My latest annual report on operation of terrorism legislation is now public

📢 New study finds crime rates dropped in 8 out of 11 countries after abolishing capital punishment. Authors: Joseph Paul Essien, Maduka Enyimba and Thomas Egaga Ushie Read: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #HumanRights

To help shape the European Commission 2025 #RuleOfLaw report, the EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights provided input on: 🔵enabling #CivicSpace 🔵the role of #NHRIs 🔵judicial trust/efficiency 🔵racism in policing 🔵border & asylum procedures 🔵#DataProtection For more see: europa.eu/!tJWTpG

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. It sounds inconceivable. But it’s the truth. Israel is taking deliberate, coordinated action to destroy the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Explicit statements by Israeli officials, combined with a consistent policy of destructive attacks

We don't have to push children into poverty. We don't have to make life harder for the sick and disabled. We don't have to aid and abet genocide. For too long, people have been denied a real political choice. Not anymore. Join us at yourparty.uk

I join UN experts in welcoming the International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change and urge all countries to faithfully implement their obligations, including to avert the potential security risks of unmitigated global warming

Israel’s genocide has thrown Gaza into the final chaotic stages of a full-blown human catastrophe. Today’s IPC warning of an unfolding famine must finally rouse the international community to act with a clarity and resolve that has so far been beyond it. oxfam.org/node/25133

#LW1986 theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

The use of starvation as a method of warfare is a war crime. #Israel & the international community must act immediately to stop and prevent further unnecessary suffering & civilian deaths in #Gaza by fully facilitating unhindered entry of life saving humanitarian aid.

Recognition of a Palestinian state should not be conditional on the actions of the Israeli government. The right to self-determination belongs to the Palestinian people, not to an occupying power.

A video shared with the suggestion it shows a dog being cooked by immigrants in Dublin isn’t what it seems. As we found when we debunked the same video in 2023, it actually shows a pig being cooked on a spit as part of a community event. fullfact.org/immigration/do…

Call for Papers Close Friday! ⏰ What role should universities play in democratic life? Perspectives on Politics is accepting papers for a special issue on the politics of #HigherEducation, #StudentActivism, #AcademicFreedom, and related topics! 🔗 buff.ly/yTdKDE5

Fifty years after the Helsinki Final Act, there are an estimated 27 million victims of #HumanTrafficking. This crime violates victims' #HumanRights and undermines everyone's security. ⏰Time to act: support survivors, hold perpetrators accountable, and remember—victims

Proportionality: a Beginner's Guide.

#LW2127 #LW3035 The Home Secretary's decision to proscribe #PalestineAction is not unconvincing, when the legal definition of terrorism in the UK includes 'serious damage to property'. But should 'serious damage' alone be enough? theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

🚨 Belgian prosecutors have referred our war crimes complaint with The Hind Rajab Foundation against two IDF soldiers to the ICC. This marks a crucial acknowledgment of the gravity of the alleged crimes committed in Gaza aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/30…

I am pleased that a UK court has granted my mandate leave to intervene in the judicial review of the UK''s terrorist proscription of Palestine Action, to argue that the ban disproportionately restricts freedoms of assembly & expression judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…