Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most of them to use takes cynicism to new heights. And such performative cruelty won’t see off Reform - it’s more likely to strengthen them

603,628 km² 🇺🇦

100% Remarkable to see Brexiteers who are/were continuously banging on about British sovereignty happily handing over someone else's territory to an aggressor. Good on Monibot for calling it what it is.

Perceptive in 2022 and equally applicable in 2025

Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko, "I'm an opposition MP.. Still we are speaking with one voice" Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Would you describe Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a dictator?" Lesia Vasylenko, "We are living in martial law because Russia has attacked Ukraine.. We have no choice but

We have two PhD studentships available, one in law and one in criminology. Home fees covered, and a stipend. (Int'l applicants would need to cover the fees difference.) Apply by March 17, and submit a CV and a proposal by March 31. Links below, and details there. Please share!

If anyone had said to you a few months ago that Russia, North Korea, Nicaragua, the US and Israel will be on the same (losing) side of a UN resolution you would consider them clinically insane

A very problematic decision by Labour to increase defence spending to 2.6% of GDP by 2027 and to 3% by 2030 by cutting overseas development aid from 0.5% to 0.3%- going for the populist (Reform-esqe) lowest hanging fruit of improving our defence on the backs of the poor elsewhere

Gut wrenching bullying of one of the bravest persons on earth. Bullying should absolutely not be rewarded by a state visit and it was utterly wrong to offer it.

Palestinian activist Basel Adra accepting his Oscar for No Other Land: "I hope my daughter will not have to live the same life as me now, always fearing settler violence, home demolitions, and forced displacement that my community faces under Israeli occupation…we call on the

Professor David Bilchitz (David Bilchitz) and Dr Ruvi Ziegler (Dr. Ruvi Ziegler) are taking part in a conference on the 30 years of South Africa's Constitutional Court at SAIFAC. Programme here: uj.ac.za/wp-content/upl…

Delighted that an academic piece Dr. Ruvi Ziegler and I co-wrote (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… ) was cited in the text of the SACC judgment today declaring unconstitutional the deprivation of citizenship of SA citizens acquiring another nationality SAIFAC @Blog_ALM Reading Law School UJ News

Patricia Mindus (Uppsala) and I will be co-convening a workshop on temporality and rights at this exciting world congress!

A recent judgment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa cites, approvingly, an article by Professor David Bilchitz (David Bilchitz) and Dr Ruvi Ziegler (Dr. Ruvi Ziegler): saflii.org/za/cases/ZACC/…. Their article is available open access in the SAIFAC: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My main ask to UN Security Council Members: let us work. Food funded by your taxpayers is waiting at the borders to enter Gaza. We could be saving millions of lives. Let us do it.

We were honored to have Dr Ruvi Ziegler talk at our “All Lines Have Been Crossed” demonstration on Sunday. Please read his important speech 👇 Thank you Dr. Ruvi Ziegler 🙏🏻

Liberal Democrats will keep fighting until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.

EQUAL RIGHTS EVERYWHERE IN EUROPE 🏳️‍🌈 This Pride Month, we are not getting complacent in the fight for equal rights. The latest ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map reveals an uncomfortable truth: too many European countries still lag behind in providing essential legal protections for the

Dr Ruvi Ziegler (Dr. Ruvi Ziegler) appeared this weekend on CGTN's flagship programme, 'the 'Agenda', to discuss the plight of refugees as part of their coverage of world refugee day. His interview is between minutes 23 and 29. newseu.cgtn.com/news/2025-06-2…

🏳️🌈 National Coming Out Day – Oct 11, 2025 Coming out is personal, complex, and courageous. Today we honour every LGBTQIA+ person — out or not — especially those from Black, migrant & Global Majority communities. #NationalComingOutDay #AfricanRainbowFamily