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Andrew Novak
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Instructional Associate Professor of Criminology Law & Society, George Mason University 🐨 clemency/pardons, tribal law, comparative law, punishment, sport history ⚽️🏳️‍🌈

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Andrew Novak @indyj02.bsky.social · Feb 4
My article about the Queen’s 1968 death penalty commutations in Rhodesia - which were ignored by the Smith regime as it carried out its first post-UDI executions, is now live. 😁 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Contesting the Royal Prerogative of Mercy: The Queen’s Pardons and the 1968 Constitutional Crisis over the Death Penalty in Rhodesia
In 1968, the Queen attempted to use her royal prerogative of mercy to prevent the executions of three condemned men in Rhodesia who were convicted of political murders. Though she was still the Rho...
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 14h
Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.

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The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 16h
On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Col. Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black people.
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
A shocking coup was executed Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Opinio Juris @opiniojuris.bsky.social · 2d
Should We Celebrate the UN Convention against Cybercrime? Lessons from the UN Convention against Transnational Crime

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Should We Celebrate the UN Convention against Cybercrime? Lessons from the UN Convention against Transnational Crime
[Dr Marika McAdam is an independent international law and policy advisor who works globally on human rights-based criminal justice responses to organized crime and other issues] As the United Natio…
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Opinio Juris @opiniojuris.bsky.social · 2d
The Power and Responsibility of the EU to Protect the ICC from US Sanctions

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The Power and Responsibility of the EU to Protect the ICC from US Sanctions
[Jens Iverson is an assistant professor of international law at Leiden University]  The Trump Administration has sanctioned ICC high officials, UN officials, and human rights groups. There is conce…
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Opinio Juris @opiniojuris.bsky.social · 2d
The African Commission’s Missed Opportunity on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

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The African Commission’s Missed Opportunity on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
[Coline Minguet is an FNRS-funded PhD candidate at UCLouvain researching reparations for victims of sexual violence in armed conflicts under international law, with prior experience as a Brussels-b…
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 2d
UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:

-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
www.ochaopt.org/content/huma...
Humanitarian Situation Update #337 | West Bank | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
October 2025 recorded the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since OCHA began documenting such incidents in 2006, with more than 260 attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or ...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 2d
Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
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Formerly Incarcerated Women Are Building a Global Network to Fight Imprisonment
Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
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Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · 2d
In #Uganda, victims of Joseph Kony's #LRA have welcomed the confirmation of 39 war crimes & crimes against humanity charges.

#ICC judges confirmed all of the prosecutor's charges against #Kony, but no trial will go ahead unless he ends up in custody in The Hague.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Joseph Kony case: Ugandans welcome ICC's war crimes charges against LRA leader
The warlord remains at large but victims hope the ICC charges will renew efforts to capture him.
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KUTV2News @kutv2news.bsky.social · 3d
As black lung rates rise among workers — including those in their 30s and 40s — some sick retired coal miners from West Virginia are fighting back.
Coal miners with black lung fight Trump administration rollback of safety protections
Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for generations. Death and tragedy are wov
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Andrew Novak @indyj02.bsky.social · 3d
Would vote for either one 🥲

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d
A Malta-flagged tanker heading from Sikka, India, to Durban, South Africa, is targeted by suspected Somali pirates.
Attackers target ship off Somalia’s coast amid piracy resurgence
A Malta-flagged tanker heading from Sikka, India, to Durban, South Africa, is targeted by suspected Somali pirates.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
Tigray fighters enter Ethiopia’s Afar region, stoking fears of new conflict
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that pitted the TPLF against Ethiopia’s federal army.
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Human Dignity Trust @humandignitytrust.bsky.social · 5d
The #Niue Government decriminalised consensual same-sex intimacy in May 2024 by removing several provisions on sexual offences. The government has now published the act. Please check out our resources section and download the 2024 act: www.humandignitytrust.org/resources/ni...
Niue (Sexual Offences) Amendment Act 2024 | Human Dignity Trust
We use the law to defend the human rights of LGBT people globally
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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 5d
This is a highly recommended read, especially after all the nonsense about Mamdani's identity. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Zohran Mamdani: Ugandans take pride in New York mayor with roots in their country
A professor describes Mamdani as "one of us" while some young Ugandans take inspiration from the 34-year-old's victory.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 5d
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

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CNN @cnn.com · 6d
Mary Sheffield will become the first woman elected mayor of Detroit, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4oRiL7z

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Andrew Novak @indyj02.bsky.social · 6d
Doing it 👍🏽

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 7d
In Iberia (C-218/24), the CJEU ruled that a companion animal lost during international air travel counts as “baggage” under the Montreal Convention.

