Emma Reilly

Thanks to @MaajidNawaz for having me. The world needs to know about @UN complicity in #UyghurGenocide. @antonioguterres this needs to stop now. It is not difficult. Just stop.

Ooft Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China where there are concerns he could be detained as a member of an ethnic group that has been targeted by the Chinese government, his mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday wtop.com/national/2026/…

I guess if there's no political will to clean up the UN, they may as well stop pretending the leadership aren't corrupt grifters with a bloated propaganda machine?

@vrindagrover You are silent about the UN handing over names pf dissidents to China. What do you think Chinese police do to their families? Why are you ok with the NGO you chaired saying they don't care if names are handed over, only that dissidents keep taking risks so money keeps flowing?

We have witnessed the ruthlessness and illegal use of force by Delhi Police. We know Police acts on Orders. The Police Commissioner and the Home Minister are answerable for the crimes by Delhi police personnel. And to all those institutions, officials, and learned citizens who are mute spectators and don't wish to be dragged into this. Your silence is cowardice and complicity. You betray your country and the youth

@antonioguterres You, personally, fired me for reporting a UN policy of handing names of dissidents to Beijing so their families could be targeted for arrest, detention, torture and even death in concentration camps. Tell me again about freedom, justice, equality, solidarity, compassion and peace

Mandela firmly believed that our common humanity could triumph over the forces of hatred, division, discrimination & injustice. Let’s re-commit to the timeless principles that defined Madiba‘s life: freedom, justice, equality, solidarity, reconciliation, compassion & peace.

I don't know anything about American football. Based on the bs filming of the World Cup final, I'm guessing lateral action doesn't have any effect on the result? With the zoom cameras from the top of the stadium, we can't tell how far players are from one another. It matters.

@Number10cat Also: can you stop using zoom cameras that collapse the width of the pitch on screen? It might not matter in American "Football", but we damned well need to know for actual football.

Dear FIFA TV Director, There's not a single football fan in the world who'd rather see Donald Trump sitting on his fat arse than the actual World Cup Final Ta Larry x

@Megankstack Sent you a DM. Not a particularly complex point of international law, but *very* odd nobody is raising it :)

This is mostly true, with the first point being the crucial one. Nevertheless I appreciate a leader (albeit a local leader) aware of international law. If only the US fully participated in, and abided by, international institutions — instead of actively weakening them.

@BobRae48 Not quite. There is a proof that current black-box models can be *stable *or* accurate, but it's a trade-off. Unfortunately 90% of policy-makers come from the humanities. In part because those of us with dual backgrounds tend to blow the whistle. Because truth matters in science.

I've gone through a tiny, miniscule fraction of what the people I tried to protect have been put through by the CCP. I wouldn't still be standing without my partner - I met him a year after my first report and he always stood by me in the fight for human rights. Love to Teresa.

Didn't António study science? The real question is the impact the AI bubble bursting will have on the economy. The UN used to care about the poorest. Under António, it's just who pays the biggest bribes and how many first-class trips home to Lisbon he can extract.

@antonioguterres Didn't you study science? The question is the impact the AI bubble bursting will have on the economy. The UN used to care about the poorest. Under you, it's just who pays the biggest bribes and how many first-class trips home to Lisbon you can extract.

The defining question is not whether artificial intelligence will transform our world. It’s whether that transformation will reduce inequalities or reinforce them. Together, let’s make AI a force for dignity, opportunity & sustainable development for all.

@KumarIyerUK @DapoAkandeLaw @FCDOGovUK @UKMissionGeneva Why do you disagree then with the position of the international law commission that the UN is subject to law, and victims of UN crimes should be able to sue? Why is deliberate UN complicity in the Uyghur genocide not a concern? Why are 300 rapes and sexual assaults a week ok?

