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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Shameful and outrageous

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7d

Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.

Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada

Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.

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Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · 12d

Woohoo! New article! Have a look - Reparations for state hostage-taking. Fully open access

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · 13d

🚨The first article in our special issue on Hostage Diplomacy, guest edited by @kmooregilbert.bsky.social, is now published online and free to read! Follow the the link to read @carlaferstman.bsky.social on "Reparations for the survivors of state hostage-taking" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · 13d

🚨The first article in our special issue on Hostage Diplomacy, guest edited by @kmooregilbert.bsky.social, is now published online and free to read! Follow the the link to read @carlaferstman.bsky.social on "Reparations for the survivors of state hostage-taking" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · Sep 22

Yesterday, in Istanbul

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 22

More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters

At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety More than 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee and environmental organisations have said they are being “pressured into silence” after some received rape and death threats from far-right and anti-migrant protesters. At least two refugee NGOs that have been supporting asylum seekers who have received notices from the Home Office that they will be forcibly removed to France under Labour’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety. Continue reading...

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Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · Sep 8

The state of the USA - a legal permanent resident arbitrarily detained and at constant risk of deportation over his political views. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · Sep 6

thank you for the invitation @szarmsky.bsky.social ! Looking forward!

Sarah Zarmsky @szarmsky.bsky.social · Sep 5

On 27 October at 14:00, Professor Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social (Uni of Essex, Director of Essex Human Rights Centre) will deliver a lecture titled 'Reconceptualising Human Rights Practice in a Shifting World Order': www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Scho...

27.10.25 Reconceptualising Human Rights Practice in a Shifting World Order | School of Law | Queen's University Belfast

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Sarah Zarmsky @szarmsky.bsky.social · Sep 5

On 27 October at 14:00, Professor Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social (Uni of Essex, Director of Essex Human Rights Centre) will deliver a lecture titled 'Reconceptualising Human Rights Practice in a Shifting World Order': www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Scho...

27.10.25 Reconceptualising Human Rights Practice in a Shifting World Order | School of Law | Queen's University Belfast

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Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · Sep 2

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war

With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever

www.theguardian.com

Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social · Dec 4

#Victims in #Nigeria, through #AmnestyInternational, request #ICC judges to order the Prosecutor to act.

23,000+ victims of crimes against humanity committed in N-E Nigeria since 2011 say "little & contradictory information" is depriving them of #justice.

www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Dec 7

US smells Russian and Iranian blood in Syria, but rebel offensive challenges Kurdish ally - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-smells-russian-and-iranian-blood-syria-rebel-offensive-poses-challenges-kurdish-ally

US smells Russian and Iranian blood in Syria, but rebel offensive challenges Kurdish ally

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are accelerating backchannel talks to Israel while US officials discuss HTS terror designation listing

www.middleeasteye.net

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Mar 10

They disappeared a green card holder and threatened to arrest a citizen.

We are in some serious trouble in ‘democratic’ America.

BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say

Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.

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Sophie Duroy @sophieduroy.bsky.social · Mar 13

"Without any real controls in place, the country’s research and teaching base is being hollowed out without any reference to strategy or need. ... A Frankenstein’s monster stitched together out of all the worst bits of public policy from your nightmares."
www.ft.com/content/0ec7...

The UK’s academic recession is in full swing

This university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers

www.ft.com

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Mar 22

When Meta started developing its flagship AI model, employees faced an ethical question, Alex Reisner writes. The program would need to be trained on a huge amount of high-quality writing to be competitive with products such as ChatGPT. Should they just pirate it?

Read more: theatln.tc/1P6gPreS

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Mar 27

Turkey detains nearly 1,900 people in protests over jailed mayor, rejects international criticism www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Turkey detains nearly 1,900 people in protests over jailed mayor, rejects international criticism

Turkey said it rejected "prejudiced" international statements over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

www.reuters.com

The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 7

We can’t just be against Trump. It’s time for a bold, progressive populism | Robert Reich

A populist – anti-establishment – revolution was inevitable. But it didn’t have to be a tyrannical one

www.theguardian.com

Alka Pradhan @alkapradhan.bsky.social · Jun 11

Please understand both that this is natural extension of the crimes committed at Gitmo for two decades, and also wildly, wildly illegal. This is not “complex” or “difficult” or related to security or defensible in any way.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 10

Breaking news: The Trump administration is planning a major increase of deportations to Guantánamo, including citizens of Britain, France and other allies.

Officials said they are unlikely to inform the foreigners’ home governments about the transfers.

Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of allies

The administration aims to send thousands of foreigners to Guantánamo, including people from Britain and France, with no plans to notify their home governments.

www.washingtonpost.com

Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · Jul 23

Academic freedom in the #USA being curtailed. Ivy League #university caves: #Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on #Palestine shortly before publication. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication

As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

www.theguardian.com

Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · Jul 17

This is an officisl government agency with a massive budget and minimal oversight operating in a democratic country
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...

Op-ed: ‘Even God cannot hear us here’: What I witnessed inside an ICE women’s prison - The Tufts Daily

On a Tuesday in March, I had spent most of my day working on my dissertation proposal and started to feel exhausted and hungry. It was the holy month of Ramadan, and I was fasting. Once finished, I qu...

www.tuftsdaily.com

Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · Jul 9

ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/n...

Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism

On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …

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Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · Jun 30

www.france24.com/en/live-news...

UK considers envoy for Britons held abroad

Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained abroad, as it faces calls to do more to bring them home.

www.france24.com

Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · Jun 23

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

‘Helpless and trapped’: political prisoners stuck in Tehran jail with no way to flee bombings

Families of detained activists talk of their fear and confusion as Israeli missiles strike Evin prison in Iran

www.theguardian.com

Carla Ferstman @carlaferstman.bsky.social · Jun 11

This @alkapradhan.bsky.social is incredulous; I hope there will at least be some pushback by governments on consular rts/rts of foreign nationals to ICJ on VCCR breaches

Alka Pradhan @alkapradhan.bsky.social · Jun 11

Please understand both that this is natural extension of the crimes committed at Gitmo for two decades, and also wildly, wildly illegal. This is not “complex” or “difficult” or related to security or defensible in any way.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 10

Breaking news: The Trump administration is planning a major increase of deportations to Guantánamo, including citizens of Britain, France and other allies.

Officials said they are unlikely to inform the foreigners’ home governments about the transfers.

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