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Megan Denise Smith
@megandenisesmith.bsky.social
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Humanitarian practitioner, researcher and independent consultant based in BCN (She/Her) | Exploring borders, migration, mobility, security, gender, violence and occasionally music | RTs≠endorsements and all views my own | https://megandenisesmith.com/
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For decades, the discourse on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Lebanon has focused on protection. In this earlier piece, TIMEP's Jasmin Lilian Diab makes the case for the need to shift the frame from protection to accountability.
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Unmasking Protection: Why Accountability Must Guide Lebanon’s Approach to Migrant Domestic Work
For decades, the discourse on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Lebanon has focused around the issue of protection. But protection alone cannot deliver justice.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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hyabyohannes.bsky.social
“In this blog, I reflect on where my research is written from, and why I write at all”👇🏾

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Breathing-writing from within the abyss
Hyab Yohannes, Lecturer in Forced Migration and Decolonial Education, UNESCO Chair RIELA, University of Glasgow Every November we celebrate WriteFest, a national festival spotlighting writing in hi…
theauditorium.blog
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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opendemocracy.net
As drug users, solidarity isn’t just important – it’s survival
As drug users, solidarity isn’t just important – it’s survival
We formed a union to resist the violence of mainstream treatment. Collaboration will be the key to our success
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November 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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opendemocracy.net
How Wages for Housework sparked an international solidarity movement
How Wages for Housework sparked an international solidarity movement
The 1970s movement paved the way for queer, Black, trans and sex working feminist organising across the world today
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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aljazeera.com
BREAKING: The ICJ has begun ruling on Israel’s responsibilities toward aid agencies helping Palestinians in Gaza.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/3htm6o
October 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
megandenisesmith.bsky.social
New Working Paper: Shaping European Borders Beyond Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Two Spanish Borderscapes.' We explore the #Canary #Islands and the enclaves of #Ceuta and #Melilla. Read the full paper nccr-onthemove.ch/publications... #Migration #EU #Borders #Governance #Security #PolicyResearch
Shaping European Borders Beyond Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Two Spanish Borderscapes | nccr – on the move
Analysis of Spain’s African borderscapes shows how EU securitization shapes migration, its limits, and how local actors create alternative governance.
nccr-onthemove.ch
September 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Struggling with your lit review on public admin + democracy?

We read 9,000+ studies so you don’t have to. The result: a framework of democratic anchors that makes sense of values like accountability, transparency & equity.

Open access in Public Administration Review: doi.org/10.1111/puar.70036
<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Values are ideals of what is desirable for the individual, profession, organization, or institution. Institutional values attach to organizations because of their place in a political order, capturin...
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September 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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The Future of #Humanitarian #Aid - a good article from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative hhi.harvard.edu/news/2025/06...
The Future of Humanitarian Aid: Navigating a Politicized and Fragmented Landscape | Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
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September 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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hyabyohannes.bsky.social
My book, The Refugee Abyss, is out today! Each page holds lives interrupted & stories that haunt our conscience. I invite you, dear reader, to engage with the displaced voices with utmost care & curiosity.
@uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social

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The Refugee Abyss | Hyab Teklehaimanot Yohannes | Taylor & Francis eBo
In defiance of the refugee abyss, this book presents the flesh of pained bodies and the breath of displaced voices, contributing to the thread of traces yet to
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August 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Has the world forgotten about the plight of the #Rohingya? | Inside Story www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Np...
Has the world forgotten about the plight of the Rohingya? | Inside Story
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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September 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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The alleged abuses at ICE facilities include “deaths in custody, physical and sexual abuse of detainees, mistreatment of pregnant women and children, inadequate medical care, overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions, inadequate food and water” & more:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities
Report from senator Jon Ossoff’s office found 510 credible reports of human rights abuses since Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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motherjones.com
"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
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August 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
The UN reports 1 million people in Gaza are facing emergency levels (IPC phase 4) of food insecurity and 470,000 people are facing catastrophic levels (IPC phase 5).

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August 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
megandenisesmith.bsky.social
"Safeguarding cannot be transformative if the language we use erases the people it's meant to protect."
www.unitededge.net/post/vaginas... #JusticeBasedApproach #DecolonizeSafeguarding #Language #Power #communitiesofcare #PSEAH #safeguarding
Vaginas, Penises, and the Colonial Roots of Safeguarding
Safeguarding is about ensuring the safety, dignity, and rights of individuals, especially children and vulnerable populations. However, I have not yet come across a language in my country and home, Ug...
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July 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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The World Is Letting Gaza Starve www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...
Opinion | The World Is Letting Gaza Starve
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July 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light | Alexis Petridis
Having escaped a life of drudgery in Birmingham, Ozzy became the rare rock frontman you could relate to – and then, against the odds, a national treasure
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July 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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rollingstone.com
Up until his death, Ozzy Osbourne’s goal was to ascend a stage one last time and thrill his fans.

When the subject of retirement came up in a 2020 Rolling Stone interview, Osbourne huffed. “Retire from what?” he said. “It’s not a job...." 🖤
July 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Pakistan arrests 13 suspects as ‘honour killing’ video goes viral
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Pakistan arrests 13 suspects as ‘honour killing’ video goes viral
Thirteen arrested in Balochistan province for alleged involvement in the killing of a couple ordered by a tribal leader.
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July 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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isaachayes3.bsky.social
For over 14 years, people have speculated about why my father left South Park.

My dad did not quit South Park. Scientology did.

The narrative that he quit because he was offended by the satire is not true. My father never got to speak for himself because his health robbed him of that chance.
July 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking
The cuts come as Trump reels from MAGA anger over sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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lizrbherenow.bsky.social
This is another nail in the coffin of free speech here. I hope that his contract will allow him to do another show somewhere else! #CancelParamount #BoycottCBS. apnews.com/article/step...
Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with President Donald Trump...
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July 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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zeteo.com
Watch this scene from ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ where Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya walks towards Israeli tanks after having lost everything he loved.

Abu Safiya’s lawyer says he's lost over a third of his body weight due to starvation and torture.

Watch the full documentary: zeteo.com/p/watch-now-...
July 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Save the Children suspends work with BCG over “utterly unacceptable” Gaza role: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Save the Children suspends work with BCG over “utterly unacceptable” Gaza role
The US-based consultancy has been condemned for its work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and for drawing up plans to relocate Palestinians.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
July 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city. His statements don’t just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation. That Trump included praise for Eric Adams in his authoritarian threats is unsurprising, but highlights the urgency of bringing an end to this Mayor’s time in City Hall. At the very moment when MAGA Republicans are attempting to destroy the social safety net, kick millions of New Yorkers off of healthcare and enrich their billionaire donors at the expense of working families, it is a scandal that Eric Adams echoes this President’s division, distraction and hate. Voters will resoundingly reject it in November.
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Reclaiming Windrush Square: Brixton community charts future of public space - report from Henry Staples who co-organised participatory workshops with local partners.

Full story at @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...
Reclaiming Windrush Square
Brixton community charts future of public space - report from organisers of participatory workshops
www.sheffield.ac.uk
June 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM