Leighann Spencer
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Criminologist/Abolitionist @LaTrobe & @UniMelb. Policing, justice mechanisms, identity, human rights in sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Australia
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The latest appointment to the Supreme Court of Appeals demonstrates how #Turkey’s judicial system is under control of the ruling AKP Stockholm Center for Freedom stockholmcf.org/erdogan-appoin…
Victoria Police Apologies for Aboriginal Child Removals, Yet the Practice Is Ongoing Despite the official Stolen Generations ending last century, First Nations kids are now removed at higher rates Senator Lidia Thorpe Aboriginal Embassy sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/victoria-… via SydneyCriminalLawyer
“We must plan accordingly to avoid repeating the same cycles of violence” #Sudan violence is a symptom of a profound collective failure via African Arguments africanarguments.org/2024/05/sudan-…
Abuse of international justice mechanisms - #Turkey's 800 Interpol notices are a breach of human rights by Ali Yıldız rednoticemonitor.com/post/turkey-s-…
Check out the National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women (National Network) abolition resources #freeher The National Network thenationalnetwork.com.au/abolition-reso…
Formerly incarcerated women, trans and gender diverse people are calling for the prohibition of strip searching in Australian prisons. A group submission to ALRC w/ Flat Out Inc. & Human Rights Law Centre says strip searching is sexual abuse by the state: hrlc.org.au/news/2024/05/2…
If one includes both direct & indirect deaths from Israel's assault, the death toll in Gaza goes up to 186,000 people, according to the medical journal The Lancet. That's 1 in every 12 Gaza inhabitants killed in the last 9 months of genocide.
Nationwide protests are set to begin in #Nigeria. Much like the recent protests in Kenya and Uganda, the protesters - many of them young people - are fed up with a cost-of-living crisis, ineffective leadership, and corruption. #GenZProtests theguardian.com/world/article/… Eromo Egbejule
Brilliant piece by Nanjala Nyabola The ‘ungoverning’ of Kenya Since the beginning of antigovernment protests in June, Kenya is living through a period of ungoverning, in which institutions and rules are being undermined by the state itself. aje.io/uv12bf
“The Other Children” wins Best Human Rights Film at World Film Festival in Cannes Honored to support this powerful story of children in Turkey. 🇹🇷💔 Thank you to everyone involved in bringing this vital story to the world. Aslıhan Kas #AdvocatesForDignity world-film-festival.com/en/winners-jun…
Exposed by Declassified Australia, referred to the International Criminal Court: ▪️ Australian jet parts to Israel ▪️ Pine Gap intelligence to IDF The submission to the ICC includes the evidence published by Declassified Australia. 👉 F-35 jet fighter parts declassifiedaus.org/2023/11/17/aus…