"Jimmy Lai is totally against people being locked up for their opinions, but that's happened to him now." For years, Jimmy Lai was the voice of democracy in Hong Kong. Today, he's on trial — imprisoned since 2020 — for speaking the truth. #FreeJimmyLai

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

Points raised by Ireland’s child protection chief following report into sexual abuse in Catholic schools: ➡️double vulnerability - special needs children as easy targets, over-represented in sex abuse data; ➡️`get on with it’: sequence concrete milestones within a public inquiry

Except the inquiry report just said it was avoidable. The only thing anyone could possibly want to hear from him on this is an apology, but he's incapable. This is so disrespectful to all affected by Grenfell

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.

Very pleased to see this. Concerted action is needed to #FreeZamora #ZamoraLibre.

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

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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

PRC and HKSAR authorities are doing everything they can to silence #JimmyLai – including targeting his son and their legal team with threats and intimidation. They will not be silenced. The UN Secretary-General has raised concerns about these awful tactics to suppress free speech

3/4 UN Secretary-General Raises Concern over China’s Reprisals Against Jimmy Lai, His Son & International Legal Team hostageaid.org/un-secretary-g… UK - Doughty Street Chambers The UN Secretary-General has raised concern about reprisals against Jimmy Lai, his son, Sebastien Lai, & their

Last week, to mark #EndChildPovertyWeek, CDI launched Perspectives on Poverty, a poetry collection by young people from Tallaght (ages 8-15), with poet Clifton Redmond and Nico, Hunter & Kai who shared some of their amazing pieces! 👏 #EqualityForAll #YouthEngagement

**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…