Carla Ferstman
@carlaferstman.bsky.social
Human rights expert/academic | Director Essex Human Rights Centre https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/ferst81809/carla-ferstman | Recent Books: Conceptualising Arbitrary Detention: Power, Punishment & Control; Int'l Organizations & the Fight for Accountability
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Shameful and outrageous
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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November 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Shameful and outrageous
Woohoo! New article! Have a look - Reparations for state hostage-taking. Fully open access
🚨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...
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Woohoo! New article! Have a look - Reparations for state hostage-taking. Fully open access
September 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters
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...
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters
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...
September 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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...
thank you for the invitation @szarmsky.bsky.social ! Looking forward!
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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September 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
thank you for the invitation @szarmsky.bsky.social ! Looking forward!
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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
July 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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...
This is an officisl government agency with a massive budget and minimal oversight operating in a democratic country
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
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...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is an officisl government agency with a massive budget and minimal oversight operating in a democratic country
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
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
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.
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.
Officials said they are unlikely to inform the foreigners’ home governments about the transfers.
June 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
Join us @universityofessex.bsky.social as we explore the ethics, challenges & responsibilities of reporting from conflict zones. With firsthand accounts from Gaza, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and beyond.
16 May; 10am-5pm; hybrid. More info:
Join us @universityofessex.bsky.social as we explore the ethics, challenges & responsibilities of reporting from conflict zones. With firsthand accounts from Gaza, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and beyond.
16 May; 10am-5pm; hybrid. More info:
Reporting Conflict: Ethics, Voices and Truths | University of Essex
Reporting Conflict: Ethics, Voices and Truths
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May 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
Join us @universityofessex.bsky.social as we explore the ethics, challenges & responsibilities of reporting from conflict zones. With firsthand accounts from Gaza, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and beyond.
16 May; 10am-5pm; hybrid. More info:
Join us @universityofessex.bsky.social as we explore the ethics, challenges & responsibilities of reporting from conflict zones. With firsthand accounts from Gaza, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and beyond.
16 May; 10am-5pm; hybrid. More info:
I think this is absolutely correct but the task is not only (or mainly) for Americans; its time for a global, people-driven solidarity which is about the articulations of core values
We can’t just be against Trump. It’s time for a bold, progressive populism | Robert Reich
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
May 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I think this is absolutely correct but the task is not only (or mainly) for Americans; its time for a global, people-driven solidarity which is about the articulations of core values
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ICYMI 🎯 “Nothing touches international forces.”
While Taliban crimes face scrutiny, Rachel Reid says there’s zero political will to hold Western forces accountable for alleged abuses in Afghanistan.
Listen to our latest episode. 👇LINK
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While Taliban crimes face scrutiny, Rachel Reid says there’s zero political will to hold Western forces accountable for alleged abuses in Afghanistan.
Listen to our latest episode. 👇LINK
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Justice Update – Who Answers for the Crimes of International Forces in Afghanistan?
How are countries reckoning with their role in the Afghanistan conflict and allegations of war crimes? We discuss various types of investigations currently taking place and what justice might look …
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April 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
ICYMI 🎯 “Nothing touches international forces.”
While Taliban crimes face scrutiny, Rachel Reid says there’s zero political will to hold Western forces accountable for alleged abuses in Afghanistan.
Listen to our latest episode. 👇LINK
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
While Taliban crimes face scrutiny, Rachel Reid says there’s zero political will to hold Western forces accountable for alleged abuses in Afghanistan.
Listen to our latest episode. 👇LINK
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
30yrs ago #Venezuela ex-Pres candidate Enrique Márquez graduated @universityofessex.bsky.social w/ MA in Engineering. About 3 mos ago, he was detained w/others in the lead up to #Maduro's inauguration for exercising his right to freedom of expression
www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2...
www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2...
March 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
30yrs ago #Venezuela ex-Pres candidate Enrique Márquez graduated @universityofessex.bsky.social w/ MA in Engineering. About 3 mos ago, he was detained w/others in the lead up to #Maduro's inauguration for exercising his right to freedom of expression
www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2...
www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2...
#Turkey should be engaging with the valid concerns of local protesters, not criminalising them and dumping them in detention.
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
March 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#Turkey should be engaging with the valid concerns of local protesters, not criminalising them and dumping them in detention.
There's 100s of ways #humanrights knowledge can help people concerned about state of the world to navigate the news & advocate for better future. Join @universityofessex.bsky.social human rights summer school & connect w/community of practitioners, thought leaders: www.essex.ac.uk/short-course...
March 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
There's 100s of ways #humanrights knowledge can help people concerned about state of the world to navigate the news & advocate for better future. Join @universityofessex.bsky.social human rights summer school & connect w/community of practitioners, thought leaders: www.essex.ac.uk/short-course...
#Turkey #protests all people are entitled to express their views; Turkey should not only respect that, it should foster and support civil society space. My full solidarity with protesters www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Turkish authorities should uphold the right to freedom of assembly and expression in the context of ongoing protests
Strasbourg 24/03/2025
www.coe.int
March 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#Turkey #protests all people are entitled to express their views; Turkey should not only respect that, it should foster and support civil society space. My full solidarity with protesters www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Is there a class action in preparation? My writing seems to appear 29 times in the LibGen dataset... @theatlantic.com @alexreisner.bsky.social
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
Read more: theatln.tc/1P6gPreS
March 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Is there a class action in preparation? My writing seems to appear 29 times in the LibGen dataset... @theatlantic.com @alexreisner.bsky.social
Iran FFM has released powerful report & further findings following its 2 yr inv into repression of "Woman, Life, Freedom” protests following death of Jina Mahsa Amini. It makes crucial rec's on accountability & reparations www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies... incl resort to universal jurisdiction.
Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran
In its resolution S35/1, on the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Human Rights Council on 24 November 2022 decided to establish an independent international ...
www.ohchr.org
March 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Iran FFM has released powerful report & further findings following its 2 yr inv into repression of "Woman, Life, Freedom” protests following death of Jina Mahsa Amini. It makes crucial rec's on accountability & reparations www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies... incl resort to universal jurisdiction.