Bribing kleptocrats to trap refugees has always been a winning strategy which has consistently stopped illegal migration and resulted in zero adverse consequences.

Good news for the Caribbean and Swiss economies

Russia’s military deliberately attacked Kafr Nabl hospital in Syria in 2019. Now a group of Syrians have taken the case to the UN Human Rights Committee. osf.to/4bn3WDd via Open Society Foundations

Lights went off the parliament building in Tbilisi but protesters kept it alight with laser torches. Georgians are determined not to allow the government to steal their European future from them.

Mediaombudsman, a Georgian media rights group, has announced that ten journalists and camera operators were targets of police violence while covering the protest of 30 April-1 May.
Read more: oc-media.org/georgias-forei…

A policy that creates thousands of people afraid to interact with the state is a bonanza for crime networks that profit from captive populations.

Immigration theatre with lousy actors for an audience that has stopped paying attention

🔴Police cracked down on protesters against #ForeignAgentsLaw , using tear gas
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🚨 Urgent: We've relaunched our Rwanda Project to assist detained individuals facing removal to Rwanda.

If you or someone you know is detained & doesn't have a lawyer, contact us:

📞 020 7456 9750 (Mon-Thurs 10am - 12pm)
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This is *not* the Rwanda plan but a weird side scheme. The migrant had his asylum claim heard, voluntarily (allegedly) agreed to go to Kigali, and was given £3,000 - none of which is supposed to apply to the actual policy. This is merely crude pre-election spin.

Russia using a missile with cluster munitions in the heart of Odesa. Five people were killed, many more maimed. A war crime as clear as it gets.

Good to see comrade Oz Katerji premiere The Battle for Kyiv in London last night. Vivid scenes of the invasion’s early days and a reminder why the world can’t let them be repeated.

A policy that creates thousands of people afraid to interact with the state is a bonanza for crime networks that profit from captive populations.

Another day in Azerbaijan and another decent brave pro-democracy activist is arrested. For Anar Mammadli it’s a second round. He was part of the wave of dissident Azerbaijanis arrested in 2013 and was awarded the Václav Havel Prize in jail. Outrageous that he’s arrested again

We are handing out leaflets with details of detention support organisations and law firms (Wilsons and Duncan Lewis) which are taking on referrals for people at risk.

Please share in your networks + any feedback welcome:

#Tbilisi witnessed one of its biggest pro-EU rallies in protest of Russian law today. Government fails to uphold its constitutional obligation to bring the country closer to Euro-Atlantic integration, as official Brussels says this law puts EU bid at risk.

Footage Radio Tavisupleba

Humza Yousaf to resign as Scotland's first minister bbc.in/3WkrVia

Protesters chant 'Georgia' as they face riot police