Steve Crawshaw
@stevecrawshaw.bsky.social
Prosecuting the Powerful: War Crimes and the Battle for Justice (updated paperback, 2026). Ex-@theindependent @amnesty @hrw @freedomfromtorture
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Steve Crawshaw
@stevecrawshaw.bsky.social
· Nov 12
The Christopher G Moore Foundation is delighted to announce the #2025MoorePrize shortlist of the best books with a #HumanRights theme;
This is a great honour — some truly extraordinary fellow-shortlistees. Thank you — for praise for #ProsecutingthePowerful and for emphasising importance of #justice themes for today’s world
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I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
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FWIW, after 2+ decades in 🇬🇧 diplomacy my settled view is that BBCWS is *the* (not *a*) vital element of British soft power and the continued attacks on its funding are nothing short of barbaric and self defeating.
February 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
FWIW, after 2+ decades in 🇬🇧 diplomacy my settled view is that BBCWS is *the* (not *a*) vital element of British soft power and the continued attacks on its funding are nothing short of barbaric and self defeating.
A truly amazing result. Looking forward to seeing how govt spins its way out of this one. Would love for it to be a moment of reflection and humility and understanding of broader implications of this but… (list of buts is long)
Yvette Cooper and Starmer need to go over this.
Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
February 13, 2026 at 11:04 AM
A truly amazing result. Looking forward to seeing how govt spins its way out of this one. Would love for it to be a moment of reflection and humility and understanding of broader implications of this but… (list of buts is long)
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It is very difficult to defeat the government on any terrorism judicial review
It is also very difficult to defeat the government when challenging a statutory instrument, terrorism or otherwise.
Legally this is a *huge* achievement for the applicants.
It is also very difficult to defeat the government when challenging a statutory instrument, terrorism or otherwise.
Legally this is a *huge* achievement for the applicants.
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
It is very difficult to defeat the government on any terrorism judicial review
It is also very difficult to defeat the government when challenging a statutory instrument, terrorism or otherwise.
Legally this is a *huge* achievement for the applicants.
It is also very difficult to defeat the government when challenging a statutory instrument, terrorism or otherwise.
Legally this is a *huge* achievement for the applicants.
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This is an incredible photo.
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This is an incredible photo.
Sad and so wrong, what an inhumane decision
Skeleton athlete kicked out over helmet with images of Ukrainians killed in war
The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladylsav Heraskevych has been kicked out of the Winter Olympics after he refused to back down from wanting to wear a ‘helmet of memory’ in honour of Ukraine’s war dead
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Sad and so wrong, what an inhumane decision
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Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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The best Epstein account I’ve read so far: about the place of the women in those men’s world
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:03 AM
The best Epstein account I’ve read so far: about the place of the women in those men’s world
great piece by @svdberg.bsky.social & colleagues listing some of the extraordinary moves by Trump to block & destroy justice for all time. Extraordinary that European govts which created #ICC remain almost silent at his judicial vandalism, even now
Trump's war on global justice and the ICC. It took a while but we pulled it together. With @reuters.com colleagues Andrew Marshall, @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @johnshiffman.bsky.social Anthony Deutsch and @michellenichols.bsky.social www.reuters.com/investigatio...
In Trump’s war on global justice, court staff and U.N. face terrorist‑grade sanctions
Trump’s sanctions on U.N. expert Francesca Albanese and the International Criminal Court froze assets and disrupted war crimes investigations. The clash is part of the broader campaign by his administ...
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
great piece by @svdberg.bsky.social & colleagues listing some of the extraordinary moves by Trump to block & destroy justice for all time. Extraordinary that European govts which created #ICC remain almost silent at his judicial vandalism, even now
What a treat to take part in live show (and then be part of 4 Feb Off Air podcast, 35mins in) with iconic Jane Garvey & Fi Glover, discussing justice themes. Great conversation and… glad themes seem important to others, too.
Off Air with Jane & Fi
Fresh from their new Times Radio show Jane Garvey and Fi Glover keep the mics on, grab a cuppa and say what they really think – unencumbered and off air. If you want to contact the show to ask a quest...
www.thetimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
What a treat to take part in live show (and then be part of 4 Feb Off Air podcast, 35mins in) with iconic Jane Garvey & Fi Glover, discussing justice themes. Great conversation and… glad themes seem important to others, too.
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
Loved doing this!, conversation about so many things & coming back to essentials: why justice matters, how we can make it happen. (Updated paperback: 5 Feb)
New episode of #MeetTheWriters on
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Steve Crawshaw and confronting global impunity - Monocle
Georgina Godwin speaks to Steve Crawshaw about his book Prosecuting the Powerful, including cases from Milošević and Putin to Netanyahu....
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January 28, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Loved doing this!, conversation about so many things & coming back to essentials: why justice matters, how we can make it happen. (Updated paperback: 5 Feb)
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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The past few days have confirmed for me something I’ve long believed: the American political system is terminally fucked, but the American people are not.
Most Americans want to live in a democracy in which everyone has a decent life—the fascists in this regime represent a dying minority.
Most Americans want to live in a democracy in which everyone has a decent life—the fascists in this regime represent a dying minority.
January 25, 2026 at 4:52 AM
The past few days have confirmed for me something I’ve long believed: the American political system is terminally fucked, but the American people are not.
Most Americans want to live in a democracy in which everyone has a decent life—the fascists in this regime represent a dying minority.
Most Americans want to live in a democracy in which everyone has a decent life—the fascists in this regime represent a dying minority.
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Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
This a great thread. From Russia to Iran, the parallels are unmissable
Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.”
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This a great thread. From Russia to Iran, the parallels are unmissable
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Vermont’s Republican guv—who I vote against every time, even tho he gave my kid a prize for their world peace in French poster in fifth grade—has more spine than many national Democrats.
Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
January 25, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Vermont’s Republican guv—who I vote against every time, even tho he gave my kid a prize for their world peace in French poster in fifth grade—has more spine than many national Democrats.
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At least we know that while federal agents are killing people for using cell phones and the country is going to shit, Trump was working hard playing golf, hosting a screening for Melania’s movie, and rage-posting about his ballroom.
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 PM
At least we know that while federal agents are killing people for using cell phones and the country is going to shit, Trump was working hard playing golf, hosting a screening for Melania’s movie, and rage-posting about his ballroom.