MARINE LERCIER criticizes how Iberia turned dogs into luggage:

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Turning dogs into luggage neglects the social reality where the loss of companion animals foreseeably causes moral harm to their human guardians. MARINE LERCIER

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d
Israel just arrested the former top lawyer for the IDF for leaking a video of Palestinian prisoners getting viciously sexually abused.

(Barely a peep in 🇺🇸 media about this)
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 7d
Satoshi Tanaka, who survived the United States’ atomic bombings in Hiroshima, slammed Trump’s call to resume nuclear weapons testing. blockclubchi.co/4qGSpqK

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 7d
Everywhere universities are under assault. Some are shooting themselves. www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 8d
Serbia is ready to supply ammunition to Europe under long-term contracts, with buyers free to send it to Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told German publication Cicero. Serbia produces more ammunition than France, Vučić stated.

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Luigi Prosperi @luigiprosperi.bsky.social · 8d
The trial against an Eritrean man known as “Walid”, suspected of being involved in a criminal organization that kidnapped and subjected migrants to violence in detention centers in Bani Walid (Libya) is set to begin tomorrow in the Netherlands indepthnews.net/trial-agains...
Trial against alleged Eritrean trafficker ‘Walid’ will start in The Netherlands on 3 November
Substantive hearings are about to begin in Zwolle, the Netherlands, in the important case against Eritrean national Tewelde Goitom (also known as “Walid” / “Welid”). The hearings are set to run across...
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Sport & Rights Alliance @sportrightsall.bsky.social · 9d
After 4 years calling on #FIFA for the right to play, since fleeing the Taliban takeover in 2021, the Afghan footballers have just competed in their first international tournament. 👏
🔗 Learn more: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-recogni... #AfghanWomenUnited

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Andrew Novak @indyj02.bsky.social · 9d
Wait I’m kind of into this

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 10d
Baltimore County loses ‘sanctuary’ status after signing immigration enforcement deal
Baltimore County loses ‘sanctuary’ status after signing immigration enforcement deal
Baltimore County is no longer a “sanctuary jurisdiction” after local and federal personnel came to an agreement on immigration enforcement, officials announced Friday.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10d
Dozens of Yemeni UN personnel could face death penalty, as UN says at least 59 of its staff are being held by the group.
Yemen’s Houthis say arrested UN staff will be tried over Israeli links
Dozens of Yemeni UN personnel could face death penalty, as UN says at least 59 of its staff are being held by the group.
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 10d
The seizure of the Antonov plane at Toronto's Pearson Airport started way back in 2022, & has experienced many delays. It is also totally unprecedented and a test case for seizure and recovery for victims of aggression in Ukraine & elsewhere.

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Forfeiture of Russian plane seized in Toronto requires feds to ‘disentangle’ ownership | CBC News
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says pursuing forfeiture of a seized Russian cargo plane that has been parked for years at Toronto Pearson International Airport has forced the government to “dise...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10d
Bodies of prisoners returned by Israel show signs of torture, as 3 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes despite truce.
Israel returns 30 bodies of slain Palestinians as new strikes hit Gaza
Bodies of prisoners returned by Israel show signs of torture, as 3 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes despite truce.
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 10d
Bill 94 has passed in Quebec.

Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Religious symbols ban: Quebec passes law to prevent students, staff from covering their faces
The Legault government passed Bill 94 on Thursday, aimed at strengthening secularism in the Quebec school system. From now on, students will have to attend school with their faces uncovered, as will v...
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