A wonderful evening celebrating the #InternationalLawCommission and its vital role in shaping international law. Thank you to the many colleagues who joined us in reaffirming our shared commitment to a strong international rule of law. #ILC #UKMisGeneva @DapoAkandeLaw

Some suggestions to member states as they consider how the UN can save money. In addition to a tax-free salary that is higher than any national equivalent (think double), UN staffers get: 1. A refund of 80% of the cost of private education for all kids, up to the age of 25. Yes, even if they are in a country with great public education. And, yes, that means their kids can go to Harvard or somewhere equally expensive with barely a dent in that ridiculously high salary. Maybe, I don't know, require them to pay like everyone else where it's a choice rather than something forced by serving in a non-family duty station. 2. Rent subsidies if the rent goes above 30% of the staffer's salary. So, while two-income families in New York pay around 50% of income in rent, UN staffers can choose to live in the most expensive areas without worrying about something so pedestrian as bills - taxpayers will pay for their preferences. 3. Daily subsistence allowances that are simply crazy and unlinked to reality every time they travel on official business. Does it *really* cost $442 per day just to be in Paris? Or $580 in New York? Or twice that if you're a senior official and allowed a "special" hotel. Because how could a UN staffer possibly be expected to live in anything but luxury? All while, of course, focussing on the world's most vulnerable. Some of my colleagues complained when the amounts went down and they could no longer afford Gucci handbags on the profits from each trip... 4. Exemption from taxes on goods for senior officials. Yep, the entire world is your duty free shop at P-5 level and above. Just save the receipts and get thousands back at the end of the year. In addition to your absolute minimum salary of US $240,000, tax free. 5. An extra month's salary as a signing bonus. And moving expenses unrelated to reality ($15,000 from Paris to Geneva? Really? How would you even get a quote that high?). This works particularly well where people are repeatedly hired by their friends on "temporary" contracts. There's a required period of 3 months between those contracts. Good motivation by member states, bad execution. So, at every renewal, the staffer gets that extra month of salary, $15K to move in, then $15K to move out at the end. Plus flights. 6. Paid flights to their home country for their entire family at least once every two years, often in business class (over 6 hours if I recall correctly). 7. One of the world's most generous pensions. I actually think that's a good thing that should stay, but it's been decimated in pretty much every civil service and so worth noting. Maybe making the benefits more in line with real civil servants could help address the rampant nepotism in hiring which is behind much of the ineffectiveness of the UN - maybe being a blood relative, spouse or intimate partner of a senior official is not in itself a qualification? Perhaps UN jobs should be based on qualifications and experience? @USUN @AmbUNReform @jeff_bartos @UKUN_NewYork

Because working in a book shop is subversive

@Number10cat @andyburnham @BJennings90 @guardian Twice?! Only twice? Lobby better, Larry.

Welcome to the most important job you'll ever have @andyburnham Cartoon brilliance by @BJennings90 for @guardian

Today we have seen just how hard countries around the world will be hit by UK aid cuts. Chair @SarahChampionMP has said the announced allocations show a fundamental inconsistency in government policy. Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…

@lukedepulford The UK?! I'd bet there were parties in Glasgow and Belfast... this one's on you, England.

@Megankstack Oh, the Irish *love* the Argentinians today. A deserved win, and we do not cry over English tears.

Argentina was the 1st foreign country I visited, the 1st place I lived outside the US, & studying in the smoke-hazed, argumentative, grubby classrooms of la UBA was a mind-blowing experience for 20 yo me. So, no surprise: I think the Argentina hate is overblown.

Il y a 84 ans, dans la nuit du 16 au 17 juillet 1942, plus de 13 000 hommes, femmes et enfants juifs étaient arrêtés à Paris et en région parisienne, sur ordre des autorités allemandes et avec le concours de la police française. Près de 8 000 d'entre eux furent parqués pendant plusieurs jours dans des conditions inhumaines au Vélodrome d'Hiver. Les familles furent ensuite transférées vers les camps de Drancy, Pithiviers et Beaune-la-Rolande, avant d'être déportées vers Auschwitz-Birkenau. Très peu en sont revenus. Se souvenir, c'est refuser l'oubli et l'indifférence. C'est transmettre aux générations suivantes la mémoire de ce que furent la haine, la complicité et le silence. Pour que jamais cela ne se répète.