Rwanda axed. Every person threatened, detained, bullied, you did this. You survived this. Every lawyer, caseworker, support worker, campaigner. Everyone that tried to prevent arrests, amplified, shared, supported. Thank you 🧡 It’s gone. We won. Together.

Watch this it’s fascinating - I asked James Timpson what he’d do about prisons and sentencing if he was in charge. He believes only a third of prisoners in jail should definitely be there. He’s now in charge of prisons (but not sentencing).

can't stop watching it. this is England xoxoxoxoxox

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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Prisons are “violent, there are high levels of drugs, of mental distress and self harm… “People who commit crime are not less likely to commit crime after experiencing that kind of environment, they are more likely to commit crime” Exactly Andrew Neilson The Howard League 👏

If you’ve spent the day reading about prisons and you want to support meaningful reform, there’s never been a better time to join The Howard League We’re fighting for a more humane, just and effective response to crime Your support *really* helps👇 howardleague.org/membership/

Good morning. Prison reform is back on the news agenda. So also, thank goodness.

It is said dissent is the foundation of liberty. And yet the travesty of justice that took place today at Southwark Crown Court speaks to a democracy that is in danger of forgetting that at its peril. We must not be numb to how extreme the sentences handed out today to peaceful

To raise money for transport, Imane Khelif sold scrap metal for recycling and her mother sold couscous. Together they were able to afford the bus to the town for Imane to have regular boxing training sessions. unicef.org/algeria/en/sto…

We offer our utmost solidarity to Muslim communities and people of colour affected by the racist violence unfolding across the country.

‘We defended our communities. We’d sit with families who were targeted. Asian families would have bricks thrown through their windows and racists standing outside harassing them: we’d go out and confront them. It was happening up and down the country.’ tribunemag.co.uk/2020/12/come-w….

Are any cabinet members going to mention the multiple Asian and Black people who have been attacked and the racist, islamophobic language of the rioters? Seriously, have they been instructed to not mention it?

Organising an antiracist movement that is multiracial, that builds links and does the hard work of building solidarity is what we should focus on.

The Fire Brigades Union stands against the campaign of racist violence being waged by the far right. Solidarity with all those facing islamophobia, violence and intimidation. Our statement in full: (1/4)

I wrote about how Muslim women face a specific strain of islamophobia, compounded by violent misogyny, and how at a time like this we can feel particularly under threat - and yet our voices are rarely listened to when we do speak up for Grazia UK graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-ne…

I'd recommend everyone to watch Defiance right now. It's a Channel 4 documentary detailing the racism British Asian communities faced in the 70's/80s. The first episode looks at the rise of the far right and the death of an Asian boy in Southall youtube.com/watch?v=4JCO_V…

A thread - Now is the time to please check in on your Black, Brown and minority friends, family, neighbours and colleagues. In many parts of the country, they don’t feel safe.🧵