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

Smart Glasses Are Ushering In An Anti-Social World w/ Chris Gilliard Podcast Episode · Tech Won't Save Us · 10/16/2025 · 55m

👀👀

I haven’t heard this yet but a big +1 on what Paris said about @hypervisible.blacksky.app.

Like we don’t have enough brainrot already…

The Online Safety Act is Coming for Livestreaming Ofcom has launched a blandly titled consultation on “Additional Safety Measures” designed to implement the next round of duties within the Online Safety Act (OSA).

The limit does not exist when it comes to the Online Safety Act.

Ofcom is pushing at the edges of this law to age-gate livestreaming. This will prevent young content creators from engaging with audiences and put a lid on self-expression.

Find out more ⬇️

www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-...

Online Safety Act consultation on livestreaming, content scanning and takedowns The Online Safety Act The Online Safety Act (OSA) has given Ofcom powers over what we say, see and do online. Services have to comply with a large set of complicated rules and regulations. They risk…

Ofcom is flexing its powers in the Online Safety Act to impose age verification on anyone who livestreams.

That means locking down accounts of under-18s and forcing everyone else to submit to privacy intrusive age checks.

Reply to the consultation ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/online-safet...

Online Safety Act consultation : Threat to protest and political content The Online Safety Act The Online Safety Act (OSA) has given Ofcom powers over what we say, see and do online. Services have to comply with a large set of complicated rules and regulations. They risk…

Don't let activism blink out of sight!

Ofcom wants all social posts to be scanned for 'illegal' content before they appear in our feeds.

And the AI doing it will go OTT. Posts about protest could get removed or suppressed.

Say no to more censorship ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/online-safet...

Terror powers to proscribe organisations like Palestine Action or Just Stop Oil will be enforced through the Online Safety Act.

As we've seen from the heavy-handed policing of protests about PA, proactive scanning will remove any potentially supportive mention of them or Palestine-related content.

Ofcom's latest proposals would mean that:

🔴 Lawful activism could be censored as it happens
🔴 Content about Palestine may auto-delete from your feeds
🔴 The police can clampdown on protest online

With proactive scanning of content, censorship under the Online Safety Act is potentially boundless.

Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor | Computer Weekly Apple has agreed with the Home Office to drop its legal claim against a government order requiring it to provide intelligence and law enforcement with the capability to access encrypted data of Apple users worldwide. he Investigatory Powers Tribunal has ruled that the case will no longer proceed following a “change in circumstances,” according to court documents obtained by Computer Weekly.

Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor
(continues to apply to UK citizens, qwho cannot use Apple ADP)

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632561/Apple-and-Home-Office-agree-to-drop-legal-claim-over-encryption-backdoor #apple #adp #e2ee #ipact