Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC
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Lawyer. Expertise in human rights; journalist safety; arbitrary detention; child rights. 🇮🇪 Special Rapporteur on Child Protection & @_IHREC Commissioner.
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09-06-2011 11:30:15
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How did Hong Kong become a police state? This CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 report reveals the impact of national security laws on free speech and dissent. Jimmy Lai’s story is emblematic of the global struggle for a freedom. Watch now and see why #JimmyLai and #FreeJimmyLai matter:
“They sat on it and done nothing with it. . .” As the fallout from the Scoping Inquiry into historical sexual abuse at schools run by religious orders continues, Colm O'Gorman tells Miriam O'Callaghan that church congregations must now be held accountable. WATCH: RTÉ News | #rtept
This makes my heart sing. Ibrahim Halawa graduated this week from UCD Sutherland School of Law. It’s only 7 years since the spurious charges against him were dropped & he returned home after years of unlawful detention in Egypt (doughtystreet.co.uk/news/ibrahim-h…). Ibrahim has already faced more in
Such an important point by Alasdair Mackenzie 🧡 here. If the summit involves Cabinet plus law enforcement officials, the prism through which solutions are sought is from the outset excluding many with critical expertise and experience. It’s a skewed approach, and disappointing.
An important moment & an important piece: a joint article by Simon Harris TD & Keir Starmer in today’s The Irish Times. “The scars left by the history of these islands inform the relationship we have today, but they don’t define it. It is a relationship that may be uniquely complex,
I found this joint piece by Simon Harris TD Keir Starmer so moving. Such simple, straightforward words with such a complex backdrop. As an Irish person who made London my home over 20 years ago, with an English husband, & children who are both Irish & British, I am reminded
UN Secretary-General raises concern over China’s reprisals against Jimmy Lai, his son and international legal team. Our response: doughtystreet.co.uk/news/un-secret… Support Jimmy Lai #FreeJimmyLai Jonathan Price Tatyana Eatwell Jen Robinson Sarah Dobbie
**BREAKING** Urgent Appeal on Jimmy Lai’s prison conditions filed with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Read our statement here, with response from Sebastien Lai & Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC (Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC): doughtystreet.co.uk/news/jimmy-lai… #FreeJimmyLai UN Special Procedures
#HongKong #PoliticalPrisoner #JimmyLai's int'l legal team's filed Urgent Appeal w/ UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture, citing prolonged detention in solitary confinement, denial of access to independent medical care & threat of life sentence doughtystreet.co.uk/news/jimmy-lai…