Dr Deepa Govindarajan Driver
@deepa_driver
- NEC & negotiator @UCU
- Vice-chair @socialistlawyer
- Director @forfinancewatch
- I teach financial regulation & corporate/ state accountability
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07-03-2018 19:23:55
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DC activists to #FreeAssange outside WaPo for its press freedom event #WPFD2024 The Washington Post
CEO Committee to Protect Journalists Jodie Ginsberg addressed #AssangeCase in closing remarks.
'I...encourage the U.S. to drop its charges against Julian Assange.'
Transcript: washingtonpost.com/washington-pos…
–At WashU St. Louis, a professor filming police was beaten, slammed, dragged across campus—suffering broken ribs & broken hand
–At Emory, a professor who confronted police pinning a student to the ground was herself thrown down & arrested
…and much more:
theintercept.com/2024/05/02/pro…
On Jan. 24th, Secretary Antony Blinken declared that if Hamas released all hostages and put down its weapons, 'this could end tomorrow.'
state.gov/secretary-anto…
The German government is extending its censorship throughout Europe. 'A London surgeon who has provided testimony over the ongoing war in Gaza after operating during the conflict has been denied entry to France,' due to a German-enforced Schengen-wide ban. theguardian.com/world/article/…
#WorldPressFreedomDay
How much longer will the UK and US - who lecture other nations about #democracy , #humanrights and #PressFreedom - continue to jail journalist Julian #Assange ?
#WorldPressFreedomDay 2024
Julian Assange is still not free after 5 years and 23 days of political imprisonment in HMP Belmarsh, following 6 years, 9 months and 23 days of arbitrary detention in the Ecuadorian embassy (see United Nations WGAD Opinion No. 54/2015).